ORCHARD PARK BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS MINUTES OF THE APRIL MEETING

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1 ORCHARD PARK BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS MINUTES OF THE APRIL MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Orchard Park Fire District was held on April 12, 2011 at 8:00 PM in the Board Room of the Orchard Park Fire Hall. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Szewc. Roll Call: Chairman: William G. Szewc Dist. Chief: Dan Neaverth Jr. Commissioner: Robert Simpson Treasurer: Deborah Rogers Commissioner: Jerry Davern Attorney: Michael Chelus Commissioner: Robert Eiskant Secretary: Roberta Buczkowski Commissioner: Gregory Galloway EMS: Tony Balester. Fire Company Officers Present: Orchard Park Assistant Chief: Windom Chief: Hillcrest Chief: Rich Mrugalski Bob Baun Ernie Matthews Memorial Resolution for John Leach read and made part of these minutes. Others Present: Peter Slotman, Hillcrest Dave Roessler, Windom Andrew Kowalski, Orchard Park Jack Putnam, Orchard Park Doug Wolf, Hillcrest David Stromecki, Brown & Stromecki Insurance Dennis Bosley, Orchard Park Howard Hoffman Jr. Windom Alan Barager, Orchard Park Cathy Geist, Hillcrest Mark Pacholec, Orchard Park Police Department Approval of Minutes of the Meeting: Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Galloway that the minutes of the March meeting be approved. Motion carried. Communications and Action on Same: 1. Letter from Selective Insurance re: Claim. Filed 2. Flyer from Reserve Hose Fire Company re: Comedy night. Basket 3. Solicitation for Lead Agency from Town of Orchard Park. Motion made by Commissioner Galloway, seconded by Commissioner Davern to sign and return. Motion carried. Signed and to be returned. Copy Filed. 4. Letter from Hillcrest Fire Company re: use of hall on June 5 & 11, July 9 and May 14 th. Filed. 5. Town of Orchard Park Planning Department, agenda for meeting. Filed. 6. Town of Orchard Park Planning Department, minutes from February 2011 meeting. Filed. 7. Certificate of Insurance for EMS Inc.

2 8. Letter from Erie County Sherriff s Dept. re: use of Windom Hall as command station. Motion made by Commissioner Galloway, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant regarding same. Motion carried. Letter to be sent. Filed. 9. Letter from Orchard Park Fire Company re: new members. See new memberships 10. Letter from Orchard Park Fire Company re: use of hall April 9, & 10 th. Filed. 11. Fire District Affairs. Filed. 12. Letter from Orchard Park Fire Company re: resignation of firefighter. See new memberships and removals. 13. Letter from Windom Fire Company re: resignation of firefighter. See new memberships and removals. 14. Letter from Windom Fire Company re: new member. See new memberships. 15. Letter from Hillcrest Fire Company re: out of service April 30 th. Letter filed. Treasurer s Report: No transfers are needed. The monthly cash flow report is attached to the file copy. Still missing some receipts and Course Certificates from FDIC. Motion made by Commissioner Galloway, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant to accept the Treasurer s report. Motion carried. District Chief, Dan Neaverth Jr.: 1. Monthly reports read. Attached to file copy 2. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Galloway to have Saber Custom repaint and stripe the doors on OP7 for $ Motion carried. 3. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Davern for the ad to be placed for the 2011 Suburban bid. Motion carried. 4. Already have the state/county bid price for Tahoe. 5. Motion made by Commissioner Galloway, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant to accept American Testing for a 3 year contract to test the ladders. Ground ladders are $2.00 per foot and aerial apparatus for $ and once every five years, catastrophic ladder test at $ Motion carried. OP 6 is the only aerial truck that needs to be inspected this year as Windom 1 is new. 6. Would like to send thank you letter to Earl Tiger Schmiendorf for his help with procuring the Firefighter Assistance grant. 7. The 2011 Firefighters Assistance Grant has been rolled into the Homeland Security conference in San Francisco. Motion made by Commissioner Galloway, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant to send two (2) to San Francisco June Motion carried. 8. West Falls Fire Company s new ambulance will be put in service at the end of the week. They have requested Orchard Park EMS to cover their area Friday to Saturday, April th. 9. Did research on the gas meters and will be purchasing three (3) with calibration station out of small equipment. Hillcrest purchased one out of their budget. 10. Work session will be April 26 th at 6:30pm Orchard Park Assistant Chief, Rich Mrugalski: 1. The truck committee has been formed for the new OP 3

3 Windom Chief, Bob Baun: 1. Would like an updated under 21 list from the secretary. 2. Will be hosting an aerial device class and would like to use Windom Hall along with W1 and OP 6 on April 19 th. Hillcrest Chief, Ernie Matthews: 1. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Davern to send Hillcrest Firefighter Al Marino to Montour Falls for rope rescue operations on June 4 & 5 th for $ plus mileage as per request from Chief Matthews. Motion carried. 2. Reid Holmes back in service. 3. The property survey has not been done yet. Hopefully next week. 4. Hillcrest has formed the truck committee for new Hillcrest 2. District EMS Officer, Tony Balester: No report Training: 1. The district drills will be the third (3 rd ) Monday of each month. 2. Only one (1) more building to go up; the storage at Chestnut Ridge. 3. NEW MEMBERSHIPS AND REMOVALS: ***Orchard Park*** ***Hillcrest*** ***Windom*** Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Galloway to accept Dylan Hennigan to the District Rolls. Motion carried. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Davern to remove Ben Atkins from the District Rolls. Motion carried. COMMISSIONER S REPORTS Commissioner Davern: No report Commissioner Eiskant: No Report Commissioner Galloway: 1. Would like to meet with the Chiefs, Presidents, OP10 and Commissioner Davern on Tuesday, April 18 th, 7pm at Central to review by-laws, Policies and Procedures.

4 Commissioner Simpson: 1. Have spoken with Keith Marquis as to why the survey has not been done yet. Was told there were some problems that seem to be resolved and the survey should be completed soon. 2. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Davern that after the lot survey is completed, the district will hire Marquis to do the site plan topography map. Motion carried. 3. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Galloway to advertise for the 2010 Audit to be opened at the May meeting. Motion Carried. Commissioner Szewc: 1. The radio issue still going on. The Orchard Park Town Board has contracted with ICMA to do an evaluation of the Police Department including dispatch. Part of this study will not be released. Per Police Officer Pacholec, ICMA will have a person on site next week for the evaluation. 2. Motion made by Commissioner Galloway, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant to expend $ for the annual fund drive ad notification. 3. Motion made by Commissioner Galloway, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant to advertise for the fund drive may th. Motion carried. Attorney Chelus: 1. The bond anticipation note from HSBC for $500,000 closing was April 5 th. $125,000 plus interest was paid on the one year BAN. Treasurer Rogers then signed the new reduced BAN for $375,000 due in one year. Each year with a payment of $125,000, the District will be able to pay off the original $500,000 in 4 years instead of 5 years as originally planned. 2. With regards to the FOIL request from Commissioner Eiskant, there is no problem releasing the training records through Fire-Pro. The only records the district has are after the year These records have been printed per the FOIL request. OP10 stated the when it comes to qualifications; each individual is responsible for presenting the certificates and requirements made to their company. Per Commissioner Szewc, if a certificate is lost then the firefighter can go to the county for copy but be aware that it is a lengthy process. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR: President Jack Putnam requested that a letter from the board be sent to each company regarding requirements for holding positions within the companies. Secretary will send. President Cathy Geist regarding the records used in analyzing for last election and were they all public records. Attorney Mike Chelus; pursuant to Article 1 the slate of firefighters running in the elections are due to the Board by November 1 st of each election year. Secretary will add this in the letter to each company per President Putnam s request. Police Officer Mark Pacholec would like to meet with the board after the meeting to discuss using OP Central as a place where they could conduct a car seat safety inspection two (2) times per year. Currently the Orchard Park Police Department has five (5) officers trained in child car seat installation.

5 PRESENTATION OF BILLS AND ACTION ON THE SAME: Motion made by Commissioner Galloway, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant that the bills be paid as presented for a total of $318, Motion carried. MEETING ADJOURNED: There being no further business to come before this Board, motion made by Commissioner Galloway, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant that the meeting be adjourned. Motion carried. All stood for a moment of silence in memory of John Leach Meeting adjourned 8:55 PM Respectfully submitted, Roberta Buczkowski, Secretary