§ 128.702. City safety officer.

(a)

The position of City Safety Officer shall be created within the Division. The City Safety Officer shall be primarily responsible for overseeing and supervising the safety efforts of the City. The City Safety Officer shall represent the City in the area of safety and shall be responsible for organizing the City's safety efforts into a comprehensive safety program.

(b)

The City Safety Officer shall have the following duties:

(1)

To establish a formal safety program for the City to reduce both workers' compensation and third party liability losses by identifying and eliminating hazards;

(2)

To assist and support the safety personnel of the City to increase their effectiveness;

(3)

To coordinate the necessary rules, inspections, and recordkeeping for certification by the state as Self-Insurer with Workplace Safety Program;

(4)

To coordinate the performance of regular and periodic public property and facility inspection(s) to identify hazardous conditions and direct corrective measures for their control;

(5)

To act, in the capacity as designee of the Director, as chairperson of the Mayor's Vehicle Safety Board; and

(6)

To carry out such other duties not inconsistent with the foregoing duties, as may be assigned by the Risk Manager.

(c)

The City Safety Officer shall be permitted to delegate any of the above powers to designated Safety Officers, who shall be employees of the Division.

(d)

Any City department, division, agency, office or organizational unit which is affected by a decision, determination, directive or interpretation by the City Safety Officer may request the Director or his/her designee to review the City Safety Officer's action. The Director, or his/her designee, shall hear the issue as expeditiously as possible for a final interpretation.

(Ord. 2018-380-E , § 2)