HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmergency Management and Communications 11-07-06 AMENDED
SPECIAL MEETING
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
ST. CROIX COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT /COMMUNICATIONS
November 7, 2006 — 2: 00 p.m.
St. Croix County Government Center, Emergency Management Office, 1101 Carmichael Road,
Hudson, WI
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING — N/A
DATE OF NEXT MEETING — November 14, 2006
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
1. Telephone Contracts
2. Interoperability Communications Grant
ADJOURN
(Items may be taken in different order)
** Additions /Changes /Corrections
Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office
by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting.
10/30/2006 12:29 PM
MINUTES - OFFICIAL
Emergency Management and Communications Committee
November 7, 2006
PRESENT: Chuck Mehls, Julie Speer, John Borup, Denise Gunderson, - County Board; Jack Colvard —
Emergency Management; Dennis Hillstead — Sheriff; Gary Kollman - Emergency Communications;
Michelle Pietrick — Finance.
B. Malick excused.
Chairman Mehls called the meeting to order at 2:08 p.m.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: NOVEMBER 14, 2006 @ 9:00 a.m., Government Center,
Community Room
Telephone Contracts
Kollman explained that the telephone contracts with AT & T that provide for Government Center Long
Distance, the PRI, and the Comm. Center Centrex were all due to expire. He explained the benefits of a
one, two, or three -year contract. A Gunderson/Speer MOTION was made to do a three -year contract for
all three. It was carried.
Interoperability Communications Grant
Colvard reviewed, with the committee, what is referred to as the "Round 2 Interoperability Radio Grant ".
This grant is being administered by Emergency Management, also, this grant is a 75% - 25% grant for the
purchase of both mobile and portable radios for emergency responders and county departments, as
identified by OJA. The departments that would be able to participate in this grant are; Sheriffs Dept.,
Emergency Communications, Emergency Management, Somerset Fire Dept. and St. Joseph Fire Dept.
After discussion, Borup and Kollman volunteered to attend the Finance Committee meeting to request
participating in the grant. Colvard will be in Eau Claire at a training class at the same time of the Finance
meeting. A Gunderson/Speer MOTION was made to recommend to Finance to utilize state unspent trust
monies to provide the 25% match available under the grant, of which, 75% would be refunded by OJA.
The meeting adjourned at 3:02 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Gary Kollman, EC Director
Jack Colvard, EM Director