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NOVEMBER M I N U T E S
NEXT MEETING
The December 2nd, 2009, 724th SNCA meeting at 10:00 A.M. will be hosted by The City of Beaumont and held at the Pavilion at Roger’s Park.
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The 723rd Sabine Neches Chiefs Association meeting was hereby called to order at 10:04 a.m. on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at The Port Arthur Civic Center and hosted by the City of Port Arthur.
Elgin Browning gave the invocation.
John Owens led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Self-introductions were made and Deloris “Bobbie” Prince, Mayor of Port Arthur, welcomed the membership.
The following SNCA Officers were excused; Vernon Pierce, Larry McBride, Aleta Cappen, Tod McDowell and Jeff Kelley.
READING OF THE MINUTES
President Stephen Curran, asked for “Approval” of the previous month’s minutes as e-mailed for the October 7th, 2009 meeting. A motion was made by Dale Jackson and seconded by Mike White to approve the minutes. Motion passed.
CORRESPONDANCE:
Membership request from EPCO
· Read the Membership Application Letter and Sponsorship Letter from EPCO * required Inventory information has been forwarded to Vernon Pierce.
Membership request from Beaumont Public Works
· Read the Membership Application Letter and Sponsorship Letter from Beaumont Public works * required Inventory information has been forwarded to Vernon Pierce.
TREASURERS REPORT:
It was noted that invoices for dues went out in September and all members are encouraged to get the payments in as soon as possible.
The Treasurer’s information is compiled by Terry Basham, Sec. /Treasurer with the assistance of John Avery, PAFD
The balances as of November 2nd:
Checking: $32,111.62
CD: 4,967.86
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Total $37,079.48
The President called for a motion to approve the Treasurers Report; Dennis Gifford made the motion to approve the Financials and Tom Colwell seconded the motion. The motion carried.
Members showing as not paid to date:
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BASF/Beaumont |
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BASF/Pt. Arthur |
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Beaumont Fire Department |
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Beaumont Health Department |
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Center Point Energy |
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Cheniere |
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Chevron/Phillips Chemical Co. - P.A. |
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CHRISTUS Hospital - St. Mary |
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Entergy Company/Sabine Plant |
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Entergy Texas |
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Explorer Pipeline |
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ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery |
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ExxonMobil Chemical BOAP/O/A |
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Firestone Polymers |
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Flint Hills |
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Groves Fire Department |
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Huntsman |
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International Specialty Products |
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Memorial Herman Baptist - Beaumont |
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Motiva Enterprises |
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Nederland Police Department |
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Orange County ESD #2 |
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Orange County ESD #3 |
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Pinehurst Fire Department |
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Shell Pipeline Company LP |
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Simplex Grinnell - Bmt Fire Ext |
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Stat Care EMS |
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Total Inc.-Pt. Arthur |
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Total Safety (WSI) |
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VIDOR ISD |
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Webb, Murray & Associates |
Dues – please don’t wait until the last minute to pay them because it creates a backlog of work.
Nominations for the upcoming vacancies for Board of Directors Positions. These positions are as follows:
1) Fire Director Position (Dale Jackson’s current position)
a. Dale Jackson
b. Jerry Ziller
c. Ann Huff
2) Industry Director Position ( Larry McBride’s current position)
a. Tommy Wells
b. Ross Gourlay
c. Charlie Cardin
3) Police Director Position (Aleta Cappen’s current position)
a. Aleta Cappen
b. Tim Ochnashek
Written ballots will be available for the election at the regularly scheduled December meeting. 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 shall be presented to the membership at this meeting, and the President shall provide the membership the opportunity to make nominations from the floor, or accept the slate as presented. Should the floor nominations be made, the Nominations Committee Chairman shall insure that the prospective candidate(s) meet the qualifications for elected office in the Association prior to a vote being taken”.
The president asked if there were any nominations from the floor and there was no response.
NEW BUSINESS:
None
See above
Working on SNCA Pamphlet
Below are some of the upcoming training opportunities.
Nov 22-25, 2009 Texas
Ft. Worth, Texas
http://www.texasemsconference.com/texas_ems_2009.htm
Industrial Fire World Emergency Responder Conference & Expo
February 22 - 26, 2010
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Williams Fire Foam School April 18-19, 2010
For Calendar Updates or Additions, or more info regarding Training and Education, Please email Elgin Browning at ebrowning@gt.rr.com
Members need to check https://www.preparingtexas.org/index.aspx?
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.
Nominations for Awards have been made and will be given at the Boss’ night event in December.”
The city of Beaumont completed their comms to all digital from analog.
Final Texas Communication Operations Plan was submitted by state to local council of governments.
Inventory: Vernon Pierce – No report
The event will be held the first Monday in December (December 7th) at the Groves Activity Center. The event will start at 6:00 PM, with a social hour and the meal will be served at 7:00 PM. The Beaumont Fire Department Band will perform and the program will be handled by the SNCA 60th Anniversary Committee. Good food and fellowship and great door prizes will abound, so please plan to be there and BRING YOUR BOSS!
Programs are scheduled thru January 2010. If you have ANY suggestions please contact Roger @ roger.erickson@noaa.gov.
Law Enforcement remains ever vigilant to possible terrorist activities throughout the United States.
Continue working on inventory list for oil spill response and hope to have that available to SNCA membership soon.
Plans are to continue to use Belle Oaks for the Annual Golf Tournament.
New 60th year patch insignia and a PowerPoint Presentation will be presented at Bosses Night.
Recent emergencies were discussed in the following categories: Industry, Municipal Fire, Law Enforcement,
Dohn Labiche – Texas Society of Architects Disaster Relief Committee
409-860-0197 - dlabiche@labiche.com
PLEASE NOTE THE UP-COMING HOSTS:
Please review the upcoming hosts. Each member is required to host a monthly meeting. Below is the schedule for 2010-2011.
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Host Member |
Month |
Year |
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SNCA Strategic Planning Meeting |
January |
2010 |
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Lamar (LIT) |
February |
2010 |
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Martin Midstream Patners L.P. |
March |
2010 |
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Texas Petrochemicals |
April |
2010 |
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Orange County Emergency Mgt. |
May |
2010 |
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Dooley Tackaberry |
June |
2010 |
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Garner Environmental |
July |
2010 |
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Oil Mop |
August |
2010 |
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Hagemeyer North America |
September |
2010 |
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E. I. DuPont (Orange) |
October |
2010 |
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Sun Marine Terminal (Sunoco) |
November |
2010 |
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Acadian Ambulance |
December |
2010 |
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SNCA Strategic Planning Meeting |
January |
2011 |
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Chevron/Phillips Chemical Co. - Orange |
February |
2011 |
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Pinehurst Fire Department |
March |
2011 |
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Chevron-UGT Pipeline |
April |
2011 |
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Colonial Pipeline Company |
May |
2011 |
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ExxonMobil Chemical P/E |
June |
2011 |
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Valero |
July |
2011 |
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Firestone Polymers |
August |
2011 |
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Cheniere |
September |
2011 |
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CHRISTUS Hospital - St. Elizabeth |
October |
2011 |
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Chemtrade Logistics (Peak Sulfur) |
November |
2011 |
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Bridge City |
December |
2011 |
ADJOURN
A motion was made by Larry Richard and seconded by Darrel Irvin to adjourn the 723th meeting at 10:55 am. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted,
Secretary/Treasurer
