ORCHARD PARK BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Orchard Park Fire District was held on February 10, 2015 at 7:00 PM in the Board Room of the Orchard Park Fire Hall. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Machemer. Roll Call: Chairman: Kenneth Machemer Dist. Chief: Joseph Jensen Sr. Commissioner: Jack Putnam Treasurer: Deborah Rogers Commissioner: Robert Eiskant Attorney: Michael Chelus Commissioner: Frank Wierzbowski Secretary: Roberta Buczkowski Commissioner: Gregory Gill EMS: Tony Balester Fire Company Officers Present: Orchard Park Chief: Windom Chief: Hillcrest Rescue Capt.: Others Present: Peter Slotman, Hillcrest Thomas Held, Windom Chet Covers, Windom Andrew Kowalski, Orchard Park Rich Mrugalski Guy Carey Tim Benstead David Stromecki, Brown & Stromecki Insurance Marylyn Weichmann, Windom Chelsea Alexander, Windom Dennis Bosley, Orchard Park Memorial Resolution: Donald LeFauve Approval of Minutes of the Meeting: Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Wierzbowski that the minutes of the January meeting be approved. All in favor; motion carried. Opening of Bids for Heating System at EMS Inc. Zenner & Ritter $21,712.00 Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Wierzbowski to accept the bid from Zenner & Ritter for the heating project at EMS Inc. All in favor; motion carried. Communications and Action on Same: 1. Letter from Orchard Park Central School re: Orchard Park Pride Dinner. Basket 2. Letter from John Wittmann re: closing of his business. Filed 3. Letter from Windom Firefighter Tony Paolini re: removal from District Rolls. Filed 4. Letter from Hillcrest Fire Company re: use of hall March 8, 2015. Motion made by Commissioner Gill, seconded by Commissioner Wierzbowski regarding request. All in favor; motion carried. 5. Town of Orchard Park Building Inspector s office re: building permit approval for shed at EMS Inc. on Taylor Road. Filed
6. Electrical Certificate for solar panels at Central. Filed. 7. Certificate of Insurance for Russell Bond & co. filed. 8. Certificate of Insurance for Lawley Construction Solutions. Filed. 9. Letter from Windom Fire Company re: use of hall March 28, 2015. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Putnam regarding request. All in favor; motion carried. 10. Letter from Windom Fire Company re: use of hall March 8, 2015. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Putnam regarding request. All in favor; motion carried. 11. Letter from Orchard Park Fire Company re: removal of firefighters. See new memberships and removals. 12. Letter from Orchard Park Fire Company re: suspension of firefighter. Treasurer s Report: No Transfers are needed. The monthly cash flow report is attached to the file copy. Working on the Annual Report for the District and will have copies for the March meeting. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Putnam to accept the Treasurer s report. All in favor; motion carried. District Joseph Jensen Sr.: 1. Monthly reports read. Attached to file copy 2. The two Hillcrest pumpers failed the pump testing. Will be going in at the end of the month for repairs. 3. Work session will be February 24 th at 7pm 4. Dival will be testing the air packs this week; OP on Wednesday, Hillcrest on Thursday and Windom on Friday. 5. Will be notifying Emergency Disaster Coordinator, Rich Mrugalski, to put on CodeRED for the residents to make sure that any fire hydrant near their home must be cleaned out. 6. Would like to thank the Board for the extra monies in the budget for turn out gear. Orchard Park Chief, Rich Mrugalski 1. There are lights out in the truck bay. Commissioner Putnam will be checking this out tomorrow. 2. Would like to address the Board in Executive Session regarding a suspension. Windom Chief, Guy Carey: 1. Windom 2 has been upgraded with new hose. Hillcrest Rescue Capt. Tim Benstead: 1. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Gill to have Firefighter Benstead attend the A252 Active Shooter Advanced Scenario: Tactics and Operations class in Oriskany NY April 7-9. All in favor; motion carried. District EMS Officer, Tony Balester:
NEW MEMBERSHIPS AND REMOVALS: ***Orchard Park*** Motion was made by Commissioner Gill, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant to rescind the January motion to accept Andrew Coppola to the District Rolls pending physical. As Mr. Coppola failed to get his physical by this meeting he will not be accepted to the District Rolls. All in favor; motion carried. Motion made by Commissioner Gill, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant to remove Robert Mitchell from the District Rolls. All in favor; motion carried. Motion made by Commissioner Gill, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant to remove Robert Stachewicz from the District Rolls. All in favor; motion carried ***Hillcrest*** Motion was made by Commissioner Gill, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant to rescind the January motion to accept Keith Heary to the District Rolls pending physical. As Mr. Heary failed to get his physical by this meeting he will not be accepted to the District Rolls. All in favor; motion carried. ***Windom*** COMMISSIONER S REPORTS Commissioner Eiskant: 1. There are two firefighters who have decided not to go to FDIC. Have filled one opening and have one left if anyone wants to go. Commissioner Putnam: 1. Would like David Stromecki to comment on the Comptrollers Audit: Per David, the Orchard Park Fire District is in compliance per the changes that were made last year. There does need to be a record verifying that the drills are a minimum of two (2) hours long. The Office of the State Comptroller had a focus on consistency with record keeping. 2. Motion made by Commissioner Putnam, seconded by Commissioner Eiskant to purchase twenty (20) full sets of bunker gear to replaced the older sets, through NYS Morningpride PC65798 for $2596.85 per set. All in favor; motion carried. 3. Windom 1 & 2 will also need pump work 4. Lights have been repaired at OP with the North Station scheduled for tomorrow. Per Commissioner Gill, Hillcrest needs work on their lights also. Commissioner Putnam to take care of. 5. The schedule for physicals is: Tuesday March 3 and 4 from 6-9, Saturday March 7 th from 9-12. There are signup sheets at each hall. Commissioner Gill: Commissioner Wierzbowski:
Commissioner Machemer: 1. The Officer cards have been given to Secretary Buczkowski to type out and then they will be handed out. 2. Actively seeking a janitor for OP Central. Would like to appoint at the March meeting. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Gill to go to Executive Session, Police Chief Pacholec and Assistant Chief Wehrfritz to discuss police dispatch. All in favor; motion carried. Executive Session begins at 7:33PM Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Putnam to go back to regular meeting. All in favor; motion carried. Regular meeting resumes at 8:20. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Putnam to uphold the suspension of OP Firefighter Jon Brooks until April 15, 2015. Not to be on any district property, not to respond to any fire or EMS calls and no social functions on District Property. The only exception to this is Firefighter Brooks is allowed to continue the EMT Class currently being held at Hillcrest. All in favor; motion carried. Attorney Chelus: UNFINISHED BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: David Stromecki states that there are some changes to the Worker s Compensation VF2 forms. The comp forms are to be filled out electronically from now on. The only problem is that it takes almost twice as long to do. Brown & Stromecki will take care of. Needs an accurate VF2 form and needs to notify the carrier within ten (10) days of injury. Per Firefighter Doug Wolf: the wireless system equipment should be here sometime next week. Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Putnam to appoint Joseph Jensen as District Chief for the year 2015. All in favor; motion carried. BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR: PRESENTATION OF BILLS AND ACTION ON THE SAME: Motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Gill that the bills be paid as presented for a total of $226,536.20. All in favor; motion carried.
MEETING ADJOURNED: There being no further business to come before this Board, motion made by Commissioner Eiskant, seconded by Commissioner Putnam that the meeting be adjourned. All in favor; motion carried. Meeting adjourned PM in memory of Orchard Park Firefighter Donald LeFauve Respectfully submitted, Roberta Buczkowski, Secretary