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.-/ P0354~ COUNTY ATTORNEY - Lancaster stated that he did not have any items on the agenda. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Chairman Lancaster called for public participation and no one responded. 4 SAFETY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION - a. DISCUSS & APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN - Robin Hassel, Safety Coordinator was present and stated that the safety committee has reviewed these policies. They include the following: Procedure for: Suspicious Unattended Package Procedure for: Suspicious Delivered Package Procedure for: Suspected Bio-Hazard Inside the Facility Procedure for: Suspected Bio-Hazard Outside of the Facility Procedure for: Medical Emergency Procedure for: Responding Terroristic Threat Ms. Hassel stated that these policies would be added to the Emergency Action Plan. Eriksen made a motion and Rye seconded to approve the amendments and add them to the plan. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffris, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 4b. DISCUSS AND APPROVE JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS - Jason Clancy, Loss Control Manager with NIRMA has suggested that all safety committee's add this to the loss control manual. Each employee will receive a copy and sign off on it and it will be added to the employee handbook for each new employee. Eriksen made a motion and Rye seconded to approve the job safety analysis and all employees receive a copy. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 4c DISCUSS & APPROVE EXPENDITURE OF INHERITANCE FUNDS FOR SAFETY RELATED EXPENSE - The safety committee is requesting to add panic buttons to the new county attorney building. Three buttons that were in the child support office in the administration building will be moved to the attorney's office building and the cost to install the buttons will be $1,536.75. The committee is requesting to pay for this from the safety line item in the inheritance fund. The button will be installed in the two reception areas on the main floor and one in the back hallway on the main floor. Hartman made a motion and Eriksen seconded to approve the expenditure of $1,536.75 from the inheritance fund for the installation of the panic buttons. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 5.a PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION ON CLOSING A PORTION OF WISEMAN ROAD AND LOUP RIVER ROAD - County Surveyor Dan Hostler was present and stated that h recommends to vacate the section of Wiseman Road. All of the landowners are in favor. He also recommended that the right-of-way revert back to the adjacent landowners. A resolution has been prepared to set the public hearing and the board will need to approve this. It will need to be published for three consecutive weeks and the landowners will need to be notified. Jeffries questioned if it was necessary to have more signatures on the petition that was submitted to the board but Hostler stated that, according to County Attorney Jerry Janulewicz, there is another statute that address this and the petition that was submitted will be sufficient. Jeffries made a motion and Eriksen seconded to approve Resolution #03-0067 a resolution setting a public hearing on the proposed vacation of a public road. The public hearing will be September 23, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 4