2006-03-17 Regular Meeting
Regular Meeting Minutes
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Ul1 MAY 1 7 2006 I.W
Fire Protection District No.
17 March 2006, at 7:00p.m.
Bayside Fire Hall
BOROUGH CLERK'S OFFICE
I. Call to Order. Scott Arndt, Chair of Fire Protection Area
No.1 Board, called the meeting to order at 7:00p.m.
II. Roll Call. Present were, Scott Arndt, Cliff Davidson,
Mike Dolph and Greg Spalinger. Also present was Jessica
Kepley, Support Staff. Doug Mathers arrived at 7:40p.m.
III.
Acceptance of Agenda.
agenda. It was moved,
Spalinger to approve
unanimously.
Chair asked for approval of the
C. Davidson and seconded, G.
the agenda. The motion passed
IV. Visitors' Comments. None.
V. Minutes of Previous Meeting.
minutes to approve at this time.
There were no previous
VI. Financial Report. Held until Budget work session.
VII. Fire Fighters Asso Report. None.
VIII. Chief's Report. None.
IX. Chair Report. It was reported that the excavator was now
available for the work on the stump and brush removal site,
however with the ground still frozen the work to the site would
have to be postponed until it thawed. He explained that the
State has weight restrictions and the contractor would have to
comply with those restrictions before proceeding with the work.
The Board was notified that the footings had been poured as
planned and that it had taken 5 people and 100 hours to
complete, according to Doug Mathers. The Board approved the
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change of $100 dinner gift certificates to $100 grocery gift
certificates from Safeway for the volunteers that assisted with
the pouring of the footings. Local vendors helped as well with
the preparation of the building site, by donating supplies to
establi~h the footings. It was estimated that Spenard's donated
$600 .worth of rebar and additional supplies, Island Lake
Sawmill donated $500 of lumber. S. Arndt explained the
buildings themselves would not be set up until the Lash
operator returned to Kodiak which was expected sometime around
April 1.
There was brief discussion re the FDIC
recommended by S. Arndt that the Board
during Fiscal Year 2007. The Board
recommendation.
travel and it was
look into attending
concurred with the
X. New Business
A. Burn Building footings backfill. The Board previously
had received 3 prices for equipment use in order to construct
the burn building (Regular meeting 27 December 2005). Between
quotes received from Brechan Enterprises, Anderson
Construction and Brown Excavators, the qualifying company was
Brown Excavators. The Chair called for approval from the
Board to award the job to Brown Excavators in an amount not
to exceed $1800. G. Spalinger moved to award the dozing and
compacting work excluding materials to Brown Excavators. M.
Dolph seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
S. Arndt also explained that they would try to remove the
dozer that had been stationary on the property corner.
M. Dolph questioned that with the way the burn building
containers would be set up that there could be a possibility
that they would end up sagging in the middle. He wanted to
ensure that once set up everything would be good, there would
be no trouble after the fact. S. Arndt assured the Board that
the containers were designed not to sag at all, and there
should be no concern with the way that they would be
constructed.
B. Tool Purchase. The purchase of a Hamatro rescue tool was
discussed. Due to the fact that it is a light weight rescue
tool, the portability and ease of use, it was decided that
the Hamatro was the best choice among other options. It was
moved, G. Spalinger, and seconded, C. Davidson to award the
purchase of the Hamatro rescue tool in the amount of $6,233.
The motion passed unanimously. Training will be scheduled for
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the tool
combining
Department
training.
through the
the Bayside
during the
fire department. It was
tool training with the
upcoming Urban Search
suggested
City Fire
and Rescue
C. F.E.M.A. Grant Application. S. Arndt asked for direction
from the Board to begin filling out an application for a FEMA
grant to purchase new PPE' s ( Personal Protective Equipment)
for the fire department. He said that the outlook for
purchasing new fire equipment didn't look good at the time,
however they could possibly receive funding to bring the
PPE's up to NFPA compliance since the turnouts that the
department presently possessed were not 100% compliant with
NFPA standards. The Chair explained that with a 5 % match to
the (approx.)$76,OOO FEMA grant, the department would meet
the NFPA standards for PPE. The Board so directed the Chair
to begin the application for the FEMA grant to purchase
approximately 33 sets of NFPA standardized PPEs.
D. Budget Worksession. The Board discussed the proposed FY
2007 budget. S. Arndt led the discussion by explaining the
previous years' budgets compared to the current and proposed
years' budgets. M. Dolph asked that the Board consider
purchasing a new copy machine for the department, due to the
age and condition of the current machine. The Board chose to
hold a public hearing on the FY2007 budget on March 30, 2006
at 7:30p.m.
XI. Visitors' Comments. None.
XII. Board Comments.
S. Arndt. None.
Mike Dolph. Asked that the Board begin scheduling regular Board
meetings on a regular basis. He was concerned that there were
not enough being held. He would like to see them held on a
scheduled day each month, i.e. the first Tuesday of every
month. It was agreed by the Board that they would begin by
trying to rneet during the third ","Jeek of each rnonth. M. Dolph
also wanted to make sure that the Hamatro tool was actually
budgeted in the FY2006. He also stated that he didn't want to
see the Board micromanaging purchases and asked J. Kepley to
look into the purchasing policy to see what dollar amount the
entire Board had to approve vs. just the chair approving, and
that he would like to see this policy in wri ting. It was S.
Arndt's wish that the Board sign off on purchases over $3,000.
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C. Davidson. None.
G. Spalinger. Agreed with M. Dolph that the Board should be
holding not only more meetings, but also more work sessions
between the meetings. He notified the Board that he would be
out of town the entire month of August.
XIII. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 8:45p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
J~~~ecretarY
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Date:
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Approved by:
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Scott Arndt, Chair
Fire Protection District No. 1 Board
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