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CHRISTOPHER/KOHL’S FIRE DISTRICT TYPE: REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING CALL TO ORDER: 7:03PM ROLL CALL: POWER WEBB, CHAIRMAN MINUTES: THE JANUARY 9, 2006 BOARD MINUTES CORRECTIONS ARE; THE BOARD SEAT APPLICANTS NAME IS CLINE PREBLE NOT TREBBLE. THE OWNER OF THE WATER COMPANY IS CHACKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPT. ABOUT THE COLUMBINE RD. WATER SUPPLY NOT JIM OLIVER. THE MINUTES REFLECTED THE BILLING FOR CARELESS FIRES WAS TABLED UNTIL NEXT MEETING WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE CHIEF WAS GOING TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD. IN THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC THE MINUTES STATED THAT THERE WAS A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT RANDY SLAPNICKAS QUESTION AS TO WHAT WAS BEING DONE ABOUT CLEARING UNDERBRUSH, ETC FOR WILDFIRE PROTECTION. JIM WOULD LIKE THAT TO READ THAT THE LENGTHY DISCUSSION WAS AMONG THE AUDIENCE ONLY. THE BOARD CAN LISTEN AND RECEIVE INFORMATION, CONSIDER IT FOR FUTURE MEETING AGENDA DISCUSSION AND DISCISION ONLY. THE BOARD CAN NOT ENTER INTO THE DISCUSSION IF THE SUBJECT WAS NOT ON THE MEETING AGENDA. THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE TIME OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOP ON FEBRUARY 25 TO 1PM INSTEAD OF 10AM AS THERE IS A SCHEDULED FIREWISE MEETING AT 10AM THAT DATE. THE MINUTES WILL BE READ AND APPROVED AT THE MARCH MEETING. TREASURER’S REPORT: READ AND APPEOVED. CHIEF’S REPORT: RAY REPORTED 7 INCIDENTS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. 6EMS CALLS, 1 FALSE ALARM AND 2 TRAINING CLASSES TOTALING 4 HOURS. THERE WA ALSO THE ANNUAL BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN CLASS. WITH THE BOARDS PERMISSION RAY WOULD LIKE TO POST A FIREWISE BULLETIN BOARD OUT BY THE ROAD NEAR THE CULVERT THAT WOULD INFORM THE PUBLIC AS TO THE AWEARNESS OF FIRE CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG CAN BE ATTACHED AS A WARNING OF EXTREME CONDITIONS. RAY WILL ALSO LOOK INTO FOREST SERVICE ERECTING SIGNS THAT WARN FIRE DANGERS, AS WELL AS CHECKING WITH THE COUNTY CONCERNING THE BULLETIN BOARD. RAY ALSO ENCOURAGED EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT THE WEB SITE FOR UO-DATED INFORMATION CONCERNING OUR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS AND THE NO-BURN PERMIT INFORMATION. THE SITE IS UP-DATED AT LEAST TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY. RAY HAS AN INTERESTED PARTY FOR THE FIBERGLASS WATER TANK AT STATION #53. THE TANK IS OF NO USE TO THE DEPARTMENT. THERE IS ALSO A METAL TANK, FULL OF HOLES, THAT NEEDS TO BE DISPOSED OF AS WELL. THE BOARD OK’ED RAY TO CONTACT THE PARTY AND GET A RECIEPT FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED FIBERGLASS TANK. CORRESPONDENCE AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION: RYAN SUNDRA APPROCHED THE FIREBELLES FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIS FIRE ACADEMY TRAINING. KAREN THORNTON OF THE FIREBELLES GLADLY HANDED RYAN A CHECK FOR $1,280.93. THE FIREBELLES COMMENDED RYAN FOR HIS ACADEMICS AND WERE ESPECIALLY GLAD TO GIVE THESE FUNDS TO HIM AS HE WAS ONE OF THE FORMER CADETS THAT HELPED RAISE THESE FUNDS FOR JUST THIS PURPOSE. THIS FORMALLY CLOSES OUT THE CADET FUND A RESOLUTION FOR CONSOLADATION OF THE SMALLER FIRE DISTRICTS REACHED POWER BEFORE THIS MEETING. SINCE HE DID NOT RECEIVE IT IN TIME TO PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA, IT WILL BE TABLED UNTIL MARCH MEETING. NEW BOARD MEMBER: THE BOARD INTERVIEWED THREE APPLICANTS FOR THE VACANT SEAT. THEY ARE SANDY KALMAR, A FORMER BOARD MEMBER, DEBBI DAWSON, AN EMT AND A VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER ON THE DEPT. AND CLINE PREBLE, A FORMER AIRLINE PILOT FROM TONTO CREEK ESTATES. BOTH BOARD MEMBERS CHOSE CLINE PREBLE MAINLY BECAUSE HE IS FROM AN OUTLAYING PART OF THE DISTRICT. POWER MADE A MOTION TO PLACE CLINE PREBLE ON THE BOARD OF THE CHRISTOPHER/KOHL’S FIRE DISTRICT. JIM SECONDD THE MOTION. MOTION PASSED. THIS SEAT IS UP FOR ELECTION IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THE BOARD THANKED SANDY AND DEBBI FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. INCREASING BOARD TO 5 MEMBERS: JIM INQUIRED AS TO WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO HAVE THE BOARD MADE A 5 MEMBER BOARD. PETITIONS HAVE TO BE CIRCULATED FOR NAMES OF REGISTERED VOTERS THAT WANT THIS ISSUE PUT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. THERE WOULD BE FOUR OPEN SEATS IF THIS GOES IN EFFECT. POWER DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE FIVE MAN BOARD. JIM WOULD LIKE THE PUBLICS IN-PUT ON THIS ISSUE. FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT: FOR NINE MONTHS SAM HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO HELP HOMEOWNER EVALUATE THEIR PROPERTIES FOR FIRE WISE CLEARING, SUCH AS TREE REMOVAL, TRIMING OF TREES AND SHRUBS, CLEARING OF LIMBS, NEEDLES AND LEAVES. RAY HAS HAD THE BRUSH AND LEAF REMOVAL TRAILER TAKING DEBRIS TO THE BRUSH PIT FOR THE PAST NINE MONTHS. AS A DEPARTMENT RAY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE FOREST SERVICE WHO IS PRE-STAGING WATER SOURCES. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW 3500 GAL WATER TANK THAT IS AT STATION #53 THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR USE IN THAT AREA. THIS IS ENOUGH WATER TO MAKE 17 TRIPS FOR THE STRIKE TEAMS. THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO INSURE THE DISTRICT IS FIREWISE. THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR PROPERTIES AS WELL. EXHAUST REMOVAL SYSTEMS: JIM FEELS THAT THE BOARD SHOULD LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF BUDGETING IN NEXT BUDGET AN EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR STATION #51 OR IF, AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, FUNDS COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT PROJECT NOW. STATION #51 WOULD COST $25,OOO. THE OTHER 2 ATATIONS WOULD COST $15,OOO EACH. STATIONS #52 AND #53 WOULD BE BUDGETED AT A LATER DATE. POLICY FOR OUT-OF-DISTRICT CALLS: DALE ASHBY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. HE IS ON THE FEBRUARY FIRE AT THIS TIME SO THAT INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL HE RETURNS. RAY DID REPORT THAT THE OPERATING GUIDES ARE READY. REPORTING CARELESS BURNS TO SHERIFFS OFFICE & BILLING: RAY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IN QUOTING THE STATUTES, HE WAS REFERRING TO BILLING THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR A FIRE THAT THE DEPT. HAD TO RESPOND TO. THESE PEOPLE CAN BE REPORTED TO THE SHERIFFS OFFICE SO THERE IS SOMETHING ON RECORD. TOPICS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS: DISCUSS AND MODIFY THE WAY WE HANDLE THE MINUTES AND WHAT IS USED FOR THE PERMENANT RECORD OF THE MINUTES. CALL TO THE PUBLIC: STEVE SUNDRA THANKED THE BOARD AND THE FIRE BELLES FOR RYANS REIMBURSMENT. BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, POWER MADE A MOTION TO ADJORN. JIM SEC ONDED. THE MEETING WAS ADJORNED AT 7:57PM. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, |
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