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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 Government Committee
DATE OF MEETING: Friday, July 30, 1999
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
LOCATION:
Community Room
St. Croix County 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) Shelter Inventory Update
NEW BUSINESS
1) Y2K Resolution
2) Draft of Certified Instructor Letter
3) Mutual Aid Resources
4) 9-1-1 Position Description
5) Director's Report
6) EOC Set-up
7) Public Comments
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:July 21, 1999
Copies to: County Board Office Committee Members
County Clerk News Media/Notice Board
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MINUTES
Emergency Government Committee
July 30, 1999
PRESENT: Chuck Mehls, John Mortensen, Bob Boche, Art Jacobson - County
Board; Jack Colvard, Pam Benson - Emergency Government; Bruce Brantner -
Emergency Communications.
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: August 13, 1999, 9: 00 a.m. - Emergency Government
Conference Room, Government Center
After review, Minutes from the July 13, 1999 meeting were amended on a
Jacobson/Boche MOTION. (The last sentence in the first paragraph under
Y2K Resolution should read, "After discussion, a Jacobson/Mortensen MOTION
was approved that the County be the coordinating body for County-wide Y2K
preparations ." ) Following that, a Boche/Mortensen MOTION approved the
Minutes as amended. MOTION carried.
OLD BUSINESS:
1) Shelter Inventory Update
This agenda item was tabled until the next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
1) Y2K Resolution
A draft Y2K Resolution was passed out to Committee members and
reviewed, paragraph by paragraph.
At 9: 40 a.m. a short break was taken to re-type the Resolution. The
meeting reconvened at 9: 45 a.m. After discussion, a Boche/Jacobson
MOTION approved the Y2K Resolution as revised. The Resolution will
be given to the County Clerk for the upcoming County Board Agenda.
2) Draft of Certified Instructor Letter
Colvard read a draft of the certified instructor letter to the
Committee. After discussion, a Mortensen/Boche MOTION was approved
that the letter be placed in Colvard' s personnel file, per OSHA
1910 . 120 (q) regulation. Another letter written to David Brooks-
Wisconsin Technical College System in Madison, identifying classes
that Colvard has presented since February 2, 1999, was shown to -the
Committee. This letter was signed by Mehls and will be mailed.
3) Mutual Aid Resources
Mehls gave a handout to Committee members, listing equipment
available from New Richmond EMS and Fire for mutual aid. After
discussion, it was decided that Emergency Government would send out a
letter to all County response agencies requesting that they develop
mutual aid agreements with each other so personnel and resources
available during a day or night mass casualty incident would be
known. Different levels of response, Level 1, 2, or 3 could also be
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defined. Emergency Government will facilitate a meeting for
responder groups, to be scheduled for the last week in October, date
to be determined. EMS/First Responder agencies will be notified
first, with copies of this letter sent to Village Presidents,
Township Chairs, and City Mayors .
5) Director' s Report
Colvard has been invited to an ITS (Intelligent Transportation
System) meeting to be held in Madison on August 17, 1999 concerning
Interstate 90 and 94 planning. Instead of attending, Colvard will
request minutes from the meeting.
"The Beacon" newsletter from the FBI was shown to Committee members .
A memo was sent out to all County responders regarding steps to
follow if there were a military aircraft crash in the area. This was
sent to us from the Department of Military Affairs, Madison.
A handout was given to Committee members dealing with the procedure
for deployment of the National Guard.
WEM' s (Wisconsin Emergency Management' s) lawyer, Randi Milsap, has
been invited to attend the upcoming LEPC (Local Emergency Planning
Committee) meeting on August 20th to assist with expense recovery from
the June 25 hazardous material spill.
4) 9-1-1 Position Description
After discussion, this item was tabled until the next meeting.
6) EOC Set-up
Brantner assisted with phone hook-ups for each agency present when
the County EOC (Emergency Operations Center) is activated. Each EOC
participant will have a resource kit, including a working phone,
phone book, and office supplies. A list of phone numbers for the EOC
was given to Colvard. This list will be placed in all agency
resource kits. Actual EOC agency placement was gone over with
Committee members, while the EOC was set up as it would be during an
actual activation.
7) Public Comments
There were no items discussed.
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: Year 2000 Budget
ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 11 : 45 a.m. on a Jacobson/Bache
MOTION.
Respectfully submitted,
f
Arthur Ja bson, Secretary
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