BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS MONTHLY MEETING March 30, Gerard Comatos (absent)

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1 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS MONTHLY MEETING March 30, 2005 ATTENDEES: Comm. Ralph Chiumento, Chairman Comm. Patrick Rose Comm. Norman Comerford (absent) Comm. Elizabeth Bomba Comm. Kenneth Muckenhaupt Attorney: Treasurer: Secretary: Gerard Comatos (absent) James Passikoff Renée O Neill Chairman Chiumento opened the meeting of the Arlington Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners Monthly Meeting at 7:30 p.m. I. Comm. Chiumento requested Comm. Bomba and Comm. Muckenhaupt to review Abstract 3B. II. MINUTES A. March 9, 2005 Board of Fire Commissioners Monthly Meeting. A motion was made by Comm. Bomba and seconded by Comm. Muckenhaupt to approve the Minutes with the following amendments: Comm. Muckenhaupt stated that there were two clerical misspellings to be amended: SEVO should be CEVO and Caminski should be Kaminski. - Motion Carried, 4-0 III. MONTHLY REPORTS No reports given unless otherwise noted. A. Buildings and Grounds - Comm. Bomba - HQ & Comm. Rose - ROM 1. Comm. Rose stated Dennis Suraci called him today regarding the bids for Station 3 and should be going out shortly. B. Union Negotiations & Contract - Comm. Comerford & Comm. Chiumento C. Volunteer Liaison - Comm. Comerford D. Service Awards - Comm. Chiumento E. Volunteer Recruitment - Comm. Muckenhaupt

2 F. District Inspection - Comm. Rose 1. Dinner or picnic? Will be discussed later with Chief Richardson. G. Chief s Liaison - Comm. Chiumento H. EMS Liaison - Comm. Muckenhaupt I. Capital Equipment - Comm. Comerford J. Equipment Maintenance - Comm. Bomba K. Career Staff Liaison - Comm. Rose L. Substation - Comm. Comerford & Comm. Muckenhaupt M. Medical Plan - Comm. Bomba 1. Has a meeting on April 8 th with Local 2393 President Chip Grundon, DC Jeff Pells and Insurance broker Tom Spreitzer to discuss the medical benefits. Wants to be on the same page as everyone else. N. Safety Committee - Comm. Chiumento IV. CORRESPONDENCE A. Letter dated March 3, 2005 from Steve Graff, ROM Four Company Fund Committee member, regarding review of the Four Company By-Laws and submitted suggested changes. B. Thank you card received from Rose Wiltse thanking AFD for saving her barn during the fire on January 15, C. Thank you card from the McCourt Family, thanking AFD for their kind remembrance. D. Memo dated March 15, 2005 from Rochdale Fire Company regarding review of the Four Company By-Laws and the company voted not to make changes. Comm. Chiumento stated that he wants the Company Presidents to get together and agree on possible Four Company Fund changes and then bring forth to the Board. Letter will be sent. V. DONATIONS A motion was made by Comm. Bomba and seconded by Comm. Rose to turn over the total donation amount of $70.00 to the Car Seat Fund and the total amount of $ to the Four Company Fund. NAME Monika Barrese REASON Car Seat Installation Hilda Smith Assistance Received (# , 03/12/05) (FF John Cox, FF Scott Wilsey Tim Anson, Kip Miller, Dave Roberts, Sr)

3 VI. PERSONNEL A. Memo dated March 10, 2005 from EMS Director Kloepfer regarding removing the following from roles for not having their physical done within the 60 day time period requirement after acceptance by the Board: (1) Carola Ruggeiro (2) Robert Roetina (3) Peter Valdez (4) Melvin Lewis A motion was made by Comm. Muckenhaupt and seconded by Comm. Rose to remove the aforementioned from AFD roles. VII. SCHOOL REQUESTS A motion was made by Comm. Rose and seconded by Comm. Bomba to accept the attendance of the following members to the schools/seminars listed: A. Paul Speedling: Inspection Procedures for Existing Structures, March 22-24, 2005 in Ulster County. B. CEVO - Train the Trainer, March 26, 2005 at Nyack Volunteer Ambulance Corps. (1) EMS Director John Kloepfer (2) FF John Cox C. NY Auto Show, March 30, 2005 at NYS Javits Center. (1) Mechanic Joe Tarquinio (2) Assistant Mechanic Steve Bowdler (3) Mechanic Helper David Grundon D. FF Chris Dougherty: Beyond Origin and Cause, Spoilation and Subrogation, April 2, 2005 at Purchase, NY. E. Charles Fager: CPS, April 13-16, 2005 at Fairview Station #2. F. ACLS, April 15-22, 2005 at DCC South. (1) FF Ginnie Ashline (2) FF Bill Tompkins G. FF Bill Tompkins: Shaken Baby Syndrome, April 20, 2005 at DCC South. H. Paul Speedling: General Construction Principles, April 26-28, 2005 in Ulster County. I. Instructional Techniques for the Company Officer, April 30 - May 1, 2005 at New Hackensack. (1) David Roberts, Jr. (2) Angel Schnepf (3) James Laird

4 J. Inside EMS HV Regional EMS Conference, May 13-14, 2005 at Fishkill Holiday Inn. (1) EMS Director John Kloepfer (2) DC Jeff Pells (3) FF Erin Hanlon K. Justin Carlon: Fire Service Instructor I, May 15-20, 2005 in Montour Falls. L. FF Chris Dougherty: Electrical Fire Cause and Determination 1 & 2", June 20-24, 2005 at Montour Falls. M. Mechanic Helper David Grundon: Hale Pump Maintenance / Repair, June 20-24, 2005 at Hale Pump School. N. Joe Carrube: Pump Ops, Date TBA and location TBA. VIII. IX. COMMISSIONERS ITEMS - No Items. CHIEFS / ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS A. Resolution attached - Designation of the NIMS as the basis for all Incident Management in the Arlington Fire District. Has been reviewed by Attorney Comatos. A motion was made by Comm. Rose and seconded by Comm. Muckenhaupt to approve the NIMS resolution. B. Chief John Richardson 1. Capital Helmet Replacement Plan - $25K for 100 Helmets. Discussion on style, color, etc. A motion was made by Comm. Chiumento and seconded by Comm. Rose to go out to permissive referendum in the amount not to exceed $25K to purchase fire helmets. - Motion Carried, 4-0 RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 6-g of the General Municipal Law, there is hereby appropriated from the capital equipment reserve fund of the Arlington Fire District in the Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, in the sum not to exceed $25, to finance, pay for, and be applied toward the purchase of Fire Helmets with related equipment, accessories and appurtenances. The foregoing resolution is adopted subject to a permissive referendum 2. District Inspection Events A. Event: Will get cost on a possible Hudson River Cruise. One day left in December for the Poughkeepsie Grande.

5 B. Parade Band: A motion was made by Comm. Chiumento and seconded by Comm. Muckenhaupt the District pays for the District Inspection parade band not to exceed $ FF Escape Ropes - not to exceed $3000 out of Chief s Budget for rope and carabineers for all interior FF s. A motion was made by Comm. Muckenhaupt and seconded by Comm. Rose to approve FF Escape Ropes not to exceed $3000 out of the Chiefs Budget. - Motion Carried, Capital Radio Purchase for this year - total $30,000 A. 18 New mobiles with ID identifiers, cost not to exceed $850 each - $14, 400 B. 12 Motorola 1250's portables w /id identifiers, cost not to exceed $850 each - $10, 200 C. 12 Minitor IV Pagers, cost not to exceed $450 each - $5,400 A motion was made by Comm. Chiumento and seconded by Comm. Muckenhaupt to go out to permissive referendum not to exceed $30K to purchase 18 mobiles, 12 portables and 12 pagers. Comm. Rose feels that they are buying too much and feels that it needs to stop at some point. What do we really need vs. a wish list? Lengthy Discussion. Comm. Chiumento withdrew his original motion and offered the following motion: A motion was made by Comm. Chiumento and seconded by Comm. Muckenhaupt to out to permissive referendum not to exceed $25K to purchase 12 mobiles, 12 portables and 12 pagers. Motion Carried, 3-1. Comm. Rose, Ney RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 6-g of the General Municipal Law, there is hereby appropriated from the capital equipment reserve fund of the Arlington Fire District in the Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, in the sum not to exceed $25, to finance, pay for, and be applied toward the purchase of Mobile Radios, Fire Pagers, and Portables with related equipment, accessories and appurtenances. The foregoing resolution is adopted subject to a permissive referendum 5. Small Purchase Buys - allow the Chief and Deputy Chief make replacement purchases in amounts under $1000 without Board approval. A motion was made by Comm. Muckenhaupt and seconded by

6 Comm. Chiumento to approve the Chief and Deputy Chief to make replacement purchases in amounts under $1000 without Board approval. 6. Batteries - approval to purchase pager batteries not to exceed $250 OK d by the Board, falls under #5 above. 7. Nozzle and Firefighting Equipment - total out of Chief Budget $10,836 A. 8 TTF Dual Pressure Mid Force Nozzles w/pistol Grip - $805 each with trade in - $6,640 B. 2 Blitzfire monitors for 3214 and $1902 each - $3,804 C. 2 sets of stack tip handline nozzles for 3211 and $196 each - $392 A motion was made by Comm. Chiumento and seconded by Comm. Rose to approve the aforementioned purchases. 8. Gear Dryer - Allows four sets of gear at a time to be dried. - $5575 out of Chiefs Budget. Wants members attending FDIC to see if they can get a discount at the show. A motion was made by Comm. Bomba and seconded by Comm. Muckenhaupt to approve no more than $5500, if they find a location at HQ first, for the purchase of the gear dryer. 9. Open Discussion on potential Fire Act grant request - discussed and was decided that nothing needed at this time. 10. One (1) Personnel Item for Executive Session. B. Deputy Chief Jeff Pells 1. Office Manager Doyle out due to back surgery. Will be handling his position until he comes back. A. Leakage around hot water heater. Received 3 quotes. Would like to Board to approve Hastings Heating for $2000. OK d by the Board. 2. Plymovent bidding costs were high due to them bidding on entire new system. Specifications were amended and we are in the rebidding process. Bids due back April 11 th, will bring forth to the Board at the next meeting. 3. One (1) Personnel Item for Executive Session

7 C. Assistant Chief Dave Roberts 1. South End EMS Volunteer Plan A. Status Update - in Week active participants. Doing well. Report will be given at Workshop at how well they did for the first quarter. B. Transition over to Assistant Chief Philipp last week - Chief Richardson wants AC Roberts to work on other projects, AC Philipp will be the primary. C. Purchase of two dozen caps for South End EMS personnel, to possibly come out of EMS Director Kloepfer s budget. -OK d by the Board. 2. District standard to handle passing of members. AC Philipp will look into further. We need a procedure set in place in case of these events. D. Treasurer Jim Passikoff 1. Stated that the Board should allow the original proposal on the radios for $30K, since the Chiefs feel that we need it. - no additional action taken by the Board. 2. Submitted the February 2005 Financial Report for the District X. COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR A. Assistant EMS Director Dave Violante - letting them know that we received four MCI kits from the FEDS for SMART training which is the Triage and MCI system that county is using. Felt we needed more for the ALS vehicles, purchased additional kits. Career and Volunteer staff trained and will be brought up to speed. - Comm. Chiumento feels that this is nonessential, upset that this was purchased. A motion was made by Comm. Chiumento and seconded by Comm. Rose for all budgets for all new, non-replacement items over $1000 be brought to the Board for approval, unless its an emergency for where we need it for regular operations. - Motion Carried, 3-1 Comm. Bomba Ney XI. COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS Comm. Rose asked Chief Richardson why the attendees for FDIC was last minute. He stated that it was a miscommunication because normally they make reservation at the show for the following year so they have a room, must have assumed that we had rooms booked. Was able to get three rooms at the last minute, so three are going. Comm. Chiumento asked how the training is going since its almost April and the how the SCBA requalifications are going. AC Roberts stated that it will be in their report next month. A motion was made by Comm. Rose and seconded by Comm. Muckenhaupt that we adjourn to Executive Session at 9:05 p.m. - Motion Carried, 4-0

8 XII. EXECUTIVE SESSION The Board came out of Executive Session and returned to Open Session. XIII ABSTRACT A motion was made by Comm. Muckenhaupt and seconded by Comm. Bomba to approve Abstract 3B in the amount of $186,916.30, consisting of 136 transactions. XIV. OPEN ITEMS A motion was made by Comm. Rose and seconded by Comm. Muckenhaupt to rescind the motion to drop Noel Dillon from active roles. With no further business to conduct, a motion was made by Comm. Muckenhaupt and seconded by Comm. Rose that we adjourn - Motion Carried. Respectfully Submitted, Renée O Neill District Secretary