HomeMy WebLinkAbout2126RESOLUTION NO. 2126
A RESOLUTION to establish a continuing .Loss
Prevention and Safety Management Program and
to repeael..Resolution 1895.
WHEREAS, the City's Industrial Accident Self-Insured status
requires that the City institute and maintain a safety program;
and,
WHEREAS, the City is required by state law to have a safety
and health committee,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Bremerton that a two-tiered safety program be implemented
according to the structure outlined below:
SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
1. The Safety and Health Committee will be composed of two
representatives appointed by the Mayor, one each from
the office of Risk Management and Personnel, and eight
other representatives, one from each of the following
areas:
a. Fire Department
b. Police Department
c. Administrative Services
d. Planning Department
e. Parks.& Recreation Department
f. Street Department
g. Water Department
h. Other Public Works areas (i,e. Transportation, Animal
~ Control, Facilities, Electronic Maintenance, Engineering)
2. The representatives listed above shall be elected or
appointed by the employees of the Department(s). The
departments listed shall inform the Risk Manager of the
preferred method of representation and provide the Risk
Manager with their rules for election/appointment.
Representatives shall serve for a period of one year,
commencing July i and terminating June 30 of each year.
Elections/appointments shall be held in the month of
June each year.
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3. A Safety and Health Committee chairperson will be elect-
ed by the committee members and will serve in this capa-
city for a period of one year. The chairperson shall
assure that all legal requirements are met.
4. The Safety and Health Committee will determine the fre-
quency, date, hour and location of its meetings.
Meetings shall NOT exceed one hour except by majority
vote.
5. The Safety and Health Committee meetings shall include
the following:
a. Review of safety and health inspection reports to
assist in correction of identified unsafe conditions
or practices.
b. Evaluation of employee accident investigations con-
ducted since the last meeting to determine proper
identification and correction of unsafe conditions.
c. Evaluation of the City's accident prevention program
and preparation of written recommendations for sub-
mittal to the Safety Executive Committee.
SAFETY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
1. The Safety Executive Committee will be comprised of the
Fire Chief, Police Chief, Personnel Director, Director
of Public Works, Water Superintendent, Parks Superin-
tendent and the Risk Manager. The Risk Manager will
serve as Chairperson.
2. The Safety Executive Committee will meet once each month
to review the written recommendations made to it by the
Safety and Health Committee. It will also serve as a
disciplinary advisory board when such service is re-
quested by a Department Head in accordance with
Administrative Policy and Procedure 5-2.
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3. The Safety Executive Ccnmittee will also pursue other safety
related topics as it deems appropriate andmay periodically
make reports and reccnmendations to the Mayor.
1. Each department or area will establish its own rules for election
or appointment of its initial Safety and Health Conmittee ment}er.
Each departmental representative shall be elected or appointed
by the employees of the department(s) prior to July 18, 1986,
and each shall serve until June 30, 1987.
2. The initial meeting of the Safety and Health Cannittee will be
July 23, 1986, at the Water Utility.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 9th
day of July, 1986.
GENE LOBE, MAYOR
CITY OF BREMERTON
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, City Clerk
Director of Administrative Services