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Barkhamsted Fire District

Board of Director’s

Monthly Meeting

December 8, 2004

 

President Winn called the meeting to order at 7:35pm.

 

Corrections to last month’s minutes:

A motion was made to accept last month’s minutes as presented by T. Collins and 2nd by K.Hansen.  Unanimously approved.

 

Treasurer’s Report:   

The treasurer’s report was handed out by S. 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:

PenTech Safety Inc.                                          $   210.23                    Equip. Maint.               

               

Barkhamsted East:

Industrial Safety                                                $2,640.04                    New Equip.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $     47.33                    Equip. Maint.

Shoenhardt Architects                                       $1,480.81                    Architect

PenTech Safety Inc.                                          $   280.00                    Equip. Maint.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $       8.46                    Build. Maint.

 

Pleasant Valley:

Edward Jones & Sons                                      $      13.00                   Equip. Maint.

Comm. On Fire Prev. & Control                       $    183.75                   Fire School

Fleet Masters                                                   $    161.57                   Equip. Maint.

Northeastern Fire                                             $ 3,000.00                   New Equip.

Northeastern Fire                                             $      54.00                   Equip. Maint.

 

 

 

PenTech Safety Inc.                                          $   527.50                    Equip. Maint.

Firematic Supply Co.                                        $1,780.00                    New Equip.

Frontier Auto                                                    $     90.00                    Misc.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $     47.40                    Build. Maint.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $     54.32                    Equip. Maint.

Reimb. Ken Cyr                                               $     80.00                    Misc.

William Eisenlohr                                              $1,561.00                    Fire School

 

District:

Occupational Health & Rehab.                          $3,385.00                    Health & Safety

R. Healy (77miles)                                            $     17.16                    FM Expense

K.Hansen (reimb. Batteries)                              $     25.40                    Fire Prevention

PenFlex                                                            $   592.00

NFPA                                                              $   491.78                    Fire Prevention

 

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

 

Correspondence:  A letter was received from Bob King regarding the audit.

A motion was made to approve the audit by K. Hansen and 2nd by N. Bird.

 

Fire Marshal Report:  President Winn handed out the Fire Marshal’s report.

 

Paid Fire Fighter:          Monthly reports for August and November handed out by President Winn.

 

Chief’s Reports          Calls    Firefighters     Fire police       Juniors

Barkhamsted East            3              8                    3                      0

Pleasant Valley                8              20                  4                      5

Riverton                          5              18                  6                      7    

 

Committees:

 

Capital:                       The next meeting will be held on Dec. 21st at the Pleasant Valley Station at 7:30pm.

Insurance:                   A representative will be out for the January 2005 BFD meeting.

 

 

 

Fire Fighter Awards:  Personal statement of accounts was give to the Chiefs for each

                                    member.  Annual reports were handed out to all Board members

                                    and Chiefs – nicely summarized the year’s events.

Health & Safety:         Physicals went well – 19 people were done that night.  Thank you to S. O’Toole for scheduling all of the appointments.

 

Policy:                         Confined Space Rescue, Purchasing and Budget Policy revisions

                                    were reviewed and discussed.

A motion was made to approve the three new policies by N. Bird

and 2nd by K. Hansen.  Unanimously approved.

SCBA:                         Three vendors have been out for equipment trials.  Scotts is the last and will be out soon.

 

Old Business

 

Barkhamsted East Station and Pumper:  Mr. Kriss spoke about the renovations – all bids are in.  The contractor chosen is CONN-STRUX and the base bid is $274,000.00 with a contingency fund for potential construction problems of $27,400.00.  Discussion was held and financing options will be looked in to.

 

Dry Hydrants:  Nothing at this time.

 

State/FEMA Grants:  Riverton has officially received its FEMA Grant.  Congratulations to the Barkhamsted Fire District and thank you to all who spent lots of time putting the packages together.  All three departments have officially received their FEMA Grants!

 

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

 

Riverton Septic System: Chief Gillen went to the Farmington Valley Health District with the information gathered and bids will be soon to come.

 

FDIC 2005:  Two names are in – the deadline for reservations is January 14th 2005.

 

New Business

 

A motion was made to add Accountability Systems to the agenda by N. Bird and 2nd by D.  Ransom.  Unanimously approved.

Discussion was held regarding the purchase of an Accountability System and it was decided that the District will purchase the laminations and we will come up with our own template on the computer in order to be cost effective. 

 

The Pumper on Engine 3 needs to be rebuilt.  G. LeGeyt got two quotes:

Fleetmasters:  $5,966.40

Gowans-Knight Co, Inc:  $2,062.64

A motion was made to approve Gowans Knight Co. Inc. to rebuild the pumper by K.

Hansen and 2nd by T. Collins.  Unanimously approved.

FDIC 2005:  Two names are in – the deadline for reservations is January 14th 2005.

 A motion was made to adopt the Resolution to authorize the President, Vice President and Treasurer of the Barkhamsted Fire District to be authorized signatures for the BFD checking account by K. Hansen and 2nd by T. Collins.  Unanimously approved.

 

Riverton Chief L. Gillen introduced their new Deputy Chief Matt Wilson and new Captain and Training Officer Pat Sweeney.  Welcome to you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by K.Hansen and 2nd by D. Ransom.

Unanimously approved.

Meeting adjourned at 9:33pm.

 

 

 

Attending:                               Directors                                Departments

                                                Andryzeck                                 Lagassie

                                                Bird                                          L. Gillen

                                                Collins                                       LeGeyt

                                                Hansen, K.

                                                Hansen, J.

                                                                                               

                                                Ransom

                                               

                                                O’Toole, S.

                                                Winn

 

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

Julie Hansen,

Assistant Clerk

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