SYRACUSE CITY
Syracuse City Disaster Preparedness Committee
February 24, 2022 - 6:30 p.m.
Municipal Building, 1979 W. 1900 S.
Notice is hereby given that the Syracuse City Disaster Preparedness Committee will participate in a meeting on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in the large conference room of the Municipal Building, 1979 W. 1900 S., Syracuse City, Davis County, Utah. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss/review the following items:
Welcome: Dan Merkling
Call to Order: Dan Merkling
Prayer: TBD
Pledge of Allegiance
Review Meeting Minutes: Brigham Young
Approve Meeting Minutes
Welcome Guests/Visitors:
Syracuse Connection Magazine articles:
1. Dan Merkling article on the April 23rd exercise will be published in the March issue of the Syracuse Connection Magazine.
2. Brigham Young to present his article on emergency car kits in February meeting. To be approved for publication in the April issue of the magazine.
3. Duane Cheney has the assignment for the May issue of the magazine. Topic is Raised Gardens with help from J&J. To be presented for approval by the committee in the March meeting.
4. Topics for future Syracuse Connection Magazine articles.
News of West District replacement for Lane Smith.
Action Item Update:
1. April the 23rd from 10-10:30am Disaster Preparedness Exercise: Open discussion
A. A chemical spill will be the focus of the earthquake disaster scenario approved for this exercise. Discuss the process.
1. Is our goal to monitor how to communicate from the city to the citizens? (not using the city's emergency phone service)
2. How to monitor the effectiveness of the communication chain?
Communication from the HAM radio operators to the district and then report back of how many were able to be informed?
3. What other information are we looking to glean from this type of exercise?
B. Discussion to further refine the process that we will follow.
1. Will focus on a chemical spill.
2. Evacuation of citizens is not feasible during an exercise
3. Assess your car kits and go-bags
4. Keep car gas tank at least 1/2 full
5. Post on Facebook will count the 'likes' to see how many participated
6. Main objective is to get citizens to sign up for Code Re
7. Dan and Erin to prepare time line to be discussed in February meeting
8. Conference room will be set up for those who want to come over
New Committee Business:
District Assigned Yr Magazine Mo Topic Article DPC Due Webinar
Syracuse West Dist TBD 2022 Feb Doghouse Survival 9-Dec-21
Aug TBD 23-Jun-22
Syracuse District Judy 2022
Sep TBD 28-Jul-22
Syracuse South Brigham 2021 Apr Car Emergency Kit 27-Jan-22
Oct TBD 22-Sep-22
Legacy District Duane 2022 May Raised Garden Beds 24-Mar-22
Nov TBD 22-Sep-22
Bluff District Patrick 2022 Jun TBD 28-Apr-22
Dec TBD 28-Oct-22
At Large Jordan 2022 Jan Sanitation in an Emergency 28-Oct-21 Webinar
At Large Dan M 2022 Mar April 2022 Emergency Exercise 27-Jan-22
At Large Jennifer 2022 Jul TBD 26-May-22
At Large Lisa 2023 Jan TBD 27-Oct-22
Invitees:
Lisa Schwartz Jennifer Eagle Patrick Carroll
? Jennifer Carver ? Judy Meservey Erin Behm
? Jordan Savage ? Dan Merkling Brigham Young
Duane Cheney
5. Motion of Adjournment
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CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
The undersigned, duly appointed City Recorder, does hereby certify that the above notice and agenda was posted within the Syracuse City limits on this 18th of February, 2022, at Syracuse City Hall on the City Hall Notice Board and at http://www.syracuseut.com/. A copy will also be provided to the Standard-Examiner on 2/18/2022.
CASSIE Z. BROWN, MMC
SYRACUSE CITY RECORDER
DISTRICT LEADERS:
Syracuse West District - TBD Bluff District - Patrick Carroll, Vice Chair
Syracuse District - Judy Meservey Member at large - Dan Merkling, Chair
Syracuse South - Brigham Young, Secretary Member at large - Jennifer Eagle
Legacy Park District - Duane Cheney Member at large - Lisa Schwartz
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans Disabilities Act, persons needing auxiliary communicative aids and services for this meeting should contact the City Offices at 801-825-1477 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.