HomeMy WebLinkAboutLocal Emergency Planning Committee 12-17-97ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Robert Boche, Chairman
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Frank Ivy, Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
DATE OF MEETING: Wednesday - December 17, 1997
TIME: 1:00 P.M.
LOCATION: Community Room, Lower Level
Government Center -Hudson, WI 54016
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING February 18, 1998
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Approval of HMEP Planning Subgrant Award
NEW BUSINESS
1. Update on FFY (Federal Fiscal Year) 1998 Training
2. Update from LEPC Advisory Committee
3. Selection of Exercise Facility for 1998
4. Off -Site Facililty Plans Updated this Quarter
5. Public Comments
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(This agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Jack Colvard, Emergency Government PHONE #386-4719/3864718
DATE: December 8, 1997
Copies to: County Board Office Committee Members
County Clerk News Media/Notice Board
ST. CROIX COUNTY
LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE (LEPC)
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December 17,:: 1�97' Meetinq
Those present included: Jack Colvard, Pam Benson, Emergency Government;
Arthur Jacobson, Chuck Mehls, John Mortensen, County Board; Paul Burch,
Sheriff; Bruce Brantner, 911; Jim VanderWyst, New Richmond Fire;
Bill Hawley, Baldwin Bulletin; Lee M. Cooper, WITC; Chris Martin,
Somerset Police; and Craig Olson (former SERB [State Emergency Response
Board] member).
The meeting was called to order at 1:05 p.m. by Acting Chair Jacobson.
The meeting agenda was adopted on a Hawley/Burch MOTION. The
October 15, 1997 Minutes were approved on a Burch/Olson MOTION.
The next meeting will be held on February 18, 1998.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Approval of HMEP (Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning) Subgrant
Award
Colvard stated that $2500 has been awarded to St. Croix County for
a four exercise series, pending acceptance by the Committee. With
these additional four exercises; the LEPC will need to be involved
in planning and other groundwork. After discussion, VanderWyst,
Mehls, Olson, Brantner and Mortensen agreed to be on the Exercise
Planning Sub -Committee. Colvard will set up a meeting time for the
Sub -Committee in early 1998. A Hawley/Mortensen MOTION was
approved that this committee accept the $2500 HMEP Subgrant Award.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Update on FFY (Federal Fiscal Year) 1998 Training
Colvard informed the Committee that in 1996, $8,037 was awarded to
the County for training courses provided to public sector
employees. Thirty-nine courses were presented, with 559
participants. 1997 training funds amounted to $7,040 with 20
classes being presented to 337 students. The County presented 16
of the classes in 1996 and 1997 to 235 students, with WITC
presenting the others. As of 12/15/97, $1,348 in State funding has
been approved for presenting 10 classes in FFY 1998. 17 additional
classes have been requested for 1998 and funding applications will
be sent to the State when those classes are scheduled. In summary,
Colvard stated that in 1998, 20 different courses are being offered
at no charge to local public sector and emergency response
departments through the County Emergency Government office.
2. Update from LEPC Special Committee
Minutes from the State LEPC Special Committee meeting on 12/2/97
were handed out to the Committee. Per Colvard, the consensus at
the meeting from regional representatives is that most counties
feel there needs to be an organization or committee between them
and the State. Colvard, as Chair of the LEPC Special Committee,
had hoped to meet with Steven Sell, WEM (Wisconsin Emergency
Management) Administrator in December, but due to Sell's full
schedule now hopes to meet with him in January to express those
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concerns. Craig Olson also stated that there should be a conduit
for input from County LEPCs into the decision making process at the
State level. After discussion, a Mehls/Olson MOTION was approved
that St. Croix County supports and recommends having an
intermediary group to act as a,representative for the Counties to
WEM, such as the existing LEPC Special Committee currently is
doing. Following that, an Olson/Mehls MOTION was approved to send
a copy of the 12/17/97 LEPC meeting minutes along with a letter to
Steven Sell.
3. Selection of Exercise Facility for 1998
After discussion, the Committee decided that the Exercise Planning
Sub -Committee will determine this.
4. Off -Site Facility Plans Updated This Quarter
The following seven plans were updated during this quarter:
1. City of Hudson Wells #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7
6. City of Hudson Wastewater Treatment Plant
7. Four Seasons FS Tank Farm - Hammond
5. Public Comments
Mehls showed the Committee news articles on a recent railroad
accident near Grand Chute, Wisconsin involving Wisconsin Central
Railroad, where there was disagreement on whether residents should
have been evacuated or not.
An LEPC Outreach Newsletter from Houston, Texas was shown to the
Committee.
Recent appointments of Craig Olson and Brad McAbee to the LEPC were
gone over.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 2:10 p.m. on an Olson/Colvard MOTION.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Benson, Secretary
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