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NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
ST. CROIX COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
September 27, 2006 at 2:30 p.m.
St. Croix County Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, WI, Community Room
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
1. St. Croix County Citizen Corps. Meeting
a. Discussion of possible Citizen Corps. Projects
b. Discussion of County Involvement
c. Necessary Resolution
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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.
9/25/2006 11:04 AM
OFFICIAL
LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
The St. Croix County LEPC meeting was held at the St. Croix County Government Center. Chairman Mehls
called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.
Present: Chuck Mehls, Denise Gunderson, Julie Speer, John Borup, - St. Croix County Board; Casey Swetlik —
Emergency Communications; Tim Ramberg — Highway Dept.; Gary Arnevik — Phillips Plastic; Jack Colvard -
Emergency Management; Mark Samelstad — New Richmond PD; Jim Vanderwyst — New Richmond Fire; Craig
Nelson — Baldwin EMS; Craig Olson — River Falls; Doug Briggs — Somerset PD.
B. Malick —Absent
St. Croix County Citizen Corps.
Discussion was held addressing the possibility of forming a Citizens Corps, it was decided to wait until more
information is available (Funding issues were discussed in depth.) The Committee did state that they would like
to have a volunteer pool identified within the County from the CERT personnel for whom they may call upon for
certain events. The volunteer pool should be categorized: Medical skills, Law Enforcement skills, Fire skills,
reserve corps, etc. There was discussion about various existing programs that were compared to the new
service agencies that fall under the Citizens Corps Program (CERT, SERT, Neighborhood Watch, DARE).
Public Comments
None
Announcements and Correspondence
None
Possible Agenda Items for Next Meeting
Adjournment — The meeting adjourned at 2:50 p.m. on a Borup /Gunderson MOTION.
Respectfully submitted,
LEPC Administrative Secretary
AMENDED
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
ST. CROIX COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
September 27, 2006 at 1:00 p.m.
St. Croix County Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, WI, Community Room
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
DATE OF NEXT MEETING — Insert Date
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
1. Exercises: Power Outage Exercise for Northern Municipalities
County -Wide HazMat Communication Command Post Exercise
2. 2006 Grant Information
3. Facility Plans updated since last meeting: Comcast
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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.
9/25/2006 11:05 AM
OFFICIAL
LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
The St. Croix County LEPC meeting was held at the St. Croix County Government Center. Chairman Mehls
called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m.
Present: Chuck Mehls, Denise Gunderson, Julie Speer, John Borup, - St. Croix County Board; Casey Swetlik —
Emergency Communications; Tim Ramberg — Highway Dept.; Gary Arnevik — Phillips Plastic; Jack Colvard -
Emergency Management; Mark Samelstad — New Richmond PD; Jim Vanderwyst — New Richmond Fire; Craig
Nelson — Baldwin EMS; Craig Olson — River Falls; Doug Briggs — Somerset PD.
B. Malick — Absent
The June 1, 2006 Minutes were approved on a Borup /Ramberg MOTION, with an addition that John Borup also
attended the Hudson Water Contamination Exercise (last paragraph).
The next meeting date will be November 29, 2006 at 1:00.
Exercises
Colvard informed the Committee that exercise grants will become available after October 1, 2006; he does not
know how much will be allocated to the County. Discussion was held about a possible joint- county exercise
(Polk and St. Croix) involving a major power outage. This would be a tabletop exercise, of which, the
participants would be elected officials, schools, public works, county offices, gas companies, electric companies
and emergency service agencies from both counties. A Gunderson /Speer MOTION was made to contact Polk
County to see if they would like to participate in the exercise. A future county -wide hazmat exercise was also
discussed.
Facility Plans updated since last Meeting
Comcast's Facility Plan has been approved by the State. Colvard explained that 16 Facility Plans have been
updated this year. There are 32 Facility Plans in all. A handout was given showing the Planning Facilities and
Reporting Facilities within the County.
St. Croix County Citizen Corps.
Discussion was held addressing the possibility of forming a Citizens Corps, it was decided to wait until more
information is available (Funding issues were discussed in depth.) The Committee did state that they would like
to have a volunteer pool identified within the County from the CERT personnel for whom they may call upon for
certain events. The volunteer pool should be categorized: Medical skills, Law Enforcement skills, Fire skills,
reserve corps, etc. There was discussion about various existing programs that were compared to the new
service agencies that fall under the Citizens Corps Program (CERT, SERT, Neighborhood Watch, DARE).
Public Comments
None
Announcements and Correspondence
None
Possible Agenda Items for Next Meeting
Follow up on possible joint- county exercise
Adjournment — The meeting adjourned at 2:50 p.m. on a Borup /Gunderson MOTION.
Respectfully submitted,
LEPC Administrative Secretary
OFFICIAL
LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
The St. Croix County LEPC meeting was held at the St. Croix County Government Center. Chairman Mehls
called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m.
Present: Chuck Mehls, Denise Gunderson, Julie Speer, John Borup, - St. Croix County Board; Casey Swetlik —
Emergency Communications; Tim Ramberg — Highway Dept.; Gary Arnevik — Phillips Plastic; Jack Colvard -
Emergency Management; Mark Samelstad — New Richmond PD; Jim Vanderwyst — New Richmond Fire; Craig
Nelson — Baldwin EMS; Craig Olson — River Falls; Doug Briggs — Somerset PD.
B. Malick —Absent
The June 1, 2006 Minutes were approved on a Borup /Ramberg MOTION, with an addition that John Borup also
attended the Hudson Water Contamination Exercise (last paragraph).
The next meeting date will be November 29, 2006 at 1:00.
Exercises
Colvard informed the Committee that exercise grants will become available after October 1, 2006; he does not
know how much will be allocated to the County. Discussion was held about a possible joint- county exercise
(Polk and St. Croix) involving a major power outage. This would be a tabletop exercise, of which, the
participants would be elected officials, schools, public works, county offices, gas companies, electric companies
and emergency service agencies from both counties. A Gunderson /Speer MOTION was made to contact Polk
County to see if they would like to participate in the exercise. A future county -wide hazmat exercise was also
discussed.
Facility Plans updated since last Meeting
Comcast's Facility Plan has been approved by the State. Colvard explained that 16 Facility Plans have been
updated this year. There are 32 Facility Plans in all. A handout was given showing the Planning Facilities and
Reporting Facilities within the County.
Public Comments
None
Announcements and Correspondence
None
Possible Agenda Items for Next Meeting
Follow up on possible joint- county exercise
Adjournment — The meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
LEPC Administrative Secretary