HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmergency Services Committee Minutes 09.23.2013 MINUTES
EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
5:30 P.M.
Members Present: Doug Poehls Pat Kimmet
Bill Mountsier Clete Knaub
Others Present: Jan Faught Rick Musson
Dan Koch
Discussion: for Future Emergency Service Meetings
Laurel Police, Ambulance, and Fire Departments are very important for the safety of the city and the
city's growth in the future. Chairman Doug Poehls and committee members would like to hear reports
of accomplishments and concerns and what kind of trends are being seen within their departments. The
committee has worked on issues of fireworks, chickens, and dog ordinances and expressed the
importance of working with these three emergency services of the city.
Clete expressed the importance of the city being equipped and ready for any large emergency. The city
is bisected with the railroad and has the interstate and refinery. It is good for the city to have
communication with the public, schools, refinery and railroad. The Emergency Services Committee
has a member, Pat Kimmet, from the refinery but at the present does not have a member from the
railroad. Chief Musson stated he attends a meeting each month with the Local Emergency Planning
Committee in Billings at Fire Station #1.
There was discussion about 5 and 10 year plans for each emergency service. It is important to know
the aging of vehicles, equipment and facilities. The committee will find it informational to know the
number of repairs that an older vehicle needs and that they use even older vehicles as backup. Each
department is frequently told there is not enough funds in the budget for a new vehicle and one cannot
be purchased.
The committee is not interested in statistics, such as number of calls. They want to hear about trends
with drugs or vandalism within the community. Clete suggested that the public be kept informed about
the City Police, Ambulance and Fire departments and the need to keep equipment current. The
committee can be an advocate and present these needs to the council.
Respectfully,
Neva Hall