February 2021 Safety Committee Minutes

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MINUTES OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SAFETY COMMITTEE HELD VIA ZOOM

ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2021 STARTING AT 8:00 AM.

 

Chairperson:     Nick Ormasen, Co-Chair

 

Present:              Susan Johnson, Secretary, Mary Charleston, Kasarian Dane, Jim Kozsan, Marsha Sawyer, Suna Stone, Traci Grainger, Ethan Townsend and Noelle Black

 

Apologies:           Patrick Gagnon, Co-Chair, Sharmela Garcia-Martin, Jill Pflugheber, Bill Ritchie, Stacie Olney-LaPierre, Marcus Sherburne, Tim Kinch, Dan Seaman, Stacy Vassar,

  Timothy Corbitt and David Geleta

   

Open comments, introductions and guests 

Approval of the Minutes

New Business:

Old Business:

 

  1. Concern over the deterioration of the sidewalk when you head out of J-Lot on the only sidewalk out of J-lot that runs parallel with Park street and follow that sidewalk all the way to the bookstore; the sidewalk from J-lot to the second cross walk.   Jim K. said that cold patch has been added to level off the sidewalk which was uneven from the traffic light sidewalk leading up past JHS.   The walk will continue to be prioritized and treated routinely during inclement weather this winter.   We will be proposing a replacement of this sidewalk for this coming summer.

 

  1. Suna asked if we need to have student representation on the committee; normally we have two, but graduation happened and then COVID; Mary will mention to Stacie Olney LaPierre and John O’Connor to see if they can make some suggestions as well as Marsha Sawyer. Noelle Black has joined us and we are hoping for one more.

 

  1. Bill said that final fire inspections would be on Monday, January 11, 2021; one requirement will be 911 addresses of all campus buildings. Bill Ritchie has gathered address information from local agencies and will be providing further updates as the project progresses.

 

  1. Nick will be sending out a campus reminder of slippery conditions/weather (email sent 1/14/2021). Nick agreed to reach out to Amanda Stopa Goldstein, Bookstore Director, to request to discount ice cleats and promote the sale to students via social media.  

 

Tabled:

 

  1. Pet Policy needs to be rebuilt and a committee has been formed: Sharmela Garcia-Martin, Stacie Olney-LaPierre and Pat Gagnon. Debra Mousaw from Human Resources will be joining the committee. Initial Meeting has been scheduled for November 18th.  Evelyn Jennings will serve on this committee as well; researching other schools’ policies is underway.

 

  1. Review Integrated Pest Management Plan –Needs to be reviewed/revised. Last updated in 2006. Marcus advocates streamlining the current document, as there is a lot of information in there that needs to be replaced; much editing to do and at this time, the plan refers mostly to grounds and needs to incorporate the entire campus. He hopes that he and Suna can have something for February/March 2021 meeting. In preparing for ash borer it takes 21 years for total destruction; Marcus will be planning on a 12 year plan and replace instead of treating as the treating process has a 95% failure rate just delaying destruction that will happen anyway. It is cheaper to replace the trees than treat them. Suna will be reaching out to Facilities and Dining Managers for input and hope to have an update for our next meeting on March 5th.

 

It is requested that any new business to be added to the Agenda be forwarded to Susan Johnson no later than February 26th, 2021.

 

There being no further business, the meeting closed.

 

Meeting Adjourned at 8:40 a.m.

 

Future Meetings:

 

Meetings will be held via Zoom from 8am-9am. Dates of future meetings will continue to be the first Friday of the month: 3/5/2021, 4/2/2021, 5/7/2021 and 6/4/2021

 

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Susan C. Johnson

Assistant to the AVP of Safety & Security and

Emergency Management

Safety & Security

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