Regular Meeting Minutes – November 17, 2009

Vice Chairman Tom Downer established that a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 18:00. The meeting was held at Station 21-1, located at 26109 Ridge Avenue, Ocean Park, WA 98640. In attendance were:

• Commissioner Fred Hill
• Commissioner Tom Downer
• Secretary Stan Sonntag
• Fire Chief Jacob Brundage
• Division Chief Mike Karvia
• Division Chief David Hood
• Firefighter/Paramedic Jennifer Reynolds
• Firefighter/Paramedic Josh Serface

Commissioner McLeod was out of the area and excused from attending this meeting.

Vice Chairman Downer called for a short executive session at 18:01 for the Pension and Relief monthly meeting. Regular session resumed at 18:03.

Consent Agenda:

1. Regular Commissioner Meeting Minutes of October 20, 2009.
2. Voucher Approval for District Bills dated November 17, 2009 in the amount of $257,768.01.

Motion made by Commissioner Hill to approve the Consent Agenda. Second by Commissioner Downer. Motion carried.

Guests & Public Comments:

1. Guests: None
2. Public Comments: None

Presentations and Special Events:

1. None.

District Secretary’s Report:

1. Financial Summary of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for October 2009: No comments.
   a. Second voucher batch dated October 28, 2009 was in the amount of $7,583.43. No comments.
2. Monthly Budget Report for November 2009: No comments.
3. Systems Design report for September 2009: Commissioner Hill noted that the report was looking very good.

Calendar Items and Upcoming Events:

1. Annual Christmas Party at Station 2 in Seaview on Sunday, December 6, 2009.

Chief Brundage said those interested in attending need to call the District Office to let them know the number of people attending and ages of any children.

Correspondence: None.

Unfinished Business:

1. Items pulled from the Consent Agenda: None.
2. District 1 Web Site / Newsletter Information:

Chief Brundage said the November Newsletter was just sent out. He said the website update is in the works. Waiting for the people at Beachdog to complete the upgrade and advise the office staff. Having a Facebook page was dropped as he said it appears it is too social and not something fit for the website. He said there is a possibility the web site could have a blog feature instead.

New Business: None.

District Chief’s Report: Chief’s written report is attached and is to be a part of the minutes.

1. Division Chief Reports:

a. D/C of Training Karvia

Chief Karvia’s written report is attached and is to be a part of the minutes.

b. D/C of EMS Hood

Chief Hood noted that an Airway Class will be held on November 21st. Dr. Smith, Steve Bellinger PAC, Chief Hood and possibly the new nurse anesthetist at OBH will be the class instructors. About 18 people are signed up for the class. The District is partnering with Raymond Fire to hold an EMT class in the spring of 2010. Arrangements are being made to have the class held in Naselle to provide shorter driving times from both the North and South County areas.

Chief Hood spoke briefly about a change in the MPD for our area. Dr. Smith will be resigning as the current MPD. Dr. Steven Hill has expressed an interest in being the South Pacific County MPD.

Commissioner Reports:

1. Commissioner Tom Downer: Commissioner Downer noted that the local Visitor’s Bureau sent a letter to the Governor’s office regarding some changes they feel should be made to a couple of laws that would make the Peninsula a safer place. Commissioners McLeod and Downer called the Visitors Bureau and were assured they would not be sending the letter pertaining to anything in Fire District. Commissioner Downer talked about the possible annexation of some Fire District 1 properties by the City of Long Beach. These properties lie north of the current Long Beach City northern boundary. He feels that the District’s fire and medical call response times for all calls in this area over the last 3 years should be sent to the City of Long Beach. He said a new law just passed by the State requires that the entity annexing property must provide the same level of fire and medical service as the area has received over the last three years for a period of one year or the annexation would be rescinded. Commissioner Hill made a motion that such information be assembled and sent to the City of Long Beach. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Downer. Motion carried.
2. Commissioner Fred Hill: Commissioner Hill noted his satisfaction with this year’s information received from the annual WFCA conference. He also said that Chief Karvia was in contact with former employee, Joel McKeen, now living in Sequim, WA who has been involved through the Fire Department where he currently is employed in building a training facility. Information is coming from Joel about his experience building the training facility.
3. Commissioner Greg McLeod: Absent.

Personnel Information: None

Good of the Order: Chief Brundage said that District personnel are doing a good job. Several donations have been received from a very grateful family who has called the EMS crew more than once for public assists. The family insisted on giving the donations, even though the crew told them it wasn’t necessary.

Executive Session:

At 18:34 Vice Chairman Downer called for an Executive Session to last about 5 minutes to discuss a personnel issue. The session was attended by the Board members and Chief Brundage.

Regular session resumed at 18:39.

Commissioner Hill made a motion to approve Chief Brundage’s request to be paid for 50 hours of his accrued vacation time at his current hourly rate. Motion seconded by Commissioner Downer. Motion passed.

Meeting adjourned at 18:40.

Absent

GREGORY D. McLEOD, Commissioner

Attest:

THOMAS L. DOWNER Commissioner

FRED H. HILL, Commissioner

STANLEY E. SONNTAG, District Secretary