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GENERAL FACILITY USE RULES: The Ramsey Municipal Center is a state -of -the -art facility designed to reflect the latest architectural construction, mechanical designs and systems, and technology, at the same time, present a safe and pleasant work environment. The facility is intended to provide a professional work place from which staff can deliver effective and efficient public services to the community. To maintain a clean, efficient and professional atmosphere within the Ramsey Municipal Center, the following general facility use rules are in place. A. Smoking 1. Consistent with the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act and City of Ramsey Administrative Policy, smoking is not permitted on the Ramsey Municipal Center Campus, including the Municipal Parking Facility. B. Food and Beverages 1. As a general rule, food and beverages are to be consumed whenever possible and practical in the break rooms and Alexander Ramsey Room. 2. Employees may consume drinks and snack food items in their designated work areas so long as it does not interfere or conflict with their job responsibilities. Appropriate care must be exercised to ensure that food and beverages brought to the employee's workspace are not spilled, causing damage to equipment or work product. 3. Employees eating meals in the facility are to do so in the break room unless their current work assignment or responsibilities require them to eat in a workspace area or there is a special circumstance. 4. All employees are required to clean up the break room areas following a meal, work break or consuming snacks and/or drinks. This includes: a. Dirty dishes, eating utensils, pots, pans, cooking utensils, glasses, cups, etc. are to be washed and put away after the meal. If the dishwasher is full and needs to be washed, employees should take care to run the wash cycle. If the dishwasher is full of clean dishes employees should take care to unload and put away the dishes. b. Employees using the stove, oven or microwave oven are to clean any spills or spray caused by the cooking of their food. Food being cooked should be appropriately covered to prevent or minimize spilling and spraying.