Approved
Thursday, May 12, 2005 – 12:00 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.
Committee Members Present: Mark Bucklin, Jeff Chartier, Kathy Pateiri, Milton Reed, Gylene Salmon, Joe Santo, and Barry Wingate.
Committee Members Absent: Peggy Petraszewski, Norman Skantze and Bob Veloski.
Minutes
The minutes of February 24, 2005 were reviewed. Gylene indicated that the Town Administrator wanted the minutes changed to delete part of the sentence reading “The Committee inquired if a new employee would be put onto the Committee to be an employee representative for the Fire Department, until such time as Maggi Winn returns from leave. “ Bob wanted “until such time as Maggi Winn returns from leave” deleted from the minutes. Discussion followed on the fact that the minutes represented what was said and the comments of Chief Skantze regarding Maggi’s return to the Committee. Mark Bucklin made a motion to accept the minutes as written, Gylene seconded the motion, the motion passed.
New Business
Discussion followed on the need to elect a new chairperson for the committee. Milton nominated Joe to be the next chair of the Committee, a lengthy discussion followed. Joe indicated that he would like to be on the committee first to see how things go. Mark nominated Kathy to chair the Committee; Gylene seconded the motion, the motion passed. Kathy Pateiri will be the new Joint Loss Management Committee chair (employee representative) for the next year.
Old Business
The JLMC discussed the JLMC Program Document and Guidelines and when they will be a part of the Employee handbook.
There were no correspondences to review.
The JLMC discussed the status of all the previous site inspections that have been done. Kathy explained that the fire panel in the Town Office Building has two trouble alarms that have not been address. Kathy will be forwarding a letter to the Town Administrator addressing this issue. The system needs to be serviced yearly and has not been serviced for at least two (2) years. Discussion followed on servicing the alarm system. The JLMC discussed that the smoke detectors need to be replaced along with having a battery backup system in place. The JLMC discussed all the violations previously reported to the Town Administrator. The Committee will compile a new list of violations after members review the past violations. Discussion followed on re-inspecting all previously visited sites. The JLMC will hold a special meeting on June 23, 2005 at 10:00 at the Town Office Building. The purpose of this meeting will be to re-inspect all locations previously inspected to compile an updated listing of violations and safety issues.
Discussion followed on the need for a memo to be sent to the Historical Society and the Library to see if any one would like to serve on the Committee to represent those agencies.
The Committee members toured the Chemical Plant. Jeff indicated that the Office/lab building was not complete, and they are hoping for a completion time of sometime next year.
The Fire Department would like to see a lock box at the Highway Garage for all keys to the Sewer Treatment Plant, so in case of an emergency they would have access to the needed keys.
Jeff indicated that the percent controlled needs to be repaired for proper operation of the exchange of air. They are also planning on testing the sprinkler system in the near future. The master fireboxes are checked on a monthly basis.
Discussion followed on the safety equipment list that department heads need to create for the committee; the committee decided that not all equipment would be listed.
The next regularly scheduled JLMC meeting date was not determined, as it will be set at the June 23, 2005 special meeting.
Mark made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Gylene seconded the motion, the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 1:55 PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Mark Bucklin
Chairman