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Public Safety Commission April 28, 2014 Attending: Commissioner Allen, Commissioner Boyd, Commissioner Donohue, Commissioner Eichers, Commissioner Hollimon, Commissioner Kerns, Commissioner Lamp, Commissioner Schumann, Commissioner Woods, Director Jacobson, Council Member Burg, Deputy Chief Trevor Hamdorf, and Mr. Dave Matteson (Allina Health) Absent: Commissioner Kocon Call to Order /Roll Call Commissioner Allen called the April meeting to order at 6:33 pm and roll call was taken. Commissioner Allen wanted to thank Commissioner Benke and Commissioner Kroll for their service on the Public Safety Commission. Commissioner Allen welcomed Council Member Burg as the new council liaison and thanked Council Member Bauman for being the council representative for the Public Safety Commission. February Meeting Minutes The February meeting minutes were reviewed. Commissioner Lamp made a motion to approve the February meeting minutes; Commissioner Kerns seconded. Motion carried. Public Hearing/Presentation A. Emergency Management Operations — Deputy Chief Hamdorf Deputy Chief Hamdorf gave a presentation on how we prepare for all hazards; ie. chemical spills, tornados, etc., utilizing emergency management training. He briefly spoke about Deputy Director Paetznick being deployed out east after Hurricane Sandy and spoke about his own deployments to northern Minnesota and to the Gulf of Mexico area. Deputy Chief Hamdorf explained what a FEMA Disaster Declaration means and explained the disaster declaration process. Deputy Chief Hamdorf spoke about the different inputs of emergency management for an event, the response to the event, and the recovery from the event. He highlighted that during a response to an event, you want a short response timeline. Deputy Chief Hamdorf applied this concept to a scenario where a tornado hits New Brighton and explained the different phases we would go thru for this event. Commissioner Eichers asked how trained emergency management personnel are deployed and who pays. Deputy Chief Hamdorf stated deployment requests are handled thru EMAC (Emergency Management Assistance Compact). EMAC usually sends out requests via email and there are mutual aid agreements in place between states where the state requesting assistance pays the state of Minnesota and then the money is reimbursed to our agency.