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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Thomas Dorsey, Chairman
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Charles P. Mehls, Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: Emergency Management /Communications Committee
DATE OF MEETING: Thursday February 08, 2001
TIME: 9:00 A. M.
LOCATION: GOVERNMENT CENTER
1101 CARMICHAEL ROAD
HUDSON, WISCONSIN 54016
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING - OPEN
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
8 County American Heart Association Update
NEW BUSINESS
Community Room
Lower Level
(1) Analysis and discussion of potential Communications Technician position
(2) Micro Wave equipment maintenance
(3) Radio system equipment and maintenance
(4) Review of existing and proposed communications center policies
(5) Director's report
(6) Emergency Communications Center bills
(7) Emergency Management bills
EMERGENCY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES
EMS Issues:
Fire Issues:
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
Law Enforcement Issues:
ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Jack Colvard, Emergency Management PHONE #386. 471814719
For Chuck Mehls, Committee Chairman
DATE: February 1, 2001
Copies to: County Board Office Committee Members
County Clerk News Media /Notice Board
MINUTES
Emergency Communications Committee
FEBRUARY 8, 2001
PRESENT: Chuck Mehls, Art Jacobson, Denise Bjerstedt, John Mortensen, - County
Board; Jack Colvard, Mary Souter - Emergency Management; Ron Volkert- Sheriffs
Department; Dick Trende - Hudson Police Department; Jim VanderWyst New Richmond
Fire: Steve Bahneman, Communications Center; Chuck Whiting, Administrator
Coordinator.
Excused: Tom Dorsey - County Board:
Chairman Mehls called the meeting to order at 9:04 a.m.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Monday February 26, 2001 at 9:00 AM in the Community Room
The minutes of the 1 -24 -01 meeting were approved on a Mortensen /Jacobson Motion,
with a spelling correction of the word Communication.
Minutes of the 1 -31 -01 meeting were approved by a Mortensen / Bjerstedt Motion,
with a spelling correction of the word County.
OLD BUSINESS: Eight County American Heart Association.
The Association is in the process of writing 2 grants for automatic
defibrillators. Mehls will compile a survey to be sent to the fire and police
Departments. In this survey he will be requesting the number of defibrillators
and the number of officers to be trained to use them. Trende will contact all
police chiefs in St. Croix County for their input. VanderWyst will contact all
fire chiefs. Mehls will bring a sample of the survey to the next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
Analysis & Discussion of potential Communication Technician position.
Colvard expressed that there is a need for a Supervisor and Lead Tele-
communicator in the future. He feels that there is a need for these additional
personnel because of the number of dispatchers and shifts in that department. At
this time, second and third shift dispatchers do not have any direct supervision
or an individual to provide answers to questions that may come up. In the past
they would have to contact the director or lead tele- communicator at all hours of
the night. Colvard suggested having coverage to overlap the shifts.
There was discussion of the various tasks that would be handled by the
communication technician person and that this should be a supervisory position.
Microwave equipment maintenance.
Bahneman handed out an Analog Microwave System routing map and explained how the
system works. Bahneman identified and stressed the need to have the microwave
realigned and be put on a maintenance contract so that regular maintenance could be
performed on the system. The radio system should also be checked out and realigned
for the FCC.
After much discussion it was agreed on a VanderWyst /Mortensen Motion for Bahneman
to have the Microwave repaired and brought up to maintenance standards.
Radio system equipment & maintenance
Tabled until the next meeting.
Review of existing & Proposed Communication Center Policies.
Tabled until the next meeting.
MOFF AL RECORD
Director's Report.
Colvard reported that much of his time is being spent on the Communication Center's
payroll, bills and a Workers Compensation claim.
Colvard expressed a need to set up a committee to review the applications for the
Director's position. The screening of applications will start after February 28,
2001 application deadline date. ,
The City of Hudson, City Counsel, approved their Municipal Emergency Operations
Plan Monday Night. The Village of Baldwin's Plan is going to the Village Board
soon and the Village of Hammond's is about to be approved, if it has not already
been approved.
Emergency Communication Center Bills.
The bills were approved on a Jacobson /Mortensen Motion.
Emergency Management Bills.
The bills were approved on a VanderWyst /Bjerstedt Motion.
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS:
Radio System Equipment & Maintenance
Communication Center Policies & Procedures
Further discussion of Communication Technician position
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m. on a Jacobson /Mortensen MOTION.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary M Souter, Recording Secretary