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COVID-19 Preparedness Plan The City of St. Anthony is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all our staff and visitors. To ensure we have as safe and healthy workplace, The City of St. Anthony have developed the following COVID-19 Preparedness Plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Managers and staff are all responsible for implementing this plan. Our goal is to mitigate the potential for transmission of COVID-19 in our workplaces and communities, and that requires full cooperation among our staff and management. Only through this cooperative effort can we establish and maintain the safety and health of all persons in our workplaces. The COVID-19 Preparedness Plan is administered by the City Manager, who maintains the overall authority and responsibility for the plan. However, management and staff are equally responsible for supporting, implementing, complying with, and providing recommendations to further improve all aspects of this COVID-19 Preparedness Plan. The City of St. Anthony’s managers and supervisors have our full support in enforcing the provisions of this plan. Our staff are our most important assets. The City of St. Anthony is serious about safety and health and protecting its staff. Worker involvement is essential in developing and implementing a successful COVID-19 Preparedness Plan. We have involved our staff in this process by soliciting staff input on all operational steps taken to reasonably protect staff’s health. Staff is encouraged to convey thoughts and suggestions to enhance protocols as the situation develops. The City of St. Anthony’s COVID-19 Preparedness Plan follows the industry guidance developed by the State of Minnesota, which is based upon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) guidelines for COVID-19, Minnesota’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Minnesota OSHA) statutes, rules, and standards, and Minnesota’s relevant and current executive orders, and addresses: • Ensuring sick staff stay home and prompt identification and isolation of sick persons; • Social distancing – Staff must be at least six-feet apart; • Worker hygiene and source controls; • Workplace building and ventilation protocol; • Workplace cleaning and disinfection protocol; • Drop-off, pick-up and delivery practices and protocol; and • Communications and training practices and protocol. The City of St. Anthony has reviewed and incorporated the industry guidance applicable to our operations provided by the State of Minnesota for the development of this plan, including the following industry guidance League of Minnesota Cities and department specific professional associations. Other conditions and 43