HomeMy WebLinkAboutSafety Committee Minutes (27)The quarterly safety meeting will be at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 in the conference
room on the first floor of City Nall.
If you are unable to attend personally kindly select someone to attend in your place. It would be
appreciated if you would notify the shop stewards or safety representatives of the meeting also.
The proposed Safety Meeting Agenda is;
• Approval of Minutes—April 18, 2018 and July 18, 2018 meeting
• Old Business
o Update on Safety Policy
• Review of Injury and Liability Claims
• New Business
• Other Concerns or comments
SafetV Committee Meeting — December 11, 201811:00AM
Council Conference Room
In Attendance: Justin Baker, Thomas Henry, Karen Courtney, Tim Reiter, Nancy Schmidt, Fran Schweigert
Absent: Nathan Herman, Matt Lurker, Kurt Markegard, Stan Langve, HP Nuernberger, Brent Peters, Matt
Wheeler
Meeting Called to order @ 11:04 AM
• No Quorum Present — Minutes for April 18, 2018 and July 18, 2018 meetings could not be
approved — will be placed on January's Agenda.
• Update on Safety Policy—A few minor changes after meeting with Departments Heads and
conferring with City Attorney. Firearms removed as it is addressed in the Personnel Manual.
Added SDS sheets to be requested when purchasing chemicals, paint, etc. for departments. Also
removed Date of Birth and Social Security Numbers off of the forms as that is confidential
information and will be put into the claims sent to MMIA by Bethany or Kelly as they have
access to that information. It is now ready to send to Mayor and CAO for review.
• One liability claim to review — damage to mirror while backing out of the shop — driver error as
they were not paying attention while backing out.
• Fire Extinguishers — Have reached out to find a new company for servicing the extinguishers. All
extinguishers that needed recharged have been serviced.
• Concern was brought up that workers have had issues with shoulder pain when having to lift
manhole covers — a request for new tool to lift the covers. They will need a min. of 2 but would
prefer 3. So far have only found them at a cost of $1,800 each. This will be researched and
discussed to possible have put in budget for next year. May be worth getting if it will prevent
injuries.
• Safety concern for alleyway between Juniper and Locust right off Main. Several items placed out
in alleyway that has caused it to become very narrow and difficult for trucks to go through.
Concern is that emergency vehicles would not be able to go down alley and possible damage to
property when trying to drive other city vehicles down the alley. There are several alleys that
are getting narrow due to people placing vehicles and other items in the alley. May need to
consider patrolling the alleys and getting these cleared out.
• Construction continues at Water Plant and caution needs to be used when going through that
area. Paving will be started and therefore the WWTP employees will have to possibly use
another means to enter and exit during that time.