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City of Lyndhurst, Ohio
April 14, 2007
Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) Meeting
MINUTES
April 14, 2007
Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) Meeting
MINUTES
Members of the Lyndhurst C.E.R.T. Team Executive Board met on Saturday April 14, 2007 in the first floor Conference Room of the Lyndhurst Municipal Center.Present at the meeting were Team members: Joe Briones, Sharon Briones, LaValle Dorsey, Mike Dragga, Therese Dragga, Keith Packard, Patrick Spellman, Patrick Ward, and Melissa Weldon.
Unable to attend: Bill Allen, Gail Brewster, Lane Schlessel, and Captain Dan Isaac.
The meeting was called to order at 8:05 a.m. The Minutes from the March 17, 2007 meeting were distributed. Following a review of the minutes and corrections made to the spelling of LaValle Dorsey's name, the minutes were accepted as correct.
Committee Reports:
Executive Director's Report - The upcoming SELPOD drill was discussed. Mention was made that the April 11 assignment meeting was well attended. Those that have not yet gone should plan on attending the meeting on Saturday April 14 at 9:00 in the Brush cafeteria as ID cards, job assignments and parking permits were distributed. There is still a large need for "patient" volunteers, if they are not found "staff" volunteers may be asked to serve as "patients" on rotation basis.
The group was reminded of the invitation to attend a Joint Meeting between the Mayor's Advisory Panel, Neighbor to Neighbor and CERT, scheduled for 7:30 on April 18 in the Community Center. The purpose of the meeting was to open a dialogue between the groups, learn what roles each of the groups play or hope to play in the City, and address how they can work together in the future.
The next Training class for CERT has approximately 12 people signed up, and is schedule to run for Saturday April 21 through May 26. The class will not meet on May 5 because of the SELPOD.
Discussion was started on the Standard Operations Guide DRAFT; however due to the time it was decided that discussion should continue at the next meeting.
A grant application was made to the Legacy Village Lyndhurst Community Fund in the full amount of $5,000.00. The grant would be used to cover various operational costs such as printing and marketing, background checks, ID badges, and CERT kits. The proposed budget as required by the grant application broke down as follows:
Lyndhurst Community Emergency Response Team
Project Income and Expenses As of 3/28/2007
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|
Legacy Village Lyndhurst Community Fund Request |
Other Sources of Income * |
Total |
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Personnel |
$ 1,768.00 |
$ — |
$ 1,768.00 |
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Contract Services |
$ — |
$ — |
$ — |
|
Space |
$ — |
$ — |
$ — |
|
Equipment |
$ 2,400.00 |
$ — |
$ 2,400.00 |
|
Supplies (specify) |
$ — |
$ — |
$ — |
|
Training Materials (specify) |
$ 1,080.00 |
$ — |
$ 1,080.00 |
|
Training Expenses (specify) |
$ 625.00 |
$ — |
$ 625.00 |
|
Marketing |
$ 500.00 |
$ — |
$ 500.00 |
|
Total Expenses |
$ 6,373.00 |
$ — |
$ 6,373.00 |
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Supplies |
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Unit Total |
Quantity |
Price / Unit |
|
|
Background checks |
$1,200.00 |
80 |
$15.00 |
|
|
Photo ID Cards |
$440.00 |
80 |
$5.50 |
|
|
CERT Patches |
$128.00 |
80 |
$1.60 |
|
Personnel |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CERT Supply Kits |
$2,400.00 |
40 |
$60.00 |
|
Supplies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Training Books |
$1,080.00 |
40 |
$27.00 |
|
Supplies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Training Expenses |
$625.00 |
25 |
$25.00 |
* Other sources of income have not been identified as of yet.
Training - Therese and Mike Dragga attended the train-the-trainer class in Circleville, Ohio. Their class stressed the importance of teaching ONLY the material covered in the manual for the sake of consistency. (If a module/class were missed in one location, it could be made up at another CERT training session even if at a different location.) Advanced in-depth training on the various modules would follow separately. Mike and Therese will audit the upcoming LY CERT training classes and begin to adapt the materials they received for use in the Lyndhurst program. One of the issues brought back by the Dragga's was the importance of having an activation plan. This topic was briefly addressed and ideas were suggested both for the means to activate the "team", as well as possible location possibilities' for a place or places to" report to" in the event the team should need to be activated. More discussion is needed. Another topic brought back from the Circleville was the issue of age and how it would be interpreted in relation both for to those wanting to take the CERT training but also for how active a person under the age of 18 would be allowed to be following the training. Currently, there is NO federal age standard for CERT members. The State of Ohio says that active CERT members should be at least 18 years of age. Lucas County permits anyone 14-18 to go through the CERT training provided they are under adult supervision. It was the consensus that those under 18 would be allowed to attend the Lyndhurst CERT training. However, the degree to which they would be able to participate in an emergency has yet to be determined.
Finance - No report.
Operations - No report.
Recruitment and Outreach - No report.
Communications - No report.
Fire Dept. Liaison/ Deputy Director - No report.
Old Business - None.
Pat W. moved to adjourn the meeting and the motion was seconded by Sharon.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:03 a.m.
IMPORTANT DATES:
May 19th 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Meeting of Executive Board - Conference Room at Municipal Center May 24th 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM SELPOD evaluation - Community Room lower level of Municipal Center