St. Clair County LEPC Meeting Minutes for February 28, 2008

Call to Order by John Christiansen at 19:00 at the Appleton City Fire Department.

Those Present: Robert Albertson, Debbie Burns, John Christiansen, Al Davis, Larry Gates, Bob Grubb, Don Johnson, Jeanne Millsap, Paul Roberts, Doug Snodgrass, Ron Snodgrass, Roger Wood, Brandon Snodgrass, Carroll Piper, Bryon Wade, Brian Knight, Wayne Justis, and Jerry Hart.

Minutes from January 31, 2008 were read by Jeanne Millsap. Motion to accept the minutes as read was made by Robert Albertson with a second from Jeanne Millsap with all in favor.

Discussion on placement of antenna.

Treasurer’s Report was tabled.

Old Business:

ID Badges: Some badges turned white and are being reprinted at Sac-Osage Hospital. Time needs to be scheduled with Doug Snodgrass and Ellett Memorial Hospital. Elliott System from RHSOC hasn’t come in yet and may be missing or we may not receive it.

Training: Weather Spotters training in November only had three people. John will get others scheduled with Steve Reynolds or see the Springfield website of the Weather Service.

NIMS 300 was taught by Jeanne Millsap in February with 10 in attendance.

NIMS 400 class will be on March 5 & 6 at the St. Clair County Health Center. Still have room for more.

Mutual Aid Agreements: Jeanne turned in copy of MOU with Sac-Osage for radio frequency use. Other MOU’s are needed.

Update on EOP: more information needs to be added from State requirements – Agro-Terrorism, Animal Ag. Emergency Planning. An Animal Agriculture Emergency Planning & Response meeting will be on March 13 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm in Clinton at the First Baptist Church, 2^nd & Jefferson Street with a meal call to RSVP to 1-800-897-1163 ext. 35. An Agro-Terrorism Symposium will be taking place in Kansas City in April.

New Computer needs: Cost will be around $1600 to $1700.00. John will check with Dave Helig’s PC in El Dorado Springs. USDA has 8 computers available for fire departments without a computer, talk with Don Schussler.

HAM Radio weekly communications checks will be done by Al Davis. Wayne Justis will allow amateur operators to use his repeater located in Johnson City area. It has county coverage except down in the hills. It is on air now but low power amplifier is not working. 146.850 standard shift, 146.250 with 107.2 pl tone. Discussion on date to do the checks and decided to try Monday at 19:00. Emergency Repeater – frequency questioned, will try after amateur.

Sheltering: Debbie Burns talked about the Collins Sheltering and need for volunteers to man the shelter. Shelter training will be March 6^th in Stockton by the American Red Cross. Animal sheltering, elderly and disabled sheltering was also discussed. Churches are a good resource. MOU’s are needed with Nursing Homes. Communications issues were discussed. Greg Gaines may be able to help. Volunteer program is needed. Salvation Army is more active in the county than Red Cross. Cots are available through the Boy Scout Camp. Protocal needs to be followed.

Funding needs were discussed. The Appleton City Fire Department will be getting the Hospitals old generator.

A grant from sheriff for repeater system goes out tomorrow. Channel for law enforcement was discussed and 2 repeaters in the county.

Collins system for calling, Group Cast Managing System, was discussed. See www.groupcast.com . Would like to go county wide per fire districts was discussed.

Grant for Citizen Corps was rejected.

GETS cards is being checked into by John Christiansen.

Influenza is in the county. Vaccine for this year is a different strain than the disease going around. CDC will have a different vaccine for next year 2008/09. Missouri has had 16,487 people with influenza this season so far.

New Business:

Grants are being worked on. See SEMA website for communication grant.

Doug will check to see if the park building in Appleton City for a weather spotters training is available.

Announcement: Next meeting will be April 3, 2008 at 19:00 at the St. Clair County Courthouse.

Motion to Adjourn was made by Don Johnson, second by Jeanne Millsap.

Submitted by Jeanne Millsap, Secretary