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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 16,2017 Page 3 Mayor Roe recognized Fire Chief Tim O'Neill and Assistant Fire Chief Dave Brosnahan to provide an update on the department's lead role with emergency management for the community. Assistant Chief Brosnahan's presentation (At- tachment A) provided a general update and emergency management review, seek- ing any feedback from the City Council to incorporate into the department's 2018 work plan. Assistant Chief Brosnahan noted that the Fire Department had taken over coordination of the city's employee safety and risk management program in 2016, transitioning that lead role from the city's Administration and Finance De- partments, while still actively coordinating with them for the programs. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Assistant Chief Brosnahan reviewed the redesigned safety contract with ILC, Inc. completed from 2013 through 2015 that significantly decreased in cost. Assistant Chief Brosnahan assured the City Council that the city retained a good working relationship with ILC, but had found better opportunities in line with city staff training from other entities. As addressed during Assistant Chief Brosnahan's presentation, Councilmember McGehee asked if the department would be able to provide the City Council with a record of where city employee injuries were occurring. Assistant Chief Brosnahan reported that such a list was already in use, providing injury data by department, type of injury and activity taking place during which the injury occurred. However, due to HIPPA requirements, Assistant Chief Brosnahan advised that public reports would not delve much deeper than that, but would be intended to provide basic information to address any trends. Assistant Chief Brosnahan noted that the number one injury for City of Roseville employ- ees to-date was slipping on ice in parking lots. Mayor Roe noted that such injuries were not uncommon elsewhere. Councilmember Laliberte thanked the department for their work and the efficien- cies and ease with which the transition had been made; and expressed her appre- ciation for the continued assistance from the Finance Department. Personally, Councilmember Laliberte stated that she had found her training opportunities with the department awesome. While the department was good at caring for others — whether fellow employees or the community—having gone through the mock fire training earlier this year, Councilmember Laliberte stated how apparent it had be- come to her of the health and safety risks faced by firefighters themselves. Work- ing in the healthcare field, Councilmember Laliberte noted her awareness of the additional cancer risks faced by firefighters due to smoke inhalation, chemicals encountered during emergency situations, and other issues; asking for a report on what the department was doing to protect those firefighters or what the City Council needed to address to better protect them.