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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-10-2014 Local Emergency Planning Committee Minutes MINUTES LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE July 10, 2014 10:00 AM County Board Room - Government Center 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order by Convener Roger Larson. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived Roger Larson St. Croix County Elected Official Present Jeff Klatt St. Croix County Vice Chair Present Casey Swetlik St. Croix County Information Coordinator Present Kristen Sailer St. Croix County Emergency Management Present Janet Smith St. Croix County Secretary Present Christopher Babbitt St. Croix County Elected Official Absent Scott Nelson St. Croix County Elected Official Absent Stephen Nielsen St. Croix County Elected Official Present Andy Brinkman St. Croix County Elected Official Absent Jon Aubart St. Croix County Law Enforcement Absent Ed Thurman St. Croix County Health Service Present Mike Koscinski St. Croix County Transportation Present Tim Ramberg St. Croix County Transportation Present Jan Nelson St. Croix County Village Clerk Excused Terry Anderson St. Croix County Law Enforcement Present Eric Nikolai St. Croix County Community Absent Ruth Talford St. Croix County Community Group Absent Duana Bremer St. Croix County Community Group Absent Jason Winget St. Croix County Community Group Present Bob Olson St. Croix County Community Group Present Chuck Mehls St. Croix County Emergency Management Absent Matt Melby St. Croix County Emergency Medical Services Present Jill Jarchow St. Croix County Owner/Operator Present MaryEllen Bol St. Croix County Owner/Operator Present Tom Overby St. Croix County Owner/Operator Excused Eric Blomquist St. Croix County Environmental Absent Joe Eichten St. Croix County Environmental Absent Philip Hughes St. Croix County Hospital Absent Others Present: County Administrator Patrick Thompson, Brian Halling (Highway Proxy), PJ Doyle (Alternate American Red Cross), Mike Foley (Rivertowns Media), Darren Van Blaricom (Hospitals). APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. March 6, 2014 1:00 PM Minutes from the March 6th meeting were accepted as presented. RESULT: ACCEPTED 2. June 5, 2014 1:00 PM Minutes from the June 5th (notice of cancellation due to lack of quorum) were accepted as presented. RESULT: ACCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENT* No Public comments. BUSINESS ITEMS 1. Election of Chair A Swetlik\Klatt motion is made to nominate Roger Larson as Chair. Carried unanimously. 2. Election of Vice Chair A Swetlik\Melby motion is made to nominate Jeff Klatt as Vice Chair. Carried unanimously. 3. Designation of Community Emergency Coordinator A Melby\Klatt motion is made to designate the Emergency Support Services director as the Community Emergency Coordinator. Carried unanimously. 4. Designation of Coordinator of Information A Klatt\Melby motion is made to designate the Emergency Support Services Director as the Coordinator of Information. Motion passes. 5. Designation of Compliance Officer A Bol\Klatt motion is made designate the Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) as the Compliance Officer for St. Croix County. Carried unanimously. 6. Designation of Secretary A Swetlik\Melby motion is made to designate Janet Smith as the LEPC secretary. Carried unanimously. 7. Overview of the LEPC duties & responsibilities Kristen Sailer presents an overview of the LEPC (see handout) duties and responsibilities. A brief history and information regarding the SCC LEPC. Sailer would like the committee to work on an outreach program for informing the public on Hazardous Materials and safety. Members of the LEPC are encouraged to attend both on-line and classroom Incident Command System (ICS) training. Sailer reviewed the All Hazard Mitigation Plan. All members were invited to tour the newly completed Emergency Operations Center (EOC) after the meeting. The LEPC has two sub-committees. The Planning committee which reviews the off-site facility plans and makes recommendations to the full committee. This committee usually meets the week prior to the quarterly LEPC meetings. The Membership committee which reviews current membership, recommends new members to the full committee. Sailer would like to form an additional sub-committee to address Public Education and Outreach needs. 8. Membership Review Jeff Klatt reported Philip Hughes and Margaret Ontl have resigned from the LEPC. Per the LEPC by-laws members who have three unexcused absences within a twelve month period may be relieved of their LEPC membership. Current, members meeting that criteria are Eric Nikolai and Ruth Talford both from the American Red Cross. Chair Larson declares the two seats vacant. American Red Cross has two representatives (Jason Winget and Bob Olson) remaining on the LEPC. The Membership Committee recommends Darren VanBlaricom (Health Partners St. Croix Valley), as a representative of group 2-Hospital, Dan Peterson (United Fire & Rescue Woodville), as a representative of group 2-Fire Fighting and Mike Foley (Rivertowns) as a representative of group 3- Media as new members of the LEPC. A Klatt\Andersen motion to approve the recommendation of the membership committee. Carried unanimously. 9. HAZMAT Functional Exercise update Sailer updated the committee on the HazMat functional exercise being held at Precision Ag on Saturday, August 23rd. The next design team meeting will focus on pre-event staging areas and evacuation routes. Precision Ag provided training for local area Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement. Sailer invites all members to participate as evaluators, controllers and observers. 10. HAZMAT training summary Sailer explained the funding of the Hazardous Materials training and the guidelines which WEM has begun to enforce. Hazmat training funding will only be accepted if the training requested follows the NFPA 472 codes and OSHA. The Hazmat training summary report was reviewed. DATE OF NEXT MEETING - SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2014 Next meeting is September 4, 2014 at 1:00 PM at the Government Center county board room. ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE Bob Olson from American Red Cross reported there will be holding a tabletop exercise on September 20th at the Bayport office and planning has been started for a full scale exercise on April 25, 2015. ADJOURN Meeting is adjourned by Chair Roger Larson at 10:00 AM