The proposed Water Use Annual Permit Fee is on the agenda for the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) at its August 18th meeting. The meeting will be held virtually. The $95.00 proposed fee will be presented for approval. The agenda brief is available on the website under Upcoming Meeting: “EPC Packet and Agenda;” the water use annual fee agenda item is Item 6, packet page 13., with the meeting call-in information available on the website.
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Are you taking advantage of social media to communicate with customers and citizens? This webinar series aims to provide you with ways to identify and connect with your audience, develop content for platforms, and where social media is trending today.
Series Topics & Schedule: September 9, 2020 - “Who is Your Audience & What Do They Need From You?” September 16, 2020 - “Writing Better Content for Social Media” September 23, 2020 - “Social Media Trends & How Social Networks Work in 2020” Time: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. each week Cost: FREE for IAMU Utility Members About the Presenter: Chris Snider has spent his career pushing for innovative and creative ways to tell and present stories in print and online. He’s currently an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Drake University in Des Moines. Chris has a degree in journalism from the University of Iowa and an MBA from Drake University. https://chrissniderdesign.com/blog/about Registration Info: To register, click on the above dates or visit the IAMU Events page HERE. *The webinar link will be sent to the registered participant’s email address. Please note the webinar invite will come from Zoom.* QUESTIONS? Contact events@iamu.org Announced today, more Iowans will be eligible to receive assistance with their rent and mortgage payments through the COVID-19 Iowa Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention program. The program's eligibility criteria have been expanded to allow Iowans who have been receiving $600 a week in federal unemployment stimulus benefits to apply for assistance through the program. Renters and Homeowners who previously received $600 unemployment benefit now eligible to apply for rent and mortgage assistance. Applicants who have applied previously and were declined due to unemployment benefit status are welcome to reapply for assistance. Applicants with an adult member of their household who received the $600 benefit in one or more payments in June and/or July are ineligible to receive rent or mortgage assistance in arrears but may receive assistance beginning with the August payment. ELIGIBLE IOWANS
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Read more The latest edition of IAMU's Toolbox Talks - Chemical Exposure and Hearing Loss is now available.
Click here to download it. Other Toolbox Talk articles are available here. If you have a Toolbox Talk idea, please send it to Margret Meade. IAMU welcomes two additions to our talented staff, Edith Hodgell and Jackie Roberts. IAMU welcomes new staff member Edith Hodgell as our Regional Safety Coordinator for the newly formed Safety Group North Central. Edith started her position on July 20th and has a background in safety, food safety, and chemical handling. She worked in food service as a regional representative for a corporate office, in food safety and quality assurance at a slaughter facility, as a pest control operator, and as EHS at an R&D cellulosic ethanol plant. Edith has her Advanced Safety Certificate from the National Safety Council, is a first aid/CPR trainer and has been teaching weekly safety training classes for the past 5 years. She is well versed in many of the challenges our members face, including fall protection, confined space entry, LOTO, respiratory protection and silica. She has lived in Iowa her entire life and is a self-described “farm kid.” Edith currently lives in north west Iowa (Pocahontas) and went to college in NE Iowa (Fayette – Upper Iowa University), and is moving to north central Iowa (tbd), so she is looking forward to getting out to meet with all of her clients in the area she drove thru all those times. With customer service skills, regulation interpretation knowledge, and a little dose of fun, we feel that Edith will be an asset in this position. IAMU welcomes new staff member Jackie Roberts as one of our Regional Safety Coordinators for the newly formed Safety Group West Central. Jackie started her position on July 31st and has an extensive background in Safety and Environmental, working in the Ethanol Industry. With many certifications like SHEP, CSHO, SSH, she initiated and chaired the Iowa Renewable Fuels Safety Taskforce and served on the Iowa Governors Safety & Health Advisory Council for many years. She is well versed in many of the challenges our members face in Fall Protection, Confined Space, LO/TO, BBP, Electrical, Respiratory and Silica. With professionalism, customer service skills, and a solid OSHA background Jackie is well suited for this position. Jackie has lived in Iowa for 28 years, she enjoys traveling, riding bicycles, and spending time with her family and friends.
We are excited to announce that our annual golf outing will now be a fundraiser for the IAMU Scholarship Program (details will be announced in the coming months), and will award scholarships beginning in 2021.
Registration is open for the IAMU Golfing Fore Scholars fundraiser. This event, formerly Golfing Fore Safety, will be held at Briggs Woods Golf Course on Monday, September 21, 2020. Registration information and sponsorship opportunities can be found here. See you there! For More Info: Contact IAMU at 515.289.1999 or email smarsh@iamu.org. EMC partners with Lexipol Law Enforcement and the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) to offer EMC policyholders a 10% premium discount.
CALEA is a nonprofit organization that develops standards for professional excellence in public safety agencies and recognizes agencies meeting these standards. Under EMC’s program, law enforcement agencies that have achieved and maintained either CALEA recognition or CALEA law enforcement accreditation are eligible for a premium credit of 10%. To assist law enforcement agencies in meeting the CALEA standards, EMC partners with Lexipol Law Enforcement, the leading provider of policy management resources for law enforcement. Lexipol provides state-specific law enforcement policy manuals written by legal and public safety professionals, assists in implementation of the manuals and provides daily training exercises. EMC policyholders can receive a 10% discount on Lexipol’s services. For enrollment, policyholders should contact Lexipol at 844-312-9500. |
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