SMART

 

Suburban Mutual Assistance Response Team

 

Meeting June 13, 2002 in Dolton started at 19:33.

 

COMMUNITIES & OFFICERS PRESENT:

                                  COORDINATOR/MEMBER

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)

( )  4^th 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.(X)Cook County             John Pluta

5.(X)Country Club Hills      Ron Bock, Ralph Arnold

6.(X)Crestwood               Bob Winberg

7.(X)Dolton                  Sandy Patlak, Art Gewalt,

                             Ben Volvia

8.(X)Hometown                James Dean, Joe Kouba

9.(X)Lynwood                 John Levon Jr., Jeff Morden

10.(X)Markham                Charles Wilson, Everett Wilkins

11.(X)Mokena                 Bill Potocki, Greg McElyea

12.( )New Lenox              Michael Potocki

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

14.( )Orland Hills           Jack Leddin

15.(X)Peotone                Donna Werner, Butch Stoffregen

16.(X)Richton Park           John Dobner, Dean Bloom

17.(X)Rich Township          John Ranieri, Jeff Shoeling

18.(X)Riverdale              Jason Mourer

19.(X)Sauk Village           Art Johnson, Dave Sissman

20.(X)South Holland          Ralph Turner

21.(X)Steger                 Roger Mumford

22.(X)Thornton               Rob Claus

23.( )Tinley Park            Jim Dzurny

24.( )Will County            Harold Damron

25.( )Red Cross              Yvette Alexander

26.(X)State Region 4         Ron Carlson

 

(X) = Present at meeting.

 

GUEST:

Alfred Scott Robbins Fire dept.

MINUTES:

Motion to approve previous meeting minutes by John Ranieri, 2^{nd by} Ralph Turner.

 

CORRESPONDENCE:

None

 

TREASURER REPORT:

The checking has $3,147.29, the money market has $1,841.64, the CD has $2,851.15, equals $7,840.08.  Motion by Jeff Schoeling 2^nd by Ralph Turner to accept treasurers’ report.

Paid Communities: Blue Island, Calumet City, Chicago Heights, Cook County, Country Club Hills, Crestwood, Dolton, Hometown, Lynwood, Markham, Mokena, New Lenox, Oak Forest, Peotone, Rich Township, Richton Park, Riverdale, Sauk Village, South Holland, Steger (2yrs), Thornton, Tinley Park, & Will County.

 

TRAINING:

Sandy asked if SMART should put on a traffic class.  John Ranieri is going to try and get a traffic-training course together through Matteson.

 

COMMUNICATIONS:

Bob Small set off a SMART page Thursday afternoon at before 15:00 to alphanumeric pagers and Nextel’s.

 

Dobner sent out a just as an update.

 

Butch Stoffregen’s pager didn’t page him.

 

EQUIPMENT:

Keep John updated on changes, phone numbers, equipment, etc.

John handed out disks for updates.

 

STATE REGION 4:

Rock River is a really busy area.

 

Saturday June 15th Chicago Fire Academy has open house.

 

Aurora emergency vehicle display is first weekend of August.

 

COOK COUNTY: www.cookcountysheriff.org

Resource binder was handed out tonight to those that didn’t receive them.

 

CD being put together on Admin rules.  Meeting to be set-up later with coordinators.

 

John Pluta needs state appointment cards faxed to him.  These cards could be very old so do your best.

 

WILL COUNTY: www.willcountyema.org

No Report

 

LEGISLATIVE LIAISON:

Finding out how much money they can’t spend.

 

IESMA (Illinois Emergency Services Management Association):

Nothing

 

IEMA (Illinois Emergency Management Agency):

Conference is September 3^rd, 4^th, & 5^th in Springfield.

 

RED CROSS LIAISON:

No report

 

OLD BUSINESS:

SMART seminar can we plan one for this year, fall.  There was a tabletop that John Dobner went to in Orland Mall.  There is a new company that does the tabletops; they took over from the Ohio group.

 

Anyone wanting to host a Shelter class let John Pluta know.  The seminar would be; one 8-hour day or two nights of 4 hours, 50 to 60 people.  Cook County wants everyone to have this class and all will be notified.  Attendees should be coordinators, school principles, village officials, etc.

 

Sandy said thanks for all that helped and prayed for him during his illness.

 

We have a need for a coordinators work shop.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

Mokena has 4^th of July festivities.  Morning 08:00 Parade assistance, afternoon 16:00 for fireworks at park lights & traffic.  Meet at EOC 10940 Front St. let Bill Potocki know by June 25^th.

 

Jim Dean has a brochure United for Stronger America, office of justice programs.  You can get info from Internet.

 

Rich Township thanked those that helped at Matteson.

 

Crestwood thanked the towns that assisted with their ELIM School run.

 

Dolton has a 4^th of July parade at 9:00 AM.

 

Chicago Hgts is having crossroads fest 7/4-6.  Call Mike Pope and he’ll get you the info.  Fireworks will go off on the 3^rd.

 

Labor Day another County traffic stop possible.

 

ADJOURNED at 20:26 June 13, 2002.  Motion by Butch Stoffregen 2^nd by Jeff Schoeling.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Joe Pilch

SMART Secretary

(708)687-8383

 

 

Dates to remember:

-         September 3^rd, 4^th, & 5^th IEMA conference in Springfield.

- Mokena has 4^th of July festivities.  Morning 08:00 Parade assistance, afternoon 16:00 for fireworks at park lights & traffic.

- July 4^th Dolton has a parade at 9:00.

- July 4 – 6 Chicago Hgts. is having crossroads fest.  Call Mike Pope and he’ll get you the info.  Fireworks will go off on the 3^rd.

 

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All Meetings start at 7:30 PM.

 

2002 Meetings host:

 

June 13       Dolton

July 11       Steger

August 8      Crestwood

September 12  South Holland

October 10    Lynwood

November 14   Sauk Village

December      NO MEETING