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COVID-19 Preparedness Plan for the City of Elk River Elk River is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all our employees and customers. To ensure that, we have developed the following COVID-19 Preparedness Plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Managers and employees are all responsible for implementing this plan. Our goal is to mitigate the potential for transmission of COVID-19 in our workplaces and communities, and that requires full cooperation among our employees, management, and customers. Only through this cooperative effort can we establish and maintain the safety and health of our workplaces. Management and employees are responsible for implementing and complying with all aspects of this COVID-19 Preparedness Plan. Elk River managers and supervisors have our full support in enforcing the provisions of this policy. Our employees are our most important assets. We are serious about safety and health and keeping our employees working for the City of Elk River. Employee involvement is essential in developing and implementing a successful COVID-19 Preparedness Plan. We have involved our employees in this process by initially holding daily meetings with department directors and key managers to gather information, discuss areas of concern and identify policy and facility improvements to resolve concerns. The directors and key managers met with their respective employees to share this information and receive further feedback. Following the initial implementation, directors and key managers met twice weekly to share operational information, discuss further employee feedback and the operational status of their work areas. Our COVID-19 Preparedness Plan follows Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) guidelines, federal OSHA standards related to COVID-19 and Executive Order 20-48, and addresses: • hygiene and respiratory etiquette; • engineering and administrative controls for social distancing;  customer controls and protections for drop-off, pick-up and delivery; • housekeeping, including cleaning, disinfecting and decontamination; • prompt identification and isolation of sick persons; • communications and training that will be provided to managers and employees; and • management and supervision necessary to ensure effective implementation of the plan. Screening and policies for employees exhibiting signs and symptoms of COVID-19 Employees have been informed of and encouraged to self-monitor for signs and symptoms of COVID-19. The following policies and procedures are being implemented to assess employees’ health status prior to entering the workplace and for employees to report when they are sick or experiencing symptoms. Employees shall monitor their temperature each day before reporting to work. If a fever or other symptoms consistent with COVID-19 are identified they shall immediately notify their supervisor and/or Human Resources. Employees at the work site who exhibit signs and/or symptoms of COVID-19 shall notify their supervisor and/or Human Resources. They will be directed to leave the work site immediately. Upon consultation with their physician,