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Regular Meeting Minutes
BOROUGH CLERK'S OFFICE
15 November 2005 at 7:30pm
Bayside Fire Hall
I. Call to Order. Greg Spalinger, Vice Chair of Fire Protection
Area #1 Board, called the meeting to order at 7:30pm.
II. Roll Call. Present were, Dave Billings, Cliff Davidson, Mike
Dolph and Greg Spalinger. Also present: Assistant Chief Bob
Himes, Pam Analoak, Scott Arndt, Dick Carstens Andrew DeVries,
Mike Donovan, Chaz Glagolich, Curt Law, Bruce McNeil, and Sharon
Lea Adinolfi and Jessica Kepley, ElF Department.
III. Public Comments.
Recording Secretary, Sharon Lea
Kepley to the Board. Jessica
Secretary.
Adinolfi,
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introduced Jessica
the new Recording
Under Public Comments, G. Spalinger read a letter from D.
Mathers, President FFA who could not be present. In the letter,
D. Mathers offered his support for S. Arndt as an applicant for
the vacant seat on the Board and raised a question re mutual
response. He cited a recent fire where the City Fire Department
responded and the Coast Guard was called, although Bayside was
standing by and could have responded within 5 minutes.
D. Carstens and C. Glagolich added their support to remarks made
by D. Mathers.
IV. Approval of Agenda. The Acting Chair asked for a motion to
approve the Agenda. C. Davidson so moved, D. Billings seconded
the motion. There were 3 "ayes" to approve the Agenda, with M.
Dolph opposing the motion. please note that M. Dolph was
accidentally overlooked during the vote. His intention was to
amend the Agenda.
Acknowledgement of Receipt of Financial Report was moved,
seconded and unanimously approved.
V. Approval of Minutes. Minutes dated 23 September 2005 were
approved unanimously as presented. C. Davidson made the motion
with D. Billings seconding.
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VI. Assistaflt Chief's Report. Assistant Chief Himes reviewed the
preliminary finpings of the recent investigation by Insurance
Services Orgqnization [ISO] There are 3 main issues of
concern: [1] wa:ter flow from hydrants is not sufficient - this
issue is being worked on with both the City and the Borough.
[2] Pump capacity is insufficient and may cause a loss of
Bayside's Class 4 rating which, in turn, could cause an increase
in insurance costs. [3] Lack of sufficient / appropria te sized
ladders.
Assistant Chief Himes said that beyond those 3 issues all else
went well with the ISO investigation.
C. Davidson questioned the implications of losing a Class 4
status - insurance cost increases? He asked if joining forces
with other fire departments one unit with divisions - would
change the status. He also questioned what the minimum
requirement would be to keep the Class 4 status. Assistant
Chief Himes noted that joining forces would certainly change the
status, but he was not sure how that kind of change would affect
the rating. In response to the minimum requirement question,
Chief Himes responded that the pump capacity would need to be at
2250. The final report is not in from the ISO.
Chief Himes continued his report, strongly urging the Board to
look into the replacement of Engine 11.
The EMT class is going well and is about 50% completed.
Recrui t classes begin the last week in January 2006
moment there are 3 candidates.
a t the
The AHA program [American Heart Association] has had to cut back
on the support of training centers throughout the State.
Because of those cutbacks, Bayside is no longer a training
"center", but is now considered a training "site". Chief Himes
is looking for other entities to support the BSFD as a training
center.
The SCBA equipment is in and operational.
Chief Himes noted that the City donated a load of pallets for
use in the new Burn Building.
Chief Himes said that checks for the volunteers will be going
out on 5 December 2005 and again the first week in January 2006.
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The Christmas Party will be held on 19 December 2005
Chief Himes brought the Board I s attention to a handout dealing
wi th Holmatro pricing information. There was a discussion re
the historical use, differences between standard and deluxe
packages, budgetary amounts. Chief Himes will continue to
gather information and report back.
C. Davidson asked for a "personnel rundown" from Chief Himes.
Chief Himes responded that at this time there are 26 volunteers
[lost 6 volunteers in the last 6 months]. There will be 4
recruits in January. He noted that he likes to keep the number
of volunteers at 30.
VII.
Fire Fighter Association Report.
A second portion of D. Mathers' letter was read re FFA Report.
The letter noted that the burn building is on the Island - the
foundation is not completed - he would like to see a contract
for foundation work awarded at this meeting. The set up of the
building [once the foundation is ready] could be accomplished
quickly and the burn building would be available for use.
VIII.
New Business.
A. Foundation Quotes for Burn Building. The Chair reported
that three quotes had been received: Red Hook [verbal] for
$3000.00, Belarde $4800.00 and Coastal Services for
$2240.00. C. Davidson asked if anyone was familiar with the
work of Coastal Services. G. Spalinger said that he had
worked wi th the owner and found him to be easy to work wi th
and a "good guy". C. Davidson moved to award the contract for
the foundation work for the Burn Building to Coastal Services
in an amount of $2240.00. The motion was seconded by D.
Billings and there was a unanimous roll call vote.
C. Davidson questioned the Board's authority in awarding
contracts. SL Adinolfi informed the Board that amounts of $499
and under requlre one quote amounts of $25,000+ require
Assembly approval - Borough purchasing procedures are found in
the Borough Code.
B. Appointment to Vacant Board Seat. G. Spalinger announced
the names of applicants for the vacant seat. C. Davidson
moved to recommend S. Arndt to the Assembly for approval and
D. Billings seconded the motion. M. Dolph asked if the
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regular meeting could be closed and opened to public comments.
C. Davidson withdrew his motion and D. Billings concurred.
Two of the applicants were in the audience and M. Dolph felt
it would be good to hear from them. Andrew DeVries and Scott
Arndt were present. Rebecca Nelson was not and it was noted
that Capt. Davis was recovering from back surgery and could
not be present.
A. DeVries said that he has been a volunteer in the
for quite some time. He thinks the Department is a
and would like to assist In making it better.
particularly interested in raising the level of
activities.
district
good one
He is
training
S. Arndt told the Board that all the applicants were good. He
would appreciate the Board's support and he would like to be
able to follow through on projects already begun.
A paper ballot vote was taken. There were 3 [out of 4] votes
for S. Arndt. C. Davidson moved to proceed with the motion to
recommend S. Arndt to the Assembly for its approval to fill the
vacant seat. D. Billings seconded the motion and there was a
unanimous roll call vote.
IX. Public Conunents.
Assistant Chief Himes let the Board know that the new mobile
radios were in and were in the process of being programmed. The
programming will be compatible with the City's system. The
radios will be distributed to all officers.
X. Board Conunents.
M. Dolph - None
D. Billings - None
C. Davidson - Welcomed Mike Dolph to the Board and suggested the
next meeting be scheduled.
G. Spalinger - Welcomed M. Dolph to the Board and also Jessica
Kepley as the new Recording Secretary.
After a brief discussion, 20 December 2005 was suggested as the
next meeting date. Also it was noted that Election of Officers
would be on the Agenda for the next meeting.
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Adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:10pm.
Respectfully submitted:
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Greg Spalinger, Vice Chair
Fire Protection District No. 1 Board
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