Back Pend Oreille County Fire Protection District No. 2 Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners on December 8, 2003 Meeting called to order by Acting Chairman Hubert at 1830 at Administrative Office, Metaline Falls, WA. Present were: Commissioners Hubert, Layton and Stone, EMS Lieutenant Nancy Kiss, Administrative Assistant Rumelhart, incoming Commissioner Miller and various members of the public. The minutes of the November regular meeting were reviewed and approved. All outstanding bills were reviewed and approved for payment. Guests or Public Appearances: None Correspondence: A letter was received from the District’s lawyer, Mr. McNally, recommending that the District short plat the Radar property. Acting Chief Larson has already initiated this process. Reports: Administrative Assistant As of November 30, 2003 the General Fund has a balance of $6,797.94, the General Fund Investment Pool has $1.00, the Rescue Fund has a balance of $9,373.16, and the Rescue Fund Investment Pool has $16,136.58. Fire Commissioner DNR Contract – Commissioner Stone has talked with the DNR about the contract and gave copies of the contract to the other Commissioners to review for the next meeting. Northwest Resources – Commissioner Stone is trying to track down a name and phone number to contact. Acting Chief Report (excerpts are listed here, the full report is on file) Fire District #5 is short of responders and has requested that Fire District #2 provide mutual aid for any fire or medical calls in the north half of their District. Concern was expressed about providing service, but not receiving tax revenue. After some discussion it was decided to provide the mutual aid for six months and then revaluate. Dean Yongue will be starting on the short plat of the Radar land soon and Mr. Radar has been updated on the progress. Acting Chief Larson recommended six additional pagers be purchase. After some discussion it was decided to purchase them. Rescue Commissioner EMS Lieutenant A request was made to purchase traffic cones and a basket stretcher. After some discussion the request was denied. Administrative Commissioner Riveredge Estates Station – Commissioner Stone is going to approach the Kalispel tribe for help in building a station in exchange for providing fire protection to the north half of the reservation. Paramedic Search – On hold until January. Old Business: Wallis Claim - The District’s attorney has sent the settlement offer to Wallis’s lawyer and has not heard anything back yet. If the settlement is accepted then the voucher for payment, which has already been approved, will be released. New Business: Email & Internet Access – A discussion on District provided email addresses and dial up accounts was held. A decision was tabled until next meeting. White Contract – A one year lease to store a fire engine in a shop building at 20281 N LeClerc Rd owned by Pat White was reviewed. Commissioner Stone moved that the lease be approved. The motion was approved unanimously. Purchase Orders – An extensive discussion was held on purchasing and spending limits. Commissioner Layton moved that anything is purchased or ordered outside of daily consumables, it will have to be submitted to the EMS Lieutenant, Acting Chief or Administrative Assistant on a purchase order for review and then approved by a majority of the Board. Also the daily consumables are limited to $50.00 per month for each station. The motion was approved unanimously. Application – An application from Larry Pollock was reviewed and approved unanimously. New Chairman – After some discussion, Commissioner Layton moved that Commissioner Stone be appointed Chair of the Board of Commissioners, incoming Commissioner Miller be appointed Vice Chair and Commissioner Layton be appointed Secretary effective January 1, 2004. The motion was approved unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 19:55, next meeting January 12, 2004, 18:30 at the Administrative Office. /s/ John Rumelhart, Clerk of the Board Back