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February 27, 2010 (Board Retreat) Page 1831 grant program has greatly assisted the departments in achieving response goals. 2010 Update: Department Heads have ensured new employees required to complete NIMS (National Incident Management System) training have forwarded their certificates to the EM (Emergency Management) Office. The Department of Homeland Security has changed the "required" training for elected officials to "recommended". We do not have completion certificates on file for all BOC members. We will be hosting a Department of Homeland Security Senior Officials Workshop in June of this year for our region. This workshop is geared toward elected officials and county/city management. The Fire Marshal's Office continues to monitor and evaluate response levels with the Volunteer Fire Departments. Day-time staffing has reduced overall response times during the periods the stations are staffed. A recommendation from the Fire Marshal's Office will be coming to the BOC for re-districting parts of the northwest area of the county due to the opening of Kannapolis Station 5 and the planned opening of Odell Station 2 in March of 2010. This re-districting proposal, if approved, will bring properties previously classified as "unprotected" into a 5-mile protected district, decrease response times, lower the fire tax rate in certain areas, and lower the insurance class rating in certain areas, which would lower fire insurance rates. Action: Several Board members reported experiencing technical difficulties during the online examination. It was suggested that the exam be administered in April, following the agenda work session. Recess of Meeting The Board took a lunch break at 12:28 p.m. The meeting resumed at 1:10 p.m. Goal Review and Desired Outcomes Progress Update - Continued The Board continued to receive updates on the following goals. County staff responded to questions throughout the review process. Each goal was discussed and specific action is highlighted in bold italics. GOAL 2: YEAR 1 OUTCOMES PROGRESS NEXT STEPS 2. Ask all public All public safety Perform feasibility safety agencies in the agencies (Law study in 2009 (funds are County to assess Enforcement, Fire, EMS & budgeted) and have training facility needs Rescue) were polled and master plan developed and develop a plan to provided input into what for county public safety meet those needs. they would like to see training facility. included in a county public safety training facility. 2010 Update: A committee comprised of county staff, representatives from our local response agencies (Fire, Law Enforcement, EMS, Rescue), and representatives from Rowan- Cabarrus Community College have met with the architects to develop the draft program for the Cabarrus County Public Safety Training Center. The first draft came back for review, showing a need for 27 acres and $17.1 million dollars to develop the center as initially programmed. This draft was sent back to 2 sub- committees tasked with (1) recommending potential cuts to the initial plan and (2) prioritization of projects included in the draft plan. We are currently waiting on the Law Enforcement sub- committee for their recommendations. GOAL 2: YEAR 1 OUTCOMES PROGRESS NEXT STEPS 3. Hold an extensive Work session •held Continue to work with work session for October 8, 2008. school officials in information gathering Thorough presentation of identifying and placing and strategy development emergency management emergency power on in the area of emergency responsibilities, specific school sites management. capacity, efforts to during design of new date and future plans schools, prepare public