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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmergency Government Committee 04-16-979 ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Robert Boche, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Arthur Jacobson, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Emergency Government Committee DATE OF MEETING, Wednesday - April 16, 1997 TIME: 6*00 p.m. LOCATION: Community Room, Lower Level St. Croix County Government Center Hudson, Wisconsin 54016 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGEi�TDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING OPEN ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES OLD BUSINESS 1) WEMA Conference Participation NEW BUSINESS 1) Alternate EOC Designation 2) Approve February and March Bills 3) Review Emergency Government Director Position Description 4) Glenwood City Emergency Operations Plan 5) MART Development Concerns 6) Public Comments ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Jack Colvard, Emergency Government DATE: March 31, 1997 Copies to: County Board Office County Clerk PHONE #386-4719/386-4718 Committee Members News Media/Notice Board MINUTES Emergency Government Committee April 16, 1997 PRESENT: Art Jacobson, John Mortensen, Chuck Mehls - County Board, Jack Colvard, Pam Benson - Emergency Government; Bruce Brantner - 911. The following attended for item #5 under New Business: Jason Amborn - St. Joseph First Responders and Fire; Mike Mounce - Glenwood City EMS; Ben DeGross - Glenwood City Fire; Chuck Weishaar, Mary Shemon, Howard Kruschke - Roberts -Warren Fire/Rescue; Andy Jensen - United Fire and Rescue -Hammond; Chuck Larsen - Lakeview EMS; Jay Penfield - St. Croix EMS & Rescue; Jenny Manske - River Falls Area Ambulance; Jeff Rixmann - Osceola and River Falls Ambulance, County -Line 1st Responders; Carol DeYoung - New Richmond Ambulance & Rescues and Jim Vander-Wyst - New Richmond Fire. Chairman Jacobson called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. The meeting agenda was adopted on a Mortensen/Mehls MOTION. The minutes of the February 17, 1997 meeting were approved on a Mehls/Mortensen MOTION. OLD BUSINESS #1. WEMA Conference Participation Colvard spoke about the upcoming WEMA (Wisconsin Emergency Management Association) Conference which will be held in Hurley, Wisconsin on May 22nd and 23rd this year. Presentations at the conference were discussed. Colvard, Jacobson and Mortensen plan on attending. NEW BUSINESS #1. Alternate EOC (Emergency Operations Center) Desicination Mehls spoke about an alternate EOC being located at the new Agriculture building (Community Room) to be built in Baldwin. This was first brought up at Finance Committee. Colvard and Brantner have spoken to the County Administrator regarding phone line and storage needs for an alternate EOC. After further discussion, a Mehls/Mortensen MOTION was approved that the Committee recommend that the new agricultural facility in Baldwin be equipped as an alternate St. Croix County EOC with provision for inside storage for the ECC (Emergency Communications Center) van and to include electrical hook-up capability for the mobile Emergency Government generator presently stored in Baldwin. 92. Approve February and March Bills Handouts were given to the Committee, showing the February and March bills. After discussion, those bills were approved on a Mortensen/Jacobson MOTION. 0 93. Review Emergency Government Director Position Description Colvard handed out copies of his current position description. After discussion, the description was changed to include the following under V. Other Duties: Teach Hazardous Material Awareness Level Response courses, Assist other county departments with safety training and planning as requested, Coordinate first aid training for county employees, and Maintain an inventory of supplies in the Health and Safety Room. #4 Glenwood City EOP LEmergency Operations Plan The Glenwood City EOP was handed out to Committee members. After looking at the plan, it was recommended that Emergency Government meet with Glenwood City personnel to assist with revisions. #6. Public Comments Areas of discussion included the following. -A new video was received from the Wisconsin Central Railroad regarding the Weyauwega incident, to be shown only for training purposes. -Tornado Awareness Week is next week, April 21-27, 1997. -The 2nd Quarter Report was passed out to Committee members. -The Town of Hudson's EOP and Ordinance 97-1 was shown to the Committee and reviewed. #5. MART (Mutual Aid Response Team) Development Concerns MART handouts were given to those present by Mehls and all introduced themselves. There are 12 different EMS/First Responder groups responding in the county, per Mehls. Mehls identified response agencies and unincorporated settlement areas in the County which are a concern for responding medical services. Mehls then spoke about the composition of a MART as well as equipment and supplies needed. A proposed concept of operations was next discussed as well as-ID's for response personnel. Brantner stated that the on -site commander at a mass casualty incident would need to request what supplies and personnel were needed during a first call to 911. Other response protocol was also brought up at this time. Colvard next informed the group that liability at an incident would A discussion followed on mutual aid agreements. Presently there aren't any formal agreements between the EMS/First Responder 2 agencies in the County. Fire agencies do have these agreements and how they work was then brought up. After further conversation on mutual aid agreements, it was decided to break out into a separate EMS/First Responder meeting. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE A letter was received from Ron Kind, Congressman, thanking this office for assisting the City of Hudson during the recent flooding on the St. Croix River. POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Charles Mehls, Secretary on a Mortensen/Mehls MOTION.