HomeMy WebLinkAboutSafety Committee Minutes (21) Quarterly Safety meeting called to order at 1:30 pm on March 28, 2017 in the conference room on the�rst floor
of city hall.
In attendance were Matt Wheeler(Public Works), Nancy Schmidt(Library), Nathan Herman (Water Treatment
Plant),Tim Reiter(Public Works),Jay Hatton (Maintenance/Shops),Justin Baker(Maintenance/Shops), Monica '�
Salo(Court)and Keith Kolstad (Safety). Excused absences were Rick Musson and Brent Peters. �
The agenda items were;
• Review Respiratory plan options for the Water Plant and Waste Water Plant—Discussion involved:The
use of SCBAs at the plants; I
Updating the current SCBAs through DXP;
Confirming that SCBA had to be used instead of the option for compressed air system; (see
below for correction) I
Addressing the personnel problem with the updating of job descriptions involving the use of I
SCBA; I
Fit and medical tests;
Physical changes that would need to happen to make the use of SCBA in the chlorine room
appropriate.
It was decided to send these concerns,which have a budget tag attached to each,onto the City
Administrator and possibly the City Attorney for review,edit and approval.
• New employee safety training should be current:
Matt Wheeler remarked that one of his new employees will need to be updated as to training on certain
equipment.
. Safety audits to be completed this month and reviewed in April:
Reminded all attending that the safety audits have been extended until this Friday to be completed. The
Library has already turned in their packet. Monica was unaware of the audit and she will secure some
forms at the end of the meeting.
• Pipeline training is no longer offered;
Pipeline training has been discontinued but the 811 training is still evailable.
• First Aid kits up to date at shops/plants;
Matt said that we have a new contract with Cintas to make sure our first aid boxes are keep current.
Keith said that he is looking at Cintas installing new first aid kits at city hall and the Library. Monica wanted
to know where the kit was. After the meeting she was shown that it is in the vault and not available during
evening council or other meetings,thus a new one would be mounted in the break room. Matt said to be
sure we add any new kits onto the existing contract with Cintas.
. Playground Safety Inspector course attended;
Keith Kolstad and Jason Shovar took the test for this inspector course but have yet to find out if they
passed.
. Other business or concerns
Both Tim and Matt passed the pool safety operators test and received their certification for S years.
The tests for the waste water plant operator was taken by two employees but no report yet as to their
passing that test. One water plant operator did pass his test.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:10 pm
Footnotes: '
• On Wednesday, March 29,2017 I met with Tim Reiter and corrected my previous statement during the
quarterly safety meeting about the SCBA being the only means of respiratory protection at the water
plant. In actuality,and in accordance with my email to Tim and Kurt Markegard of March 2, 2017,both a '
SAR and SCBA system could be used at the plant. Because chlorine is in use either system would require a
tight fitting face mask and a hood could not be used. Both fit testing and medical evaluations would be
need to be performed with the result that beards would not be allowed to interfere with the seal on the
face piece. I wanted to correct my e�ror by passing this along to Tim and will so note in my email to Heidi.
• I also contacted Alex Watruc(651-402-8896)with Cintas about giving us an estimate on first aid kits at
both city hall and the library on March 29, 2017.