The city will provide a monetary incentives to encourage commute trip reduction according to the following sections:

A. A monthly monetary incentive to all full-time city employees who commute using one of the alternatives to the use of a single occupancy vehicle as described in BIMC 2.70.020. Incentive values and eligibility are set forth in employee handbook. For the purpose of this program, full-time employees are those employees who work more than 20 hours per week.

B. A monthly monetary incentive to part-time workers who commute using one of the alternatives to the use of a single occupancy vehicle as described in BIMC 2.70.020. Incentive values and eligibility are set forth in employee handbook. Part-time employees are those who work 20 or fewer hours per week.

C. Commute trip reduction incentives will be paid on a quarterly basis by the city following the end of the quarter. (Ord. 2025-11 § 1, 2025; Ord. 2000-08 § 1, 2000)

All city employees, except temporary and seasonal, are eligible to participate in this program. The program options are as follows:

A. Car Pool.

1. Two or more city employees who commute together 60 percent or more of their commuting days worked per month.

2. A city employee who commutes with a noncity employee 60 percent or more of their commuting days worked per month.

B. Transit. Any city employee who rides public transit, including but not limited to bus, light rail, or ferry, 60 percent or more of their commuting days worked per month.

C. Van Pool. Any city employee who participates in a transit agency sponsored (i.e., Kitsap Transit, King County Metro) van pool for 60 percent or more of their commuting days worked per month.

D. Other. Walking, running, biking, and drop-offs qualify under 60 percent or more participation options.

E. Any combination of the above options.

F. Program Restrictions.

1. Unless you presently (or will in the future) walk from your home to your worksite, or unless you are part of a car pool, van pool, or other city-approved commuter method which requires that you drive to work, program participants may park no closer than one mile (except in a parking area approved for this purpose) to their worksites. In other words, program participants will not be allowed to drive alone in their cars part way to work, park within a few blocks of their worksite, and then walk the short distance to work in order to qualify for the incentive payment. This would not be consistent with the purposes of the program.

2. Program participants will not be allowed to rideshare exclusively with city employees who normally walk from their home to their worksite. In other words, a participant cannot make arrangements to pick up or drop off a city employee who normally walks to work in order to qualify for the incentives payment. (Ord. 2025-11 § 2, 2025; Ord. 2000-08 § 1, 2000)