November 2021 Safety Committee Minutes

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MINUTES OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SAFETY COMMITTEE HELD VIA ZOOM

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

 Chairperson:    Patrick Gagnon, Co-Chair

 Present:            Nick Ormasen, Co-Chair, Susan Johnson, Secretary, Traci Grainger, David Geleta,

             Marcus Sherburne, Jim Kozsan, Tara Tent, Stacie Olney-LaPierre, Kasarian Dane,

             Bill Ritchie, Sharmela Garcia-Martin, Jill Pflugheber and Suna Stone

Apologies:        Bob Hance, Ethan Townsend, Naomi Fernandez, Marsha Sawyer, Noelle Black, Tim Kinch,

                            Stacy Vassar, Mary Charleston, Steve Richards and John O’Connor

   Open comments, introductions and guests 

Approval of the Minutes

New Business:

Old Business:

  1. Cross walk safety and lighting (trees covering lights) on Park Street: Crosswalk safety message will be sent out along with submission to the Hill News. Trees will be pruned today on Park Street, Romoda Drive and inner campus. CLOSED.
  2. Dumpster removal on campus: Forklift (driving backwards) is necessary to remove all bulky loads on inner campus to keep packer truck out for safety purposes. This is permissible as long as the forklift has a backup alarm and the operator is looking in the direction of travel. This is done early in the morning Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to avoid student traffic. CLOSED.
  3. Grates at Dana Dining Hall and the Sullivan Student Center: Jim and Steve looked at grates and took care of concerns; Suna asked that the two entrances at Johnson Hall (Student Center entrance and Bewkes/Bridge entrance) be looked at too. CLOSED.
  4. Pet Policy: Submitting final draft to Senior Staff for approval. CLOSED.

Tabled:

  1. Review updated integrated pest management plan – Marcus/Suna will bring draft to a Fall meeting.

Future Meetings:

The meetings will continue to be the first Friday of the month: 12/3/21, 2/4/22, 3/4/22, 4/1/22 and 5/6/22. The meetings will be conducted via Zoom until in-person meetings are approved when

conditions allow and then will be held in the Torrey Conference Room, located in the Diana Torrey Health and Counseling Center from 8am-9am.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:35 a.m.