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Barkhamsted Fire District

Board of Director’s

Monthly Meeting

May 11, 2005

 

President Winn called the meeting to order at 7:33pm.

 

Corrections to last month’s minutes:

Under next month’s meeting:  Correction to date and place – Meeting to be held at Barkhamsted East on May 11.  Motion 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:

Riverton Vol. Fire Co. (Reimb.)                                    $  202.82                     New Equip.

Dale Smith                                                                    $  700.00                     Snow Plowing

Fire Equip. Headquarters                                              $    78.50                     Equip. Maint.

Brian Lamont (Reimb/Electrical)                                    $    77.65                     Equip. Maint.

Riverton General Store                                                 $    79.41                     Misc.

Merli Automotive                                                          $  226.00                     Equip. Maint.

Firematic Supply                                                           $    89.00                     Equip. Maint.

Carl’s True Value                                                         $  126.41                     Build. Maint.

Firematic Supply                                                           $  124.00                     New Equip.

Firematic Supply                                                           $    15.00                     New Equip.

Hoffmann Hardware                                                     $    33.68                     Equip. Maint.

Firematic Supply                                                           $    30.00                     New Equip.

 

 

 

Barkhamsted East:

Fleetmasters                                                     $ 2,275.00                   Equip. Maint.

Firematic Supply                                               $      62.50                   New Equip.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $      21.76                   Equip. Maint.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $      38.32                   Build. Maint.

Industrial Safety                                                $    120.00                   New Equip.

Fire Equip. Headquarters                                  $    134.00                   Equip. Maint.

 

Pleasant Valley:

Merli Automotive                                              $    175.00                   Equip. Maint.

Comm. On Fire Prev. & Control                       $    375.00                   Fire School

Firematic Supply                                               $ 2,118.97                   New Equip.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $      27.30                   Build. Maint.

Fleetmasters                                                     $ 1,175.00                   Equip. Maint.

Cardiac Science                                               $    245.25                   Equip. Maint.

Shipman’s Fire Equip.                                       $      33.00                   New Equip.

Northeastern Fire                                             $      83.00                   Equip. Maint.

 

District:

Occupational Health & Rehab.                          $    100.00                   Health & Safety

Hartford Courant                                              $      94.22                   Legal Notices

Visionary Systems Limited                                $    910.00                   Computers

RAM                                                               $    121.48                   Conferences

 

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

 

Correspondence:  Discussion was held regarding VFIS audit recommendations.  Research will be done on the cost of installing automatic fire alarms in the stations.

A letter of engagement was received from Pullman & Comley, LLC regarding their legal rates for the overseeing the financing of Barkhamsted East’s renovations. 

A motion was made to approve the letter of engagement from Pullman & Comley, LLC by N. Bird and 2nd by K. Hansen.  Unanimously approved.

 

Fire Marshal Report:  Unavailable at this time.

 

 

Paid Fire Fighter:          Unavailable at this time.

 

Chief’s Reports          Calls    Firefighters     Fire police       Juniors

Barkhamsted East             7               8                  3                      0

Pleasant Valley                 9             15                  4                      5

Riverton                         10             20                  6                      9    

 

 

The monthly meeting was adjourned temporarily by President Winn at 7:56pm in order to go forth with the Annual Meeting. 

The monthly meeting was called back to order at 8:25pm by President Winn.

 

Committees:

 

Capital:                       Nothing at this time.

Insurance:                   Nothing at this time.

Fire Fighter Awards:  Nothing at this time.

Health & Safety:         Nothing at this time.

Policy:                         Meeting will be held on May 19, 2005, 7:30pm at the Pleasant Valley Fire Station.

SCBA:                         A quote was received from Shipman’s to upgrade six packs for $5,850.00.  No action was taken at this time.

                                    Matt Wilson presented a spread sheet for cost research done on compressors.  A motion was made to purchase the Bauer compressor for an amount not to exceed $34,125.00 by N. Bird and 2nd by S. O’Toole.  Unanimously approved.

 

Old Business

 

Barkhamsted East Station and Pumper: President Winn is still working on the Lease/Purchase agreement for financing. 

 

Dry Hydrants:  The agreement made was only good for one year; however we are able to roll the money over to next year’s program.

 

State/FEMA Grants:  Nothing new at this time.

 

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

 

Riverton Septic System: The proposal from Connecticut Diggers for the new septic system was signed by President Winn.  Work can officially start!

 

New Business

 

Tax Suspense List:  The tax suspense list was presented by T. Collins.

            The sum of $247.33 has been deemed uncollectible by the Tax Collector and was requested to be written off.  A motion was made to approve the tax suspense list as requested by the Tax Collector by K. Hansen and 2nd by N. Bird.  Unanimously approved.

 

Year End Purchasing:  President Winn requested that the Chiefs monitor their budgets closely and submit all receipts to the Treasurer by June 30th 2005 – the end of the    fiscal year.

 

Appointment of Auditor:  A motion was made to appoint R. King & Co. as auditor for the 2005-2006 fiscal year by A. O’Toole and 2nd by T. Collins.  Unanimously     approved.

 

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

Meeting adjourned by President Winn at 9:10pm

 

 

Attending:                               Directors                                Departments

                                                Andryzeck                                 Chief Lagassie

                                                Bird                                          Chief Gillen

                                                Collins                                       Chief LeGeyt

                                                Hansen, K.

                                                Hansen, J.

                                                                                               

                                                Ransom

                                                O’Toole, A.

                                                O’Toole, S.

                                                Winn

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

Julie Hansen,

Assistant Clerk

 

 

 

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