HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmergency Management/ Communications Committee 03-13-2000 ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COb24ITTEE MEETING
TO: Thomas Dorsey, Chairperson
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Emergency Communications Committee
COMMITTEE TITLE: Emergency Communications
DATE: March 13, 2000 Monday
TIME: 9: 00 AM
LOCATION: Land & Conservation Office Baldwin, WI
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Communications Van Update
Alternate 9-1-1 PSAP Location
County ID' s for responders
NEW BUSINESS:
Storm Watch/Warning procedure
Radio frequency usage
Director' s report
Bills & vouchers
EMS, Fire, & Law Enforcement issues
Tour of Hammond tower site @ Hwy Shop **
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Bruce A. Brantner, Director
DATE: March 8, 2000
COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE
COUNTY CLERK
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD
** Tour to occur after adjournment of meeting
UNOFFICIAL RECORD
MINUTES
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
March 13, 2000
Present : Chuck Mehls, Nancy Bieraugel - County Board; Bruce
Brantner - Emergency Communications; Jack Colvard - Emergency
Government; Greg Carlson - WITC; Jim VanderWyst - New Richmond
Fire Department; Troy Dankemeyer - Land Conservation.
Excused: Ron Volkert - Sheriff' s Department; Gene Hanson - County
Board; Dick Trende - Hudson Police Department .
The meeting was called to order by Chuck Mehls at 9 : 05 a .m. The
agenda was adopted on a Carlson/VanderWyst MOTION.
The next meeting will be on April 10, 2000 at 9 : 00 a.m. .
Minutes of the February 14, 1999 meeting were approved on a
VanderWyst/Carlson MOTION.
Unfinished Business :
Communications Van Update;
Brantner stated that the contract has been signed and that
$5, 000 . 00 has been paid as a down payment. The detail layout,
3-D drawing of the van, will be coming in a week or so .
Alternate 9-1-1 PSAP Location;
The old console from the Hudson Police Department, the
previous backup PSAP point, has been removed, and is currently
being stored at the vendors garage until the new site, at the
Health Center in New Richmond is completed. At this immediate
time, there is no backup for the Communications Center except
for the mobile command post.
County I D s for Responders;
Brantner informed the committee that the new cards for
volunteers will have a green stripe . The cost for the new
cards is $58 . 50/1000 . Blue will stay the same for staff
personnel . Each department will be responsible for collecting
the old pink stripe cards .
New Business :
Storm Watch/Warning Procedure;
Brantner distributed the current policy on watches and
warnings . He also discussed the new Emergency Alert System
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DIRECTOR' S REPORT: LJ
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BILLS AND Y s EMS
VOUCHERS: services.
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The bills for February were approved on _
MOTION. �
a Bieraugel/VanderWyst
EMS IREF. & Law Enforcement issues -
EMS .
- None at this
Fire - None time.
Lat this time.
Law
Not present at this meeting.
knnouncements °
& Correspondence
None
'ossible agenda Items
for next meeting:
djournment :
The meeting adjourneat 10: 05
MOTION, d a.m.
on a Bierau
gel/VanderWyst
�spectfully submitted,
=k Colvard, Recordin
g Secretary
MINUTES
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
March 13, 2000
Present : Chuck Mehls, Nancy Bieraugel - County Board; Bruce
Brantner - Emergency Communications; Jack Colvard - Emergency
Government; Greg Carlson - WITC; Jim VanderWyst - New Richmond
Fire Department; Troy Dankemeyer - Land Conservation.
Excused: Ron Volkert - Sheriff' s Department; Gene Hanson - County
Board; Dick Trende - Hudson Police Department .
The meeting was called to order by Chuck Mehls at 9 : 05 a.m. The
agenda was adopted on a Carlson/VanderWyst MOTION.
The next meeting will be on April 10, 2000 at 9 : 00 a .m. .
I
Minutes of the February 14, 1999 meeting were approved on a
VanderWyst/Carlson MOTION.
Unfinished Business :
Communications Van Update;
Brantner stated that the contract has been signed and that
$5, 000 . 00 has been paid as a down payment. The detail layout,
3-D drawing of the van, will be coming in a week or so.
Alternate 9-1-1 PSAP Location;
The old console from the Hudson Police Department, the
previous backup PSAP point, has been removed and is currently
being stored at the vendors garage until the new site, at the
Health Center in New Richmond is completed. At this immediate
time, there is no backup for the Communications Center except
i
for the mobile command post .
County I . D. s for Responders;
Brantner informed the committee that the new cards for
volunteers will have a green stripe . The cost for the new
cards is $58 . 50/1000 . Blue will stay the same for staff
personnel . Each department will be responsible for collecting
the old pink stripe cards .
New Business :
Storm Watch/Warning Procedure;
Brantner distributed the current policy on watches and
warnings . He also discussed the new Emergency Alert System
i
used by the National Weather Service . Discussion about the C-
Warn monitors currently distributed throughout the county as
warning devices for public and private facilities, for storms
or other emergency situations . A letter will be sent to each
user to check their monitor and advise them about the severe
weather season coming soon.
Radio Frequency Usage;
A list of frequencies was sent out to each emergency service .
Also a list of the minimum frequencies that each agency should
have was identified.
DIRECTOR' S REPORT:
Brantner attended a conference in Wisconsin Rapids, with
Colvard, dealing with hazardous materials and thought it was
excellent . He passed around the materials that he obtained at
the conference.
He also provided a map interpretation class for the River
i
Falls Ambulance Service personnel, to help them be more -
familiar in locating various addresses as the are radioed to
them from dispatch. He thought the class went very well and
hopes to provide this to more of the county' s EMS services .
BILLS AND VOUCHERS :
The bills for February were approved on a Bieraugel/VanderWyst
MOTION.
EMS, FIRE, & Law Enforcement issues •
EMS - None at this time.
Fire - None at this time.
Law - Not present at this meeting.
Announcements & Correspondence
None
Possible agenda Items for next meeting:
Adjournment :
The meeting adjourned at 10 : 05 a.m. on a Bieraugel/VanderWyst
MOTION.
Res fully submi ed,
J ck Colvard, Recording Secretary