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February 2009

FEBRUARY M I N U T E S

 

Quorum is (10) Voting Members at Regular Meeting

 

NEXT MEETING

 

The March 4th, 2009 , 715th SNCA meeting at 10:00 a.m. will be hosted by Good Year and held at  “BIG RICH’S” on Highway 90 in Beaumont.

 

The 714th Sabine Neches Chiefs Association meeting was hereby called to order at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 and was hosted by Garner Environmental at the Elk’s Lodge, 11431 Hwy 90 in Beaumont.

 

Judge Chesson gave the invocation.

 

John Owens led the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

Self-introductions were made and Host Stacy Tryer with Garner Environmental Services welcomed the membership.

 

President Curran welcomed the Cheniere LNG representatives Pat Outtrim and Bill Robins to the meeting.

 

The following SNCA Officers were excused; Larry McBride and Cindy Powers.

 

READING OF THE MINUTES

 

President Stephen Curran, asked for “Approval” of the 713th previous month’s minutes as e-mailed for the January 7th, 2009 meeting.  A motion was made by Aleta Cappen and seconded by Dale Jackson to approve the minutes.  Motion passed.

CORRESPONDANCE

 

None

 

TREASURERS REPORT

 

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

 

Treasurer Gives Report   

 

The balances as of January 31, 2009 are:

 

Checking:                  15,896.61

CD:                             4,967.86

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Total                           $20,864.47

 

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

 

Treasurer read the current list of unpaid members as follows:

 

Member Name

Paid FY 2009 Dues

LyondellBasell PD Glycol

n

BMC Holdings, Inc. (Terra Capital)

n

E. I. DuPont (Orange)

n

Firestone Polymers

n

Flint Hills

n

Foster Enterprises

n

Gerdau Steel

n

Lucite (DuPont) Beaumont

n

Memorial Herman Baptist - Orange

n

Orange County Health - UTMB

n

Orange County Sheriff

n

Orange Police Department

n

Pinehurst Police Department

n

Port Neches Groves ISD

n

Southeast Texas Air Rescue(MTC)

n

Stat Care EMS

n

 

 

OLD BUSINESS - None

 

NEW BUSINESS:  President Curran reviewed the minutes from the Board of Director’s Meeting.

Ø  Cheniere LNG becoming a member

Ø  Change in date for the Golf Tournament

Ø  Changes to the budget (see Board of Directors Minutes)

Ø  SNCA quarterly meetings funded by the SNCA

Ø  Converting the Ad Hoc Committee to Standing Committees

 

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

 

Nominating Committee: Tommy Wells Absent: No Report
 
Membership Committee: Dennis Gifford- No Report

 

Constitution and By-Laws: Gary Collins

 

Gary submitted written proposal on “wording changes” regarding Article V “Meetings”.  See handout.

 

Audit Committee: Andrew Garcia – Absent- No Report

 

Training and Education Committee: Elgin Browning 

Elgin discussed proposed change of website location (as referenced in Board of Directors minutes).  Vernon Pierce advised existing website host, ISTC will work to make website more “user friendly” so we do not need to change web hosts and can continue using ISTC as webhost with modified changes and improvements, This will allow us to use the monies budgeted for development of the Inventory Database aspect of the website by a programmer that specializes in auto updates, queries, etc.

Below are some of the upcoming training opportunities.

NOTE: All programs are subject to change at a moment's notice due to changes of emergencies, conflicts in scheduling, etc. For the most current training dates, check the calendar website.

 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  

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 – No report

 

Communications Committee: Pat Grimes – Absent- None

 

Inventory: Vernon Pierce- No report

 

Bosses Night:  David Frenzel – No report

 

Program Committee: Bryant Champagne-

 

Programs scheduled up to August 2009.  Have openings from August – December 2009.

 

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

 

There will be a national exercise in July.  This will be notification only and will require very limited participation.

 

TWIC is in effect in this area April 14.

Ø  Law enforcement on duty (performing their normal duties), do not require a TWIC.  If they are off duty and providing a service (guarding ship etc.), they do require a TWIC.

 

Homeland Security Committee:  Steve Curran - No Report

 

Oil Spill Committee: Tommy Wells- Absent-No Report

 

Overhead Team Committee: Scott Kerwood-Absent

 

MOUs have to be turned in to Scott by February 28 for the IMT.

 

On January 22, 2009 the IMT met in College Station.  Larry Richard & Steve Curran attended.

 

The Original Steering Committee reorganized as follows:

 

BOD – Operations – Task Force


 

 

 

TYPE 3 IMT STATE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION

(STEERING COMMITTEE)

 

State Liaison – Bob Koenig                                                                Emergency Management – Kevin Starbuck       

Chair  Tom Polonis – Alamo IMT                                                     Government Admin – Victoria LaFollett-Koenig         

Vice-Chair  Clay Fenwick – San Jac IMT                                         Public Health – Mac McClendon                

Secretary  Ralph Johnson – El Paso IMT                                          Public Works – Ken Olsen

George Blackmore – Capitol Area IMT                                             Public Safety Communications – Pat Cobb    

Michael Pruitt – East Texas IMT                                                        Fire – Steve Pollock    

Tony Pena – Valley IMT                                                                    LE – MAJ William Diggs

Jeff Meiner – Permian Basin IMT                                                     HAZMAT – David Martin      

Lewis Treadwell – South Plains IMT                                                              Health Care – Ira Nemeth 

Frank Patterson – Heart of Texas IMT                                                           `Private Sector – Rick Deel

Robie Robinson – North Central IMT                                               EMS – Dudley Waite

Scott Kerwood – Golden Triangle IMT         

 

 

WORKING GROUP LEADERS

 

Public Education/Public Relations – Kelly King

SOPs/FOGs/Policies – Danny Boykin

Equipment – Larry McCrae

Training/Drills/Exercises – Lanita MaGee

Credentialing – Mark Ethridge

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


  • For reimbursement members will need to have signed MOU
  • TFS established procedure for reimbursement
  • TFS finished the MOU for jurisdictions to approve
  • On the National Level, DHS is clearing up the definition of “Authoriity having Jurisdiction”
  • Establishing a guide to create Type III Teams

 

Strategic Planning Committee: Cindy Powers- Absent- No Report

 

SNCA Golf Tournament Committee: Bryant Champagne/Stephanie Garsea

 

Bryant/Stephanie advised tournament has been rescheduled for April 27th, 2009 due to a scheduling conflict with the State Homeland Security and Hurricane Conference (see handout).    The event will be held at The Belle Oaks Country Club and the goal is to have enough teams for two flights. 

 

Bryant/Stephanie are in the process of seeking sponsors, teams and volunteers for the event.  If you or your organization can help in any capacity, please contact either of them.  The flyer will be posted on the website.

 

 
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 –

Jeff Kelley discussed FEMA issues

Pete Delacruz discussed the 911 system

Jean Hoffmann gave a brief history on the Elk’s Lodge

Judge Ray Chesson asked for more representation at the LEPC meetings.

 

PROGRAM

 

There was no program.

 

PLEASE NOTE THE UP-COMING HOSTS:

 

MONTH            YEAR                           ENTITY           

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 Charlie Kosh and seconded by Doug Jones to adjourn the 713th meeting at 11:40 am.  Motion passed.  Meeting adjourned.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Terry Basham

Secretary/Treasurer

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