HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-04-2023 Local Emergency Planning Committee Minutes
MEETING MINUTES
LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
May 4, 2023 1:00 PM
St. Croix County Government Center - Room 1284
Government Center - 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived
Duana Bremer St. Croix
County
Excused
Bob Long St. Croix
County
Supervisor Present
Tim Kufus St. Croix
County
Present
Paul Sickman St. Croix
County
Conservation Warden Absent
Bob Olson St. Croix
County
Group 4-Community Present
Brent Standaert St. Croix
County
Chair of LEPC Present
Cathy Leaf St. Croix
County
Group 1-County Board Excused
Darren Van
Blaricom
St. Croix
County
Group 2-Health Service Present
Janet Smith St. Croix
County
Secretary Excused
Joe Eichten St. Croix
County
Group 2-Environmental Present
Kelli Engen St. Croix Group 2-Public Health Absent
County
Mary Blel St. Croix
County
Community Member Absent
MaryEllen Bol St. Croix
County
Group 2/5-Fire/Owner-
Operator
Present
Natasha Cardinal St. Croix
County
Present
Robbie Krejci St. Croix
County
Highway Commissioner Excused
Terry Andersen St. Croix
County
Vice Chair of LEPC Present
Tom Overby St. Croix
County
Group 5-Owner/Operator Excused
Dave Ostness St. Croix
County
Supervisor Present
Ken Witt St. Croix
County
County Administrator Excused
Lisa Olson-
McDonald
St. Croix
County
Non Voting member Excused
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes were not captured from last meeting on September 8, 2022. Natasha Cardinal
provided a brief overview of the business items on September 8, 2022: Membership review,
FFY20 Hazmat Operations and Awareness Training review, St. Croix County Spill History for 2021,
presentation from WI DNR on processes involved in hazmat spills, County-Wide Strategic
Hazmat Plan Update, Review By-Laws of the LEPC, and approval of Off-Site Facility Plans.
Anderson motioned, Long second to approve the meeting minutes Natasha Cardinal read from
previous meeting. Motion carried 9-0.
PUBLIC COMMENT
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Membership review
Representation needed from Fire and EMS. A request was made to serve on the
committee, and proposed new members include Jon Muller, the Director with Lakeview
EMS, Fire Chief, Drew Spielman with Hudson Fire, and Megan Navarre, the EHS Manager
at Refrigerated Solutions Group (RSG)-Norlake in Hudson, which is a designer and
manufacturer of refrigeration products. Megan served on the committee before working
at Phillips-Medisize in New Richmond. Bol motioned, Anderson second the new
memberships to LEPC. Motioned carried 9-0.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: MaryEllen Bol, Group 2/5-Fire/Owner-Operator
SECONDER: Terry Andersen, Vice Chair of LEPC
AYES: Bob Long, Tim Kufus, Bob Olson, Brent Standaert, Darren Van Blaricom,
Joe Eichten, MaryEllen Bol, Natasha Cardinal, Terry Andersen
ABSENT: Paul Sickman, Kelli Engen, Mary Blel
EXCUSED: Duana Bremer, Cathy Leaf, Janet Smith, Robbie Krejci, Tom Overby
2. FFY22 Hazmat Operations and Awareness Training Summary
Emergency Manager Cardinal reviewed the hazmat training summary.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
3. All-Hazard Mitigation Plan update – presentation from Chris Straight, Senior Planner,
with the West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (WCWRPC)
All-Hazard Mitigation Plan update presentation from Chris Straight, Senior Planner, with
West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (WCWRPC). Senior Planner Chris
Straight with WCWRPC shared his role in coordination and support of this project and
how the LEPC will serve as the steering committee and oversee plan development. He
provided a PowerPoint presentation on Hazard Mitigation Plan update. Also, a Risk
Assessment Survey review rating of natural hazards in St. Croix County on probability
(frequency) and vulnerability (impact). He provided the St. Croix County Multi-Hazard
Mitigation Plan Update Project Timeline to the committee.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned at 2:23 pm.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Next meeting is August 3 at 1 pm.