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<br />care issues. The City will accommodate workers request to bring family <br />members with them to the City Hall for shelter while on-duty. <br /> <br />Public Works Policv for Emeraencv ODerations: <br /> <br />This Policy establishes guidelines for the Public Works Department in the event <br />of a hazard or situation that will tax the resources and manpower ability of the <br />department over an extended period of time. These guidelines can be <br />preventative in nature, or reactive to prevent further loss of manpower and <br />resources. <br /> <br />In the event of a hazard or event such as: natural disaster causing severe <br />property and infrastructure damage limiting access to the city, pandemic flu or <br />other wide spread health care event, radiological I chemical exposure, other <br />events requiring extended manpower and resources at times in which the <br />manpower and resources of the department may be limited due to those <br />employees also being personally involved or affected by those events, the <br />department may take some or all of the following measures to ensure continued <br />service to the citizens of Centerville as best as can be accomplished. <br /> <br />Employee Call Back and Scheduling: <br />Employees of the Department will be put on "On-call" status as needed. This <br />status will make the employee aware of the event and the possible expected <br />response time for them to On Duty Status. During On-call status the employee <br />will be able to be reached via telephone or 'texting' and respond, ready for duty <br />at the Centerville City Hall, within 45 minutes of notification. The notification of <br />on-call status and possible expected time of response to duty will allow the officer <br />time to prepare their personal matters if needed and obtain the proper rest prior <br />to reporting for duty. <br /> <br />Decisions for placing employees on On-Call, or calling in for immediate duty, will <br />be authorized by the Public Works Director, the City Administrator or if not <br />available, the current on-call person. The Department will begin emergency <br />operations and maintain public services in the following priority: <br /> <br />. Water for fire and drinking water <br /> <br />. Sewer lift stations <br /> <br />. Street clearing and debris removal <br /> <br />. Other work <br /> <br />For prolonged operations, an attempt will be made to stager the days and hours <br />of work for employees. Emergency operations may require extreme work hours <br />and days depending on the severity of the event. <br /> <br />Levels of Events: <br /> <br />Page 10 of 18 <br />