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2019 Annual Report • Administration • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 32 Safety Committee The Safety Committee is comprised of employees representing all City departments. The purpose of the Safety Committee is to promote continued training, education, and communication on safety-related issues to all city employees and to provide and maintain a safe and healthy work environment. In 2019, the City of St. Anthony safety committee met nine times throught the year to discuss and address any safety related issues or topics that are occurring within the various City facilities. The Committee’s responsibilities are to: • Serve as a means of communication for employees regarding workplace safety policies, hazards, issues, and concerns; • Review and make recommendations regarding the City’s safety program; • Review incidents and make recommendations to prevent future occurrences; • Conduct walk through safety inspections at city facilities to identify, educate, and correct any safety issues or concerns that may arise at the various City facilities. Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) Cohort The City of St. Anthony joined the 2017 cohort comprised of a number of governmental entities from around Minnesota that are working with the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) to advance racial equity in government. GARE is working to advance racial equity and increase opportunities for all communities and building the field of practice to advance racial equity within and through government, which is to our collective benefit. GARE's focus is on normalizing conversations about race, operationalizing new policies, practices and organizational cultures, and organizing to achieve racial equity. We are seeing more and more jurisdictions that are making a commitment to achieving racial equity, focusing on the power and influence of our own institutions, and working in partnership across sectors and with the community to maximize impact.