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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2005.10.18 - 36038JEFF POTTER Chairperson WILL MOLNAR Vice Chairperson HELAINE ZACK Minority Vice Chairperson October 18, 2005 Chairperson Potter called the meeting of the Public S ervices Committee to order at 1:35 p.m., at Emergency Response & Preparedness, Bldg. #47, Annex 1, Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Jeff Potter, Will Molnar, Helaine Zack, Sue Ann Douglas, Thomas F. Middleton, Eileen Kowall, John Scott, George Suarez, Marcia Gershenson COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: Vincent Gregory OTHERS PRESENT: EMERGENCY RESPONSE & PREPAREDNESS Mike Sturm, Administrator Gail Novak, Chief Steven Ianucci, Emergency Management Specialist Brandon Lewis, Solution Area Planner Mike Loper, Emergency Management Specialist Tracey McGee, Emergency Management Coordinator Tricia Smith, Emergency Management Coordinator HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Dr. Thomas Gordon, Director HUMAN RESOURCES Brenthy Johnston, Analyst INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Patricia Coates, CLEMIS Administrator SHERIFF’S OFFICE Dale Cunningham, Business Manager GENERAL PUBLIC Jerome L. Reiss, Citizen BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chuck Palmer, Commissioner, District #19 Dave Woodward, Commissioner, District #18 Jim Nash, Commissioner, District #15 Sheryl Mitchell, Senior Analyst Julia Ruffin, Commissioner Liaison Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator PUBLIC COMMENT None APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1200 N. TELEGRAPH ROAD, PONTIAC, MI 48341-0470 Telephone (248) 858-0100 FAX (248) 858 -1572 PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Sue Ann Douglas Thomas F. Middleton Eileen T. Kowall John A. Scott Vincent Gregory George Suarez Marcia Gershenson PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 2 October 18, 2005 Molnar moved approval of the minutes of September 13, 2005, as printed. Supported by Suarez. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA ITEMS 1. SHERIFF’S OFFICE – FY 2006 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE (ORV) SAFETY EDUCAT ION PROGRAM REIMBURSEMENT GRANT ACCEPTANCE The State of Michigan, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) awarded the Sheriff’s Office Marine Safety Unit $12,000 in grant funding to be used for the Road Vehicle Safety Education Program. This program teaches students Off-Road Vehicle Safety. The grant allows for an estimated 600 students to be instructed in Off -Road Vehicle Safety. The grant requires that the grantee receives $20 per student in grant funds and to charge each student no more than an additional $25, for a maximum of $45 received per student. However, the Sheriff’s Office chooses to charge each student just $20 for the Off -Road Vehicle Safety training. Zack moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Douglas. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Gregory absent. 2. SHERIFF’S OFFICE – CONTRACT AMENDMENT #1 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGFIELD 2004- 2008 The Charter Township of Springfield has requested the addition of one Patrol Investigator, which would bring the total number of contracted positions to eleven, and the Sheriff has agreed. The resolution authorizes the addition of one Patrol Investigator in accordance with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department 2004 -2008 Law Enforcement Services Agreement with the Charter Township of Springfield. The resolution further authorizes the addition of one Deputy II position to be created in the Contracted Patrol Unit, Patrol Services Division of the Sheriff’s Office effective January 1, 2006 and that one unmarked vehicle with mobile and prep radio be added to the county fleet effective January 1, 2006. Middleton moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Douglas. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Gregory absent. 3. COUNTY EXECUTIVE/EMERGENCY RESPONSE & PREPAREDNESS AND OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF – ADOPTION OF THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The President, in the Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD -5 directed the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS). This National Incident Management System would provide a consistent nationwide approach for Federal, State and local governments to work together more effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size or complexity. The Incident Command System components of NIMS are already an integral part of various county incident PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 3 October 18, 2005 management activities, including current emergency management training programs. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (9-11 Commission) recommended adoption of a standardized Incident Command System. The resolution reflects that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners establishes the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the County standard for incident management. Douglas moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Kowall. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Gregory absent. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS A. MR #05205 – Department of Information Technology/CLEMIS – Integrated Biometric Identification System Grant Acceptance (Resolution immediately adopted at Board Meeting of September 1, 2005) B. Prosecuting Attorney – 2006 School Violence Prevention Program – Grant Application C. Circuit Court/Friend of the Court FY 2006 – Cooperative Reimbursement Contract Application D. Department of Public Services – Veterans’ Services Division – Annual Report FY 2004 Suarez moved to receive and file the Informational Items. Supported by Gershenson. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT At the last Public Services Committee meeting, it was suggested to have today’s meeting at the Emergency Response & Preparedness Office. In l ight of the events in the south due to Hurricane Katrina, some commissioners had asked about what Oakland County is doing in the event of a major disaster. Today Mike Sturm, Dr. Thomas Gordon and Patricia Coates did a presentation to give the commissioners an update of things that have been and are being done in their departments. Mike Sturm started off with a PowerPoint presentation on Homeland Security. Soon after the 9/11 incident L. Brooks Patterson, County Executive, made a proposal to the County Commissioners to appropriate $1.7 million of general funds to support initiatives that needed to be undertaken immediately. A mutual aid group was established between the north, west, southeast, east and Western Wayne communities in Oakland County titled, “Oakland County Fire/Hazmat Mutual Aid Posture. Oakland County has a HAZMAT Technician Training Program that is held at the Oakland Community College/CREST Facility. It offers 104-hour courses for firefighters and HAZMAT Technicians. Currently, Oakland County has 150 additional Oakland County firefighters trained and 262 HAZMAT Technicians on duty countywide. These things are funded by Oakland County ($108k) and Federal Grants ($40k). Oakland County has purchased four Zumro Rapid Deployment Air Shelter/Decontamination System tents for use in the field (incident scene, special event, hospitals) that have been supplied to local Hazmat teams. There are four Weapons of Mass Destruction/HAZMAT Response Vehicles, one for each of the four Oakland County Mutual Aid Groups. These vehicles were designed and developed by the local firefighters and fire chiefs. Oakland County purchased one Mass Decontamination Trailer. It has a PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 4 October 18, 2005 shower unit inside it. It has the capability of decontaminating 50 people per hour. Mr. Sturm also mentioned the Sheriff’s Mobile Command Center Vehicle and the Sheriff’s Helicopter, which would help tremendously in the event of a major disaster in Oakland County. Oakland County has a Radiological Response Vehicle that is equipped for chemical, biological and radiological events. Oakland County has a CountyWide Combined Mutual Aid Response Capability, which is something that does not exist in any other county in the State of Michigan. There are 14 area hospitals that have signed a mutua l aid agreement with Oakland County. They have integrated HAM radio operators into their public safety points, 9-1-1 systems and all of the 14 area hospitals that have antennae installed. If a major incident took place, Emergency Response and Preparednes s (ERP) would know which hospital had beds to take patients to. The Michigan Department of Transportation has been very cooperative in integrating their camera system with Oakland County. There are 217 Tornado Warning sirens throughout Oakland County. Se venty percent of these sirens are new 2001 model two -way sirens with computer monitoring capabilities. The goal is to have all sirens replaced by 2006. Mr. Sturm mentioned that they are working on a proposal with grant allocations to purchase two large d iesel and fuel reserve tanks. They have purchased 25 industrial type power generators, 15 of which went to back up the water system. Oakland County ERP has just recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Troy where they would al low the County to use their Emergency Operations Center (EOC) if necessary, at no cost, and the City of Troy would in turn be allowed to use Oakland County’s EOC, if necessary, at no cost. On September 25, 2003 ERP conducted a Total Operational Preparedne ss Exercise (TOP- EX), which included 450-500 active participants. This exercise included first responders, all 4 HAZMAT Mutual Aid Groups, the U.S. Army 51 st CS (Battle Creek), 13 area hospitals/medical control authority, Oakland County Human Services/Public Health, County Government Officials and volunteers. This was the largest exercise that was done in the State of Michigan. There were two separate scenes and different locations across the County. ERP initiated a six-county mutual aid agreement where these counties have agreed on a collective effort in the case of an evacuation. The counties involved are St. Clair, Washtenaw, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe and Wayne. Dr. Gordon, Director, Health and Human Services, has been working very closely with ERP to actually respond in a practical fashion to an emergency that would occur in Oakland County. Health and Human Services put together a Memorandum of Understanding with all the health care facilities in the County, with the exception of the Michigan Orthope dic Hospital in Madison Heights. BioWatch is a Federal and State initiative to do air monitoring in the State to pick up anything that is not supposed to be there and investigate and locate the source. There are seven locations in southeast Michigan. Th ere are four HAZMAT teams within the Oakland County Health and Human Services Department that have had radiological training, which was provided by the Federal government. He mentioned that on Saturday, October 29th, at the Summit Place Mall in Pontiac, t hey will have a flu shot clinic set up for people who wish to be immunized for the flu. The event will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. where the former Montgomery Wards store was located. Pat Coates gave a brief update of what is going on with regard to the 9-1-1 system. The network has not changed; it is still the same analog network. What has changed is the way citizens access the 9-1-1 system. Oakland County is one of the few counties in Michigan that has Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs). Most counties have developed a consolidated central dispatch or, in the case of Genesee County, has three large dispatch PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 5 October 18, 2005 centers. Oakland County has 29 PSAPs currently. Clawson will be consolidating their dispatch soon, which will bring the total PSAPs down to 28. With this many PSAPs, it makes it very challenging to be cohesive. Today with so many cell phones it creates another new challenge for 9-1-1 because it makes it difficult to locate the caller when they use a cell phone. They are currently doing testing with Nextel. Nextel gives information regarding the latitude of the caller. It is estimated that Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) systems (such as Vonage) will pretty much eliminate the wireless telephone network, as we know it within ten years. Currently, companies that provide VOIP are not regulated; and therefore, are not set up to access 9-1-1. They are considered a data service. A lot of citizens are switching over to these types of companies to save money because they can have local and long distance service through their Internet system. In most cases, you can’t dial 9-1-1 over these systems. All of the PSAPs except the City of Southfield, are receiving new consoles. They will all have battery backup and generators. There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 3:55 p.m. _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Pamela Worthington Lawrence Doyle Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.