SMART

Suburban Mutual Assistance Response Team

 

Meeting February 12, 2004 in Tinley Park started at 19:35.

 

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

(X)     President                    Roger Mumford     (Steger)

(X)  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              Charles Truschka, John Caminmer

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

                              Mark Bugajski

3.( )Chicago Heights        David Troiani

4.(X)Cook County              Bill Dorgan

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

6.(X)Crestwood                    Bob Winberg

7.(X)Crete                   Martin Piepenbrink, Ruth Reed

8.(X)Dolton                  Sandy Patlak

9.(X)Hometown                James Dean, Joe Kouba

10.(X)Lynwood                Jeff Morden

11.(X)Markham     Charles Wilson

12.(X)Midlothian             Michael Tryon, Christopher Tryon

13.(X)Mokena          Greg McElyea

14.(X)New Lenox          William Potocki

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

16.( )Orland Hills               Jack Leddin

17.(X)Peotone                Joel Werner

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

                              Bob Russell

19.( )Riverdale              Tim Kruszynski

20.(X)Sauk Village           Art Johnson, Jeff Grandchamp,

                              Kenneth Cook

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

                              Mary Read

22.(X)Steger                 Roger Mumford

23.(X)Thornton                    John Levon Jr.

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

                              Steve Clemmer

25.(X)Will County            Harold Damron

26.(X)Red Cross               Yvette Alexander

27.( )State Region 4       Ron Carlson

 

GUEST: Phoenix PD Corporal, Terry Doyle Manhatten ESDA, George Johnson, Mike Mitchell.
Opening Pledge & Prayer         by James Bibbs

 

MINUTES:

Change to January minutes the “Hot Spot” at 159 & Central will serve Oak Forest.

Motion to approve previous meeting minutes by Jeff Schoeling, 2^nd by John Thomas.

 

CORRESPONDENCE:

Pipeline group is putting on their presentations through out the area. To make reservations call 800-513-9948.

 

TREASURER REPORT:

The January balance in the checking account is $1001.13, the money market has $4,640.40 the CD has $2931.49, the total of all accounts equals $8,573.02.

Motion by John Levon 2^nd by Bill Potocki to accept treasurers’ report.  Motion to send $36.00 certified check to Secretary of State to re-instate SMART not for profit status by John Ranieri 2^nd by John Thomas.

Motion to pay Web bill $129.99 by Jeff Schoeling & John Levon.

 

TRAINING:

Jim Dzurny sent out the training agreement and has only received 4 back.

 

March 6 Severe Weather spotters’ class at College of Dupage.  March 5^th is shelter workshop.

 

There is numerous weather spotters’ classes scheduled in the Cook County area.

 

FEMA home study courses available are available. Jim handed out class schedules.

 

Homeland Security info will be handed out at next meeting.

 

The CERT training schedule for March was handed out.

 

There are changes to federal highway admin code.  You may want to check on.

 

Tinley Park will be hosting program on anger management, 12 hours.

 

Illinois Department of Nuclear safety will be holding a radiological monitors class March 6 (4hrs) in Tinley Park.

 

Sauk Village is going to have a Citizen Police academy course that runs for 42 hours.  The classes start March 10^th and will be held on Wednesday & Sunday 7:00-10:00PM till April 28th.

 

COMMUNICATIONS:

A SMART page was sent Thursday about 10:35 to alphanumeric pagers & NEXTEL phones.

 

MABAS held a statewide seminar in Springfield John Ranieri & Bob Small attended.  The attitude of the Fire Departments towards EMA is very good.  There are NEW Fire ground frequencies red, white, and blue you need to be updated in your radios.  Bob Small will inform every one of the frequencies.

 

If you need radios programmed you may want to talk to your Fire Chief about having yours re-done too. 

 

If you respond with Fire Department then you can get the frequencies without applying for a license.

 

Go to this web site for radio deals www.usascan.com.

 

EQUIPMENT:

No Report

 

STATE REGION 4:

No Report

 

COOK COUNTY: www.cookcountysheriff.org

Bill Durgan, No report.

 

WILL COUNTY: www.willcountyema.org

Spotter dates have been finalized.

 

March 23,25 Shelter operations

Kevin H. was a volunteer for Will County but has been brought on board as full time.

 

Excellon Nuclear donated notebook computers for mobile operations center.

 

LEGISLATIVE LIAISON:

Nothing

 

IESMA (Illinois Emergency Services Management Association):

Conference will be April 14th in East Peoria.  Filling up all ready and no information out yet.

 

IEMA (Illinois Emergency Management Agency):

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

 

RED CROSS LIAISON:

Red Cross brought their communication vehicle to the meeting.  We went outside to check it out we were all impressed.  Ford donated 10 Excursions to Red Cross for emergency communication response.  The vehicles can provide telephone & internet service, JPS.

They would like to have your frequencies in case they respond to your community.  They will need a letter to add the frequencies.

They will respond within a 400 mile radius of disaster, but can go nation wide.

 

Member/Membership Status:

Nothing to report on.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

IESMA is supposed to put out facemasks.  You will need to pick them up at a distribution point.

 

Dolton asked about Insurance and using your vehicle.  Don’t pick up people carrying gas cans.  Can’t push vehicles with ESDA vehicles unless they have push bumpers.  Just remember each community has their own rules.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

The funeral for the police officer had 560 police cars.

 

We should have maps of communities with good directions.   Could we use MABAS map books?  Sam’s club has 7 county maps for about $23.00.  Would this satisfy the request?

 

CAP pictures were stopped between Cook County & State.  They still have training flights to do in next few months.  They could do about a dozen a month.

 

ADJOURNED at 20:40 January 8, 2003.  Motion by John Ranieri 2^nd by John Thomas.

 

 

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:

 

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