April 22, 2004
LEPC Meeting
Agenda
Jeff Baier Richard Everett Vivian Button Steve Sawyer
Al Baker Chuck Anderson Sherry Thompson Cindy Howard Reeves
Don Button Sharon Phelps Debra McDaniel
Don Button called the
meeting to order at 7:00 PM with 11 members
present.
Julia Hanson from Kansas Division of
Emergency Management and Vivian Button will be holding a Cameo, Marplot and
Aloha Overview Class on April 28, 2004 9 to 6 at the
Library.
Midwest Fire Training
Associates came to Ulysses and taught an 8 hour Confined Space Basic Entry to
33 participants and a 20-hour Confined Space Rescue to 21. These participants were from the Grant County
Fire Department, Emergency Medical Service, and Emergency Management, City of Ulysses Public
Works and Stanton County Fire Department. HMEP Grant (Hazardous Materials Emergency
Preparedness Grant) paid for the Confined Space training.
20/20 mitigation plan is
in its final stages of being completed.
2003
ODP Grant money is available now and has to be spent in 90 days. It opened April 1 and closes June 30. All Departments need to get their list to Don
so he can get approval for the items.
Some items have already been approved.
If the item has not been approved Don will have to send information for
the item to Kansas Highway Patrol to see if they will approve of the item.
We are looking at ways
of working with Industries and Emergency Services and other county entities to
put together an exercise for the county that meets the State requirements.
Don was told over 1000
people had applied for the 7 KDEM area planner positions and the administrator
position that are available.
The Governor signed the
E911 bill. The Bill states that counties with a population of over 125,000
people will be charged 25-cents per cell phone and counties with under 125,000
will be charged 50-cent tax per cell phone.
These funds will be put into an E911 fund to help all counties update to
an E911 system.
The county is getting a
GIS system. We hope to be able to start
inputting data by the middle of June.
Each member talked about
what had been going on in his or her department or company.
Two booths at the Grant
County Fair have been reserved for the county Emergency Services. Sherry from the Health Department was also
interested in participating.
Don has been working
with the schools to revise and practice their tornado plans and
Shelter-in-Place plans.
Chuck Anderson expressed
an interest in having another Risk and Threat Assessment class or having the
advanced class.
KDHE has a Risk
Communication Class set up for April 27 in Dodge City and a class on
Personal Protective Equipment on April 26 and 27th in Garden City.
Debra McDaniel from
Columbian Chemicals Company gave everyone a copy of their Spring Safety Tips
2004 and talked about the safety training they are doing at the plant.
Next
meeting May
27, 2004 at 7:00 PM in the basement
of the Courthouse.
Adjourned 8:15 PM
Vivian Button
Grant County Emergency
Management