Columbus, Georgia

Risk Management Accident Prevention / Risk Analyst Liaison Committee



June 18, 2003

Minutes



Committee Members Present Alternate Guest

Isaiah Hugley

Dale Hester

Jennifer McVay

Bill Duck

Julia Rasch

Becky Glisson

Debbie Thompson

Maxwell Todd

Clyde Rankins

Roy Reese

Greg Price

Greg Lang

Lawrence Hosley

Dextrius Williams



ABSENT MEMBERS: Sherry Garcia, Andy Booker, Nancy Jones-Ernst.



Isaiah Hugley presided at the meeting. He asked each person to introduce

themselves and state which department they represent. Isaiah also introduced

Mr. Hosley and Mr. Williams, the two interns that will be working with the city

managers office on various projects. The following topics were discussed.



I. Department responsibilities that were discussed in the prior meeting

were reviewed.

II. The seat belt issue discussed in the prior meeting was reviewed and

recommendations were made that each department within the city should have

policies in place for seat belt violations. These policies should be the same

through out the city. It was noted that there are too many inconsistencies

within the city due to the fact that each department has a different set of

policies to abide by. It was noted by Public Services that violations have

decreased due to the suspension policies that were put in place by their

department.

III. Each department was given the opportunity to discuss any accidents

that occurred in their department. Roy Reese brought up the issue of city

employees driving aggressively. Isaiah stated that any complaint of this

nature should be referred to Risk Management. Isaiah will check with Human

Resources regarding a policy on employees reporting to work with contagious or

health/life threatening illness.

IV. The motor vehicle report was revisited and Clyde stated that you

can not check drivers? licenses in Alabama. Information will not be released.

However, you can check drivers? licenses in Georgia by calling 404-657-9300.

As a side note, Clyde checks the licenses of all employees who attend the

drivers? training course.

V. Riding in the back of city vehicles was reviewed. Maxwell Todd

informed the committee that this was only illegal on the interstate, but he

recommended that city employees not be allowed to ride in the bed of pick-up

trucks. Isaiah stated that a city policy can be put into place to prohibit

employees from riding in the bed of pick-up trucks. Isaiah will discuss this

matter with the Risk Management Committee and will ask department heads with

pickup trucks to review this practice.

VI. Clyde stated an incident where an employee was injured and upon

returning to work, he still did not follow safety rules. The supervisor even

overlooked certain rules that were not being followed. All safety rules need

to be acknowledged and enforced.

VII. Steel toe boots are issued to Public Services and Metra employees

in fleet maintenance areas. Other areas should be reviewed to determine if

steel toe boots are appropriate. Also, we need to review how we deal with

inmates working in areas where steel toe boots would be required.

VIII. AED training needs to be revisited. A plan is in progress now to

have a representative from each department trained on the AED machine. Every

department needs to have an AED machine available and training conducted. A

list of everyone that has gone through training needs to be provided and

distributed through out the city.

IX. The meeting was adjourned.