St. Clair County EMA/LEPC Meeting Minutes for September 30, 2010 at St. Clair County Health Center in Osceola.

 

Call to Order by John Christiansen at 19:00.

Those Present: Robert Albertson, John Christiansen, John Gover, Jerry Hart, Jeanne Millsap, Steven Pierce, Roger Wood, Pam Zaner, and Karen Engleson.

Minutes were accepted as written for August 26, 2010  with a motion by Robert Albertson and a second  by John Gover with all in favor.

Treasurer's Report:  $4575.44  total remaining on August 23, 2010  

                                       -$38.16 for pizza at the last meeting (outstanding)

                                    $4575.44  remaining

            Motion to accept the report was made by John Gover and a second by Robert Albertson with all in favor.

Reports:

Training:

            Water Quality Control in November John Christiansen plans to attend.

            Railcar Training - Transcaer information was passed around.

Conferences:

            GIS February 14-16 Tan-Tar-A will be attended by John Gover and John Christiansen.

            4 Corners Conference will be coming up and the SEMA Spring Conference.

Karen Engleson talked about the HMEP Grant. We are currently working on the HAZMAT Plan. Motion to approve the HMEP Grant was made by Jeanne Millsap , second by Jerry Hart, motion carried. This has to be in by October 15 with a copy of the minutes. List of classes for HAZMAT training only should be in the grant. We need to request the training. A full list of the training and description of the training is in the grant. Need a minimum of 15 per class and maximum of 30 per class. The HAZMAT plan must be in by May 2011. Template was given to John Christiansen. Need to do a flow study using the CEPF grant, MODOT can  assist.

Exercises:

            October 27 Poultry tabletop by Region D in Mt. Vernon

            October 13 Region D New Madrid Fault Earthquake in Springfield. Need to let John Christiansen know if yo will be attending.

            April 28, 2011 Great Central U.S. Shakeout information passed around.

            Free FEMA Tabletop Exercises passed around.

HAM Radio net – Steve Pierce reported HAM radio check ins of 8/30 (10), 9/6 (7), 9/13 (6), 9/20 (4), and 9/27 (5).

Sheltering – Pam Zaner nothing new. John Christiansen reported that the trailer from Region D that was supposed to go to St. Clair County went to the Boothill according to Greg Gaines.

Bio-Terrorism/Pandemic Influenza - Jeanne Millsap

            MHA - Northern Tier October 6 at Cedar County at 10 am. MHA dates for training was shared.

            RHSOC - October 20 at Springfield.

            Other Planner information was shared.

SMESO is supposed to have a meeting prior to Exercise on October 13.

SEMA Area D Quarterly mtg. - no report.

Mitigation Plan has almost been completed and has been posted on the website at www.trailsrpc.org 

2010 NIMCAST update - John Christiansen has completed and we are rolled up. We need to turn in our up to date lists on NIMS training and need to get several people trained.

 

New Business:

Cox Air communications was passed around to those present.

Family Disaster Plan - Missouri Extension information was passed around. See http://extention.missouri.edu/news/DisplayStory.aspx?N=907

Text message warning was shared.

Commercial Energy Powder bulletin was shared.

John Christiansen talked about storm damage declaration and applying for help.

 

Announcements:

Next meeting  October 28, 2010 at 1900 at St. Clair County Health Center 530 Arduser Drive, Osceola, but if Jeanne isn't back by the start of the meeting, the meeting will be moved to Sac-Osage Hospital.

 

Motion to Adjourn: Motion by Jerry Hart, Second by Steven Pierce with all in favor.