R2024-92 Resolution Certifying and Adopting the City of Decatur Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan Amendment

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exhausted. Safety Communication The City's contractors display information relating to safety warnings in various locations for easy employee visibility, including breakrooms, dispatch areas and in garages. Any changes made to policies, procedures or processes is distributed to all employees impacted by the change. In turn, training programs, employee handbooks and all relevant documents, including policies or procedures, are updated to reflect the change. If the change is considerable, the City may require training of contracted employees prior to release of the change to ensure employees understand the change. The City's contractors will notify their employees of policy, procedure or process changes through various methods including but not limited to the following: • Memorandum; • Bulletin board posting; • Training; and • Electronic notification process, such as emails. Weekly or monthly contractor meetings and Safety Committee meetings are also used to convey hazard or safety issues that have been identified with mitigation actions being taken. Minutes of the meeting are taken, and contractor management staff attend. The meetings are meant to discuss safety event response, mitigation analysis, trend analysis, training and safety performance measures. Section 8: Additional Information This PTASP was developed from information in the contractor documents, policies and procedures,and manuals listed below: • Transit Service Provider Agreement • Vehicle Maintenance Plans • Facility Maintenance Plans • Transdev Employee Handbook • Transdev Safety Security and Emergency Preparedness Plan (SSEPP) Section 9: Definitions of Terms Used in the Safety Plan The City of Decatur incorporates all of FTA's definitions from 49 CFR § 673.5 of the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan regulation. • Accident means an Event that involves any of the following: Loss of life; a report of a serious injury to a person; a collision of public transportation vehicles; a runaway train; an evacuation for life safety reasons; or any derailment of a rail transit vehicle, at any location, at any time,whatever the cause. Accountable Executive means a single,identifiable person who has ultimate responsibility for carrying out 24