CENTRAL PIERCE FIRE & RESCUE PIERCE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 6 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS February 8, 2010 Station 60 Chair of the Board Nelson called the Regular meeting of the for Pierce County Fire District No. 6 to order at 6:00 p.m., at 17520 22 nd Avenue East, Tacoma, Washington. Present were the following: Chair of the Board Nelson, Commissioners Coleman, Willis, Eckroth, Morehouse and Ex-Officio Hansen, Fire Chief Andren, Deputy Chiefs Willis and Obadal, Assistant Chiefs Pearson and Thomas, EMS Administrator Murphy, Human Resources Coordinator Martinson, IS Manager Travis, and Support Specialists Hyatt and Porter (Recorders). PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairman Nelson led the flag salute. CITIZENS COMMENTS (FOR ITEMS NOT SPECIFICALLY ON THE AGENDA) CONSENT AGENDA (Single Motion) A. Meeting Agenda B. Excused Absences C. Minutes Regular Board Meeting Minutes of January 25, 2010 D. Approval of: Accounts Payable Warrants Numbered 32769 to 32824 totaling: $ 130,437.26 Accounts Payable Warrants Numbered 32825 to 32915 totaling: $ 146,736.62 Accounts Payable Warrants Numbered 32916 to 32938 totaling: $ 2,827,812.91 Accounts Payable Warrants Numbered 32939 to 32952 totaling: $ 29,296.46 Net Payroll Warrants Numbered 104583 to 104621 totaling: $ 109,833.32 Net Payroll Warrant Numbered 104622 totaling: $ 319.68 Employee ERT Contribution/Deductions (including all taxes & Retirement (Warrants Numbered 13090 to 13359) (included in A/P): (*This amount is included in the A/P Warrants Numbered 32916 to 32938) $ *1,402,491.54 GRAND TOTAL: $ 3,244,436.25 Page 1 of 5
Commissioner Coleman moved and Commissioner Willis seconded to accept the Consent Agenda as presented in the amount of $3,244,436.25. MOTION CARRIED. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (SECOND READING AND FINAL ACTION) NEW BUSINESS (FIRST READING FOR DISCUSSION AND REVIEW ONLY) CONSIDERATIONS AND REQUESTS (Board Action Required) STAFF, LOCAL, FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION AND FIRE CHIEF REPORTS (For Information Only) A/C Pearson: Provided an update on the recruit academy. All fifteen (15) recruits passed their first exam. Twelve (12) are CPFR recruits, three (3) are from Fire Protection District No. 5 - Gig Harbor. A/C Thomas: Did mid-point inspection two weeks ago on two new medic units. They should be completed mid-march and in-service a month later. The Station 60 landscaping work is winding down. A/C Thomas has a meeting tomorrow with Pierce County to discuss beginning the second phase of landscaping. Station 63 s remodel is almost complete. EMS/A Murphy: Reported on an incident of hand amputation last week. Medics got patient to Harborview and the hand was successfully reattached. The family reports the patient is doing well. Great job done by the crews! H/R/C Martinson: I/S/M Travis: D/C Willis: D/C Obadal: Reported that H/R/M Johnson is currently in Memphis serving on a SAFER grant review board for the week. F/C Andren: F/C Andren shared that he, A/C Pearson, Lt. Dicken, and Support Specialist Menge attended the Pro-Board Conference in Orlando to receive the official accreditation certificate. Page 2 of 5
Chief Andren stated that he is convinced more than ever that CPFR made the right decision to move away from IFSAC to Pro-Board. Chief Andren shared his reasons. Chief Andren asked the Commissioners to review the 2009 Annual Report they were provided today. It contains a lot of information and much hard work went into the report by all divisions. A special thank you to Support Specialist Hyatt for creating an attractive report. A thank you to the Commissioners who attended the CPFR Awards Banquet this past Saturday. Discussion was held on possible change of venue for next year s event. The job shadow reports included in the agenda packets are very informative and entertaining. We are proud of what was in those letters. Chief Andren thanked I/S/M Travis for the video presentations at the Awards Banquet. Travis noted one was a video essay provided by a college student. SUMMARY PROCESS (For Continued Discussion/Action) 800 MHz Update: Capt. Power has put together a schedule starting tomorrow to rotate crews though radio (radios and portables) re-programming with Tacoma. The first part of March, the radios should work in 95 percent of district. We will be using VHF channels in parts of the south end of the district. We are working towards adding a 6 th channel to the City of Puyallup s tower and we have had discussions with the City s Information Technology department. If this is feasible, testing, training and the implementation would begin during the first two weeks of March. Commissioner Willis stated his Motorola Minitor pager is still not receiving pages. It was suggested that he talk with Capt. Power as he is updating Minitor pagers during the next two days at Station 68. We are the first fire department in Pierce County going to narrow band frequency. Narrow banding will be mandatory by the end of 2012. The process is continuing to move forward and they are continuing to work through issues. Firgrove water has offered us the ability to place an antenna on the top of their water tower located at 168 th St. and 132 nd Ave, which would greatly improve the coverage quality in the area by Station 69. Page 3 of 5
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS Ex-Officio Hansen: Reported that the City of Puyallup will be following through with the utility charge reduction. He stated that he is impressed with the job shadow essays and comments that were contained in the Board packet. Met with Lt. Pugh and offered assistance with fund raising to help the extrication team attend an upcoming event. Feels it is an incredible opportunity and is asking for support from the. Commissioner Morehouse: Letters in packets re-stipulate what the district is all about - Quality. Commissioner Coleman: Offered congratulations to all who received awards at the banquet. Commissioner Eckroth: impressed. Enjoyed attending the awards banquet and left very Commissioner Willis: A thank you to all who helped with the 2009 Annual Report. Hats off to the training department on the Pro-Board certification. Chair Nelson: A thank you to all for the hard work in putting on the banquet, especially the IS Department for the videos and A/C Holm for the awards. At 6:30 p.m., Chair Nelson called a five (5) minute break before going into Executive Session. EXECUTIVE SESSION At 6:35 p.m. Commissioner Eckroth moved and Commissioner Willis seconded to move into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the Fire Chief s contract and potential legal action. No action was taken. At 7:20 p.m. Chair Nelson called the meeting back into Regular Session. Commissioner Willis moved and Commissioner Morehouse seconded to increase Chief Andren s pay retro-active to January base pay adjusted to $16,029 per month plus longevity. MOTION CARRIED. Commissioner Eckroth moved and Commissioner Coleman seconded to postpone the retreat which is currently scheduled for February 27 th, until a later date can be established. MOTION CARRIED. Page 4 of 5
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business Commissioner Eckroth moved and Commissioner Coleman seconded to adjourn the meeting. MOTION CARRIED. The meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m. LARRY NELSON CHAIR OF THE BOARD VICKY CARLSEN SECRETARY TO THE BOARD DIANNE PORTER RECORDER Page 5 of 5