HomeMy WebLinkAbout1676 RESOLUTION NO. 1676
A Resolution to establish continuing loss
prevention service by the formation of The
Accident Review Board and Safety Committee.
WHEREAS, the City' s liability insurance company has recommended the
City institute a safety program, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary fop responsible persons to be appointed to
a Safety Committee, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that there be an Accident Review Committee,
and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that a plan of organization be adopted for
an Accident Review Committee and Safety Committee;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BREMERTON that an Accident Review Board and Safety Conmittee be formed during
February, 1976.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Accident Review Board and Safety
Committee be composed of the supervisors or designated representative of
each department of the city.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the outline for organization of the
Accident Review Board and Safety Committee shall be as follows:
The Safety Director will be elected by members of the committee from
among their number, and this director shall be responsible to the Mayor.
The Director shall head the Safety Committee, serve all departments
in an advisory capacity and cheek the application of a general safety plan.
Department heads are responsible for carrying out the decisions of the Safety
Committee and conveying committee judgments and the entire safety program to
all department employees.
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES: The Accident Review Board is formed to
screen accidents and dete/mline preventability for the purpose of establishing
safety records of drivers and eligibility for safe driving awards, and study
other safety needs of the City and make reconTnendations for improvements.
BOARD PROCEDURES: The Board shall analyze all reported potential
hazards determine whether corrective actions are needed, and route recommended
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action to the proper department for correction. Accident reports will be
presented to the Board by the Director who withholds the name of the driver
to gain impartiality in action taken. Each member receives a copy of the
report. The accident scene will be diagramed on a blackboard whenever the
Board is not in agreement as to preventability. The Director chairs the
discussion and holds it to the point in hand. Preventability will be dis-
cussed and recommendations will be made to prevent recurrence.
The City will furnish secretarial help to take and transpose minutes
and other secretarial duties as needed. A transcript of the minutes of each
meeting shall be forwarded to the City Clerk for presentation .to the City
Council. 1he committee shall meet at least once in every sixty days, begin-
nine in February, 1976. The first meeting shall be called by the Mayor and
shall be for the purpose of organizing the ccemittee and setting the day of
each monthly meeting and the time of day for each such meeting.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this committee must have the complete
and wholehearted support of all City management to operate successfully.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BE4ERTON, Signed by the
Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this
4th day of February, 1976.
GLENN K. JARSTAD, MAYOR
AITEST:
G.C. YEADON, SR. , CITY CLERK