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Financial Management Policies Page 15 Other Events The city supports other events that are planned and paid for by employees. Examples of such events include holiday gatherings and birthday recognition. Refreshments and Food for Emergency Response Staff Because emergency personnel are often called to perform for extended periods of time where refreshments are important to duty performance, firefighters, police officers, and other emergency response personnel may be provided refreshments or food when it is deemed appropriate by the city administrator or department director to assure the delivery of quality emergency response service. Employee Training The City Council supports employee training and allows for reasonable reimbursement of registration, tuition and travel expense for conferences, seminars, workshops, and approved city employment-related course work in accordance with the City of Elk River Personnel Policy. The Personnel Policy also contains guidelines for an education reimbursement program. Job related advanced education meets the public purpose guidelines of this policy. Employee Wellness and Safety Programs The City Council recognizes the importance of employee fitness and health as it relates to the overall work and life satisfaction of the employee and the impact on the city's health insurance program. As such, the City Council supports the Health Rewards Program, which has been designed to educate employees on fitness/health issues. Also, to promote wellness, the city maintains a fitness room equipped with exercise equipment that is available to all staff 24/7. The city also supports programs that provide discounts to employees when participating in parks and recreation wellness related activities. The Employee Safety Program and programs created by the Safety Committee to promote and retain a safe work environment are supported by the City of Elk River. Refer to Meetings: Food/Meals/Refreshments. Membership, Dues and Donations The Council has determined the city will fund memberships and dues for the city, councilmembers and its employees in organizations of a civic, educational, or governmental nature when the organization’s primary purpose is for the betterment and improvement of municipal government operations. Memberships shall be approved by the department director and city administrator. The Council has determined that it serves a public purpose for the city to donate to the Annual Memorial Day Parade and to purchase candy for distribution at the high school homecoming and county fair parades. Clothing and Other Sundry Items Employees may receive T-shirts, and other sundry items of nominal value ($5.00) when they are made available to the general public or if they are determined by the city administrator to be important to the successful involvement of employees in special city sponsored or supported events (i.e. Night to Unite, etc.). For purposes of city identification to the public, city councilmembers may be provided with or reimbursed for city logo clothing up to $75 per year. Trinkets or Marketing Items The City Council has determined that it serves a public purpose for the City of Elk River to distribute items of a nominal nature for the purpose of educating or promoting city provided programs. Page 73 of 294