SECTION IV: JOINT LABOR/MANAGMENT SAFETY COMMITTEE.

The County shall provide a safe and healthful workplace for the County and its employees and establish a Health and Safety Committee, which shall consist of:

A. Six employees chosen by the Association from Public Works, the Road Department, the Sheriff’s Department, Solid Waste and two employees selected at large from the remaining departments.

B. Six management representatives selected by the County from the safety sensitive departments, which representatives shall also be designated the departmental safety representatives for their respective departments.

C. The Risk Manager, as a de facto member of the Committee.

The Committee shall:

A. Meet not less than quarterly.

B. Coordinate the meetings with the Risk Manager.

C. Consider safety and health hazards that have been brought to its attention and make recommendations to reduce or eliminate those hazards to the Risk Manager. The Risk Manager may direct those recommendations that cannot be addressed by the Risk Manager to the County Administrator and ultimately the Board of Supervisors, if necessary.

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