06/18/2013 Regular Meeting FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO.1 BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
June 18, 2013 5:30 p.m.
BAYSIDE FIRE HALL
1. CALL TO ORDER
VICE CHAIR J. PICKET called the regular meeting to order at 5:32 PM
2. ROLL CALL
Board Members present were Richard Carstens, Andrew DeVries, Vice Chair Jim Pickett, Kiela
Pickett, and Ex-Officio member Bob Himes. Chair Rebecca Nelson was absent. Also present was
Engineering and Facilities Secretary Jenny Clay.
Audience member present was Scott Arndt.
3. ACCEPTANCE/APPROVAL OF AGENDA
DEVRIES moved to accept and approve the agenda for June 18, 2013.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
4. ACICNOWLEDGEMENT RECEIPT OF FINANCIAL REPORT
DEVRIES moved to Acknowledge Receipt of the Financial Report.
There was short discussion about line items in the Financial Report.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
DEVRIES moved to approve the meeting minutes of April 10,2013.
Devrics noted that Chief Halcomb's name was misspelled in the meeting minutes of April 10,
2013. Secretary's Note: Those corrections were made to the final minutes.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
6. VISITORS COMMENTS
None.
7. CHIEF'S REPORT
Chief Himes reported that there was overwhelming support from the public on the efforts of the
volunteer firefighters. There would be an Airport Disaster Drill taking place and Bayside would
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be working with the victims in the training scenario. He spoke to funds being raised for hats and
other items for the rodeo scheduled for August 31, 2013.
8. CHAIR REPORT
None
9. STAFF REPORT
(a) Secretary J. Clay informed the board that the Kodiak Island Borough website now included
under Boards and Commissions Meetings page the agendas, packets and audio recordings of
Borough public meetings.
10. ACTION ITEMS
a-b-c. A work session on the fence, dumpsters and windows would be scheduled. There
was a discussion of dumpsters continuing to be a problem for Bayside Training Center. Chief
Rimes stated that Dave Conrad was working on the window replacement project. Nothing more
can be done until July Is' when the new budget started.
d. CARSTENS moved to adopt a Resolution renaming of the Bayside Fire Training
Center to the Earl Smith, Jr. Memorial Fire Training Center. The resolution was read by Chief
Rimes. A discussion ensued.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
e. Chief Rimes presented a written policy on Volunteer Stipends.
DEVRIES moved to adopt the Volunteer Stipend policy.
A discussion ensued and the board discussed changing the first sentence of the policy.
DEVRIES moved to amend the first sentence of the Volunteer Stipend policy. There was no
second and the motion failed.
CARSTENS moved to strike the first sentence of the policy. Discussion continued.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION TO AMEND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4 to 0.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4 to
0.
f. Chief Himes presented a Length of Service and Special Award Policy to the board.
DEVRIES moved to accept the Length of Service and Special Award Policy. A discussion
ensued.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4 to 0
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11. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None
12. BOARD COMMENTS
K. Pickett—Thanked the board for accommodating her on bringing her new baby to the meeting.
D. Devries — Thanked Jim Pickett and all those who helped out with the crab festival float,
thanked Scott Arndt for attending the meeting and also thanked Chief Himes and his efforts to
bring forth the policies.
R. Carstens—Congratulated Ms. Pickett on the new baby.
J. Pickett—Thanked Chief Himes for the great job he was doing and also everything he did with
the volunteers. He noted that the crab festival went really well; Bayside received the grand prize
for the second year in a row, and also noted that the station volunteers were looking forward to
the Fair in August. He announced the volunteers would be sponsoring Relay for Life and other
events.
13. NEXT MEETING SCHEDULE
To be announced
14. ADJOURNMENT
DEVRIES moved to adjourn the meeting.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
The meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
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