ANDROSCOGGIN
COUNTY
CHEMICAL
EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
ANDROSCOGGIN
UNIFIED EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER
45 OAK STREET, 2
COLLEGE STREET (mail)
LEWISTON,
ME 04240-7101
DECEMBER
19, 2008
Committee Secretary, Joanne
Potvin, called the meeting to order at 0830 hours in the absence of the Chair
and Vice Chair. Keith Ouellette of
Wal-Mart Distribution Center introduced Keith Blais who is replacing Ravi
Singh; Patrick Coughlin is replacing Rob Somerville at Safe Handling, Inc.
Committee members and guests present:
Joanne G. Potvin - Director, Androscoggin
Unified Emergency Management Agency
Mark Ryberg Proctor & Gamble Auburn
Jessica Smith Pioneer Plastics
Timothy Bubier Deputy Director, Androscoggin Unified
Emergency Management Agency
David White United Ambulance Service
Wayne Werts Chief Auburn Fire Department
James L. Lawlor Auburn Police Department
Paul LeClair Chief Lewiston Fire Department
Ken Allen DCP Midstream
Ray Potter Bates College
Kendall Putnam Asst Plans, Training & Ops Officer,
Androscoggin Unified E.M.A.
Wayne Cotterly Director Poland EMA
Ron Dyer Poland Spring Bottling Company
Stephen Brezinski Maine D.E.P.
Marc West Paris Farmers Union
Patrick Coughlin St. Germain/Safe Handling, Inc.
John McGuire General Electric Company
Keith Ouellette Wal-Mart Distribution Center
Keith Blais Wal-Mart Distribution Center
There
was a quorum to conduct official business of the Committee.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
The Secretary's report for the meetings of 31 October
and 30 November were accepted without change. Meeting minutes are now posted on
the County EMA Website: http://www.androscogginema.org
A.
Committee Secretary reported there were no requests for
community right-to-know information since the last meeting
B.
Committee Secretary provided the SERC and SERC Training
Reports the SERC meeting has been scheduled for 20 January - there is nothing
new to report at this time; EMA Training Report - EMA Deputy Director conducted CAMEO Training
forselect members of the COBRA Team and has been busy scheduling ICS 300-400
Training for municipalities; CERT/CART training is ongoing; facilities and public
safety had nothing to report for training activities
C.
Financial Report: Funds received since last meeting: $3,000.00
for HM Tech Refresher training + $2,581.02 for contract planner + earned
interest of $50.89 for November for a total of $5,631.91; total expenditures $392,557.46;
unencumbered balance $26,641.95 and encumbered balance $10,150.60; purchases
made since last meeting none; purchases to recommend - paper
D.
Status of Homeland Security Grant 2007 - Where are we
now?
FY-08 Homeland
Security Grant Program Grant applications were reviewed by the County Review
Committee on December 3 and the package with the Committees recommendations
and prioritization was submitted to MEMA on 5 December; the State Review
committee was scheduled to meet on December 11 & 12 but the December 12
meeting was canceled due to the storm and rescheduled for December 31; we
should receive word of the awards sometime in early January
E.
COBRA Team status: several members attended
CAMEO training on December 10; will participate in the Bates College ammonia Tabletop
Exercise on January 15
NEW BUSINESS
None
OTHER BUSINESS
A. Tim Bubier conducted a CAMEO 101
presentation to provide committee members with an overview that dynamic program
SCHEDULING OF NEXT MEETING
Next Meeting is JANUARY 30, - February 27 March 27 April 24 May 29 June
26 July 31 august 28 September 25 October 30 November 20 December 18, 2009 @ 8:30 AM at the County EMA
Office located at 45 Oak Street beneath Lewiston Central Fire station please
be sure to use the Oak Street entrance
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting
adjourned at 9:10 A.M.
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