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"j <br /> Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities <br /> A.8 - Emergency Closing Procedure <br /> 1.0 Procedure for Emergency Closings <br /> A. If adverse weather or other emergency conditions exist during normal business hours of <br /> the Elk River Municipal Utilities,the General Manager may declare that a state of <br /> emergency exists.All employees will be notified. <br /> B. When a state of emergency is declared, each individual employee may determine whether <br /> he/she will remain on the job or be excused. The Utility recognizes that the safety and <br /> health of employees and their dependents will have priority. Any employee who <br /> determines that their safety or the safety of their dependents may be placed in jeopardy if <br /> the employee remains on the job shall be authorized to leave. Any employee so excused <br /> must utilize vacation or compensatory time for the time missed from work. If such <br /> employee has neither vacation nor compensatory time,then the time absent shall be leave <br /> without pay. <br /> C. Each Supervisor shall determine whether or not that department retains sufficient staffing <br /> levels to remain open. In the even that a Supervisor chooses to close his/her department <br /> during normal business hours, the General manager will immediately be notified of such <br /> closing. <br /> D. This policy is developed with the assumption that a compete closing of all Utility <br /> facilities during normal business hours shall not occur. However,the General Manager <br /> and the President of the Utilities Commission retain the authority to deviate from this <br /> policy if deemed necessary by these authorities. In this case,there will be no loss of pay <br /> or time to the employee if a general halt to operations occurs. <br /> E. This policy does not apply to those departments and employees expected to remain on <br /> duty during adverse weather or other emergency events. <br /> 80 <br />