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Session 1822 October 20, 2001 Mr. Sharpe reported on the County's recent implementation of Senior Response Teams (SRT). SRT's are multi-disciplinary, geographically specific teams of service providers and community members working together to serve seniors in a coordinated, non-fragmented, non-duplicated, effective way. These teams discuss individual needs and initiate services from providers. Typically, SRTs meet regularly and the team is composed of agency representatives and seniors interested in participating. Any member of the team or family member can present the individual needs of the senior and related concerns. Mr. Sharpe would also like to see CDBG grant funds allocated to senior transportation in the amount of $5,000. Mr. Ollendorff said that he would look into this. AGENDA #5 - DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/FIRST RESPONDER: Mr. Munkel wished to hear how the City was handling disaster preparedness and how and if our first responders were being prepared to handle security issues in lieu of the recent terror and bio chemical scares in the nation. He noted that the State had set up a State Homeland Security office and that these were important issues that needed to be addressed at the local level, as well. Mr. Ollendorff stated that our emergency services are being notified by local agencies on issues to be watchful for and security issues that we need to be concerned about. The County and State have been very good about providing information on security and health concerns down to the local agencies. Mr. Ollendorff passed out a health notice that was issued by the County Health Department on how to identify and protect oneself from anthrax contamination. Mr. Ollendorff did not feel we needed to do anything more, because the County and State will keep us informed of issues we need to be alerted about. Our firefighters and Police are trained to deal with security and hazardous materials issues and will be well prepared first responder units. AGENDA #6 - COUNCIL INFORMATION AUTOMATION: Ms. Forsythe explained to Council a proposal to deliver packet materials electronically, either by email or by the internet. It was noted that some materials would always have to be sent by paper packet and could not be converted electronically. She stated that program would be offered as a choice and that paper packets would still be prepared and sent out by police delivery if so desired. Mr. Ollendorff stated that he felt offering material electronically would be an excellent opportunity to increase information avenues, but felt that the paper packets should be continued. He would prefer paper to the electronic format. Mayor Adams felt the electronic format would be better for him. The sense of Council was to initiate the project, but to start out with test packets for a period of time to determine its value and effectiveness. AGENDA #7 - HARRIETT WOODS' SEPTEMBER 8TM MEMO: 2