1/27/2023 Meeting Minutes

Scioto County

Emergency Planning Committee

MEETING NOTICE

Friday, January 27, 2023

12:30 PM

Conference Room at

Scioto County Department of Job & Family Services

710 Court Street, Portsmouth, Ohio

AGENDA

I.        Approval of October 28, 2022, Meeting Minutes

II.     Financial Report

III.       Items of Business

a.   LEPC 2023 Grant Application

b.   EMA Planning Invoice

c.    2023 LEPC Exercise

IV.       Adjournment

*Next meeting will be April 28, 2023, at 12:30 PM.

SCIOTO COUNTY EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE

MEETING MINUTES

LEPC Meeting – January 27, 2023

The meeting was called to order at 12:30 PM in the conference room of Scioto County Job & Family Services. A quorum was established.

Present:

Debby Brewer                                             Aaron Montgomery

Justin Clark (Virtually)                               Chip Maillet

Molly Dargavell (Virtually)                       Sandy Mers

Brody Davis                                                George Moore

Jim Delabar                                                Lorie Mount

Blaine Duduit                                             Larry Mullins

David Dunlap (Virtually)                           Chris Niziol

Roy Grimmett (Virtually)                           James Parsley

David Hall                                                  Barb Setser

Jane Jarrells                                                Julian Somers

Darrell Keller                                              Joe VanDeusen

Chris Kemper                                             Bethany Wilson

Bob Long

Absent:

Paul A.J. Foit, Paul Sheets, Dr. Darren Adams, Dr. Brian Barhorst, Dr. Jason Cheatham, Doug Buckle, Justin Clark, Todd Childers, Carl Compton, Chris Davis, Zack Germann, Elmer Gregory, , Scott Holstein, Darren LeBrun, Jannai Napier, James Neal, Jon Peters, Nathan Prosch, Jake Schuldt, Shanna Shank, Steve Hamilton, Sue Shultz, Dan Simco, Chris Smith, Sam Sutherland, Jack Tackett, Chad Wamsley, Lynn Wilber, Scott Williams, Woody Woodford, Dr. Martin, Brian Howell, Bill Raison, Amber Dean, Kim Carver, Dan Simco  

Excused:

Guest: Ashley Brickey and Alyx Jackson (Compass Community Health)

Approval of Minutes:

·   Motion: Approve minutes from January 27, 2023, meeting - made by Chip Mailett.

·   Motion: Seconded by Sandy Mers.

·   Vote: Unanimous approval

·   Resolved: Minutes from 27 January meeting approved without modification.

Reports:

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

·       Motion: Approve financial report - made by Blaine Duduit.

·       Motion: Seconded by Jim Delabar.

·       Vote: Unanimous approval

·   Resolved: Financial report was approved without modification.

Business:

·       LEPC 2023 Grant Application: Mr. Mullins told the group that he was working on the 2023 LEPC Grant application and as part of that process the LEPC needed to pass a resolution authorizing him to execute, file and provide any additional information to the SERC on behalf of the LEPC. Mr. Mullins told the group that a copy of the proposed resolution was sent to all the committee members for review. Mr. Mullins asked the group if there were any questions concerning the resolution. Hearing no comments or questions, Mr. Mullins asked for a motion to approve the resolution. A motion was made and seconded and the resolution was unanimously approved by the members present.     

·       EMA Planning Invoice: Mr. Mullins told the group that a copy of the invoice from Scioto EMA to the LEPC in the amount of $10,500 for planning services in 2023 was sent to the members for review. Mr. Mullins asked if there were any questions concerning the invoice. Hearing no comments or questions, Mr. Mullins asked for a motion to pay the invoice. A motion was made and seconded and the group voted unanimously to pay the invoice. 

·   2023 LEPC Exercise: Mr. Mullins told the group that the 2023 LEPC Exercise Committee held an organizational meeting on December 12, 2022, and a follow up meeting on January 6, 2023. Mr. Mullins told the group that the exercise would be a full-scale event and would evaluate the following objectives: Incident Assessment, Incident Command, Emergency Operations Center, Communications, Emergency Public Information, Shelter Management, Emergency Medical Services, and Hospital Services. Mr. Mullins told the group that a tentative date had been set for Saturday, April 15, 2023. Mr. Mullins said that Union Township Fire Department had agreed to host the drill. Mr. Mullins added that the next exercise planning meeting would be held at 10 AM on February 10, 2023, at the Scioto County EOC.

·   Agency Updates: The meeting concluded with various agencies updating the group on the latest activities at their agencies.

Adjournment:

·   Motion from Blain Duduit to adjourn the meeting

·   Motion seconded by Debby Brewer

·       Vote: Unanimous approval

·   The meeting adjourned at approximately 1:38 p.m.