February 15, 2023 at 4:00 PM - Safety Committee Meeting

Discussion:  Ms. Polson stated that Lowe's had donated several buckets since the last meeting and the Dairy Alliance also donated. She is looking for donated items for buckets. HOSA has been able to donate some items. She has asked Wal-Mart and the VEC Grant for help but has not had a response yet. Nichols said she would contact her sources at the Stevens group for donations. 

Discussion:  Ms. Hamby presented this item and told everyone that this had previously been on the ESSER 2 budget, but now they are not able to proceed. Stull asked what the original estimate entailed? How much and how many windows and doors? Hamby said, since the money was used for other things, she wanted to push forward and get this going again. Stepp said the ESSER 2 money was allocated for the safety film but the real cost was way more than expected and budgeted. Hamby asked if that money just went to the new auditorium (CCHS) and Stepp told her no, this was ESSER 2 for the film. Stull asked if there was documentation on the original estimate and Stepp told her yes and that he could get anything requested if they would just let him know. 

Discussion:  This item was brought forth for discussion. Stepp asked Bray to give an update. She said that several of the admin walked the entire HES perimeter. She said this is not just perimeter fencing, but closing breezeways as well as keeping people from just walking up on the grounds. Bray told them that the $45,000 was not going to go that far. Other schools have expressed interest in getting fencing installed around their school grounds as well. Bray made the suggestion of getting an engineer to come out and survey and give an idea and estimate as to what it entails and what it will cost. Magnusson told everyone that $45,000 from the safe schools grant is not that much when divided over 12 schools. Hamby made a motion to have Stepp to get estimates. He told the committee that Bray was working on getting estimates. She then made a motion for Bray to carry on getting and engineer to get estimates on each school. 

Discussion:  The committee moved on to this item and turned it over to Kington. She informed everyone that Stone Memorial's policy now is that they keep their doors locked at all times. And you will have to have a key. The school has a mortis lock. Drilling the lever lock was the first idea but to install the thumb latch, but that cannot be done due to the mortise lock being 2 different pieces. To change every door, a mortise lock would be almost $1000 for each lock. She said this also applies to the new CCHS addition. As far as the other buildings, it is almost completed. Many elementary schools have been finished. Boston made a motion to send the few locks and the one school that isn't done yet to the budget committee to get the money to finish it. Stull asked if the $45,000 that won't cover the fencing at HES could be used to finish the door lock projects. Bray told everyone that this would have to be approved by the State of Tn since it was a state grant and must align with the grant assessment. Hamby then made a motion to send the door locks back to the budget committee to see where money could be moved to complete the project. 

Discussion:  The meeting was adjourned at approximately 4:50 pm.