The City of Eden Prairie has established an inclement weather policy that governs what services the City will provide during time of inclement weather. This policy then dictates which employees must come to work and which ones may stay home. The employees that must come to work are those providing “essential” services. Essential services include such services as police protection, fire suppression, water plant operators and 911 dispatchers.
“Non-essential” employees may stay home on days when we activate our policy, if they clear the absence with their supervisor, and if they take personal leave time to cover the time away from work.
Today and tomorrow, essential services also includes all of our snow removal team employees. They are scheduled to come in to work tomorrow morning (Friday) at 3am and plow the snow from our streets throughout the day.
I just watched the Channel 9 news. Looks like Eden Prairie is looking at another 6-9 inches of snow tonight, so we will activate our inclement weather policy again for Friday, March 2. Essential employees, come to work. Non-essential employees, contact your supervisor and play it safe.
