LOGAN COUNTY L.E.P.C. MEETING March 18, 2009 MINUTES ATTENDANCE Terry Storer Shana Bean Barb Kline Cheryl Hedrick Bob Thomas Ed Houchins Devin Vannoy Nick Hanson Ed Baunach Donald Begolka Margie Harris Terry Carlton Andy Dexter Anthony Doll Teresa Doll Patti Storer Mike Geriets Brandon Storer Steve Siltman The meeting was held at the Logan County Safety Complex with lunch provided. Barb Kline called the meeting to order. Introductions made. Ed Baunach made motion to accept the minutes from the last meeting, Bob Thomas 2nd. Motion carried. Terry Storer gave an update on the progress of the EOC remodeling including the multi-panel visual display, cell phone amplifier, and temporarily using the backup when needed. He also explained CAFO which the state has delegated LEPC to oversee the reporting. This is the reporting of animal waste and the amount of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide released. He said that there’s about 4 large farms in Logan County that will need to report. He’s also received 34 Tier Reports to date. He described the Future Grant funding and the FEMA Grants program. The Hazardous Mitigation Committee and the EOC Management Team can take their IEMA training online now at iema.illinois.gov/Training/OnLineReg. There will be a lot of training coming up in the next few months. The first will be the annual Weatherspotters class on March 31st at 6:30 pm at the Lincoln Christian Fellowship Hall. On April 20th & 22nd the Haz Mat Awareness required 8-hour class will be from 8 pm to 10 pm in the Blue Room. The Haz Mat Refresher Class will be held April 21st from 6 pm to 10 pm in the Blue Room. The EOC Management Operations Course will be for 3 days beginning April 27th through the 29th in the Blue Room from 8 am to 4 pm. The third day of that class will be the ICS/EOC interface. Prerequisites are ICS 100 & 200. The list of ICS classes taken can be found online at training.fema.gov/is/crslist.asp. The Homeland Security ExerciseProgram will be on May 14th & 15th from 8am to 5pm in the Blue Room. ICS 120 is required, but can be taken on line (hseep.dhs.gov). The LEPC conference will held in Rockford in May, which Mike Patridge and Dan Fulscher have registered to go to it.
Community Awareness: No one to report, nobody else had anything to add.
Community Resource/Health Services: Margie Harris stated that the Public Health Department is sponsoring a class from Mennonite School of Nursing and they will be updating the Resource Directory. They will be contacting all the agencies to see if there are any changes. She said that they should have the information done by May and that the Health Department will finish. Shana Bean said that the Community Health Fair is April 4th and it will be a good opportunity to get rid of old prescriptions and other different recyclables. Margie Harris stated that this was the first year that the Health Department kept track of flu shots and 18%, excluding Nursing Home residents, received the shot. There was one recorded death from the flu. Shana Bean stated that the Pandemic Influenza Committee had been meeting quarterly, but are now changing to once a year unless they need to call a special meeting. That yearly meeting will now be held in September. Shana Bean and Margie Harris are now also a part of the Public Information Officer Work Group.
Hazard Analysis: Terry Storer covered this in his presentation.
Response & Preparedness: Terry Storer said there was one Haz Mat response a few days ago where the Christian Child Care and a few residences were evacuated.
Training: Barb Kline stated that the Hospital, Health Department, and EMA would be having their exercise in June for the Strategic National Stock Pile for Central Illinois. Terry Storer previously covered the training, but said that Dan Fulscher would not be able to make it due to announcing a 2 million dollar grant given to Illinois as part of the National Stock Pile. Shana Bean stated that the Central Illinois Medical Reserve Corp will be meeting all day in Springfield on April 25th and if anyone was interested in going to contact her.
OLD BUSINESS: None NEW BUSINESS: Barb Kline stated that LEPC dates of June 17th & Sept 16th were available if any group would like to host a meeting. The meeting in December would be held again in the Blue Room of the Safety Complex. RECORDING SECRETARY NOTE: After the meeting, the Health Department will be hosting the June meeting and Lincoln Rural Fire will host the September meeting. Election of Officers for Vice President and Secretary were held. Devin Vannoy made nomination of Terry Storer for Secretary. Bob Thomas 2nd. Bob Thomas made nomination of Barb Kline for Vice President, Margie Harris 2nd. Steve Siltman made motion to close nominations, Nick Hanson 2nd. Nominations closed. Vote taken. Nominations stand. Barb Kline gave Margie Harris the award for LEPC Member of the Year. Terry Carlton thanked everyone on behalf of the County Board for all the hard work the organization and departments do. ADJOURNMENT: Ed Houchins moved to adjourn. Don Begolka 2nd. Respectfully submitted, Cheryl Hedrick, Recording Secretary
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