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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Clarence (Buck) Malick, Chairman
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Charlie Grant, LEPC Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
DATE OF MEETING: May 12, 2004
TIME: 1 :00 P
LOCATION: Hudson Government Center, Community Roam
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING Open
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES (February 20, 2004)
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
1. Election of Committee Officers; Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary
2. Annual LEPC Administrative Requirements
A. Update Membership List
B. Review procedures for Hazmat response expenditure cost recovery
C. Review LEPC Bylaws
3. Emergency Coordinators Report (Emergency Management Director)
A. 2004 Exercise Grant
B. 2004 Homeland Security Equipment Grant
C. 2004 Training Funds
D. First 1/2 FFY04 Plan of Work Reporting
E. Off -Site Facility plans developed and /or updated since February 20, 2004
4. Public Comments and Concerns
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(This agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Jack Colvard, Emergency Management - PHONE #386- 4719/386 -4718
DATE: May 3, 2004
Copies to: County Board Office Committee Members
County Clerk News Media /Notice Board
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OFFICIAL
LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
MINUTES
MAY 12, 2004
The St. Croix County LEPC meeting was held at the St. Croix County Government Center, Community Room,
Hudson, WI Chairman Grant called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.
Present: Jack Colvard - SCC Emergency Management; Buck Malick, Charles Grant, Art Jacobson, Chuck Mehls
- St. Croix County Board; Greg Palmer - Jerry's Towing; Russell Gehl, Paul Hubenette- Hulcher Professional
Services; Tim Ramberg - SCC Hwy Department; Craig Nelson — Baldwin Ambulance; Jon Aubart — River Falls
Police Department.
The agenda was adopted on a Jacobson /Ramberg MOTION. The February 20, 2004 minutes were approved
on a Mehls /Malick MOTION.
The next meeting date: August 4, 2004 —1:00 p.m. - Government Center
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Election of Committee Officers
Chuck Mehls was unanimously elected Chairman on a Grant/Ramberg MOTION.
Jim Vanderwyst was unanimously elected Vice Chairman on a Malick/Grant MOTION.
Art Jacobson was unanimously elected Secretary on a Malick/Grant MOTION.
All of the above officers are elected for a two -year term. Buck Malick will issue an appointment Letter to
each of the other members appointed to the Committee, for a two -year term.
The Contact Person for Broadcast Media for LEPC membership needs to be filled. The Media
Representative will be asked to attend the LEPC meetings and become a member, if appointed. Also,
the Committee will ask Bob Hendricks, Dept. of Ag. /Farm Service Bureau to be a member of this
Committee.
2. Annual LEPC Administrative Requirements
A. Update membership list
A membership list was given to the members present to verify their addresses, telephone numbers and
e -mail addresses. Emergency Management will make any corrections that are identified and submit the
list to Madison for approval.
B. Review procedures for Hazmat response expenditure cost recovery
Jim Vanderwyst will coordinate with other Fire Departments as to setting a policy for standard fees to be
charged when fire service agencies are dispatched to a spill /release incident. Craig Nelson will
coordinate with the EMS departments for a standard fee structure. Also, the Law Enforcement agencies
will need to address this issue. An ordinance would need to be implemented by each municipality and
the County addressing the fee structures.
C. Review LEPC Bylaws
The Local Emergency Planning Committee Bylaws, as written, were approved on a Malick/Jacobson
MOTION.
3. Emergency Coordinators Report (Emergency Management Director)
A. 2004 Exercise Grant
Colvard explained that St. Croix County has been awarded $12,825 for exercises dealing with
terrorism /hazardous material incidents. There will be five tabletop exercises presented involving
schools and municipal responses dealing with Weapons of Mass Destruction/Terrorism incidents at high
schools.
B. 2004 Homeland Security Equipment Grant
St. Croix County is eligible for $161,627.00 to be used to purchase equipment for emergency response
agencies and municipalities. Colvard is compiling a list of equipment to be submitted to OJA for
approval.
C. 2004 Training Funds
Colvard distributed a list of classes funded by the 2003 and 2004 training revenue that the County has
received in the form of reimbursements from the state.
D. First 1/2 FFY04 Plan of Work reporting
The state has approved the first half -year of the Plan of Work activities for both the EPCRA Grant and
the EMPG Grant, which is administered by Emergency Management.
E. Off -site Facility Plans developed and /or updated since Feb. 20, 2004
Fourteen Off -site Facility Plans have been updated, with one being a new facility. There will be another
plan developed this fall, which is the G. M. Parts Distribution facility, located in the Hudson Industrial
Park. Emergency Management learns of new facilities from information provided by the
Planning /Zoning Dept. and also the Local Fire Departments.
4. Public Comments and Concerns
Greg Palmer provided information about a Hazmat Recovery Class to be presented in August by Jerry's
Towing and WITC for emergency responders and towing operators.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
None
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 2:40 p.m. on a Ramberg /Jacobson MOTION.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Engen, Administrative Secretary