SMART

Suburban Mutual Assistance Response Team

 

Meeting November 13, 2003 in Sauk Village started at 19:35.

 

COMMUNITIES & OFFICERS PRESENT: (X) = Present at meeting        SMART Officers

(X)     President                    Roger Mumford     (Steger)

( )  Vice President           Bob Small          (Oak Forest)

(X)     Secretary/Treasurer         Joe Pilch          (Oak Forest)

(X)  1st Director            Art Johnson     (Sauk Village)

(X)  2nd Director            James Dean     (Hometown)

(X)  3rd Director            John Ranieri     (Rich Township)

(X)  4^th Director            John Thomas     (South Holland)

 

Communities                  SMART Coordinator/Representative

1.(X)Blue Island              Bill Claessens

2.(X)Calumet City            James Meincke, Peter Bugizski

3.( )Chicago Heights        Michael Pope

4.(X)Cook County              Bill Dorgan

5.(X)Country Club Hills          Bob Gibson, Ron Brock

6.( )Crestwood                   Bob Winberg

7.(X)Dolton                  Sandy Patlak, Bob Claussens

8.(X)Hometown                James Dean, Joe Kouba

9.(X)Lynwood                 Jeff Morden

10.( )Markham     James Bibbs, Everett Wilkins

11.(X)Midlothian             Michael Tryon

11.( )Mokena          Greg McElyea, Bob Lynch

12.(X)New Lenox          William Potocki, Mike Potocki,

13.(X)Oak Forest              Bob Small, Joe Pilch,

                              Dennis Mitzner

14.( )Orland Hills               Jack Leddin

15.(X)Peotone                Joel Werner, David Goodwine

16.(X)Rich Township            John Ranieri, Jeff Schoeling,

                              Bob Russell

17.( )Riverdale              Tim Kruszynski

18.(X)Sauk Village           Art Johnson

19.(X)South Holland             John Thomas, Ralph Turner,

                              Matt Pozen

20.(X)Steger                 Roger Mumford

21.(X)Thornton                    John Levon Jr., Rob Claus

22.(X)Tinley Park            Jim Dzurny, Steve Vick

23.(X)Will County            Harold Damron

24.( )Red Cross               Yvette Alexander

25.( )State Region 4       Ron Carlson

 

GUEST: Crete ESDA Ruth Reed, South Holland ESDA Matt Read, Jon Koniarski.
Opening Pledge & Prayer         by James Bibbs

 

MINUTES:

Motion to approve previous meeting minutes by Sandy Patlak, 2^nd by John Thomas.

 

CORRESPONDENCE:

ISEMA network brochure April in Stoney Creek.

 

TREASURER REPORT:

The checking account has $1466.43, the money market has $4,228.91, the CD has $2923.84, and the total of all accounts equals $8619.18. Deposited $500.00 in checking account $880 in Money Market.

Motion by Jeff Schoeling 2^nd by John Ranieri to accept treasurers’ report.

 

TRAINING:

Training standards meeting results.  Jim Dzurny passed out a revised training standard.  Level 1 should read training committee instead of Coordinator.

Level 2 & 3 has been modified.  It was agreed we needed to change the wording to be more flexible to communities.  Motion to amend the level 1 sheet by John Ranieri 2^nd by Joe Kouba.

 

Cook County shelter operation workshop in Buffalo Grove 1/20 9:00 AM till noon.

 

Tinley Park weather spotters class in January, February 6^th is Radiological monitor course.  Tinley Park will be hosting Severe weather class in March.

 

Jim Dzurny passed out a training coordinator responsibility list.

 

Training Committee consists of Jim Dzurny Chair, Art Johnson, and Roger Mumford.

 

COMMUNICATIONS:

A SMART page was sent Thursday afternoon about 16:00 and Thursday about 17:35 to alphanumeric pagers & NEXTEL phones.  John Levon didn’t receive the page.

 

New radios need to be narrow banding 12.5 mhz radios need to ESAMR 155.025 d662 normal Cook County 153.815 d662 normal.

 

After January 1, 2004 FCC won’t approve 25 mhz licensing.  Licensing needs to be for 12.5.

 

EQUIPMENT:

Keep us updated on changes of, phone numbers, Vehicles, equipment, PAGERS, NEXTEL’s, email etc.

 

STATE REGION 4:

No Report

 

COOK COUNTY: www.cookcountysheriff.org

Bill Durgan, nothing new.

 

WILL COUNTY: www.willcountyema.org

Harold says things have been busy.  Involved with a lot of terrorism issues.

Homeland security has been divided into regions.  Adding shelters and involved with Red Cross.

New Lenox had cable cut and 9-1-1 out of service and Will County van was there.

 

LEGISLATIVE LIAISON:

Nothing at all.

 

IESMA (Illinois Emergency Services Management Association):

Conference will be April 14th in East Peoria.

 

IEMA (Illinois Emergency Management Agency):

Next years conference is September 7^th, 8^th, & 9^th 2004 in Springfield at the Crown Plaza.

 

RED CROSS LIAISON:

No report

 

Member/Membership Status:

Nothing to report on.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

SMART holiday party is December 11^th 19:30 at Babbino’s in Steger.

 

Meeting Calender for 2004 has been finalized.  January meeting not being held cause of lack of offers.

 

Sauk Village Firefighters association is sponsoring a Bowling tournament.  The event will be held January 10^th & 11^th.

 

Oak Forest Fire Department received a grant for $225,000, $51,000 will be used to outfit an old ambulance for interoperability by the EMA organization.

 

Mike Pope has retired from Chicago Heights Fire Department and David Troiani is the replacement.

 

John Thomas South Holland ESDA is selling a 1977 Fire truck.

 

Motion to except Crete into the SMART organization by John Ranieri 2^nd by Ralph Turner.

 

By-Laws amendment change to pay for some training and move the geographic boundaries of SMART, motion by Joe Kouba 2^nd by David Goodwine.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Next meeting is in Lynwood at 7:30 PM (probably the Senior Center next south of Village Hall)

 

ADJOURNED at 20:55 October 9, 2003.  Motion by Chair 2^nd by all.

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Joe Pilch

SMART Secretary

(708)687-8383

jpilch@ameritech.net

 

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All Meetings start at 7:30 PM.

 

2004 Meetings dates & host:

 

January      8         Lynwood

February     12        Tinley Park

March     11        Peotone

April     8         Oak Forest

May       13        Dolton

June      10        South Holland

July      8         Steger

August     12        Midlothian

September     16        New Lenox

October     21        Thornton

November     11        Sauk Village

December     9         Holiday Break