2007, 08-22 minutes
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SPOKANE VALLEY EMPLOYEE SAFETY COMMITTEE MINUTES
Spokane Valley City Hall, Opportunity Conference room
August 22, 2007, 11:00 a.m.
Committee Members Present: Committee Members Absent: Others Present:
Chris Berg, Chair Tim Klein
Cary Driskell, Vice Chair Karen Parson
Chris Bainbridge, Recorder Trish Burns-Hart
Jennifer Cusick
Brian Moat
The August meeting of the Employee Safety Committee began at approximately 11:00 a.m.
1. Approval of Minutes. It was moved by Cary Driskell, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the
July 18, 2007 minutes as drafted.
It was also moved by Cary Driskell, seconded, and unanimously agreed to include Bing and/or an IT
Specialist representing IT, as a member of the committee.
2. Review/Discussion: Emergency Disaster Recovery Plan for a Pandemic
There as brief discussion concerning this document and why this committee would review the document. It
was mentioned that there are several vague sections such as the recommendation of having three months of
supplies, but no indication upplies would include. It was the consensus of
the committee that the Safety Committee is not qualified to comment on this document and therefore, are
unable to make any recommendations. Caroline McRoberts will be informed of the decision as
it was Ms. McRoberts who was asked to give the Plan to this committee for review.
3. Facility Security Panic Protocol Chris Berg/Bing and/or Matt: Lynx System
As Bing was absent from this meeting, the Lynx System will be discussed at another time. Chris Berg
mentioned that Greg Snyder will be holding some training opportunities to help staff deal with hostile
customers; and Chris mentioned that Trish has reviewed the program and it will be recommended for all
employees.
A Visitor Policy was mentioned as was the idea of staff wearing their identification badges. Chris
Bainbridge said she will talk to management concerning drafting a visitor policy
Prior to implementing (or moving toward implementing) an emergency plan, it was determined to
wait to discuss this topic until all committee members are in attendance.
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Other safety issues and concerns included the City Hall parking lot and the speed of traffic entering
or leaving the parking lot, that perhaps Redwood Plaza could post reminder messages about
watching out for children and pedestrians; a mention of our request for cross-walk and/or loading
signs for designated areas seem to be ignored by building owners; and mention that safety
reminders should be sent to Carolbelle for inclusion in the newsletter.
4. Heat Stress Rule Update. The committee feels no follow-up is necessary except it would be
beneficial if entities such as WCIA or AWC would alert all cities to any future pending legislation
in this regard.
5. Work Area/Building Safety Concerns: Warning signs; general safety awareness training
mentioned that the warning signs have been taken care of.
Tim Klein
Note: There will be no September Safety meeting as committee members are encouraged to attend
the September 19 Spokane Regional Health District Training session at CenterPlace.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:35 a.m.
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