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Barkhamsted Fire District

Board of Director’s

Monthly Meeting

July 13, 2005

 

President Winn called the meeting to order at 7:34pm.

 

Corrections to last month’s minutes:

A motion was made to approve minutes as presented by K. Hansen and 2nd by T. Collins.  Unanimously approved.

 

Treasurer’s Report:   

The treasurer’s report was handed out by A. O’Toole and reviewed.

A motion was made to accept the Treasurer’s Report as presented by K.Hansen and 2nd by T. Collins.  Unanimously approved.

 

Bills:

 

Riverton:

Ad-Comm. Inc.                                                $      23.50                   Equip. Maint.

Fire Control Service                                         $    100.00                   Equip. Maint.

Fire Equip. Headquarters                                  $      54.00                   Equip. Maint.

Carl’s True Value                                             $      13.39                   Build. Maint.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $        5.39                   Build. Maint.

 

Barkhamsted East:

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $      48.16                   Build. Maint.

Public Safety Information                                  $    116.10                   Fire School

NFPA                                                              $    135.00                   Fire School

International Assoc. of Fire Chiefs                     $     200.00                  Misc.

Hartford County Fire Emerg. Plan (dues)          $      50.00                   Misc.

 

Pleasant Valley:

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $        8.98                   Build. Maint.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $      17.15                   Equip. Maint.

Millard Welding                                                $      95.00                   Equip. Maint.

 

District:

Occupational Health & Rehab.                          $    552.00                   Health & Safety

Shoendhardt                                                     $    190.64                   Architect

Pittsfield Communications                                 $ 3,991.00                   Comm. Equip.

Construx, Inc.                                                   $ 7,528.75                   Reimb. Expenses

Pullman & Cromley, LLC.                                $ 1,446.00                   Reimb. Expenses

Domain Industry of America                             $      85.00                   Computers

Lab Safety Supply                                            $    167.26                   OSHA Comp.

 

A motion was made to accept and pay the bills as presented by T. Collins and 2nd by K. Hansen.  Unanimously approved.

 

Correspondence:  A letter was received from PenFlex regarding our annual service fee agreement.

 

Fire Marshal Report:  Monthly report handed out by President Winn.

 

Paid Fire Fighter:          Monthly report handed out by President Winn.

 

Chief’s Reports          Calls    Firefighters     Fire police       Juniors

Barkhamsted East             5               8                  3                      0

Pleasant Valley                 9             19                  4                      5

Riverton                           7             21                  6                      9    

 

Committees:

 

Capital:                       Nothing at this time.

Insurance:                   President Winn sent a letter to VFIS in response to their recommendations addressing all of their concerns.

Fire Fighter Awards:  2005 rosters were handed out to each of the Chiefs and will be posted in the stations for review and correction by the members.

Health & Safety:         Updated physical lists were handed out by T. Collins

Policy:                         The committee met on 6/30 and discussed the SCBA training fund and reviewed the training matrix with two of the training officers.  VFIS response packet was handed out by N. Bird and will be discussed at the next District monthly meeting.  The next policy committee meeting will be held on August 25, 2005; 7:30pm at the Pleasant Valley Station. 

                                    A motion was made to approve N. Bird to expend an amount not to exceed $350.00 for the purchase of ID tags by K. Cyr and 2nd by K. Hansen.  Unanimously approved.

                                    A representative from Turbo Draft will be demonstrating product at the Riverton Fair Grounds on 7/24/05 at noon.

                                    Riverton and Barkhamsted East have received their AED machines.

SCBA:                         All air packs and related equipment has arrived!  The compressor is due by mid August.

                                    A motion was made to expend an amount not to exceed $400.00 to label the air packs by S. O’Toole and 2nd by N. Bird.  Unanimously approved.

Communications:        Dave Archer was present at the meeting – he will be getting a list together compiling what each station is in need of for updating their communication equipment.

 

Old Business

 

Barkhamsted East Station and Pumper: President Winn will be meeting with the lawyer on 7/14/05 to sign the lease/purchase agreement.  Work should begin soon.

 

Dry Hydrants:  The Inlands-Wetlands Commission has approved the Russ Road and Warner Road hydrants.

 

State/FEMA Grants:  Riverton and Pleasant Valley have been approved for their State Forestry Grants – Barkhamsted East received a letter stating their grant has been put on hold for lack of funding.

 

Web Page:  The page continues to be updated as information continues to trickle in.

 

Riverton Septic System: The contractor wants to start work in August and would like prepayment for the product.

 

New Business

 

Riverton Water System – Hitchcock has offered the hydrant system to the District.  It is currently in disrepair and needs to be fixed again.  President Winn has put together a committee to review the possibility of the District taking over the system and they will be weighing costs and benefits. 

 

GIS Coordinator – It was decided that the paid fire fighter would be the best person to be appointed as the GIS Coordinator.  This person would be responsible for compiling information and reporting it back as the 911 system is being updated so when a call is received, the dispatcher will be able to view a map of the street where the call is being received from and will be able to direct emergency personnel.

 

ODP Grant – President Winn has put together a grant proposal for the Town of Barkhamsted for funds being dispersed by the Department of Homeland Security.  He is proposing the set up of two different trailers – it will be submitted on 7/15/05.

 

Sexual Harassment Training – There will be a new policy for sexual harassment and President Winn thinks that we should employ an outside firm to come in to do a training course on the topic. 

 

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by K. Hansen and 2nd by K. Cyr.  Unanimously approved.

Meeting adjourned by President Winn at 9:11pm.

 

 

 

 

 

Attending:                               Directors                                Departments

                                                Andryzeck                                 Chief Lagassie

                                                Bird                                          Chief Gillen

                                                Collins                                       Chief LeGeyt

                                                Cyr

                                                Hansen, K.

                                                Hansen, J.

                                               

                                                O’Toole, A.

                                                O’Toole, S.

                                                Winn

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

Julie Hansen,

Assistant Clerk

 

 

The next meeting will be held on August 10 at the Barkhamsted East Station.

 

 

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