2009, 03-18 minutes
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SPOKANE VALLEY EMPLOYEE SAFETY COMMITTEE MINUTES
Spokane Valley City Hall, Opportunity Conference room
March 18, 2009 11:00 a.m.
Committee Members Present: Committee Members Absent: Others Present:
Michelle Rasmussen, Chair Nik Bentley
Lisa Combs, Vice-Chair
Chris Bainbridge, Recorder
Patty Bischoff
Mary May
John Whitehead
1. Convene Meeting
Chair Michelle Rasmussen convened the meeting at approximately 11:00 a.m.
2. Appointment John Whitehead/HR
Michelle explained that with the loss of Carolyn George from Public Works, it would be preferable to have at
least one more committee member, and therefore, Deputy City Manager Mike Jackson appointed John
Whitehead from Human Resources, as the new committee member. This now brings the committee
membership to three appointed (Bainbridge, Bischoff, and Whitehead); and four employee selected (Bentley,
Combs, May, and Rasmussen).
3. Minutes of January 21, 2009
There was consensus to approve the meetings minutes.
4. Review/Purpose of Safety Committee Discussion for new members
Michelle explained that she attended a recent Labor & Industries meeting and she distributed some papers
concerning training, safety committees and safety meetings. There was brief mention that we need not meet
monthly and this committee should determine how often it would like to meet, and the suggestion of meeting
with ideas and recommendations for training, including ergonomics, WCIA, webinars, fire drills, panic
buttons and evacuation procedures, etc.
There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at approximately 11:30 a.m.
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