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TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />INFORMATION <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Bruce A. West, Safety Coordinator <br /> <br />November 18, 2002 <br /> <br />Safety Grants <br /> <br />I would like to update the Mayor and City Council about a safety grant program offered by the <br />Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry through the Workplace Safety Consultation <br />Department. The City of Elk River Safety Committee has been working with all of our <br />departments, including the Elk River Utilities, in reference to the safety grant program. <br /> <br />The safety grant program awards funds up to $10,000 to qualifying employers for proiects <br />designated to reduce the risk of iniury and illness to their workers. Grants are awarded to <br />those best satisfying the safety program goals, including eligibility and evaluation criteria. <br />Applications are evaluated based on factors in state statutes and rules. Eligible proiects are <br />proiects designated to abate safety and/or health hazards based on survey results identified <br />through the employee safety committee. <br /> <br />The City of Elk River and the Elk River Utilities have been very successful in obtaining safety <br />grants for various projects within our community. Within the past twelve months, safety <br />grants have been awarded to the Elk River Utilities for a trench box ($10,000), the Elk River <br />Fire Department for the upgrade of a self contained breathing apparatus ($10,000), the City of <br />Elk River municipal liquor store for the upgrade of video surveillance equipment ($7,500), and <br />Public Works was recently awarded $10,000 for a fire protection system in their building. The <br />safety grant program from the MN Department of Labor and Industry has provided over <br />$37,000 of benefits to the City of Elk River. <br /> <br />Other departments within the City of Elk River are proposing projects that are consistent with <br />the objective of reducing the risk of injury to employees and will be submitting applications <br />for a safety grants. Gary Leirmoe, on behalf of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, will be <br />submitting an application for their jet/vac truck to reduce the potential of an injury to an <br />employee entering a confined space. Finance Director Lori Johnson and I have discussed <br />applying for a safety grant for ergonomics that would assist employees within the <br />Administration area. <br /> <br /> <br />