CDL DRUG AND ALCOHOL RANDOM TESTING – The COG has a contract with Spectrum Medical Assoc. in Cranberry to provide the D.O.T.- mandated random tests for all applicable public works personnel. The COG administers the program for an annual fee and coordinates with the provider of the service. The COG has negotiated a favorable pricing structure and bills the municipal participants only once per year. Also, because the random pool now consists of 180 plus DPW employees an individual municipality has the same percentage of the whole but less testing overall.

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (U.C.C.) JOINT APPEALS BOARD (CODES COMMITTEE) – The NHCOG has undertaken the objective to form and administer a joint appeals board among a majority of our members in order to have consistency and continuity of appeals rulings under this statewide mandate. A codes officer committee is assisting with the drafting of the operational bylaws for the board and in establishing standard operating procedure (SOP) This effort will save the municipalities’ time and money because each one will not have to re-invent the wheel.