Emergency Management Committee

Meeting Minutes

Monday April 8, 2013

·    The Waupaca County Emergency Management Committee was called to order by, Chairman Dick Koeppen, at 9:00am.

Members Present: Chairman Dick Koeppen, Vice Chairman Jim Loughrin, Supervisors:, Bill Jonely, Robert Flease and Gerald Murphy

Others Present: Andrew Carlin, Eric Halverson

Absent:  Gary Barrington

·    Opening meeting statement was read by Chairman Dick Koeppen

·    A motion was made by Supervisor Flease and seconded by Supervisor Jonely to approve the minutes from the February 11, 2013 meeting.  Motion carried.

·    A motion was made by Supervisor Jonely and seconded by Supervisor Murphy to approve the agenda as written.  Motion carried. 

· Items discussed included:

· Attended the LEPC Meeting

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· Organizing all County Schools both public and parochial to updater their plans and have a consistent plan throughout the county

Attended the SWAT exercise in Clintonville

· Participated in 2 school lock-down drills in Waupaca (Learning Center and Middle School

Attended the Governor’s Conference on Emergency Management

· Continuing to work with Verizon on renting space on the Waupaca Tower

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· Meet with IS, MCE and Highway to discuss Disaster Recovery and Fiber Optic line to highway

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· Hosted a Confined Space Entry class at Weyauwega in February

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· Hosted an ICS 300 class in New London that started in February

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· Filed report on Diesel Fuel Spill (CN Railroad)

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· Hosted meetings for Dispatch, Fire and Ambulance explaining MABAS

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· Attended the Fire Chiefs meeting

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· Attended the MABAS meetings

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· Attender LEPC Meeting

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· Participated in a planning meeting with RMC for an upcoming table top exercise

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·  Attended the Law Enforcement meeting

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· Attended the quarterly Land Council meeting Meet with and planning an exercise with ADRC

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· Attended WI DNR IMT training

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· Worked booth at WDUX Home Show with Waupaca Fire Dept. and WI DNR/

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· Meet with and planning an exercise with ADRC

· Wolf River high water update

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· Sent out ESF’s for review to the LEPC Members

    Current grants:

EMA                    
EPCRA
Computer/Hazmat 2013
Hazard Mitigation Planning Grant

· A motion was made by Supervisor Murphy and seconded by Supervisor Loughrin, to adjourn. Motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted

                                                                                    Eric Halverson. Dep. Director

                                                                                    Emergency Management