Minutes approved August 6, 2009.
The meeting was called to order at 6:31pm by Marian in the excused
absence of Ken.
Kate read the minutes of the June business meeting. Ray moved and Alex
2nd that the minutes be approved as read and corrected. Motion passed.
PERSONNEL: David
has requested and received a leave of absence for personal
reasons.
Tom Patterson suffered a heart attack and is in the hospital in
Cheyenne.
Cards of sympathy for Cheryl Poage and get
well
for Tom Patterson were passed around for signatures. Gary Poage died in
June. He and Cheryl have devoted many hours to CLVFD in the fund
raising arena.
EQUIPMENT: Jody
purchased 4 megaphones for the department. Two to be placed in
trucks, Brush 1 and Engine 2 and 2 for Marian and Kate Kelly. Marian
and Kate reimbursed Jody for their two. They will be handy for traffic
control and for the IC during incidents. Jane Tiffin moved and
Helen Bolin seconded, a motion that 2 more
megaphones be purchased for use by the Tiffins and Coopers as they are
usually on traffic control duties. The motion was amended to purchasing
2 larger megaphones for the fire trucks and using the smaller ones for
the Tiffins and Coopers. Motion passed. Kate and Marian will purchase
the megaphones and batteries for them.
COMMUNICATIONS: Jody
reminded everyone to be careful handling their radios. There has
been an abundance of hitting the key which creates noise and interferes
with communication.
Alex reported that we have several new pagers if anyone
needs one.
Mike Schrodt requested an ear bud for his radio. It was
indicated that
we have some in the equipment room and he can get one at the next
training.
Everyone was requested to speak clearly into the radio
and not hold it
too close to their mouth.
Herb reported that the phone line in the office is
strung across the
room so the arrangement may need to be changed when room is finished.
Alex reported that a state of the art computer has been donated to the
department. CLVFD will now have two computers in the office. Alex will
check if we can pick up the association wi-fi. This room will be used
for training also.
Mike and Janet Schrodt took the S-130 class on line but
could print
only one certificate as they have the same email. It was noted that
anyone can have email through the CLVFD web site.
TRAINING: Ken
has requested First Responder Training from MedEvac. They are
working on setting it up but need a list of possible participants.
Kate, Marian, Mike, Doug, Chuck, Ken, David, John, Alex, and Jody all
indicated interest in taking the class if it can be arranged at a
convenient time.
Alex noted that 1/2 of the year is over and he is
starting to schedule
training for the 2nd half. He requested department input on what we
should train on. The first training in July is evacuation training per
the Dam Emergency Preparedness Plan. Jim Tiffin requested training on
recognizing water dogs. Doug asked that training be focused on
apparatus. Alex said the second training in July would be on wild land
fires with Brush 1 and everyone should bring their equipment for
inventory. Driver certification needs to be covered. Jane Tiffin
requested ice rescue training.
SAFETY: Jody reminded firefighters that
this is the time to treat boots with
mink oil. Be sure to do this over an old news paper or magazine.
AUXILIARY:
Kate requested that everyone come to set up the July 4th celebration at
8:30 am on July 5th. Doug agreed to bring a water tank and volunteered
Tamla to announce the parade, silent auction and raffles. Curt will
take pictures of people in and around our trucks with Barbara recording
names. Pictures will be emailed to subjects. Alex will hang around the
trucks with his gear to answer questions. Alex has a 4x6 printer that
he can bring to print pictures if someone does not have email.
Request was made for firefighters to drive trucks during the parade.
Kate Kelly, Jim and Jane Tiffin, and Ray and Jeanette Williams will
handle traffic control during the parade.
Four community members helped
with the work day and need to receive special thanks. They are Jack
Goodell, Jim Kinney, Rick Bowlin and Jim Kubichek. Sherry moved and
Jim seconded that these volunteers should receive a CLVFD shirt. Motion
passed.
Jim moved and Doug seconded the motion that community volunteers
helping on our work days should also receive a $25 gift certificate to
the Crystal Lakes Restaurant.
Sherry Alexander reported that the Auxiliary has $6425.32 in the
treasure and $4925.22 is disposable.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Fire station locks were discussed. Better combination locks that do not
require batteries are very expensive. It was decided to change the
combination on the current locks and see how this works before buying
very expensive locks.
Herb Cooper moved and Sherry Alexander seconded the motion to change
the lock combination quarterly. Motion passed.
There is an abandoned trailer parked at the station. No
one indicated that they knew who owns it. Jane agreed to call Deputy
Sherrif Earl Fawcett about it and what we should do. It was speculated
that someone left if for the Rummage Sale.
Marian indicated that the
pop machine was gone. Marian also asked for volunteers for the RFLVFD
fire works. Steve Robinson requested 2 brush trucks and the tender
which would require 6 firefighters. Only Ken, Marian, and Chuck
volunteered.
Marian handed out drafts of the new Bylaws. They will be discussed next
business meeting. Marian gave a brief outline. Anyone not at the
meeting can pick up a copy at the CL office or have them mailed to
them.
Jody proposed that the department take on a project. Many people in the
association are not able to clean their culverts due to physical
limitations or they live far away and do not visit here yearly. She
suggested that the CLVFD clean them for a small fee. A long pole and
water supply is needed to clean them. This was discussed at length. The
request for cleaning would need to be made in writing with the reason
that they could not do the job themselves supplied. The question of
liability was mentioned as cleaning one culvert may plug another, and
some culverts are very old and rusty. Jody agreed that the association
employees would approve the culverts to be cleaned and the resident
would need to sign a release for any damage. Jody agreed to supply some
names of deserving people and the CLVFD would try this plan out then
decide on future work.
Ray Williams handed out American Flags for jackets and Wild land
shirts. Firefighters get three and the rest get 2.
Ray Williams
requested that people attend the next Board Meeting. Don Sandoval from
the department of Local Affairs will attend to discuss bylaws.
Thanks
was extended to all who attend the work day. Twenty people were
present. Special thanks were extended to Alex for his work during the
weeks prior to the work day.
Kate moved and Jeanette seconded the meeting be adjourned. Motion
passed at 8:31 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Kate Kelly, Secretary
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