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04-12-2012 LEPC MinutesLEPC Meeting Minutes April 12, 2012 C&E’s – 12:00 pm Members Present: First Name Last Name Company Steve Bowman Pitt. Co. Fire Brenda Bowman Pitt. Co. BOS Philip Broadfoot Danville PD Betty Bryant Pitt. Co. Emerg. Mgmt. Scott Budd Pitt. Co. IT Michael Cholko VDEQ James Davis Pitt. Co. Emerg. Mgmt. Steve Dishman Danville Emerg. Mgmt. Barry Dunkley Danville Utilities David Eagle Danville Fire Craig Fulcher DRMC Laura Gateley VDH Bobbie Grogan Southern VA MHI Otis Hawker Pitt. Co. Stephanie LaPrade SAAA JoAnn Luck Pitt. Co. Emerg. Comm. Barry Lynch Caswell Co. EMS Leslie Mace VDOF Kenneth Martin VDOT James McDaniel Pitt. Co. Schools Garry McGee Colonial Pipeline William Medlock Red Cross Chris Mitchell VDH Craig Motley Sartomer Donald Motley Pitt. Co. Sheriff's Office Tommy Pruett DLSC Stuart Roach Williams Pipeline Kelley Satterfield Danville Emerg. Mgmt. John Shipman Colonial Pipeline William Sleeper Pitt. Co. Meredith Sutton DRMC Devin Taylor Pitt. Co. Sheriff's Office Arthur Thorn Danville - Pitt. Co. CSB Kay Vance VDOT Summary of Meeting:  Chairman, David Eagle, welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked if there were any new members. The meeting started approximately at 12:35 pm, after everyone had the chance to go through the lunch buffet line.  Chief Eagle then asked for the approval of the last meeting’s minutes, and they were approved with the appropriate motions.  Please visit our new website, www.pittgov.org/lepc, to be refreshed with up-to-date information regarding our Local Emergency Planning Committee; Acronyms, Bylaws, Emergency Planning, FAQ, Membership, Minutes, etc.  Steve Bowman noted that all Tier Two reports are in for the County. City reports are also complete. Thanks to all who submitted their reports.  Steve Dishman presented for City CERT, and he stated that the City is in the process of finishing up classes with Galileo for TEEN CERT. CERT is also continuing to purchase equipment through remaining grant funds. LEPC Meeting Minutes April 12, 2012 C&E’s – 12:00 pm  Jim Davis reported for the County CERT. TEEN CERT has received eBook readers at Tunstall High School in the place of printing manuals. This will save on costs in the long run. Mr. Davis also noted that all Citizen Corp grant funding has ceased. We will still be able to use the funds we have, but will not be able to submit for any other Citizen Corp grants. There is also a new Fire Simulator used for training purposes, which is much like a Wii game. This will help greatly when training in the field. There was a Sky Warn class that was put on by the National Weather Service for free. It was the biggest class in quite a long time.  Steve Dishman reported for the Haz-Mat team. They have not had any significant call-outs, except for the milk spill in the past few months. They will be working over the next several months on grant funding and training. The team will be going to Miller Brewery Company for training in conjunction with the Greensboro Haz-Mat team for a joint exercise.  Barry Dunkley came to report on the Boil Water Notice. What was taken away from the meeting was that this incident highly impacted a large number of people and restaurants. The notice itself was a precautionary effort to let people know that the water “could” be contaminated, but it was never official that the water was bad or not. However, our community view water as either bad or good, so the notice was good for the purposes of letting the public know that the water could be bad. The hospital was the first to respond to the incident and asks that our communications improve. We can never improve enough on communications and we need to get more businesses involved.  Next Meeting: June 14, 2012 12:00pm Mary’s Diner – Danville, VA  Chief Eagle then asked if there was any other discussion for the good of the meeting and adjourned the meeting, at approximately 1:00 pm. Respectfully submitted, Kelley G. Satterfield Senior Secretary, Danville Emergency Management