HomeMy WebLinkAboutLocal Emergency Planning LEPCLOCal Emergency Planning Committee
3oe Marcotte, Chair
November, 2004
INTRODUCTIONS
MINUTES
AGENDA
Thursday, December 9, 2004
Fire Station #1 - Basement
2300 9~h Avenue North
1:30 p.m.
C~UARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT - - [Jim Kraft]
Reports witt be presented quarterly in the months of March, June, September, and December.
COM~FrrEE REPORTS
1) Exercise Design Committee Report [Jeff Ashworth]
2) Grants Subcommittee [Diane Lehm]
3) CAER / Citizens Corp Council Subcommittee [Linda Schicktanz]
4) Medical Reserve Corps [Amy Accordino-Roscoe]
5) Unified Health Command [Doug Moore]
6) Con[erence Subcommittee [Michael Smith]
7) Communications Subcommittee lA[an RiLey]
8) Drought Advisory Subcommittee [Chair Et membership not yet identified]
NEW BUSINESS
1) REVlEW OF BYLAws
2) ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2005
OLD BUSINESS
1 ) ANNUAL REPORT PROGRESS - [JOE MARCO'I-rE]
OTHER BUSINESS
1) MEETING DATES FOR 2005 [2~u Thursday of each month @ 1:30 p.m.]
January 13, 2005
February 10, 2005
March 10, 2005
April 14, 2005
May 12, 2005
June 9, 2005
July 14, 2005
August I 1, 2005
September 8, 2005
October 13, 2005
November 10, 2005
December 8, 2005
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Local Emergency Planning Committee
3oe Marcotte, Chair
November, 2004 Minutes
MINUTES
November 18, 2004
Present: Jeff Ashworth, DXP SafetyMaster; CLay Creek, Montana Highway PatroL; BiLl Facer, FBI; Kathy Gibson, BilLings Fire
Dept; Ron GLass, YARES; Lyndy Gurchiek, American Medical Response; Boris Krizek, City of BilLings Public Works; Evey LaMont,
School District #Z-West High; Dianne Lehm, Bi8 Sky EDA; Joe Marcotte, Deaconess BilLings CLinic; BiLl MichaeLis, Yellowstone
County Sheriffs Office; Rick Musson, Laurel PoUce Dept; Gre8 NeiLI, ConocoPhiLLips; Verne Petermann, BilLings PoLice Dept; John
Puckett, St. Vincent Healthcare; Alan Riley, Lockwood Fire Dept; Ron Rosh, DPC; Rick RusseLl, Lockwood Water E: Sewer; Para
Sanderson, United Way Volunteer Center; Unda Schicktanz, American Red Cross; Jim Wagner, CHS, Inc.; Michael Smith, MSSC;
ELLen Wangsmo, Yellowstone City/County HeaLth Dept; and Gary Workman, City of BilLLngs PubLic Works.
Introduction:
Agenda Item Discussion Action Steps /
Future Event
Minutes: approved as distributed.
Financial Report: Quarterly reports.
Committee Exercise desiqn committee report (Jeff Ashworth -
Reports Chair)
.:. A number of exercise plans are being discussed.
An exercise plan involving the Broadview School
is in the early planning stages. As is an exercise
plan involving water treatment facilities.
o." The next reguLarLy schedule meeting of the
Exercise Design Committee is Tuesday, November
23rd ® 10:00 a.m.
Grants Committee (Diane Lehm - Chair)
o:. FY 2004 grant applications have been received
and are in the process of being reviewed.
Requests received total S2.8 million. Funds
available total $800,000.
· :- Regarding the Grant application for public water
supply agencies, the application deadline is such
that direction from the members of the LEPC was
needed.
The following MOTION was made and approved.
To authorize the Grants Subcommittee to review the
application and make the necessary changes prior to
submission to the State on behalf of the LEPC.
[Workman/Glass] Unanimous
The Grants Sub-Committee was asked to stay and
meet directly after this meeting.
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3oe Harcotte, Chair
November, 2004 Minutes
· :. FY 2003 Grant process has had some delays with
the bidding process however the State did allow
extensions to agencies who requested more time
to complete their individual bidding processes.
· :- FY 2004 Grants process: Still awaiting from the
State regarding grant awards.
· :. FY2005 Grant Process: Grant applications are
expected to be posted on the Office of Domestic
Preparedness' Web site by the 1st part of
December. This process will have an accelerated
timeline: 15 days to submit grant applications; 15
days award deadline by the State.
o:. Due to these accelerated time[ines it was
suggested that LEPC agencies who plan to request
grant funds submit their equipment,
infrastructure, training lists, as welt as their
needs assessments and justifications to Dianne
for review by the Grants Sub-Committee as soon
as possible. In addition, if agencies have
strategic plans/goals/objectives in place that
would be directly affected by a successful/non-
successful grant award, please include those also.
Any information that you can supply to the grants
subcommittee would be beneficial, their plan is
to develop an equipment / justification Ust and
to keep submitting applications for funding.
CAER/Cltizen Corps (Linda Schicktanz - Chair)
· :. An additional 47 individuals have completed CERT
training since the last report. That brings the
total number of individuals who have completed
CERT training in Yellowstone County to 130.
o:o Reported that they have submitted a funding Update on recent funding
request in the amount of $50,000 for Yellowstone request.
County to continue CERT training, purchase
equipment in addition to requesting additional-
unob[igated funds from the FY2003 grant in the
amount of $18,000.
/v~edical Reserve Corps (Amy Accordino) No report
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Joe Marcotte, Chair
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Unified Health Command
· :o Flu Shots have been the primary focus of late.
Flu shots were made available to First Responders
within our community.
Conference Committee (Michael Smith)
o:o Reported that he has been reviewing documents Suggestions from members
from past conferences. Volunteers to assist with regarding the focus and/or
the conference are still needed, especially in the theme of the j2005 conference.**
area of identification of proposed tracks, as well
as assisting with identifying a 'Theme' for 2005
Conference.
· :* Time is of the essence, so if anyone from Law
Enforcement, Fire, Medical would like to
volunteer or offer suggestions please email
Michael at msmith~mssc.org
Communications Committee (Alan Riley - Chair)
· :. The plan has been submitted to the State for
review and approval.
Drought Advisory Board (Jim Kraft - interim Chair) ! No report
Old Business
New Business 2-1-1 Senior Citizens Resource [Pam Sanderson]
o:. It was reported that there are plans to adopt the
federal 2-1-1 information system/call center
state-wide.
Annual report to the commissioners/city councils (Joe An executive summary of actions
Marcotte) listing the top two or three, any
actions plans in Reminder each
subcommittee Chair that reports
were due via emai[
imarcotte~bi[lingsclinic.or~ on
the 15th of November.
Other Business A reminder to ail committee and sub-committee
members that discussions regarding information within
the individual committees needs to be confidential and
respectful regarding what's being or has been discussed.
Reminder to alt LEPC Members that the December
meeting is the Annual Business meeting.
There being no other business the meeting was adjourned.
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