VERNON COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
December 18, 2019
11:34am
Vernon County Office of Emergency Management
Attendees:
Meeting Minutes:
The meeting was called to order at 1134 by Mike Ast, Chairman.
Copy of previous meeting minutes reviewed. A motion was made by Robert Moran to accept previous meeting minutes. A second was provided by Tom Nowak. Passed by voice vote.
A copy of the financial statement was reviewed. A motion was made by Tom Nowak to accept the financial report. A second was provided by Jennifer Whiteside. Passed by voice vote.
Old Business:
No old business to discuss
New Business:
1. 2020 Meeting Schedule was discussed. There will be a survey sent out regarding best day of the week and time of the day for meeting. After discussion a motion was made by Bill Thornton to hold meeting every other month starting with February 2020. A second was made by Chris Haynes. This motion passed by voice vote.
2. Mike Ast presented Heartland Behavioral Health's Hazard Vulnerability Assessment to the committee. A copy was passed around for all to review.
3. Derik White reported to the committee that new, large size fire district maps have been printed and provided to all fire districts and other county offices by 3M. A request was made to put a link to the maps on the Vernon County website.
Agency Reports:
VCHD: Morgan Barker was introduced to the committee as the new Emergency Preparedness Planner.
Compton Junction Fire Dept.:Tom Nowak reported the purchase of a new engine, Engine 95, to replace an older model truck.
OEM:Region D exercise was completed Oct 2019 and pertained to cyber attack.Region D SEMA coordinator reviewed emergency plan. No changes needed.
Nevada Fire Dept:NFD will be providing hazardous material decontamination training for NRMC.Budget for 2020 was passed.
3M:Multiple staff participated in a week long tabletop emergency exercise.Possibility of providing confined space training for outside agencies or including in onsite training.
Heartland:Hazard Vulnerability Assessment completedPreparation underway for 2020 Joint Commission survey
NRMC:Onsite disaster drill was completed in Oct 2019. The drill was observed by Skip Harper from Freeman.
The bylaws for the committee are to be review regarding election of officers for the next meeting
Next meeting scheduled for Febrauary 2020 with the specific date and time TBD after survey completed.
Meeting adjourned at 1159
Submitted by Melissa Keating
Secretary