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Employee Safety Programs <br />The City Council recognizes the importance of employee health and safety as it relates to the <br />overall work and life satisfaction of the employee and the overall impact on the City’s health <br />insurance program. <br />The Employee Safety Program is funded by the departmental budgets. The City supports <br />programs created by the Safety Committee to promote and retain a safe work environment. <br />Meeting Food/Meals <br />The City Council recognizes that situations in which City business needs to be discussed can and <br />do occur during meal hours (i.e. luncheon meetings, early evening workshops, or strategic <br />planning sessions). In addition, there are public and employee meetings and events in which <br />reasonable refreshments may add to the success of the meeting and/or event and create a more <br />productive work force. The following items are deemed to meet the Council definition of public <br />purpose expenditures in regards to food and meals. <br />1.Meals and refreshments are allowed at City meetings and events that have a <br />purpose of discussing City issues. These meetings would normally have a pre- <br />planned agenda. <br />2.Meals and refreshments are allowed at employee meetings and events that have a <br />purpose of discussing City issues or are a part of an employee training. These <br />meetings would also normally have a pre-planned agenda. These meetings could <br />include new employee receptions to introduce new employees to existing <br />employees, provide an orientation to the City, and promote teamwork and <br />cooperation. This does not include routine staff meetings. <br />3.Meals and refreshments are allowed when they are part of a <br />breakfast/lunch/dinner meeting for official city business when it is the only <br />practical time to meet. Usually these meals involve meeting with City Council <br />members, Committee/Commission members, or local business/fraternal <br />organizations. Payment for fees relating to a special event, such as a Chamber of <br />Commerce event may also be allowed where approved by the City Administrator <br />and when attendance is deemed to meet the public purpose guidelines for <br />community or customer outreach and marketing of the City. <br />4. During official meetings of the City Council, Council committees, advisory <br />boards/commissions, and task forces. <br />5.Travel expenses for employees are outlined in the Little Canada Elected <br />Official and Employee Travel Policy.