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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Thomas Dorsey, Chairperson
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Emergency Communications Committee
COMMITTEE TITLE: Emergency Communications
DATE: January 18, 1999 (Monday)
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
LOCATION: St. Croix County Government Center Emergency Gov't Office
1101 Carmichael Rd Conference Room
Hudson, WI
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Air Quality update
9-1-1 Center Operation Guide update
Communications Van Research
NEW BUSINESS:
Committee membership
Emergency Responder Identification
April, 99 Open House (Telecommunicator week)
1998 Call Statistics
Director' s report
Bills & vouchers
EMS, Fire, & Law Enforcement issues
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Bruce A. Brantner, Director
DATE: January 11, 1999
COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE
COUNTY CLERK
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
MINUTES
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
January 18, 1999
Present: Chuck Mehls, Eugene Hanson - County Board; Bruce
Brantner - Emergency Communications; Jack Colvard -
Emergency Government; Ron Volkert - Sheriff's Department;
Excused: Nancy Bieraugel - County Board; Jim VanderWyst - New
Richmond Fire; Greg Carlson - WITC.
The meeting was called to order by Chuck Mehls at 9: 00 a.m. . The
agenda was adopted on a Hanson/Trende MOTION.
The next meeting will be on February 8, 1999.
Minutes of the December 14, 1998 meeting were approved on a
Trende/Volkert MOTION.
Unfinished Business:
AIR QUALITY UPDATE:
Brantner reported that cleaning is being done daily.
Maintenance will be replacing the carpeted floor tiles with
new ones. The old tiles can be cleaned and reused when
needed. The comfort level of all staff members appears to be
better.
9-1-1 CENTER OPERATION GUIDE UPDATE:
Brantner presented the Committee with phone and radio
procedures that have been developed as part of the 9-1-1
Center Operation Guide. He is continuing to develop other
guides for the Center.
COMMUNICATIONS VAN RESEARCH:
Mehls discussed the possibility of planning for a new
communications van in 2000. The current van is a 1976
Chevrolet which the County has owned since about 1982 .
Possible funding sources for a new van were discussed. A new
van would serve not only as a communications van but also as
a mobile command post to be used by any municipality or public
agency if the need arose.
New Business•
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
Chairman Mehls welcomed Eugene Hanson, who replaced George
Sinclear, to the Committee with introductions by each of the
members present. (These activities were accomplished prior to
item one of Unfinished Business. )
EMERGENCY RESPONDER IDENTIFICATION:
The Committee discussed the need for identification of
personnel not in uniform who may arrive at an incident.
Costs for developing badges for all volunteers were identified
by Brantner. The Committee directed him to send a letter to
all fire and EMS to determine how many personnel the have and
to seek their support in this project.
APRIL, 99 OPEN HOUSE (TELECOMMUNICATOR WEEK) :
Brantner would like to have a one day open house for emergency
responders to tour the Communications Center during
"Telecommunicator Week" . Information for the public during
this week will be put into the newspapers. Trende/Hanson
MOTION to have the one day open house for emergency
responders.
1998 CALL STATISTICS:
Brantner reviewed the 1998 call statistics identifying the
number of calls for each agency in the County. Overall, the
number of calls were up by about 10% over the previous year,
with the Sheriff's Department showing the greatest increase of
calls.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT:
Interviews for employment will be scheduled for January 26,
1999, at 9 : 00 a.m. . Brantner identified the need to fill one
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fulltime and one permanent part time position due to
personnel leaving these positions.
The Enhanced 9-1-1 Master Street Address Guide has been
returned from Ameritec. The Communications Center will be
comparing their addresses with those of Ameritec for further
updating if needed. The Guide is planned to be operational in
1999 .
Visions software has been selected to replace the Law
Enforcement Clues software.
Bills and Vouchers:
The bills for December 1998 were presented to the Committee.
Hanson/Trende MOTION to approve the bills as presented.
EMS, FIRE, & Law Enforcement issues:
Mehls requested that for EMS pages, that the address also
include the township name. Brantner identified that under the
currant software that this is not possible. However, with the
Visions software this may be included in the page.
No specific issues were brought up for discussion by Law
Enforcement or the Sheriff's Department representatives, at
this time.
The Fire representative was not present at the meeting.
Announcements & Correspondence
None
Possible Agenda Items for Next Meeting:
None addressed
Adjournment:
The meeting adjourned at 10:35 a.m. on a Trende/Mehls MOTION.
Respectfully submitted,
J Colvard, Recordi Secretary