2006-11-14 Regular Meeting
FIRE PROTECTION AREA NO.1 BOARD
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
November 14, 2006 @ 7 :30 p.m.
BA YSIDE FIRE HALL
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CALL TO ORDER:
BOROUGH CLERK'S OFFICE
CHAIR S. ARNDT, called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present:
Scott Arndt, Chair
Cliff Davidson
Rebecca Nelson
Absent:
Mike Dolph
Greg Spalinger, Vice Chair
Staff:
Chief Bob Himes, Ex-Officio
Bud Cassidy, ElF
Jessica Kepley, ElF
A quorum was established.
M. Dolph and G. Spalinger were both excused from the meeting.
Doug Mathers also attended the meeting.
ACCEPT ANCE OF AGENDA:
It was MOVED, C. DAVIDSON and SECONDED, lNELSOU to accept the agenda
with minor changes. The motion CARRIED unanimously. [Item B. under Old Business:
Cossette Property Lease and Item A. under New Business: Election of Officers were both
deleted from the agenda.]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT:
It was MOVED, t:AV1{).sC~1 and SECONDED, R. NELSON to acknowledge receipt of
the Financial Report. The motion CARRIED unanimously.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
It was MOVED, DAVjoSoIJ. and SECONDED, R. NELSON to approve the minutes of
October 31,2006 [Regular Mtg]. The motion PASSED unanimously.
VISITOR'S COMMENTS:
None.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. New Apparatus Updates
"Thank You" letter from Hughes Fire Equipment was read to the board. Pre-build
conference will be determined at a later date. Discussion was held on the availability of a
building to store the new fire equipment when it arrives. C. DAVIDSON requested that a
timeline for the new additions to the building be presented at the next board meeting.
B. Cossette Property Lease
Removed from Agenda.
C. Project Manager
CHAIR said that a letter will go before the Borough Manager that will state D. Mathers
and S. Arndt will act as co-project managers for the new additions. C. DAVIDSON asked
why there was to be two project managers. CHAIR told the Board that between the two
and their experience the project should work well. D. MATHERS said it will be less
expensive and they would be able to pay more attention to the project and keep the
project moving with an acting building inspector on the project.
CHIEF'S REPORT
None.
FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION REPORT
D. MATHERS reported that they are continuing the training in the new bum building.
They have burned just about every time they have trained, so far the building is working
good. C. DAVIDSON inquired if there are many opportunities to help train the village
fire fighters. S. ARNDT replied that the Use Agreement was just approved, the idea
being not to charge for the use. Due to maintenance issues, the Board concurred that a fee
be charged to those that wish to use the building outside the department. CHAIR said that
he would have CHIEF HIMES review the current fee schedule and come back with
options on training fees.
R. NELSON suggested that the Board look into a propane burner for the building. She
said that she would look into additional information to bring before the board re a
propane burner.
CHAIR REPORT
CHAIR reported a request of $1.2 million dollars for the addition is included on the
Capital Improvements List by the Borough. $600,000 will be requested from the State to
assist with the addition project and will hopefully be placed among the top 10 projects on
the list.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Election of Officers
Removed from the agenda due to board members' absence.
VISITOR COMMENTS:
D. MATHERS asked what the plan is for the Cossette property. S. ARNDT informed the
Board that the Cossette property would be vacated by the middle of December. He asked
the Board to start brainstorming ideas on the use of the house. Options in the past have
been to provide to the Fire Fighters Association, or moved to other property. D.
MATHERS informed the Board that any building that is being moved within the district
must be upgraded to meet the current building code. There are many things that need to
be done to the house in order to move it. The other options would be to auction it off, "as
is". Board discussed further options.
BOARD COMMENTS:
S. Arndt. None.
R. Nelson. None.
c. Davidson. Very concerned about the shortage of time between the addition
construction and receiving the new fire vehicles. He said he was very interested in
receiving a timeline. Also, questioned the delegation of those that would attend the FDIC
fire conference in April. S. ARNDT said that 6 to 8 people are scheduled to attend, dates
and information would be provided once it was received.
MEETING SCHEDULE:
No schedule at this time.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
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