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<br /> <br />FITNESS ROOM POLICY <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The City of Elk River strongly believes in a philosophy of <br />promoting employee wellness. An employee wellness program <br />benefits both the employer and employee plus, as we are dealing <br />with City employees, an employee wellness program benefits the <br />community as a whole. Healthy employees tend to be more <br />productive employees and healthy employees require less City <br />expenditures (i.e. City insurance costs; use of sick time and <br />its related overtime expenses; etc.). It makes good common <br />sense for the City to do as much as possible, even to the point <br />of providing a fitness room and spending funds for equipment, <br />to have a healthy work force. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />An employee fitness room and equipment is one part of a larger <br />City wellness program. This wellness program is somewhat <br />informal at this time and is still evolving. Other components <br />of a City wellness program include offering professional <br />assistance, training, and seminars in such areas as stress <br />management, tobacco and alcohol control, and employee family <br />lifestyle. <br /> <br />With the completion of the new City Hall/Police Department <br />facility, the City has an opportunity to expand on our previous <br />employee wellness efforts. The City now has a fitness room and <br />fitness equipment to offer for use to the employees. <br />Previously the City has helped purchase weight equipment for <br />the Police Department and has completed a Fire Station building <br />expansion which has provided space for the Fire and Ambulance <br />Service to purchase and install weights and aerobic equipment. <br />With availability of a fitness room in the new City Hall <br />facility and the purchase of exercise equipment, the City needs <br />to formalize some policies and rules for the use of this room <br />and equipment. <br /> <br />POLICY <br /> <br />-Employee and Guest- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The City fitness or exercise room should not be viewed as a <br />health club, but the City intends to offer the use of this room <br />and equipment to all regular City employees and to one guest of <br />the employee at a time. Regarding having the facility open to <br />an employee and an employee guest is an outgrowth of <br />discussions regarding having the facility available to spouses <br />and other family members. Most employees desire to "work out" <br />with another individual and, in fact, another individual <br />serving as a spotter is required when using some of the free <br /> <br />720 Dodge AvenueN.W.,Elk River, Minnesota 55330 (612) 441-7420 <br />