L.E.P.C. is a volunteer organization of Coshocton County citizens that develops, revises and exercises the
Coshocton County Hazardous Materials Plan and establishes procedures for providing citizens information about dangerous materials in the county.
L.E.P.C. Meetings are held at 12:00 p.m. the
first Tuesday of the month, (except June-July-August, which are SUMMER BREAK months and October, due to the County Fair) at the County Services Building, 724 S. 7th Street - Lower Level, Room B-100.
PUBLIC INVITED.
The
next L.E.P.C. Meeting will be 12:00 noon, Tuesday, April 6, 2010,atCoshocton County Services Building, 724 S. Seventh Street, Room B-100 (Lower Level), Coshocton.
Meeting Minutes from Tuesday, March 2, 2010 follow . . .
The Coshocton County Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Chairperson, Glenn Hill, with attendees standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
(22) Members and Guests Present:
James T. Van Horn,
CoshoctonCounty E.M.A. Director
Glenn Hill, Chairperson, Assistant Chief,
West Lafayette Fire Department
Sue Vance, Coshocton
CountyEMA / LEPC Administrative Assistant
Cliff Fouty, UST Environmental Contractor, Inc.
Mark Frank, Coshocton City Health Department
Kathy Reed,
CoshoctonCountyMemorialHospital
Bill West, Coshocton
CountyREACT
Becky Beiter, Coshocton County Health Department
Katie Holskey, COTC Student
D.
Curtis Lee,
CoshoctonCounty Commissioner
Gary Fischer,
CoshoctonCounty Commissioner
Jeff Courtright, Coshocton
CountyREACT
Chief Terry Mardis,
West Lafayette Police Department
Gigi Hammond, AEP-Conesville Plant
Ray Worthington, Conesville Fire Department
Chief Randy March, Conesville Fire Department
Vickie Davis, Coshocton City Health Department
Mark Westbrook, Organic Technologies
Kelly Long, AK Steel
Adam Bradley, AK Steel
Lt.
Jim Crawford, Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office
Andy Jones, Coshocton County Engineer’s Office
(7) Excused Absences
Bruce Adams, A.R.E.S. Emergency Coordinator
Ralph Beegan, Muskingum CISM
Jordan Seib,
CoshoctonCounty EMA Deputy Director
Bernie Minet,
CoshoctonCountyEMS
Lt. Bill Kobel, Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office
Jim Baker,
CoshoctonCity Council Member, 2nd Ward
Caroline Johnson, Coshocton Chapter American Red Cross
A motion was made by Jim Crawford to approve the February 2010 meeting minutes and seconded by Andy Jones. Motion carried.
The Financial Report was given by
James Van Horn. The unencumbered balance as of March 1, 2010, is $17,793.31. A motion was made by Ray Worthington to accept the Financial Report as given by James Van Horn and seconded by Jeff Courtright. Motion carried.
Program
Cliff Fouty, representative of U.S.T. Environmental Contractor, Inc., gave a brief presentation on the services provided by the company. Services included; Haz-Mat clean-up (24/7), foreign animal disease response, and exercise design and evaluation. A question and answer session followed.
Old/Unfinished Business
James Van Horn noted there were no Haz-Mat responses made in the month of February 2010.
James Van Horn updated the group on the Thursday, April 15 evening Tabletop Exercise.
1. Scenario would entail a transportation related incident involving tanker
trucks near AK Steel.
2. Four (4) objectives out of (13) were chosen to complete for evaluation. Only three (3) objectives need to be passed to fulfill the exercise requirements.
3.
ConesvilleMethodistChurch has been confirmed for the exercise and meal location, with the church’s Hospitality group preparing the meal.
4. Meal would be ready at 5:30 p.m. with the tabletop following from 6:00 p.m. to approximately 9:00 p.m.
5. Contacting the following to fill Evaluator positions: Ray Worthington,
Rick Cosmar, Jeff Jedwin, Bruce Adams, and Jon Mosier.
James provided draft copies of the Exercise Introduction for members to review, but emphatically stated that the draft was confidential and not for distribution outside of room. Members of the Exercise Committee, however, were encouraged to take the draft with them so that they could review the details and get back to James no later than Monday morning, March 8, with any concerns or suggestions they may have. James briefly discussed various highlights of the exercise draft. A second notice will be sent to all exercise participants soon.
James also asked that the Logistics Committee get together as soon as possible to finalize set up and tear down of the exercise.
New Business
Sue Vance reported that (27) SERC filers have reported their chemical inventory. Letters are being prepared to be sent to the late filers, reminding them of the March 1, 2010 filing deadline.
H1N1 updates were given by Becky Beiter and Vickie Davis of the
CoshoctonCounty and City Health Departments. H1N1 Clinics are still being held. Becky noted it was not too late to receive the vaccination, and there is still vaccine available. She noted that flu cases were showing up in April last year. Becky added that next year, the seasonal flu vaccine will be combined with the H1N1 vaccine. Kathy Reed, CCMH, noted that the hospital has lifted its restrictions and are not seeing any new flu cases.
Chief Ray Worthington introduced Randy March as the new Fire Chief of Conesville Volunteer Fire Department, with Ty Stewart filling the position of Assistant Fire Chief.
James reminded members that LEPC Program suggestions were needed and to contact him with any ideas they may have on program topics.
A motion for adjournment was made by Mark Frank. Motion was seconded by D.
Curtis Lee. Motion carried, with meeting adjourned at 12:35 p.m.
The next scheduled LEPC meeting will be held at noon on
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, here at the
CountyServicesBuilding location.
