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CHRISTOPHER/KOHL’S FIRE DISTRICT TYPE: REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING CALL TO ORDER: 7:02PM ROLL CALL: POWER WEBB, CHAIRMAN MINUTES: READ AND APPROVED TREASURER’S REPORT: READ AND APPROVED. CHIEF’S REPORT: RAY REPORTED 10 INCIDENTS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. 7 EMS CALLS, 1 FIRE, 1 SMOKE CHECK AND A CHIMNEY FIRE. CORRESPONDENSE AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION: CLINE TRIBBLE OF TONTO CREEK ESTATES PUT IN HIS APPLICATION FOR THE VACANT BOARD SEAT. INTERVIEWS FOR THE VACANT BOARD SEAT WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 28th . THE APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED AS TO THEIR INTERVIEW TIME. THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 25th AT 10AM. THE WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT STATION #51 IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM. THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME. THIS IS A TENETIVE TIME AND DATE. RAY GOT A COPY OF A LETTER THAT DON WEESNER SENT TO HIS INSURANCE CO., THE HARTFORD CO. SEEMS THAT WITH THE NEW 911 HOUSE NUMBERING THE COUNTY HAS IMPLIMENTED, MR. WEESNERS INSURANCE CO. COULD NOT FIND HIM OR RATHER HIS HOUSE. SO THEY CHANGED HIS RATING FROM A 8 TO A 10 WHICH RAISED HIS INSURANCE RATE FROM $576.00 ANNUALLY TO $967.00 PER YEAR. RAY CALLED DON WITH SOME CONTACT PHONE NUMBER. RAY ALSO WENT TO A MEETING AND INFORMED THE EMERGENCY MANAGER AND RURAL ADDRESSING OF GILA COUNTY AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS TO GIVE THEIR INSURANCE COMPANIES THE COUNTY NUMBERS AND THEY WILL STRAIGHTEN IT OUT. RAY GAVE THEM A COPY OF ME. WEESNERS LETTER AND ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON AS WE FINALLY HAVE PHYSICAL ADDRESSES AND WE ARE GETTING DOCKED FOR THIS WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANIES. RAY ALSO SENT THE COUNTY A INCOMPLETE SET OF MAPS OF THE DISTRICT. WE ARE 14 MONTHS INTO THIS SYSTEM AND STILL DO NOT HAVE COMPLETED MAPS. ISO WAS ALSO CONTACTED ON THE PROPERTY INSURANCE RATING. NO OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAD ANY PROBLEMS THAT IS KNOWN. JIM RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHIEF LARSEN WANTING SOME KIND OF SMOKE EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR THE THREE STATIONS BE PUT INTO THE BUDGET. JIM TALKED TO THE OWNER OF THE WATER CO. HE HAS A COPY OF THE LEASE THAT HE WILL BRING TO JIM. IT IS A LENGTHY LAWYER WRITTEN LEASE. JIM IS CHECKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPT. TO SEE ABOUT THE FIRE DEPT. USING FROM A POTABLE WATER TANK. JIM ASKED LORRAINE TO CLOSE THE CADET BANK ACCOUNT AND DEPOSIT THE MONIES INTO THE GENERAL ACCOUNT. BILLING FOR CARELESS FIRES: THERE IS AN ARIZONA STATUTE, ARS 13-1702, PERTAINING TO CARELESS FIRES SUCH AS FIRES CAUSED BY THE DUMPING OF STILL LIVE ASHES. RAY REPORTED THAT THE DEPT. HAS BEEN GETTING A LOT OF THESE CALLS. RAY FEELS THAT THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE CARELESS FIRES SHOULD BE CITED UNDER THE ARS 13-1702. THE STATE OR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD ISSUE THE CITATIONS. POWER FEELS MORE INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS ISSUE SO UNTIL THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THIS SUBJECT IS TABLED. CALL TO THE PUBLIC: RAY REPORTED ON JIMS REQUEST TO RE-WRITE THE RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO OUT OF DISTRICT CALLS. THE COMMITTEE HAS HAD TWO MEETINGS CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. BY THE NEXT BOARD MEETING THE DRAFT SHOULD BE READY FOR BOARDS REVIEW. RANDY SLAPNICKA INQUIRED AS TO WHAT THE CADET MONIES WOULD BE USED FOR? POWERS REPLIED THAT ALL THE CADET MONIES WOULD BE TURNED OVER TO THE FIREBELLES FIRE TRAINING EDUCATION FUND TO BE USED FOR THE EDUCATION OF FORMER FIRE CADETS. RANDY S. INQUIRED AS TO WHAT WAS BEING DONE BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOWARDS PROTECTING THE DISTRICT WHEN THE FIRE SEASON BEGINS SINCE WE HAVE HAD A VERY DRY WINTER SO FAR. SAM SEAY REPORTED THAT KOHL’S RANCH IS BEING WORKED ON BY THE FOREST SERVICE BUT AS IT WAS IN THE BUDGET AS WELL AS THE OTHER AREAS IN THE DISTRICT BUT MOST OF THAT BUDGETED MONEY WENT TO THE HURRICANE KATRINA AREA. THE HOMEOWNERS HAVE DONE A LOT OF INTERNAL CLEAN-UP WHICH IS VERY INPORTANT BUT BECAUSE SOME DISTRICTS ABUSED WHAT WAS ALLOWED TO BE CLEARED ON FOREST SERVICE LAND, THE FOREST SERVICE HAS STOPPED ALL PRIVATE ENITIES FROM CLEARING ON FOREST LAND. A MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD JANUARY 21st AT THE FIRE DEPT. AND ANYONE THAT WANTS CAN COME AND SIT IN ON THAT MEETING. WE HAVE A $100’000.00 GRANT FOR FUEL REDUCTION. THERE WAS QUITE A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE. BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, POWER MADE A MOTION TO ADJORN, JIM SECONDED. THE MEETING ADJORNED AT 7:30PM. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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