Safety Committee Meeting Minutes

Date: October 16, 2014 TES B-2 Ms. Walker’s classroom

Members Present: Janice Harington, Katherine Finstuen, Beth Walker, Tonya Baxley,Chuck Strunk, Donnia Callahan, Jan Scarbrough, Cyndi Waltmire and Desaree Gearhart.

SIPE representative: Garth Maijala- DO representative-Aaron Asplund and TUSD Board president, Shirley Sigmund

Absent: Chris Bonin, Jackie Bobsin,

Dr. Koski, and site principals.

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1.0  Call to order at 3:30 by Stand in-Tonya Baxley for Chris Bonin

2.0 Roll call & Introductions: Board President, Shirley Sigmund was welcomed as our guest.

3.0 Minutes from September 18, 2014 were accepted as written. (Motion by Katherine Finstuen & Seconded by Cyndi Waltmire)

4.0 Committee Budget- Hand outs were given by Cyndi Waltmire Balance to date is 7,565.

5.0 Approval of expenditures:

5.1 N/A

6.0  Old Business

a.  Beth walker gave an update about the safety shirts and it was motioned and carried (Beth Walker and Donnia Callahan) to establish a committee as there are too many choices concerning colors, etc. The committee consists of Beth Walker, Tonya Baxley, Jan Scarbrough, Janice Harington, & Cyndi Waltmire They will meet and make decisions.

b.  Tonya handed out print outs of time/places for safety meeting for this year.

c.  Premium Grant update was given by Garth- they will decide on 10/31/2014 and let us know. He has MANY grants to review.

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7.0  New Business

a.  Great American Shake out took place on Thursday, October 16 and all sites reported that it went well.

b.  It was reported that Garth did an Ergo Check for Katherine Finsteun and that with some minor adjustments and new “mice” that things were improved.

c.  Safety & Risk Management Grant Program was discussed and a hand out was given with guidelines for criteria. Our deadline for submitting a request form is December 1. Another hand out, describing other district’s requests for items was handed out so as to get ideas for what a request might be.

8.0  Safety Incentive Program

a.  Safety Quiz winner for August was Eric Goetsch from VES, Melissa Smith from TES was September’s winner and On-line training certificate winners were Katherine Finsteun for August-September’s winners were, Maria Carroll, Tonya Baxley, and Katherine Finsteun.

b.  Aaron Asplund explained that we needed to record people’s name that we handed the 1.00 to, for knowing our safety slogan (Soar safely) as that is what the auditors require from us.

9.0  SIPE Risk Committee-

a.Garth reported that he attended a county wide meeting and that Special Ed accidents such as biting and student safety were discussed and a line of safety wear was shown. Lighter weight “sleeves” to protect arms from bites, pinches, etc. were reviewed and are available through a catalog. To date, most of the accidents that occur among the Sped’s are from non-compliance as they are not wearing the protective gear available to them.

10.0  10.0- Review accident and near hit reports:

a. It was reported that an employee cut her finger at the TMS kitchen

b. Two students fell down stairs at TMS- one student required a 911 call the day after the accident happened and it was reported that he fractured a T-1 vertebrae in his neck- he is back at school. The other student skinned her elbow. The fence that covers one of the guardrails is still up and is a danger for kids and adults going up and down stairs as there is only one hand-rail available. Chuck will look into getting it and the sandbags that cause stumbling removed as soon as possible.

11. Review Inspections and Training reports

a. It was reported that Chris and Tonya would begin their inspections of safety compliance in November. (2 inspections a year)

12. Next meeting date is November 20, 2014 at 3:30, VES campus- home-school.

Donnia Callahan hosting.

** March 20, 2015 will be the date of the Safety Workshop and it was decided that every third Friday of March would be the date for the workshop from now on.

Adjournment at 4:10 (DG & CS)

Respectfully submitted by Janice R. Harington, secretary for Safety Committee

CC:: Andrew Cherry (THS.) Cyndi Waltmire (DO)

Beth Walker (TES) Desaree Gearhart (VES)

Chuck Strunk (MOT) Janice Harington (CSEA)

Aaron Asplund (DO Cheryl Parks (DO)

Jackie Bobsin (Food Service) Laura Brooks (VES)

Jan Scarbrough (TMS) Garth Maijaia (SIPE)

Dr. Joe Koscki (DO) Amanda Rupert (MOT)

Jill Southern (TES) Kristina Benson (TMS)

Mike Bruffy (SIPE) Katherine Finstuen (THS)

Chris Bonin (MOT) Tonya Baxley (DO)