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SNOW/ICE
REMOVAL
I. POLICY
It is the policy
of this college to maintain high standards of safety on campuses at all
times. This is particularly true during
the winter season when ice and snow is prevalent. When the college is open, campus walkways
shall be kept free of ice and snow and maintained in a safe condition
throughout the scheduled day. Snow and
ice removal, when required, shall begin in time to assure that main walkways
are clear and safe by the scheduled start of classes and/or business day.
Priority for
snow and ice removal shall be:
A. Primary
campus walkways
B. Campus
access roads
C. Parking lots
The Physical
Plant will be responsible for managing snow and ice abatement. Snow and ice removal will be conducted by a
combination of college staff and outside contractors. Services of outside contractors will be
secured before the winter season through a competitive bid process. The College’s snow and ice response is
set into motion by notification from the Director of Facilities.
II. NOTIFICATION
During school
hours, notification will be made directly to Maintenance and Grounds
personnel. After regular school hours
notification will be made to the Safety & Security office on the Parkway
Campus. The Safety & Security office
will be responsible for paging appropriate maintenance and grounds personnel to
notify them of the initiation of the response plan. The Snow Team Leader will be responsible for
notifying outside contractors when needed.
All personnel will respond to the page by returning a call to Safety
& Security. The Safety &
Security office will keep a record of responses including status of response,
whether response was made and at what time.
Safety & Security will keep the operations coordinator informed of
responses from personnel.
III. PERSONNEL
ASSIGNMENTS
When
snow and ice removal operations are required, physical plant personnel will be
coordinated by the Snow Team Leader.
Personnel should report to their assigned campus as soon as possible
upon notification. If personnel are
unable to reach their assigned campus, they must notify Safety & Security
as soon as possible.
Snow and ice
removal from overnight accumulations at branch campuses will be handled by the
following personnel. These assignments
are based on the proximity of the campus to the employee, and are subject to
reassignment as needs dictate. All other
personnel will report to the Parkway campus.
Maintenance
personnel assigned to site campuses will be responsible for snow/ice removal at
their perspective campuses.
IV. EQUIPMENT
AND SUPPLIES
The following
equipment and supplies will be positioned at the beginning of each winter
season:
A. Parkway Campus
1.
Six tons of rock salt/ice melting compound
2.
Ford
3910 tractor, equipped with broadcast spreader
3.
Two mowers
with sweeper attachments
4.
Two portable
broadcast spreaders
5.
Snow shovels
6.
Walk behind snow thrower
7.
DANGER/ICE signs
8.
Orange hazard cones
B. Branch campuses- each campus
will be equipped as follows:
1.
One to two
tons of rock salt/ice melting compound
2.
Portable
broadcast spreader
3.
Snow shovels
4.
DANGER/ICE signs
5.
Orange hazard cones
V. ACTION
PLAN
During regular
business hours, snow/ice removal teams will be implemented as needed. For overnight or weekend/holiday situations
personnel will be notified to report to their assigned campuses. Snow and ice removal operations will proceed
as follows:
A. Clear main walkways from
parking lots to entrances of buildings.
B. Clear walkways connecting
buildings.
C. Clear campus roads. Outside contractors will be notified to clear
roadways and parking areas of all
campuses.
D. Place ice melting compound on
walkways as each area is cleared and place warning signs in slippery
areas. Be sure that all HC access areas
are clear and deiced.
E. Clear parking lots. The initial effort should be to clear
pedestrian egress lanes leading
to walkways. After pedestrian lanes are
cleared, begin clearing overall parking
areas.
F. Assure that all storm drain
grates in roadways and parking areas are clear to facilitate drainage.
G. After initial snow/ice
removal is complete, check each area every hour until walkways are completely
clear and dry.
VI. REPORTS
Prepare an after
action report that summarizes the snow/ice removal activities, and submit to
the Vice President of Business and Finance and the Director of Facilities.
Approved:
Executive Council, March 4, 1991
Editorial
Changes, May 3, 1993, August 1, 1994
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, August 6, 2001
Reviewed/Recommended: President’s Staff, March
26, 2007
Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, March 26, 2007