SMART
Suburban Mutual Assistance Response Team
Meeting February 14, 2002 in Chicago Heights started at 19:30.
COMMUNITIES & OFFICERS PRESENT:
COORDINATOR/MEMBER
Officers
( ) 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) 4th Director John Thomas (South Holland)
Communities
1.(X)Blue Island Bill Claessens
2.(X)Calumet City James Meincke
3.(X)Chicago heights Michael Pope
4.( )Cook County Kevin Philipps, John Pluta
5.(X)Crestwood Bob Winberg, Butch Stoffregen
6.(X)Dolton Sandy Patlak, Art Gewalt
7.(X)Hometown James Dean
8.(X)Lynwood Jefferey Morden, John Levon Jr.
9.(X)Markham Charles Wilson
13.( )Orland Hills Jack Leddin
14.(X)Richton Park John Dobner, Dean Bloom
15.(X)Rich Township John Ranieri, Bob Russell,
16.(X)Riverdale Ed Podgers
17.(X)Sauk Village Art Johnson
18.(X)South Holland John Thomas
19.( )Steger Roger Mumford
20.(X)Thornton Rob Claus
21.( )Tinley Park Jim Dzurny
22.( )Will County Harold Damron
23.(X)Red Cross Yvette Alexander
24.( )Region 4 Ron Carlson
(X) = Present at meeting.
GUEST:
MINUTES:
Motion to approve previous meeting minutes by John Thomas, 2nd by Sandy Patlak.
CORRESPONDENCE:
Fax sent out to watch your local Water supplies.
TREASURER REPORT:
The checking has $,, the money market has $,., the CD has $,., equals $,.. Motion by Jim Dean 2nd by Dean Bloom to accept treasurers’ report.
Paid Communities: (19) Blue Island, Chicago Heights, Cook County, Country Club Hills, Dolton, Hometown, Lynwood, Mokena, New Lenox, Oak Forest, Peotone, Rich Township, Richton Park, Riverdale, Sauk Village, South Holland, Thornton, Tinley Park, & Will County.
TRAINING:
-Feb 7th The Pipeline Group, Skokie, IL
-Feb. 19th & 22nd Terrorism: Basic Concepts course, numerous locations covering by Satellite TV, Governors State is the closest.
-Feb 19th Police Chiefs meeting review proposals.
-Feb 20th Meeting with Mike Sheehan at Rosewood Inn, Crestwood. 708/865-4766 for reservations.
-Feb 28th 8:00 AM Homeland Security Tinley Park
-March 15 & 16 Severe weather in Wheaton College.
Whenever there is major disaster there is a company that takes care of deceased, Douglas Funeral Services is one of those.
COMMUNICATIONS:
Bob Small set off a SMART page Thursday afternoon at 14:30 to Alpha numeric and Nextel’s. 3 didn’t receive pages South Holland, Dolton, and Lynwood.
When you want your warning Siren’s to go off what is the best system to use to send the signal radio or telephone line? Call Braniff Communications they can help you decide. Currently 8 towns have radio, 2 towns use telephone line.
Jim Dean called Tom Zimmerman’s office & State of Illinois about NOAA Weather Radios. He was told once the 800mghz trunking is up and running 42.5 will be gone. Illinois State EMA grants available through WEB page and STAR program.
EQUIPMENT:
Keep John updated on changes.
Received info from Country Club hills & Peotone. Motion to accept them into SMART by John Ranieri 2nd John Thomas.
John explained equipment book and SMART disk and it’s update and also how it should be used. Mutual Aid agreement is in the book. We would like to have them back by April. Copy of ordinance to be passed at your council meeting also in front of book. Homeland Security Plan paper is in the book. Updated disk is in back of book, load SMART disk 1 & 2 then load update disk. John will update the disk again in April if all info is given to him by April 1st.
SSMMA wants a pecking order to be made for each community need ordinance. Needs at least 3 people max is 7.
STATE REGION 4:
No Report
COOK COUNTY: www.cookcountysheriff.org
No Report
WILL COUNTY: www.willcountyema.org
No Report
LEGISLATIVE LIAISON:
IESMA (Illinois Emergency Management Association):
RED CROSS LIAISON:
No report
Accountability Tag COMMITTEE:
Passport system will be used by SMART to help identify people that responded to a Mutual Aid callout. This is also a safety factor so no one gets left behind. Passport system information was passed out by Small. One resource card 2 ID tags are a minimum.
Motion by Art Johnson to have SMART adopt the passport system and each town will purchase their own ID tags for vehicles and personnel. SMART will buy the boards for the command centers. 2nd by Dean Bloom. We need to have all Communities on board by June 2002.
OLD BUSINESS:
SMART Picture ID’s need to be to John Dobner by April 1st (No Fooling).
NEW BUSINESS:
Peotone changed some info on SMART agreement. The information is basically the same, but town wanted to clarify some info.
USEPA has compliance protocol for Hazardous Material. Fire Departments will be able to check companies for compliance.
Crisis management for safe schools needs to be initiated by each community. Bob Small gave out examples of handouts to all communities.
Crestwood’s communications center is operational. They will be able to respond to SMART communities that call.
Tabletop discussion done by Dolton ESDA, setup situations by asking what would you do if Terrorist attacked community. This does make your members aware of some situations. Ask Kevin for town vulnerability report.
SMART Goals for 2002, read them and try to meet them.
Election:
VP Bob Small Motion by Jim Dean 2nd Art Johnson. Jim Dean motion to close nominations Art Johnson 2nd. John Thomas motion to cast one unanimous ballot for Bob Small Vice President 2nd by Jim Dean.
3rd Director John Ranieri Motion by John Thomas 2nd Art Johnson, Dean Bloom motion to close nominations Bill Claessens 2nd. Jim Dean motion to cast one unanimous ballot for John Ranieri 3rd Director, 2nd by Art Johnson.
4th Director John Thomas Motion by Art Johnson 2nd by John Ranieri. Jim Dean motion to close nominations 2nd by Art Johnson. Dean Bloom motion to cast one unanimous ballot for John Thomas as 4th Director 2nd by Dean Bloom.
ADJOURNED at 21:05 February 14, 2002. Motion by Art Johnson 2nd by Sandy Patlak.
Respectfully Submitted,
Joe Pilch
SMART Secretary
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All Meetings start at 7:30 PM.
2002 Meetings host:
January 10 Rich Township
February 14 Chicago Heights
March 14 Tinley Park
April 11 Oak Forest
May 9 Blue Island
June 13 South Holland
July 11 Steger
August 8 Crestwood
September 12 Dolton
October 10 Riverdale
November 14 Sauk Village
December NO MEETING