Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
The Fort Bend County Local Emergency Planning Committee will assemble for the current month’s meeting today, Thursday, August 15, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. in the Media Room, Homeland Security & Emergency Management office, 307 Fort Street, Richmond, Texas 77469. Facility representatives and the public are invited to attend. There is no cost associated with attending the meeting. The agenda for the meeting is available at this link:
Bob Gaffney
Secretary/Treasurer
FBC LEPC
The July meeting of the Fort Bend County Local Emergency Planning Committee (FBCLEPC) meeting scheduled for 2:30 p.m. yesterday (Thursday) at the FBC HS&EM building, 307 Fort Street, Richmond, Texas, was cancelled when a quorum was unable to be achieved. A quorum consists of “at least one (1) Officer and at least six (6) members of the LEPC at the opening of the meeting…for the transaction of business by the LEPC.”
The next monthly meeting of the FBCLEPC will be on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. at the FBC HS&EM building. Please note that most meetings and notices for LEPC participants are posted on the FBCLEPC website at https://fbcoem.org/lepc/. Additionally, the FBCLEPC has a page on Facebook. The easiest way to locate it is to open FB and search for Fort Bend County LEPC.
Bob Gaffney
FBCLEPC Secretary/Treasurer
The Texas Comptroller announced the annual sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies in a post on their website at http://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/98-1017.php (highlight the complete URL and click to go to the web page). The sales tax free holiday will be April 27-29, 2019.
You can purchase certain emergency preparation supplies tax free during the 2019 Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday. There is no limit on the number of qualifying items you can purchase, and you do not need to issue an exemption certificate to claim the exemption.
This year’s holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 29.
Delivery, shipping, handling and transportation charges are part of the sales price. If the emergency preparation supply being purchased is taxable, the delivery charge is also taxable. Consider these charges when determining whether an emergency preparation supply can be purchased tax free during the holiday.
For example, you purchase a rescue ladder for $299 with a $10 delivery charge, for a total sales price of $309. Because the total sales price of the ladder is more than $300, tax is due on the $309 sales price.
For more information, contact us (Texas Comptroller) at Tax Help, or call 1-800-252-5555.
The Fort Bend County Local Emergency Planning Committee will assemble for the current month’s meeting on Thursday, April 18, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. in the Media Room, Homeland Security & Emergency Management office, 307 Fort Street, Richmond, Texas 77469. Facility representatives and the public are invited to attend. There is no cost associated with attending the meeting. The agenda for the meeting is available at this link:
Bob Gaffney
Secretary/Treasurer
FBC LEPC
The Fort Bend County Local Emergency Planning Committee monthly meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. at the Fort Bend County Homeland Security & Emergency Management office in Richmond, Texas, was cancelled due to a lack of a quorum. All official business indicated in the agenda for that meeting will be taken up at the next scheduled business meeting on April 18, 2019, in the Media Room. A new agenda will be posted on this website before that meeting. Please plan to attend.
The draft minutes for the February 2019 meeting are attached for review as well as online and will be discussed and voted on for approval at the April 2019 meeting.
Bob Gaffney
Secretary/Treasurer, FBCLEPC
Good evening, LEPC members. I apologize for the lateness of this note. Attached to this email is the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting in the FBC HS&EM Media Room at 2:30 p.m. at 307 Fort St,. Richmond, TX. Note the new title for the emergency management office. In a recent change, the organization became the FBC Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management, with a new logo (visible at the FBC HS&EM website (same URL)) but the same building and offices and most of the same staff.
Click on the link below for the agenda which should have downloaded to your Download folder on arrival.
Looking forward to seeing everyone and perhaps some new faces at tomorrow’s meeting.
Bob Gaffney
FBC LEPC Secretary/Treasurer
