Safety Committee Meeting, Town Office

February 25, 2010 6:30 p.m.

Safety Members (Management—3) Present: Stewart Walling, Patty Summers, and Charles Stinson.

Safety Members (Employees—3): Present: Chester Smart, Corey Stinson, and William Zanes.

Zanes/Walling motion (approved 4/0): call meeting to order.

Smart/Walling motion (approved 4/0): accept minutes for October 22, 2009.

Zanes/Smart motion (approved 6/0): name Walling chairman.

Walling/Zanes motion (approved 6/0): name Summers secretary.

Discussed employee/elected official survey.

Add safety committee minutes to website.

Discussed what and when safety equipment is mandatory and when it is optional.

Discussed lack of safety of playground equipment; Primex has indicated they should be replaced. Benches should also be replaced. Study safety and make recommendation to board for warrant article for next year.

Discussed icing at the library. Committee advised Board of Selectmen to write letter to Trustees to deal with water dripping off roof onto boardwalk where elderly people walk into the library. Recommended that a gate be put across the boardwalk so people use the side door rather than the door facing the fire station. Recommend a bell and/or mirror so the librarian can see who is coming in the side door.

Discussed illegal parking at fire station during Old Home Day dinners, which is making it unsafe for fire trucks to exist the station in an emergency. Letter sent to Old Home Day by selectmen.

Discussed closet at town hall being converted to a small vault for police department.

Discussed 0-turn mower and potential safety issues—training and experience.

Agreed to send out survey.

Zanes/C Stinson motion (approved 6/0): adjourn at 8:00.

Recorded by PSummers