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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: Wednesday January 31, 2001
TIME: 9:00 A. M.
LOCATION: GOVERNMENT CENTER Community Room
1101 CARMICHAEL ROAD Lower Level
HUDSON, WISCONSIN 54016
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING - OPEN
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
(1) Emergency Communications Center Administration
EMERGENCY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES
EMS Issues: Fire Issues: Law Enforcement Issues:
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Jack Colvard, Emergency Management PHONE #386.471814719
For Chuck Mehls, Committee Chairman
DATE: January 25, 2001
Copies to: County Board Office Committee Members
County Clerk News Media /Notice Board
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MINUTES
Emergency Communications Committee
January 31,2001
PRESENT: Chuck Mehls, Tom Dorsey, Art Jacobson, Denise Bjerstedt, John Mortensen,
Julie Speer - County Board; Jack Colvard, Mary Souter - Emergency Management; Dennis
Hillstead, Bob Klanderman, John Shilts: Sheriffs Department; Dick Trende - Hudson
Police Department; Jeff Daburzzi, Hudson Ambulance; Jeff Rixmann - River Falls EMS;
Bob Schwalen - River Falls Fire; Jim vanderWyst, New Richmond Fire: Jeff Vogt, Roberts
Fire; Kevin Sheridan, Woodville Police; Rick Coltrain, Hammond Police; Debra Kathan -
Personnel, St. Croix Conty; Steve Bahneman, Jeff Kennett, Kevin Kirby, Terry
Andersen, Scott Allyn, Tony Bennett, Brian Posner - Emergency Communications
Chairman Mehls called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: February 8, 2001 at 9:00 AM in the Community Room
Actions on the previous minutes were waived.
NEW BUSINESS: Emergency Conmtunication Center Director.
Emergency service agencies from Deer Park, Baldwin, New Richmond, North Hudson, Roberts and
Woodville submitted letters and /or E -mail, concerning the Communication Center Director's
position, and whether or not it should remain an independent department or be incorporated
into another department.
Sheriff Hilstead, Jeff Vogt, Dick Trende, Jeff Rixmann, Bob Schwalen and Kevin Sheridan
expressed their views and opinions concerning the Communication Center Director's position.
Colvard, has been designated as the interim Emergency Communication Center's Director, for
administrative purposes, until the Director's position is filled. For the benefit of those
present, Deb Kathan identified that Steve Bahneman, the Lead Tele - communicator, has the
authority to act in all matters except personnel and financial issues, in the absence of
the director. Bahneman should attend the Committee meetings with Colvard, in order to
define and provide input on equipment and personnel issues.
Kathan provided a copy of the director's position description to the Committee members to
review, approve, or change, as the Committee desired. A Bjerstedt / Trende MOTION was made
to approve the position description as written with the correction of the committee's name.
With the approval of the position description, a Jacobson /Mortensen MOTION was made to fill
the position as soon as possible.
Kathan, informed the Committee, of the tentative time frame for filling the position.
Advertising for the position will start in February. All applications should be in by
February 28` and interviews will be in March and hopefully, be hired to start the first
part of April. She expressed a need for somebody to screen the applications and
recommended that a subcommittee be formed for this process.
Dispatchers were told, Steve Bahneman, will have, as lead Tele- communicator, authority to
act in all matters, except personnel and financial issues in the absence of the director.
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS:
Communications Technician position
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:13 a.m. on a Mortensen /Jacobson MOTION.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary M Souter, Recording Secretary