PENINSULA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC. MINUTES

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1 PENINSULA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC. MINUTES Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors, Wednesday, December 07, hrs. at HIVFD. 1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER By- B. Forey Time 0903 hrs. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL B. Forey / M Pearson / M Mallet / O Thompson / Kyle Utz Present- ALL Absent NONE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS Announcement by the Secretary of the presence of a quorum that the meeting had been duly called, and that the notice of the meeting had been posted in the manner prescribed by law 4. RECOGNITION OF GUEST PRESENT. Guests present were: See Sign-In Sheet attachment 5. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES (sent via prior to meeting time) Motion made by Thompson second by Kyle Utz Vote: Yes 5 No 0 to accept the Secretary s report as presented 6. TREASURER REPORT Billing account balance: $ 103, # 3241 Operations account balance: $171, #3696 CPR-Pub Ed account balance: $ #9798 Motion made by Pearson second by Utz Vote Yes 5 No 0 to accept the Treasurer s report as present 7. AGENDA ITEMS a. Funding: Emergicon billing services is doing well for PEMSI finances. There is a $7 monthly charge on the #9798 (CPR out-reach) account at this time and Matt and Orbin are researching alternatives to that. A Debit Card will be acquired for the #3241 account since the #3696 and #9798 accounts have Debit Cards and that set up works well. b. TDSHS-EMS Division: An inspection / audit by TDSHS should happen soon it is random but seems due and have been happening in adjoining areas of Texas. The ten ( 10 ) year plan, Strategic Plan, for PEMSI will be mailed to all PEMSI BOD asap and also posted on the PEMSI web-site asap. c. GC ESD2: GC ESD2 is doing an inventory of all equipment they are connected to and PEMSI staff is assisting in that mission, including helping with the VFDs in GC ESD2

2 d. Peninsula VFDs: CBVFD: Pearson mentioned the merits of the public seeing well-kept PEMSI Quarters at all 3 PEMSI sites, called it curb appeal and is an easy first impression to make to our citizens. e. Communications/Operations Issues: Active 911 mapping issues still exist but are being addressed by Active 911 staff. Radios are hit & miss and PEMSI is attempting to acquire one more radio likely via grant or from the county. f. Emergency Preparedness Ops/ EOC: Garrett Foskit, GC OEM Director, is working with Matt Summers regarding getting some PEMSI employees greater level of Hazmat Certifications. g. Webpage: PEMSI BOD s now work. Web site is : Brian Forey has responsibility for maintenance of this web site and the associated accounts. There is now a link on the PEMSI web site for PEMSI employees to access their PEMSI s, also an application for employment link, map link, and the last PEMSI BOD Minutes that have been approved. h. When To Work (W2W): There is an App for this thing; iphone as well as Android. There is always a need for employees to review W2W to check for shifts that might need to be picked up. Technically from a functional stand point W2W is doing fine. i. Summary of Runs: see Handout: 34 total, 13 UTMB, 03 Winnie, 01 St. Elizabeth, 02 Baptist, 11 refusals, 0 air, 1 dos, 0 no patient & public assists, 1 mutual aid fire Call Locations: 9 High Island, 16 Crystal Beach, 9 Port Bolivar j. Membership applications/employment applications: PEMSI has received two ( 2 ) applications. PEMSI needs to hire two ( 2 ) Basics and one ( 1 ) Paramedic.. k. Supervisor s Monthly Report: included with EMS Director s Report: see Director s Report. See l Director s Report and handout Director s Report l. EMS Director s Report: see HANDOUT attachment: see above, item k. Again by the measure of statistics not opinions, PEMSI is producing great patient care. On Wednesday, December 14 & Friday December 16, 2016 PEMSI will conduct scenarios with dresup/make-up and can use volunteer patients, the Wednesday session begins at 0800hrs at CBVFD and is likely to continue to 1200 or 1300hrs. Contact Kyle Utz for more information. 8. OTHER OLD BUSINESS NOT ON ADGENDA -Ventilators: Will be acquiring three ( 3 ) to be ordered December Lucas devices: Will attempt via grants and then if not through grants through gained revenue from other sources, target number is three ( 3 ) 9. GUEST SPEAKERS: -Mark Forey: Mark spoke on behalf of the newly reorganized Gilchrist VFD. Mark mentioned that he is the Fire Chief, Michael Riley is the GVFD BOD President, they do now have their 501c.3 status, and they are working on other start-up activities. -Andrew Reyes: Andrew spoke to the PEMSI BOD in regards to how good we the PEMSI employees have it and thanked the PEMSI BOD, the PEMSI Training Coordinator Kyle Utz who is also the employee representative on the BOD, and Matt Summers. Andrew was thanked for his comments.

3 10. EXECUTIVE SESSION TIME IN: 1011 hrs Certified Agenda to be produced for Executive Sessions PEMSI BOD present in Executive Session 11. EXECUTIVE SESSION TIME OUT: 1112 hrs. 12. NEW BUSINESS -Kyle Utz: A plaque for recognizing PEMSI Employee of the Year winners is in the works and would be at CBVFD. Prior winners are; Matt Summers, Robbie Isaacs, and current winner for 2016 Ernest Martinez -Kyle Utz: Kyle is also proposing a recognition program like the Challenge Coin idea for commendable events. 13. NEXT MEETING DATE/LOCATION Jan. 4, Wednesday, 2017 CBVFD 0900hrs 14. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Pearson with a second by Thompson to adjourn. Vote: Yes 5 No 0 Time adjourned: 1134hrs. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the above and foregoing are a true and correct record of the proceeding. signed this 07th day of December, 2016

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5 ATTACHMENTS: Run Report, Director s Report, & Sign-In Sheet

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