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City of Fort Bragg
Meeting Minutes
Public Safety Committee
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 4:00 PM Town Hall, 363 N. Main Street
SPECIAL MEETING
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
Meeting Chair Norvell opened the meeting at 4:01 PM.
ROLL CALL
Present: 1 - Bernie Norvell
Absent: 1 - Lindy Peters
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1A. 24-592 Approve Minutes of the Public Safety Committee Meeting October 18, 2023.
Chiar Norvell requested minutes to be added to next regular meeting when a full committee be present.
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Public comment heard from Ron White.
3. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
3A. 24-645 Receive Input on the Proposed City of Fort Bragg Emergency Operations Plan Police Chief Cervenka initiated the agenda item by stating that he wanted to recognize Captain O'Neal from the Police Department for taking the initiative on preparing the Emergency Operations Plan for the City of Fort Bragg.
Captain O'Neal introduced the proposed plan as being put together to reflect the City of Fort Bragg needs with guidance from FEMA's CPG-101 format. Captain O'Neal continued with the breakdown of the sections within the plan.
Public Comments made by:
Jacob Patterson
Jenny Shattuck
3B. 24-646 Receive Input on the Emergency Operations Center Exercise City of Fort Bragg Page 1 Printed on 6/14/2024
Public Safety Committee Meeting Minutes March 19, 2024
Captain O'Neal began by stating that the City has not done an exercise in quite a while. He explained that by conducting this exercise the City will accomplish mainly two things which are:
enacting the Emergency Operations Plan, and be in accordance with the Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Protocols (HSEEP). Captain O'Neal continued to describe the exercise elements which will be included.
Chairman Norvel agreed with Captain O'Neal's explanation of the planned exercise and the benefits of having the exercise conducted.
4. MATTERS FROM COMMITTEE / STAFF
4A. 24-648 Receive Oral Update From Staff on Departmental Activities Fire Chief Orsi gave a brief update on the new vehicles for the Fire Department and new members.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Norvell adjourned the meeting at 4:27 PM.
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