ITEM TITLE:
#18-26 - Accepting the 2019 LEPC Grant from the State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in the Amount of $12,300 and Approving its Expenditure
SUBMITTED BY: Martha Barberio, Economic Development Director/ Emergency Manager
FISCAL NOTES: Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: Grant Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management {ADHS&EM)
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council Acceptance of the 2019 LEPC Grant in the amount of$ 12,300.00 from the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and Approve its Expenditure
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Valdez Emergency Planning Committee is made up of representatives from agencies throughout Valdez. The work the committee is tasked with reviews emergency plans and makes sure they are updated. We receive copies of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, (SARA) Title Ill reports. The committee members are utilized as evaluators in various agency exercises to the full scale exercises put on with multi jurisdictions.
The funding for the LEPC Committee is used to perform the monthly meeting minutes. Set up of a web page that has the information about the Valdez LEPC and where to request and receive the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA), which is also called SARA Title Ill. The administration staff completes all the paperwork for the grant application and all other reports required by the grant.