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Pend Oreille County Fire Protection District No. 2
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the
Board of Commissioners on July 25, 2005
Meeting called to order by Chairman Rick Stone at 10:03 at the Administrative Office. Present were: Commissioners Layton, Norton and Stone, District Chief Pollock and Administrative Assistant Rumelhart. District Operations Captain Doughty arrived at 10:13.

Guests or Public Appearances:
  • None
Payment of Bills:
  • The outstanding bills were reviewed and discussed. Commissioner Norton moved that the following vouchers be approved for payment:
    • General Fund (646-002-010)
      • Vouchers number: FD05-083 through FD05-086, totaling $866.54.
    • Rescue Fund (646-002-020)
      • Vouchers number: RD05-179 through RD05-184, totaling $1,293.87.
    • Building Fund (646-002-040)
      • Voucher number: BF05-015 totaling $124.98.
    Commissioner Layton seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0.
Correspondence:
  • A letter was received from Mr. Steve Brandon thanking the District for providing him with a copy of the WS&RB letter that enabled him to significantly reduce his fire insurance premiums. He also included a $100.00 donation that will be placed into the building fund. A letter thanking him for the donation will be sent.
Reports:
  • Administrative Assistant
    • Current fund balances were given.
    • A discussion on collecting sales tax on any address signs the district sells was held.
  • Commissioner Stone
    • Station 23 (Tiger) – An update on the progress of the water agreement was given.
    • Station 24 (Riveredge Estates) – The laying out of the station will start soon.
  • Commissioner Layton
    • Vehicle Leasing – The County uses an equipment rental and revolving (ER&R) fund to pay for vehicles. The District would have to seek permission from the County Commissioner to use the County ER&R fund or the District could set up its own ER&R fund. Either way it would involve putting money into the fund up front to purchase new vehicles, then paying a per mile fee into the fund for vehicle replacement.
  • Commissioner Norton
    • Grants – Commissioner Norton will be attending a 2 day grant seminar in Portland next month.
  • Chief Report
    • Down River Days booth and parade plans were discussed. The district will be selling address signs at the booth.
    • Hospital District #2 has approved paying $1000/month for paramedic overtime and paying the paramedic medical & dental insurance premiums for 2006.
    • E21 may have a major engine problem. It is currently at the Mack dealer getting an estimate.
    • A company is going to look at the District’s phone costs and see if they can save the District money.
    • A wildland urban interface meeting will be held tomorrow (July 26th) to review the draft county plan. The District has been participating in the development of the plan.
    • Pend Oreille County Fair plans were discussed.
    • Two new radios have been purchased and seven pagers are going to be refurbished.
    • The NFIRS grant and uniform policy are still being worked on.
    • A discussion of renting storage space to help sort and store surplus equipment was held.
Old Business:
  • Policy Update – The CPR policy was discussed.
  • 2006 Budgeting – The draft budget was reviewed.
  • Station 24 bids – There has been no response from TNT Concrete for more details on their bid.
New Business:
  • Paramedic Raise – Commissioner Layton moved that as per the employment contract the paramedic be given a 3% salary increase. Commissioner Norton seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0.
Action Items
  • Commissioner Stone – Continue working on the Station 23 water agreement.
  • District Operations Captain Doughty – Meet with the CPR instructors to discuss the CPR policy.
  • Chief Pollock – Research storage space options.
  • Commissioner Layton – Find out why the District is not on the County’s homeland security mailing list.
  • Commissioner Layton – Get information on renting shipping containers.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:53. The next meeting will be the regular meeting at 4:00 PM on Monday August 8th at the Administrative Office.

/s/ John Rumelhart, Clerk of the Board

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