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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-02-05 Finance and Safety Minutes City of Tukwila Finance & Safety Committee FINANCE AND SAFETY COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes Februmy 5, 2008 - 5:00 p.m. PRESENT CounciImembers: Staff: Guests: Dennis Robertson, Chair; Pam Linder and Kathy Hougardy Jim Morrow, Evie Boykan, Nick Olivas, Mike Villa, Hillman Mitchell, Mayor Haggerton, Rhonda Berry and Kimberly Matej Chuck Parrish and Jerry Thorton (Water District 125) CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair Robertson called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. I. PRESENTATIONS No presentations. II. BUSINESS AGENDA A. An Ordinance Amending TMC 2.57 - Emergency Management - Incorporating the National Incident Command System Staff is requesting full Council approval of an ordinance amending TukwiIa Municipal Code (TMC) Chapter 2.57 regarding Emergency Management. The amendment will incorporate the use of the Incident Management System (rCS) per the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and recognize the roles and responsibilities of the City's Emergency Management Coordinator position. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO FEBRUARY 11 COW FOR DISCUSSION. B. Adoption ofthe 2007 Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Staff gave a brief overview of the City's Comprehensive Emergency Plan (CEMP). Due to the implementation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) the November 2007 CEMP is a complete re-write of the City's previous plan. The plan is set-up to work towards exceeding county, state and federal requirements. Overall, the plan addresses, in broad terms, how we conduct mitigation, education, response and recovery. It also sets policies and organizational structure as to how the City will function as a single unit during a disaster in order to restore City services. At fIrst, staff was going to request full Council adoption via resolution of the City's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan; however, Jim Morrow explained that the City can implement the plan without formal adoption and there is no requirement to offIcially adopt the plan. The Committee had a discussion of whether or not to recommend adoption of the plan by full Council. Staff stated that adoption of the plan will make it a public document which could lead to cumbersome notifIcations of minor, yet frequent plan changes. Based on the information provided, the Committee is recommending that the CEMP, not be adopted through a formal resolution; however, the issue will be forwarded to full Council for discussion and decision. FORWARD TO FEBRUARY 25 COW FOR PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION. C. Emergency Management Agency Integration Staff explained the relationship and responsibilities of several levels of government during a disaster. The discussion included local, county, state and federal governments and examples of appropriate coordinated efforts of each entity. Finance & Safetv Committee Minutes February 5. 2008 - Paae 2 An emergency response will begin at the local level (Tukwila). Once local resources have been exhausted, assistance can and will be requested from the next level of government (King County) and so on until the federal level is reached. Usually, the request for assistance is initiated via a proclamation of emergency from the local government authority. INFORMATION ONLY. FORWARD TO FEBRUARY 25 COW FOR PRESENTATION. D. Emergency Management Response Organization Staff reviewed the organizational composition of the Emergency Management Response Organization. In Tukwila, this organization is most commonly known as the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and appropriate staff supporting its implementation including command and general staff. Not every section ofthe EOC may be activated at one time; and activation will be based largely on each emergency/catastrophe. EOC Sections, which are overseen by the EOC Incident Commander include: Operations, Planning, Logistics and Finance. INFORMATION ONLY. FORWARD TO FEBRUARY 25 COW FOR PRESENTATION. E. Emergency Advisory AM Radio Signs Emergency Advisory AM Radio equipment has been purchased and tested and is currently awaiting FCC frequency approval prior to becoming operational. After FCC approval of the 1640 KHz frequency, City staff will install signage for the radio station and its frequency. A map was provided to the Committee outlining the sign locations. Staff showed two samples of possible signage for the radio stations, and asked the Committee to provide input on their preferred wording. The Committee was unanimous in recommending the wording: 1640 AM Emergency & Tukwi/a Info rather than 1640 AM Emergency & Civic Info. However, the full Council will be asked to determine wording preference. FORWARD TO FEBRUARY 25 COW FOR PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION. F. Emergency Management Program Update Hillman Mitchell, Emergency Management Coordinator, provided the Committee with an overview of Emergency Management's work plan for next 12 months and program updates. Areas of discussion included: the program's vision (the state of readiness that we would like to move towards), mission and goals for 2008. A PowerPoint presentation will be shown to full Council outlining emergency management program initiatives, Phase 1 developments and educational outreach. INFORMATION ONLY. FORWARD TO FEBRUARY 25 COW FOR PRESENTATION. m. ANNOUNCEMENTS IV. MISCELLANEOUS The Committee briefly discussed the City's contract with King County regarding enhanced services for animal control. They identified basic reporting information they would like to receive from staff regarding the program, including identification of call types (i.e.: barking dog, unleashed animal, nuisance complaint such as a dangerous dog or multiple animals, etc) and the resulting responses to those calls (i.e.: response times and methods and appropriate follow-up to reporting parties, etc.) Meeting adjourned at 7:07 p.m. Next meeting: Tuesday, February 20,2008 - 5:00 p.m. - Conference Room #3 Q Committee Chair Approval M.