2014-11-05 Regular Meeting FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO.1 BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
NOVEMBER 5, 2014 6:26 p.m. RECEIVED
BAYSIDE FIRE HALL
DEC - 8 2014
1. CALL TO ORDER
CHAIR NELSON called the regular meeting to order at 6:26 PM
BOROUGH CLERICS OFFICE
KODIAK,ALASKA
2. ROLL CALL
Board Members present were Richard Carstens, Chair Rebecca Nelson, Scott Arndt, Jim Pickett,
and Kiela Pickett (Via Teleconference). Also present were Borough's Engineering and Facilities
Director Bob Tucker and Secretary Jenny Clay.
3. ACCEPTANCE/APPROVAL OF AGENDA
ARNDT moved to accept and approve the agenda for November 5, 2014.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
4. ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF FINANCIAL REPORT
ARNDT moved to approve the receipt of the Financial Report.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ARNDT moved to approve the minutes of August 5, 2014.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
6. CHAIR REPORT
Nelson stated that the job applications for Chief should be ready for review by next week. Three
Board Members will be reviewing the applications. Both Kiela and Jim Pickett are excused from
the process due to the fact that Jim Pickett had applied for the Chief's position. Pickett asked to
include Doug Mathers, Deputy Chief in the review process. Nelson would like meetings to begin
on consolidation of Bayside and Women's Bay on a monthly basis.
7. STAFF REPORT
There was no staff report.
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8. ACTION ITEMS
A. Generator Project - ARNDT moved to reject all bids
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ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED 5 TO O.
Chair Nelson called foi a short meeting recess of 10 minutes to wait for board member K. Pickett
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Chair Nelson reconvened the meeting and Kiela Pickett was now physically present.
B. Election of Officers
J. PICKETT moved to nominate Rebecca Nelson for Chair. CARSTENS moved to nominate Scott
Arndt for Chair.
BALLOT VOTE ON MOTIONS CARRIED Rebecca Nelson 3 and Scott Arndt 2 for Chair.
K. PICKETT Moved to nominate Scott Arndt for Vice Chair
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED 5 TO O.
9. Visitors Comments
None
10. Board Comments
J. Picket — Had an open house for Emergency preparedness which was a good turnout. Have
been installing smoke alarms. There were about 100 smoke alarms donated by First Alert.
Hazard House was set up at North Star with about 230 kids going through it. He worked with the
City to bring the Hazard House also to East Elementary, Main and Peterson Schools. Business
after Hours was hosted by Providence Hospital on November 14, where they set up the Hazard
House.
K. Pickett—Apologized for not being physically present for most of the meeting.
S. Arndt— None
R. Carstens — Congratulations to Rebecca for another year on the board and welcomed Scott to
the Board. He looked forward to working on the Chief Project. The sooner the position was
filled, the better for Bayside Fire Department. He would like to talk about the transition of the
current Chief leaving and the new Chief starting at a future meeting.
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11. NEXT MEETING SCHEDULE
The next meeting was tentatively scheduled for November 25, 2014 at 6:05 P.M depending on
the Borough Manager's office schedule with getting the applications to the board. If the
Manager's Office was unable to do so, the next meeting would be scheduled for December 9,
2014.
12. ADJOURNMENT
ARNDT moved to adjourn the meeting.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
The meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.
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