10/24/2024 Meeting Minutes

Scioto County

Emergency Planning Committee

MEETING NOTICE

Thursday, October 24, 2024

12:30 PM

Conference Room

Scioto County Department of Job & Family Services

710 Court Street – Portsmouth, Ohio

AGENDA

I.        Approval of July 25, 2024, Meeting Minutes

II.     Financial Report

III.       Items of Business

a.   SFY25 LEPC Grant Payment

b.   2024 LEPC Hazmat Plan Update Submission

c.    2025 LEPC Exercise

d.   2025 LEPC Meeting Dates

IV.       Updates

V.      Adjournment

*Next meeting will be January 23, 2025, at 12:30 PM.

LEPC Meeting – October 24, 2024

The meeting was called to order at 12:30 PM in the conference room of Scioto County Job & Family Services by Information & Emergency Response Coordinator Larry Mullins. A quorum was established.

Present:

Harold Bell

Mike Boster (Virtually)

Justin Clark,

Jeremy Cochran

Jim Delabar

Blaine Duduit

David Dunlap

Dale Egbert

Dan Endrizzi (Virtually)

Dan Evans

Roy Grimmett

Jason Hedrick

Trevor Irwin

Chris Kemper

Bill Lynn

Chip Maillet

Tammy Moore-Morton

Lorie Mount

Larry Mullins

Chris Niziol

James Parsley

Barb Setser

Paul Sheets

Chris Smith

Julian Sommers

Charles Thomas

David Thoroughman

Sindee Williams

Jeffery Martin

Julie Hall

Linda Curtis

Isaac Naylor

Absent:

Barry Gampp, Bill Raison, Carl Compton, Chad Wamsley, Chris Davis, Commissioner Coleman, Commissioner Davis, Commissioner Powell, Darren LeBrun, Doug Buckle, Dr. Martin, Elmer Gregory, Jane Jarrels, Janni Napier, Joe Vandeusen, Lisa Carver, Mayor Williams, Linda Steele, Woody Woodford, Sam Sutherland, Scott Holstein, Scott Williams, Shanna Shank, Steve Hamilton, Sue Schultz, Tyler Fields, David Stuart, Sam Nickels, Natham Nickels, Candice Tackett, Scott Lewis, James Neal, Andy Cole, Charlotte Gordon, Sean Dunne, Lyvette Mosley, Joey Sandlin, Dennis Packard, Chief Bob Long, Lt. Jake Schuldt, Devin Urevick, Eric Walsh, Lynn Wilber, Dan Simco, Ashley Brickey, David Hall, Brody Davis, Molly Dargavell

Excused: Debbie Brewer, Dylan Felty, Holly Johnson, Sandy Mers, George Moore, Cathy Mullins, John Peters

Guest: None

Scioto County

Local Emergency Planning Committee

October 24, 2024, MEETING INFORMATION

I.               Approval of Minutes:

Review the minutes from the July 25, 2024 meeting for corrections, deletions, and any questions.  

·       Motion: Approve minutes from July 25, 2024, meeting - made by Jim Delabar

·       Motion: Seconded by Blaine Duduit

·       Vote: Unanimous approval

·       Resolved: Minutes from 25 July meeting approved without modification.

II.             LEPC Financial Report for through the 3rd Quarter of 2024:

Cell Phones:                  AT&T -                                     $    175.35 

Contract Services:         Scioto EMA for Planning Services -  $10,500.00

                                MARCS Radio Fees -               $   180.00

                                                                   TOTAL    $10,855.35                         

Purchase Services:       

                                                                   TOTAL  $         0.00 

Security:                  Tri-State Security -               $     225.00

                                                                           TOTAL  $     225.00

Equipment:                 B&C Communications (Repeater) -   $  2,622.00

Traffic Safety Store (Rollup Sign) -   $     233.55

Amazon (Generator) -               $  1,071.43

                                       Lowes (Portable Lights) -     $     253.67

                                                         Lowes (Extension Cords) -   $     224.52

                                                                                             TOTAL    $  4,455.17

Food:                             Nancy’s Country Kitchen -   $  2,145.00

                                                                 TOTAL  $  2,145.00

Fuel:                          SUNOCO -                         $     150.28

                                                                           TOTAL  $     150.28

YTD TOTAL:                                                               $17,830.80

·       Financial Report given by Information & Emergency Response Coordinator Larry Mullins.

·       Motion: Approve financial report - made by Chip Maillet.

·       Motion: Seconded by David Thoroughman

·       Vote: Unanimous approval

·       Resolved: Financial report was approved without modification.

III.           Items of Business:

a. SFY2025 LEPC Grant Payment: Scioto LEPC received its SFY2025 Grant Payment of $15,568.00 and paid it into the county treasurer’s office on August 29, 2024. The funds will be used to operate the LEPC and conduct exercises over the next year.

b. 2024 LEPC Hazmat Plan Update Submission. The Scioto LEPC Chemical Emergency Response and Preparedness (Hazmat) Plan was submitted to Ohio EMA’s Dan Endrizzi in July for his review before submission of the updated plan to the SERC by the October 17, 2023, deadline. A “No-Change Review Checklist” was submitted in lieu of an updated plan this year. The “No-Change Review Checklist” and a letter of concurrence were submitted to SERC at its August 17, 2024, meeting, were it was accepted.

c.     2025 LEPC Exercise: The 2025 LEPC annual exercise will be a Tabletop exercise.

A Tabletop exercise is a "verbal” walk through or discussion of the response procedures. It is designed to evaluate plans and resolve questions of coordination and roles. It must demonstrate at least three and not more than five objectives as listed in the Ohio Hazardous Materials Exercise and Evaluation Manual. In order to get ready for next year’s exercise, an exercise planning committee chairman was needed. Discussion held and nomination made.

·       Motion: Approve George Moore as 2025 TTX Exercise Committee Chairman - made by Chris Niziol.

·       Motion: Seconded by Paul Sheets

·       Vote: Unanimous approval

·       Resolved: Green Township Fire Chief George Moore was approved as the 2025 TTX Exercise Committee Chairman.

d. 2025 LEPC Meeting Dates: The proposed quarterly meeting dates for 2025 will be Thursday, January 23, 2025, Thursday, April 24, 2025, Thursday, July 24, 2025, and October 23, 2025. The meetings will again be at 12:30 pm in the conference room of the Scioto County Department of Job and Family Services, 710 Court Street, Portsmouth.   

IV.           Agency Updates: The meeting concluded with a roundtable of various agencies updating the group on the latest activities at their agencies, including the storm damages from Sept. 27, 2024.

V.             Adjournment:

Motion from Chip Malliet to adjourn the meeting

Motion seconded by Paul Sheets.

Vote: Unanimous approval

The meeting adjourned at approximately 1:30 p.m.

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE SCIOTO LEPC WILL BE JANUARY 23, 2025, AT 12:30 PM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF SCIOTO COUNTY JFS.