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Finance Committee

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The purpose of the Finance Committee is to advise the Statewide Emergency Communications Board on all matters which have a financial impact upon the board, its members and users of public safety communications systems across Minnesota.

A Grants Workgroup resides under the Finance Committee made up of a grant liaison from every region. These regional representatives meet quarterly to make recommendations to the Finance Committee and the SECB on how grants will be spent and how grant dollars will be distributed.

Committee Membership

The Bylaws of the Statewide Emergency Communications Board prescribes the membership of its Finance Committee as follows:

Membership is comprised of one primary and one alternate from each of the following: Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council or Tribal Government, the regional emergency services board for the metropolitan area, and one regional emergency communications or emergency services board from greater Minnesota.

The Current Membership ​Roster can be found below.

Meetings

The Finance Committee typically meets on the second Thursday of each month at 9:00 a.m. by conference call. Telephone conference call information and, when applicable, Internet connections for meetings will be provided at the top of the meeting’s agenda. The actual meeting date, time, and location can be found on the meeting’s agenda. 

Agendas, supporting materials, and minutes for future meetings and approved documents within the last six (6) months may be found on the Meeting Materials page. Requests for information on anything older than six (6) months can be submitted to SECB.DPS@state.mn.us 

To request that an item be heard or considered by the Finance Committee, the item should be submitted to the Committee Chair at the below address.  Meeting materials must be submitted no later than nine (9) business days prior to the meeting.

Statewide Emergency Communications Board
Finance Committee Chair
c/o Emergency Communication Networks
445 Minnesota Street, suite #1725
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

Email: SECB.DPS@state.mn.us 

 

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CHAIR: Micah Myers

City of St. Cloud
micah.myers@ci.stcloud.mn.us

Central Minnesota
Emergency Services Board

Kristen Lahr
Stearns County Sheriff’s Office
kristen.lahr@co.stearns.mn.us

VICE-CHAIR: Jack Swanson

Commissioner, Roseau County

jack.swanson@co.roseau.mn.us

Northwest Minnesota
Emergency Communications Board

John Okeson

Commissioner, Becker County jokeson@co.becker.mn.us

Shane Chatleain

MN DOT

Shane.Chatleain@state.mn.us

 

Minnesota

Department of Transportation 

Dave Klema

MN DOT

Dave.Klema@state.mn.us

 

VACANT

 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council or Tribal Government

VACANT

Marion Larson

EMS Regional Coordinator

marion.larson@co.stearns.mn.us

Minnesota Ambulance Association

Lance Ross

North Memorial Health

Lance.ross@northmemorial.com

Marv Bodie

Commissioner, Carlton County

marv.bodie@co.carlton.mn.us 

Northeast
Emergency Communications Board

Krista Schmitz

St. Louis County

schmitzk@stlouiscountymn.gov

Jill Rohret

MESB

jrohret@mn-mesb.org

Metropolitan Emergency Services Board

Tracey Fredrick

MESB

tfredrick@mn-mesb.org 

Ron Antony
Commissioner, Yellow Medicine County
ron.antony@co.ym.mn.gov

Southwest Minnesota
Emergency Communications Board

Norm Holmen

Cottonwood County

Norm.holmen@co.cottonwood.mn.us

Judy Indrelie

Olmsted County

Judy.indrelie@olmstedcounty.gov

Southeast
Emergency Communications Board

 

Amy Bramwell

Mower County

Abramwell@co.mower.mn.us

 

Perryn Hedlund

Koochiching County

Perryn.hedlund@co.koochiching.mn.us

Minnesota Sheriffs

Association

Jason Seidl

Sheriff, Brown County

Jason.seidl@co.brown.mn.us