02/09/2021 Regular MeetingN
FIRE PROTECTION AREA NO.1 BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
February 9'1, 20216:00pm.
BAYSIDE FIRE HALL
1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Paul VanDyke called the regular meeting to order at 6:02 PM.
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2. ROLL CALL
Board Members present were Chair Paul VanDyke, Richard Carstens, and Mike Dolph. Craig
Walton and Aaron Griffin were absent. A quorum was established. Also present were Fire Chief
Bruce McNeil and Kodiak Island Borough Finance Director Dora Cross.
3. ACCEPTANCE/APPROVAL OF AGENDA
DOLPH MOVED to amend agenda by adding 8b Radios and 8c Surplus Squad 11 Due to Age.
CARSTENS seconded.
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DOLPH MOVED to approve amended agenda. CARSTENS seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
CARSTENS MOVED to approve the minutes of January 19'h, 2021 and January 23'd, 2021.
DOLPH seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5. VISITOR COMMENTS
6. FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT
Chief McNeil gave a brief overview of what has been happening this month at the fire station.
He asked the board to consider approving the purchase of 12 new EMS bags and 4 trauma kits
for the fire engines with an estimated price of $5,500. He will get an itemized listing and quote
together to present to the board.
7. CHAIR PERSON'S REPORT
Chair Van Dyke reviewed the memorandum received from the Borough Manager dated Feb 8,
2021 titled Chief Vacancy and read into the record. There were some questions and discussion
about how things will proceed.
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8. NEW BUISNESS
A. BUDGET
Chair Van Dyke opened the discussion by reviewing the budget documents that were
attached to the agenda. There is a shortage in the budget and the Board needs to trim out
some items from the list of projects to stay withing budget for 2022. There was
discussion among the board of how to go about trimming the budget down.
DOLPH MOVED to make the amendments as presented and forward the budget to a
Public Hearing. CARSTENS seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
B. RADIOS
Mike Dolph presented this subject at the work session on January 23' and it has already
been discussed at length by the board.
DOLPH MOVED to proceed with the purchase of new 2-way radio equipment from
AKSALA Electronics in the current FY2021 budget, not to exceed $12,000. CARSTENS
seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
C. SURPLUS OF SQUAD 11
There was some discussion among the board about the process and timeline of going
through the process to surplus a vehicle.
DOLPH MOVED to approve the plan to surplus Squad 11 the yellow van, due to age,
and eventually replacing it with trailers. Time to be determined by Fire Department
Administration. CARSTENS seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
7. VISITOR COMMENTS
8. BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTS
R. Carstens — none
M. Dolph — none
P. Van Dyke — Thank you for coming tonight. Looking forward to completing the budget
process.
9. NEXT MEETING SCHEDULE — Tuesday Feb 23rd at 6:00pm
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10. ADJOURNMENT
CARSTENS MOVED to adjourn the meeting. DOLPH seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
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Pa icia Valerio, Board Secretary
KIB Engineering/Facilities Department
APPROVED BY:
Chair Paul VanDyke
Fire Protection Area #1
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