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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmergency Management/ Communications Committee 01-31-2000 ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Thomas Dorsey, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Charles P. Mehls, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Emergency Government Committee DATE OF MEETING: Monday, January 31, 2000 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: Emergency Government Conference Room L Government Center Hudson, Wisconsin 54016 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING OPEN ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES OLD BUSINESS 1) Communication Van Update NEW BUSINESS 1) Wisconsin Association of Hazardous Materials Responders (WAHMER) Conference 2) Minnesota Governors Conference on Emergency Management 3 Department of Energy Training 4) Training for Nursing Homes and Hospitals 5) Director's Report 6) Bills ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Jack Colvard, Emergency Government PHONE#386-47191386.4718 DATE:January 21, 2000 Copies to: County Board Office Committee Members County Clerk News Media/Notice Board 01/21/00 14:09 $ COUNTY CLERK Q001 xxACTIVITY REPORT TRANSMISSION OK TX/RX NO. 5891 CONNECTION TEL 92467117 CONNECTION ID THE NEWS START TIME 01/21 14:08 USAGE TIME 00'35 PAGES 1 RESULT OK ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEE'T'ING TO: Thomas Dorsey, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Charles P. Mehls, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Emergency Government Committee DATE OF MEETING: Monday, January 31, 2000 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: Emergency Government Conference Room Government Center Hudson, Wisconsin 54016 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING OPEN ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES OLD BUSINESS 1) Communication Van Update NEW BUSINESS 1) Wisconsin Association of Hazardous Materials Responders (WARMER) Conference 2) Minnesota Governors Conference on Emergency Management 3 Department of Energy Training 4) Training for Nursing Homes and Hospitals 5) Director's Report Fl Rillc 01/21/00 14:07 $ COUNTY CLERK Q001 ACTIVITY REPORT tE TRANSMISSION OK TX/RX NO. 5892 CONNECTION TEL 92467090 CONNECTION ID START TIME 01/21 14:06 USAGE TIME 00'42 PAGES A ES 1 RESULT OK ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Thomas Dorsey, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Charles P. Mehls, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Emergency Government Committee DATE OF MEETING: Monday, January 31, 2000 TIME. 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: Emergency Governme nc Conference Room Government Center Hudson, Wisconsin 54016 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING OPEN ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES OLD BUSINESS 1) Communication Van Update NEW BUSINESS 1) Wisconsin Association of Hazardous Materials Responders (WAHMER) Conference 2) Minnesota Governors Conference on Emergency Management 3 Department of Energy Training 4) Training for Nursing Homes and Hospitals 5) Director's Report fit Rille 01/21/00 14:02 $ COUNTY CLERK IM001 :x:xk ACTIVITY REPORT TRANSMISSION OK TX/RX NO. 5890 - CONNECTION TEL 93869891 CONNECTION ID STAR-OBSERVER START TIME 01/21 14:01 USAGE TIME 00'34 PAGES 1 RESULT OK ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Thomas Dorsey, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Charles P. Mehls, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Emergency Government Committee DATE OF MEETING: Monday, January 31, 2000 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: Emergency Government Conference Room Government Center Hudson, Wisconsin 54016 - CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING OPEN ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES OLD BUSINESS 1) Communication Van Update NEW BUSINESS 1) Wisconsin Association of Hazardous Materials Responders (WAHMER) Conference - 2) Minnesota Governors Conference on Emergency Management 3 Department of Energy Training 4) Training for Nursing Homes and Hospitals 5) Director's Report Al 1 ;11c 01/21/00 14:00 $ COUNTY CLERK 0001 kkkkkkkkk%kk%kk�}:���k���kk8c;k'k. ACTIVITY REPORT xx x TRANSMISSION OK TX/RX NO. 5889 CONNECTION TEL 917152657496 CONNECTION ID START TIME 01/21 13:59 USAGE TIME 00'42 PAGES 1 RESULT OK ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Thomas Dorsey, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Charles P. Meh1s, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Emergency Goveriunent Committee DATE OF MEETING: Monday, January 31, 2000 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: Emergency Government Conference Room Government Center Hudson, Wisconsin 54016 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING OPEN ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES OLD BUSINESS 1) Communication Van Update NEW BUSINESS 1) Wisconsin Association of Hazardous Materials Responders (WAHMER) Conference 2) Minnesota Governors Conference on Emergency Management 3 Department of Energy Training 4)Training for Nursing Homes and Hospitals 5) Director's Report Al Dille X A1C 1A - MINUTES �.,� „ Emergency Government Committee January 31, 1999 PRESENT: Chuck Mehls, John Mortensen, Robert Boche - County Board; Jack Colvard, Mary Souter - Emergency Government; Bruce Brantner - Emergency Communications and Dick Martin - American Red Cross Chairman Mehls called the meeting to order at 9 : 00 a .m. The Agenda was adopted on a Boche/Mortensen Motion. DATE OF NEXT MEETING: February 22nd at 4 :30 p.m. at the Emergency Government Office After review, Minutes from the December 31, 1999 Meeting were approved on a Boche/Mortensen MOTION. OLD BUSINESS: COMMUNICATION/COMMAND POST VAN UPDATE: Mehls, Brantner & Colvard visited the Winnebago Factory at Forest Lake, Iowa on December 20, 1999 to discuss and visually inspect other vans that are currently being built . After review of costs for changes and equipment, that Winnebago would sell and install in the van, it was determined to get quotes from other suppliers, in order to reduce costs . Mehls reviewed the floor plan and suggested improvements to the Committee . NEW BUSINESS : 1) Wisconsin Assoc. of Hazardous Material Responders Conference : A one-day conference will be held in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday March 4th, 2000 . Brantner and Colvard will be attending. The costs for this conference are reimbursable under the SARA grant . Committee members also wishing to attend this conference are invited to attend. A Boche/Mortensen motion was made that Colvard and Brantner and any Committee members interested, may attend this conference. 2) Minnesota Governors Conference on Emergency Management : This, three day, conference will be held in St Paul at the Radison on February 29 through March 2nd, 2000 . The Wisconsin Governor' s Conference on Emergency Management will be next fall . The conference will be at the Paper Valley Inn, in Appleton, WI . A Mortensen/Boche Motion was made for any Committee members interested, may attend the Minnesota Governor' s Conference on Emergency Management . 3) Department of Energy Training: Colvard informed the Committee of a Federally sponsored training course that is being presented by the Department of Justice and the FBI at Bechtal, Nevada . This training course is 100 percent reimbursable for all costs . Lee Cooper, from WITC, Brantner and Colvard would like to attend this course . Chairman Mehls, also, indicated an interest in the course. A Mortensen/Boche motion that Colvard and Brantner and any interested Committee members attend this course, which is scheduled for August 7th through the 11th 2000. 4) Training for Nursing Homes and Hospitals: Colvard has requested two Tabletop Exercise Design training classes, that the State will provide, for Nursing Homes and Hospitals. The dates of the classes are March 30th and April 27, 2000 . Joanne Patulski, State Exercise Training Officer, will teach the class assisted by Jack Colvard. Information on the classes has been faxed to the Nursing Homes and Hospitals in St Croix County. 5) DIRECTORS REPORT Colvard reported there is an Ingestion Pathway Workshop in Eau Claire on Thursday and Friday, March 16th and 17th, that he is required to attend. Any Committee members interested in attending this workshop should contact Jack Colvard. In December, Colvard completed teaching a second Hazmat Awareness Level course for Public Health nurses . Now, all of the Public Health nurses have participated in hazmat training. Colvard has received a letter of eligibility for a Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning grant (HMEP) and wants to know if we should apply for the $1, 500 . 00 grant . This grant could be used to fund all costs associated with a tabletop and a functional exercise . If we are going to participate in the grant, he will have to send a letter of participation by February 15, 2000 . The Committee recommended that he make application for the grant . The American Red Cross met at John and Bernie Mortensen' s home on Friday, January 28, 2000 . Members of the St Croix County Red Cross, which is part of the St Croix Valley chapter, out of Washington County, Minnesota, elected Dick Martin as the Chairman for St Croix County. He will be the liaison between the Red Cross and Emergency Government in St Croix County. Also, he will be working on updating the list of shelter sites and will report back to the Committee at the next meeting. 6) BILLS After review of the December bills paid in January their was a Boche/Mortensen MOTION to approve the bills . POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: American Red Cross shelter update . ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 10 : 55 p.m. on a Mortensen/Boche MOTION. Respectfully submitted by Art Jacobson, Secretary 2 x MINUTES Emergency Government Committee January 31, 1999 PRESENT: Chuck Mehls, John Mortensen, Robert Boche - County Board; Jack Colvard, Mary Souter - Emergency Government; Bruce Brantner - Emergency Communications and Dick Martin - American Red Cross Chairman Mehls called the meeting to order at 9: 00 a.m. The Agenda was adopted on a Boche/Mortensen Motion. DATE OF NEXT MEETING: February 22nd at 4 :30 p.m. at the Emergency Government Office After review, Minutes from the December 31, 1999 Meeting were approved on a Boche/Mortensen MOTION. OLD BUSINESS: COMMUNICATION/COMMAND POST VAN UPDATE: Mehls, Brantner & Colvard visited the Winnebago Factory at Forest Lake, Iowa on December 20, 1999 to discuss and visually inspect other vans that are currently being built. After review of costs for changes and equipment, that Winnebago would sell and install in the van, it was determined to get quotes from other suppliers, in order to reduce costs . Mehls reviewed the floor plan and suggested improvements to the Committee. NEW BUSINESS: 1) Wisconsin Assoc. of Hazardous Material Responders Conference: A one-day conference will be held in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday March 4th, 2000 . Brantner and Colvard will be attending. The costs for this conference are reimbursable under the SARA grant . Committee members also wishing to attend this conference are invited to attend. A Boche/Mortensen motion was made that Colvard and Brantner and any Committee members interested, may attend this conference . 2) Minnesota Governors Conference on Emergency Management : This, three day, conference will be held in St Paul at the Radison on February 29 through March 2nd, 2000 . The Wisconsin Governor' s Conference on Emergency Management will be next fall. The conference will be at the Paper Valley Inn, in Appleton, WI . A Mortensen/Boche Motion was made for any Committee members interested, may attend the Minnesota Governor' s Conference on Emergency Management . 3) Department of Energy Training: Colvard informed the Committee of a Federally sponsored training course that is being presented by the Department of Justice and the FBI at Bechtal, Nevada. This training course is 100 percent reimbursable for all costs . Lee Cooper, from WITC,. Brantner and Colvard would like to attend this course. Chairman Mehls, also, indicated an interest in the course. A Mortensen/Boche motion that Colvard and Brantner and any interested Committee members attend this course, which is scheduled for August 7th through the 11th 2000. 4) Training for Nursing Homes and Hospitals: Colvard has requested two Tabletop Exercise Design training classes, that the State will provide, for Nursing Homes and Hospitals. The dates of the classes are March 30th and April 27, 2000 . Joanne Patulski, State Exercise Training Officer, will teach the class assisted by Jack Colvard. Information on the classes has been faxed to the Nursing Homes and Hospitals in St Croix County. 5) DIRECTORS REPORT Colvard reported there is an Ingestion Pathway Workshop in Eau Claire on Thursday and Friday, March 16th and 17th, that he is required to attend. Any Committee members interested in attending this workshop should contact Jack Colvard. In December, Colvard completed teaching a second Hazmat Awareness Level course for Public Health nurses . Now, all of the Public Health nurses have participated in hazmat training. Colvard has received a letter of eligibility for a Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning grant (HMEP) and wants to know if we should apply for the $1, 500 . 00 grant . This grant could be used to fund all costs associated with a tabletop and a functional exercise. If we are going to participate in the grant, he will have to send a letter of participation by February 15, 2000 . The Committee recommended that he make application for the grant . The American Red Cross met at John and Bernie Mortensen' s home on Thursday, January 27, 2000 . Members of the St Croix County Red Cross, which is part of the St Croix Valley chapter, out of Washington County, Minnesota, elected Dick Martin as the Chairman for St Croix County American Red Cross Disaster Services . He will be the liaison between the Red Cross and Emergency Government in St Croix County. Also, he will be working on updating the list of shelter sites and will report back to the Committee at the next meeting. 6) BILLS After review of the December bills paid in January their was a Boche/Mortensen MOTION to approve the bills . POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: American Red Cross shelter update. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 10 : 55 p.m. on a Mortensen/Boche MOTION. Respectfully submitted by Ma y S t ter, Recording Secretary 2