CHRISTOPHER/KOHL’S FIRE DISTRICT
BOARD MEETING
SEPTEMBER 12, 2005

TYPE: REGULAR MONTHLY

CALL TO ORDER: 7:PM

ROLL CALL: POWER WEBB, CHAIRMAN
MIKEY MARAZZA, VICE CHAIRMAN
RAY LARSEN, FIRE CHIEF
MARGOT HOLMES-FISH, SECRETARY

MINUTES: READ AND APPROVED

TREASURERS REPORT: READ AND APPROVED

CHIEFS REPORT: RAY REPORTED 6 INCIDENTS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. 5 EMS CALLS AND 1 FALSE ALARM. THERE WERE 3 TRAINING SESSIONS TOTALING 8hrs.

CORRESPONDENCE & OTHER INFORMATION: THE OCTOBER MEETING WILL BE MOVED, FOR THIS MEETING ONLY, TO OCTOBER 3, 2005 DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS FOR BOTH POWER AND RAY.
INTERVIEWS FOR THE OPEN SEAT ON THE BOARD WILL BE HELD THE WEEK OF THE 19th OF SEPT.
ON AUGUST 23rd THE BOARD HAD A SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF AN UP-GRADED WATER TENDER TO REPLACE THE ONE AT STATION #53. IT IS A 1989 INTERNATIONAL WITH 8,700 MILES AND A 2,000 GALLON STAINLESS STEEL TANK AS WELL AS A 1,500 GALLON PORTABLE TANK. IN THE MINUTES OF THAT MEETING IT WAS INCORRECTLY STATED 87,000 MILES. THE TANK ON THE TENDER AT STATION #53 IS SO THIN THAT IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED. THAT TRUCK WILL BE DISPOSED OF AND THE TENDER NOW AT STATION#51 WILL BE HOUSED AT STATION #53 AND THE INTERNATIONAL WILL BE HOUSED AT STATION #51. THE COST IS $47,000.THIS TENDER IS 14yrs NEWER AND ALMOST 90,000 LESS THEN THE PRESENT TENDER AT STATION #53.

SIGNAGE AT STATION #52: MIKEY RELATED AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AWHILE BACK INVOLVING THE SCHOOL BUS THAT BRINGS THE CHRISTOPHER CREEK AND SURROUNDING AREAS CHILDREN FROM PAYSON SCHOOLS. A PASSENGER ON THE BUS WAS THOUGHT TO BE UNCONSCIOUS AND THE DRIVER WENT TO STATION #52 THINKING HELP WOULD BE THERE. STATION #52 IS AN UNMANED STATION. MIKEY SUGGESTED A SIGN BE PLACED THERE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT IT IS NOT MANED AND TO CALL 911. THERE ARE TIMES THAT ALL THREE OF THE STATIONS OF THE CHRISTOPHER/KOHL’S FIRE DISTRICT ARE UNMANED. THEY ARE NOT A 24hr DEPARTMENT. 911 DISPATCHES AND TONES OUT OUR VOLUNTEERS WHEN NEEDED. ALL SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

RESOLUTION #46: THIS RESOLUTION IS THE CLOSING OF THE FIRE DISTRICT. DALE ASHBY ASKED FOR THIS RESOLUTION TO BE REVIEWED AND POSSIBLLY RE-WRITTEN AS THE HIGHWAY REALIGNMENT AND OTHER SITUATIONS CONCERNING BOUNDRY LINES AND HAZARDOUS AREAS HAVE CHANGED. OTHER DEPARTMENTS RESPOND TO OUT OF DISTRICT AREAS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, DEPENDING ON AVAILABLITY OF PERSONNAL AND EQUIPMENT AS NOT TO LEAVE THEIR DISTRICT NOT COVERED FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. A DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO OUT OF DISTRICT RESPONSES INSUED. THIS RESOLUTION WAS IMPLIMENTED IN 1998. POWER TABLED THIS ISSUE UNTIL THERE IS A FULL BOARD.

CALL TO PUBLIC: SANDY REPORTED THAT THE FIREBELLES SILENT AUCTION NETTED $515.00 AND THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL MADE NEARLY $200.00. BOTH EVENTS WERE A BIG SUCCESS.

BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, POWER MADE A MOTION TO ADJORN, MIKEY SECONDED. THE MEETING ADJORNED AT 7:47PM.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

MARGOT HOLMES-FISH