Aug. 11, 2009 - Lee County, Illinois

Lee County Safety Committee
I. Roll Call
MINUTES
August 11, 2009
10:00am
Present: Chairman Varga, Kim Becker, John Ferrone, Cathy Ferguson, Chris
Henkel, John Nicholson, Kevin Lally, David Anderson and Wendy Ryerson. Absent:
Denise McCaffrey
II. Approval of prior meeting minutes
K. Becker made a motion to approve the minutes; seconded by J. Ferone; motion
approved.
III. Accident Review (No accidents reported.)
IV. Inspection Reports (None)
V. Safety Manual Development/Revisions
As per the committee’s request, copies of the draft manual were distributed to State’s
Attorney Henry S. Dixon and Sally Bulicek. W. Ryerson reported that SA Dixon had
no further recommendations. Sally Bulicek praised the committee on their efforts,
stating that the professional document appeared to be appropriately tailored to the
needs of Lee County. C. Henkel advised the committee of two corrections on Page
16. After some discussion the committee recommended some further clarification on
the topic of First Aid/CPR training. (Page 35)
The committee then discussed and developed the timeline for implementing the Safety
Manual as follows: On or before Aug. 25 th the committee will report back to W.
Ryerson any further edits; On August 26 th , Wendy will finalize the Manual and
forward to Board Secretary Dee Duffy for distribution to all departments, soliciting
feedback and attendance at the Sept. 8 th Properties Committee Meeting. If there are
no further edits necessary, the Properties Committee will present the document to the
full County Board at the Sept. 15 th meeting. The document will be held over for one
month and be presented for approval at the October 20, 2009 meeting of the County
Board. Once approved, the document will be disseminated to all department heads
with instructions to review the document with all employees and obtain a signed
acknowledgment from all employees for personnel files. W. Ryerson will consult with
SA Dixon regarding the implications of the Board’s approval via a resolution or an
ordinance and report back to the Properties Committee at the Sept. 8 th meeting.
VI. Old Business
Per the Committee’s request, Kevin Lally provided information on the First Aid/CPR
classes available through the Red Cross and the American Heart Association. After
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some discussion on the costs of training, Chairman Varga offered to investigate the
feasibility of utilizing a certified Sheriff’s Department employee for the training. He
will report back at our next meeting.
VII. New Business
(None)
VIII. Adjournment
J. Nicholson made a motion to adjourn; seconded by K. Lally; motion carried. The
meeting adjourned at approximately 10:58am.
The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, 2009 @ 10:00.
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