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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-BFC-1990-11-13 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS NOVEMBER 13 , 1990 MINUTES PRESENT: Commissioners Cornelius , Reeves , Howell , Baker and Neigh. 1. Chairman Cornelius called the meeting to order at 1910 hrs . 2 . Additions/Deletions to the Agenda: - Chairman Cornelius presented his annual disclosure of non-prohibitive interest regarding his employment. Commissioner Reeves will present his at the December meeting. 3 . Persons wishing to speak to Board of Fire Commissioners: None 4. Commissioner Baker made a motion to approve the audit in the amount of $99, 915 . 33 . Seconded by Comm. Neigh. Carried unanimously. 5. Commissioner Neigh made a motion to accept a donation of $100 from Alfred Kahn to the Rescue Squad Donation Fund. Seconded by Comm. Reeves . Mr. Kahn is grateful for help received at a motor vehicle accident last winter. The motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Baker made a motion to approve the purchase of a pager for Firefighter John Cook, as he has provided a letter from his homeowner' s insurance denying coverage for the loss . Seconded by Comm. Reeves . Carried unanimously. • 6 . Membership Changes : Commissioner Reeves made a motion to approve the additions of the following members : Co. #1 : John Hunter Co. #4 : Kim Aiken, Richard Jacob and David Pazos Co. #6: Andrew Barr Co . #9 : Keith Seto Comm. Neigh seconded the motion. Carried unanimously. Commissioner Reeves made a motion to approve the addition of Craig Given to Co. #5 , contingent upon receipt of acknowledgement of resignation from his hometown fire department. Seconded by Comm. Baker. Carried unanimously. Marcia Lynch asked the Board to consider allowing a person to participate in new member training when they are not a member of a local company ( in anticipation of bunking ) . This will be discussed at the December meeting. Minutes November 13 , 1990 Page 2 7. Committee updates : - Handbook Committee: Comm. Baker reported the group will meet on 11/27/90 at 1700 hrs . at Central Fire Station and they hope to have a rough draft available by January or February 1991 . - Incentives Committee: Comm. Neigh reported that a questionnaire is being circulated and results will be reported at the December meeting. - Space Study Committee: Chief Olmstead reported that RFQ' s were sent out last week and interested parties are to reply by 11/16/90 . Interviews will be scheduled after that. 8 . Chairman' s Report: - The Board agreed that it is very important that the Ithaca Fire Department staff be notified and consulted with when the City is contemplating the narrowing of streets . Fire Department vehicle access standards should be considered and input received. A resolution regarding this matter will be offered at the December meeting. - A resolution regarding declaring Station 6 as surplus and turning it over to the City for disposal will be offered at the December meeting. Fire Department staff have been asked to clear out all belongings and salvage any items worth saving. 9 . Chief ' s Report: - Monthly reports were reviewed. Chief Olmstead reported that based on calls to date, the department will respond to approximately 3 , 470 calls during 1990 . Volunteer response statistics will be available next month. - Chief Olmstead has inquired about the possibility of paying fire department bills twice a month. This would entail either having an extra meeting per month to approve bills or approving a list of bills that have already been paid. He feels it is unfair to make companies wait sometimes as long as 6 weeks to be paid when so many approvals have already been made and services and products have already been used. - The City has invoked the annual freeze on purchasing. The only items that may be purchased are services and products that will be used or in place before the end of the year. No more equipment may be purchased (the Fire Department has already purchased all their equipment for the year) . Minutes November 13 , 1990 Page 3 - The new heavy rescue will be returned to Saulsbury for additional detail work. We will not have it in service until the end of December 1990 . - Dedication of new stations will take place on November 17 ,. 1990 at 10 : 00 AM (Station #5-South Hill ) and on November ifs , 1990 at 3 : 00 PM (Station #6-West Hill ) . - The Chief will be meeting with Common Council person Barbara Blanchard tomorrow morning as a result of some concerns she is receiving regarding fire department services and vehicles . - Construction/Renovation Update: City Engineer Bill Gray will approach Common Council to amend the bond - transfer new construction monies into renovation monies. This will not result in additional funds - only redistribution on how they may be spent to expedite and complete the construction. Damages and expenses due to faulty engineering will be considered in the legal process . - Companies 1 , 2 and 3 as well as the Union will be notified this week that they may begin occupying the second floor of Central station. - Budget discussion: Chief Olmstead presented the 1991 budget as recommended by Common Council which includes 4 firefighters as the only additional personnel . After a lengthy discussion, Commissioner Neigh made a motion to accept the budget as presented by Common Council with the exception of: delete 4 Firefighters , add 3 Lieutenant positions and rearrange the 200 and 400 accounts to be within a 9% increase. This budget more closely reflects the original budget put together by the Fire Department staff and Board of Fire Commissioners . Seconded by Comm. Reeves . The vote was as follows : Yes : Commissioners Cornelius , Howell , Neigh and Reeves . Abstain: Commissioner Baker (needed more time to consider the information received) . The motion carried. At 2110 hrs . Commissioner Howell made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Comm. Baker. Carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, a t.'7;1b7/7 ( c i7 I( • (:::1( . David H. Cornelius , Chairman