CORRESPONDANCE

·         President Bolton read a “Letter of Thanks” received from Lamar Institute of Technology (L.I.T.) to Steve Curran for attending the “Community Stakeholders Master Planning Forum that was held on Wednesday, November 5^th.  “Your valuable input will help LIT prepare for our current and future institutional needs to serve our community”.

·         President Bolton read a Membership Application Letter and Sponsorship Letter from Invista Orange Sabine. As per protocol, The Application Letter and Sponsorship Letter will be read at the next scheduled Board of Directors Meeting for membership approval.  * The required Inventory information has been forwarded to Vernon Pierce.

TREASURERS REPORT

Information compiled by John Owens, Sec. /Treasurer with the assistance of John Avery, PAFD

Balance as of 12-01-08.

Checking:                  $21,506.82

CD                              $4,967.86

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Total Balance           $26,474.68

A motion was made by Larry Richard and seconded by Ricky Land to approve the report from the Treasurer.   Motion passed.

**In reference to FY’09 SNCA Dues Payments:

A total of 65 members have paid to date. Approximately one-third of the members have not yet paid. See list of paid members below:

OLD BUSINESS - None

NEW BUSINESS:

President Bolton discussed the election that was to be held today to fill the Board of Directors Positions that are open. The following Board Positions are up for election:

Secretary-Treasurer: currently held by John Owens

Sergeant at Arms: currently held by Vernon Pierce

One of the Fire Director Positions: currently held by Gary Collins

One of the Industry Director Positions: currently held by Doug Jones

One of the Police Director Positions: currently held by Tod McDowell

The At-Large Position: currently held by Larry Richard

The Health Director Position: currently held by Cindy Powers

The following nominations have been received: (all nominations have been confirmed as voting members of their respective entities).

09-10 Secretary-Treasurer:                        Terry Basham

                                                                        Tom Colwell

09-10 Sergeant-At-Arms                             Vernon Pierce

09-10 Fire Director                                       Larry Richard

09-10 Industry Director                               Mark Czerwiec

                                                                        Doug Jones

09-10 Police Director                                   Roy Birdsong

                                                                        Tod McDowell

09-10  At-Large Director                              Jeff Kelley

09-10  EMS Director                                                Butch Holmes

09-10 Health Director                                  Cindy Powers

Written ballots were available for the election. As per Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution, “Spaces for write-in candidates shall be provided on the election ballot”. The slate (list) of nominations were presented to the membership at the meeting, and the President provided the membership the opportunity to make nominations from the floor, or accept the slate as presented. No nominations were made from the floor. The Nominations Committee Chairman, Tommy Wells had previously insured the prospective candidate(s) meet the qualifications for elected office in the Association prior to a vote being taken.

Therefore, the election was held by written ballot. In the absence of Tommy Wells, Vice President, Steve Curran, along with Elgin Browning and Dale Jackson counted all of the written ballots and election results were as follows:

Automatically move-up as per SNCA Constitution and By-Laws

09-10 President                                            Stephen L. Curran

09-10 Vice President                                   John D. Owens

Newly Elected Positions:

09-10 Secretary-Treasurer:                     Terry Basham

09-10 Sergeant-At-Arms                           Vernon Pierce (incumbent-unopposed)

09-10 Fire Director                                     Larry Richard (unopposed)

09-10 Industry Director                             Doug Jones

09-10 Police Director                                 Tod McDowell

09-10  At-Large Director                            Jeff Kelley (unopposed)

09-10  EMS Director                                   Butch Holmes (unopposed)

09-10 Health Director                                Cindy Powers (incumbent-unopposed)

Congratulations to the 2009-2010 Board Members and many thanks to those who served all of us for the 2008-2009 year!!

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

Nominating Committee: Tommy Wells (absent)

See above election information.

Membership Committee: Dennis Gifford- Absent: No Report

Constitution and By-Laws: Gary Collins - No Report

Audit Committee: Andrew Garcia – Absent- No Report

Training and Education Committee: Elgin Browning 

  NOTE: All programs are subject to change at a moment's notice due to changes of emergencies, conflicts in scheduling, etc.

               
 March 23-27, 2009     Industrial Fire World Conference
 Beaumont, Texas       
               
               
 April 6-10, 2009       National Hurricane Conference
 Austin, Texas
www.hurricanemeeting.com   

  March 23-26, 2009   State Hurricane Conference and Homeland Security Conf.

Austin, Texas

 
               
 April 19-23, 2009     Williams Foam School
 Beaumont, Texas
www.williamsfire.com   
               
               
 Nov 22-25, 2009      Texas EMS conference
 Ft. Worth, Texas
 http://www.texasemsconference.com/texas_ems_2009.htm  

** Bob Stegall advised the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission (SETRPC) has organized an ICS 300 and ICS 400 Class of Instruction at the city of Beaumont EOC, 700 Orleans (Downtown Beaumont) and there are currently (15) openings for the ICS 300 course and (7)openings for the ICS 400 course. Anyone interested please contact Robert Grimm with the SETRPC, email: Robert Grimm (rgrimm@setrpc.org)

              
               
 For Calendar Updates or Additions, or more info regarding Training and Education, Please email Elgin Browning at ebrowning@gt.rr.com

Awards Committee: Stephanie Garsea

Nominations were received prior to the deadline of October 31^st. The Board of Directors confirmed the nominations and awards for the following categories:

Outstanding Member:  Presented to a member in recognition of exemplary performance relating to emergency management, emergency response, or emergency related duties or program administration.

Community Service: Presented to any person who has provided leadership, guidance, facilities, equipment, or support to an Emergency Response Program, a Community, or the Profession in the furtherance of emergency response activities.

Distinguished Service: Presented to the Outgoing President

Special Awards: The Awards Committee may recommend any Special Awards in recognition of contributions made in the advancement of Emergency Management, Emergency Response, or Public Safety.

The SNCA Awards will be presented at the annual Bosses Night Dinner on Monday, December 8^th, 2008.

Communications Committee: Pat Grimes – Absent- None

Inventory: Vernon Pierce- Absent

Dale Jackson, who is assisting Vernon with the Inventory Database advised there are still a few inventories missing and he urges members that have not submitted them to please do so as soon as possible.

Bosses Night:  David Frenzel –

Bosses Night is scheduled for December 8^th (second Monday in December) at the Brad Club.  Social Hour will run 6-7PM and then dinner.  The event should be over by 8:30PM.

David advised everything is in place and ready to go.

Everyone is encouraged to attend, bring your “Boss” and have some fun!!

Program Committee: Bryant Champagne-

Should any member have an idea for a program, please contact Bryant at (409) 989-7909 or email him at bryant.champagne@motivaent.com

Drill and Exercise Committee: Bob Stegall

Bob advised that the U.S. Coast Guard currently has an Operation underway whereas they are checking to see who does and does not have the required TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) card within the region.

Bob further advised there will be a combination FSO (Facility Security Officer) and Port Security Grant Outreach Meeting held on Monday, December 8, 2008. The meeting will be held in the training room, 2nd floor, Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur. The meeting starts at 9:00 AM and will likely run 2-2.5 hours depending on questions.

AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

Homeland Security Committee:  Steve Curran

Steve advised that due to the recent Terrorist Event in Mumbai, India, DHS has raised the Homeland Security Advisory System Level to “Orange, or High” from “Yellow, or Elevated” at all airports in the United States.

Oil Spill Committee: Tommy Wells- Absent-No Report

Overhead Team Committee: Scott Kerwood-Absent

Steve Curran was asked by Scott to report the following:

A meeting of the Overhead Team Committee was held recently. At the meeting the consensus was that we need more Overhead Team members from our region. At the next SNCA meeting in January 2009, which will be a “Strategic Planning Meeting”, Bob Koenig, with the Texas Forest Service will give a presentation on the Overhead Team concept. Any qualified personnel that may be interested can sign-up to be a part of the regions Incident Management Team.

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Strategic Planning Committee: Cindy Powers- Absent- No Report

SNCA Golf Tournament Committee: Bryant Champagne-

Bryant advised next years tournament is scheduled for March 23rd, 2009, and the committee is hoping to have the event at Bevil Oaks Country Club and have two flights.  Last years proceeds went to the LIT “Real American Hero” Scholarship Fund and was a huge success.  This year, Bryant and Stephanie Garsea will be co-chairing.  Industrial Fire World will be assisting.  Other volunteers are needed.  If you would like to help with the event please contact Bryant or Stephanie.

Public Relations Committee: Stephanie Garsea—No Report

RECENT EMERGENCIES/ ISSUES

Recent emergencies were discussed in the following categories:  Industry, Municipal Fire, Law Enforcement, EMS, Homeland Security and Health.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS – None

PROGRAM

Will Lyons and Jim Doane with Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) introduced the new “ Department of Public Service and Safety Department” at L.I.T.

PLEASE NOTE THE UP-COMING HOSTS:

MONTH            YEAR                           ENTITY           

January         2009               SNCA: Strategic Planning Meeting

February        2009               Garner Environmental

March             2009               Goodyear

April                2009               SNCA: Strategic Planning Meeting

May                 2009               Chevron Phillips: Port Arthur

June               2009               Exxon-Mobil 

July                 2009               SNCA: Strategic Planning Meeting

August           2009               Nederland Fire Department

September    2009               Motiva

October          2009               Port Neches Fire Department

November     2009               Port Arthur Police and Fire Departments

December     2009               Beaumont Fire and Police Departments

            ADJOURN

A motion was made by Dale Jackson and seconded by Terry Basham to adjourn the 712th meeting at 11:40 am.  Motion passed.  Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted,

John Owens

Secretary/Treasurer