Hosted by Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

NWTEMC Monthly Meeting

MINUTES

August 19th, 2010 10:00 AM

Hosted by Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

Peninsula College
Longhouse
Port Angeles WA

Attendees (sorted by Tribe/Agency):

Meeting Agenda

• Call to Order – Claude Cox
• Opening Prayer - TBD
• Introductions – Claude Cox
• Review and Adoption of July 2010 Meeting Minutes – Carl Rebstock, Nisqually
• NWTEMC Board Report
• Chair – Claude Cox, Spokane
• Secretary – Carl Rebstock, Nisqually
• Treasurer – Jim Sande, Swinomish
• Committee Reports
• Interoperability Communications Sub-committee Report: Arlen Moses, Chair
• State Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) Report
• New Business
• TEPA survey update – Lynda Zambrano
• The Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service – NWTEMC application - Carl
• Website Update – Glenn Coil
• NTEMC website:
• Grants Update – Lynda Zambrano
• SERC Report-- Lee Shipman
• 2010 NWTEMC Conference planning update – Glenn Coil
• 2010 Meetings & Events
• Upcoming CERT classes:
• Nisqually: Sept 17th-19th
• Sauk-Suiattle: Sept 21-25th
• Nooksack: October, TBD/weekend?
• Good of the Order
• Announcements
• CERT trailers – tabs expired.
• Adjourn

Meeting Minutes

Call to Order – Claude Cox @ 10:15 a.m.

Opening Prayer - Del Ostenberg

Introductions – Claude Cox

Review and Adoption of July 2010 Meeting Minutes – Carl Rebstock, Nisqually

Motion to approve minutes by Wes,

2d by Del.

APPROVED

NWTEMC Board Report

Chair – Claude Cox, Spokane

Secretary – Carl Rebstock, Nisqually

Letter to Wash. Emergency Management Division (EMD) in response to denial of state financial support yet to be drafted. Visit of NWTEMC Board is also planned. Also, visit to (DRMO) and state reutilization office still pending.

Treasurer – Jim Sande, Swinomish

Good news to report. NWTEMC has recently received the following grant funds.

2008 Tribal Homeland Security Grant: $92,900. This closes out the grant. A special thanks to the Snoqualmie Tribe for their efforts in resolving this grant. Funds will be used for staff back pay, as well as administrative costs.

WA DOH TEPA (Tribal survey): $45,000. Funds will be used to pay the remaining tribes that participated in the survey.

2009 Inter-Op Grant: $68,390 received for work conducted January through June 2010.

Committee Reports

Interoperability Communications Sub-committee Report: Arlen Moses, Chair

State Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) Report

Next SIEC meeting scheduled for 21 October 2010.

Claude invited Council to discuss the absence of Arlen from the SIEC and subsequent NWTEMC reports. This places the organizations out of compliance with two accepted interoperable communications grants.

Motion to identify Carl as alt. to SIEC : Denny, Sauk-Suiattle

2d by Celeste, Jamestown S’Klallam

APPROVED

New Business

TEPA survey update – Lynda Zambrano

Member participation was superb. Dept. of Health (DOH) very grateful. NWTEMC has received funds ($2,500 for each of 23 of 29 tribal respondents: $1K to tribe, $1.5K to NWTEMC) and plans to distribute these among participating Tribes in next few weeks (10 have already received payment).

Request submitted by DOH to OFM for waiver of certain contracting requirements for NWTEMC

• A waiver was needed because entities not specifically tribally created or represented were competing for contact dollars based on their “business experience”.
• Recent changes in OFM contracting procedures opened the door for this to occur and DOH needed to ensure funds went to tribal entities recognized and supported by tribes.

Maria is working with her fiscal office to develop correspondence to AIHC & NWTEMC, and for internal use, indicating exactly what these parameters are and plan to send this information shortly.

The decision from OFM however, will not, result in a “quasi-government” designation for either organization

The Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service – NWTEMC application – Carl

Qualification status of NWTEMC yet to be determined. Likely that DRMO will approve application. New quasi-governmental status is expected to improve chances of state approval.

Website Update – Glenn Coil

NTEMC website:

NWTEMC is taking lead in launch of national organization. Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training guide developed by Navajo available for download.

Meeting at Tribal Emergency Preparedness Conference (TEPC10) planned to discuss next steps. NTEMC regions will overlay FEMA regions. Andy Hendrickson, FEMA X tribal liaison, is contacting his counterparts. Various regional tribal leads have been invited to conference.

Grants Update – Lynda Zambrano

2011 applications for Casino Impact Funds will be completed.

Lobbying has begun for congressional support of multi-million dollar FEMA grant.

CERT program received $21,000 infusion from DOH. New response bags (500) and manuals (250) have been purchased. DOH will also continue contract for payment of CERT instruction.

SERC Report-- Lee Shipman

No report

2010 NWTEMC Conference planning update – Glenn Coil

Eighty-one have registered thus far. DOH is covering the lodging cost for two representatives from each tribe: one from emergency management, one from healthcare. All are encouraged to register.

Options for filling remaining available breakout: Innovative Readiness Training (IRT), Center of Excellence for Homeland Security (Pierce College), and National Disaster Medical System (NDMS).

2010 Meetings & Events

Upcoming CERT classes:

Nisqually: Sept 17th-19th

Sauk-Suiattle: Sept 22-24th

Nooksack: October, TBD/weekend?

Colville Tribe (Republic): TBD

Good of the Order

Joan Smeltzer shared information about their emergency preparedness event that stressed basic domestic survival skills, e.g. grinding grains, dehydrating foods, sharpening tools, animal husbandry, snaring animals, knot craft, etc.

Announcements

CERT trailers – tabs expired. Rick needs license plate numbers for all seven (Yakama, Spokane, Colville, Quinault, Muckleshoot, Sauk-Suiattle, Lower Elwha) so that we can get you your current tabs. Please e-mail plate number to .

October 21st meeting, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., to be hosted by Jamestown-Skalam at Red Cedar Hall, Jamestown Tribal Campus, 1033 Old Blyn Highway, Sequim WA 98382.

Ron Wilson, haz-mat coordinator, has retired from WA EMD. Applications are being taken to fill his position.

Adjourn

Motion to adjourn by Celeste at 11:30

Rich 2d.

APPROVED

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