Homeland Security Grant Program Senior Advisory Committee Charter

Homeland Security Grant Program

Senior Advisory Committee Charter

The Senior Advisory Committee exists to build and implement homeland security initiatives that leverage DHS resources, as well as other Federal, State, local, private sector, faith-based community and, Tribal resources. Specific attention should be paid to how all available preparedness funding sources can be

effectively utilized in a collaborative manner to support the whole community approach to emergency preparedness and management and to the enhancement of overall capabilities.

Responsibilities

The specific responsibilities of the Senior Advisory Committee include:

• Integrating preparedness activities across disciplines, the private sector, non-profit organizations, faith-based, community, and all levels of

government, including local, State and Tribal, with the goal of maximizing coordination and reducing duplication of effort;

• Creating a cohesive planning network and framework that builds and

implements preparedness initiatives which leverage DHS resources, as well as other Federal, State, local, private sector, faith-based community and, Tribal resources;

• Management of all preparedness funding sources to enhance effective utilization of and elimination of duplication of effort across all stakeholders and disciplines, and

• Ensuring that the application for State Homeland Security Grant Program funds align with the THIRA and work to fill capability gaps identified in the SPR.

Meetings

The Senior Advisory Committee will meet quarterly or when necessary. Members

The Senior Advisory Committee will be comprised of representation from the following: Each of the seven Regional Homeland Security Councils, Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Division of Emergency Management, Kansas Adjutant General’s Department, Homeland Security Advisor, Kansas Department of

Environment, Office of the State Fire Marshal, Office of Emergency

Communications, State Citizen Corps Program, State Training and Exercise Officers, the Commission on Emergency Planning and Response, Fire Service Working Group, Incident Management Team Working Group, Law Enforcement Resources Working Group, Search and Rescue Working Group, Hazardous Materials Working Group, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement, Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement, the North Central Region Planning Commission and the Mid-America Regional Council. The committee will be chaired by a member of a Regional Homeland Security Council in accordance with the Regional Council Coordinating Committee by-laws.

Additional members may be added as necessary and appropriate. Organization

The Senior Advisory Committee will review the THIRA and SPR during the first quarterly meeting of each year to identify gaps in core capabilities, prioritize those gaps and develop strategies to address each gap, with available resources to the maximum extent possible. In addition, each project funded by SHSP will be evaluated for effectiveness and desired outcome in regards to reducing a gap or sustaining a capability.

Eighty percent of SHSP funding will be made available to each Regional Homeland Security Council as agreed to in the 2006 regionalization process by employing the funding formula that was revised and approved by the Regional Council

Coordinating Committee in 2012. The State will retain the option of utilizing up to twenty percent of the funding award.

All programmatic priorities identified and funded by SHSP will be presented to and vetted by the Senior Advisory Committee to ensure programmatic priorities are met, DHS resources have been efficiently leveraged, and duplication of effort has been reduced as much as possible and for overall transparency of the

program. Meeting minutes will be documented, shared with all members of the committee and maintained with the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. The Kansas Highway Patrol, as the State Administrative Agency, will have final financial decision making authority only as it applies to the State Homeland Security Grant Program eligibility (guidance), authorization (AEL) and overall responsibility of utilizing program funding.

The Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Division of Emergency Management and the Senior Advisory Committee chairperson will share the responsibility for

completing any and all administrative requirements associated with the Senior Advisory Committee.

Reports

The Commission on Emergency Planning and Response will receive a list of all SHSP funding priorities annually during the third quarter meeting. The Kansas Highway Patrol will be responsible for completing and presenting the report. Annual Committee Goals

• Evaluate past funded projects outcome on reducing a gap or sustaining a core capability.

• Increase program visibility to ensure whole community engagement. • Developing a mentoring program for new committee members. Committee Members and Representation

Chuck Magaha – Chairman

Leavenworth County Emergency Manager

Kansas City Metro Homeland Security Region Chair Commission on Emergency Planning and Response _______________________________________________ Pat Collins

Riley County Emergency Manager Riley County Fire Chief

Northeast Homeland Security Region Chair

_______________________________________________ Pam Kemp

Clay County Emergency Manager

North Central Homeland Security Region Chair _______________________________________________

Butch Post

Rooks County Emergency Manager

Northwest Homeland Security Region Chair

______________________________________________ Don Button

Grant County Emergency Manager

Southwest Homeland Security Region Chair

______________________________________________ Greg Klein

Rice County Deputy Director of Emergency Management South Central Homeland Security Region Chair

______________________________________________ Kevin Jones

Chanute Fire Chief

Southeast Homeland Security Region Chair

______________________________________________ Eric Sauer

Kansas Highway Patrol

State Administrative Agency – HSGP

______________________________________________ Angee Morgan

Kansas Division of Emergency Management

Emergency Management Performance Grant Program – SAA Homeland Security Advisor (Representative)

The Adjutant General (Representative)

Kris Kramer

Kansas Law Enforcement Resources Working Group ______________________________________________ Karl McNorton

Fire Service Working Group

______________________________________________ Alan Radcliffe

Incident Management Team Working Group

_______________________________________________ Sam Dameron

Search and Rescue Working Group

_______________________________________________ Hank DuPont

Office of the State Fire Marshal

Hazardous Materials Advisory Committee

_______________________________________________ Sandy Johnson

Kansas Department of Agriculture

_______________________________________________ Jeremy Jackson

Kansas Intelligence Fusion Center

Michael McNulty

Kansas Department of Health and Environment State Public Health Officer (Representative)

_______________________________________________ Edward Kalas

Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement ________________________________________________

Fred Rinne

Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement ________________________________________________ Terry David

MERGE

________________________________________________ Jason Bryant

Office of Emergency Communications

________________________________________________ Devan Tucking

State Citizen Corps Program

________________________________________________ Erin McGinnis

State Training Officer

Cait Puritan

State Exercise Officer

______________________________________________ Bryan Murdie

Comprehensive Resource Management and Credentialing System Project Charter Group

______________________________________________ Sherry Angell

North Central Regional Planning Commission ______________________________________________ Erin Lynch

Mid-America Regional Council