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Barkhamsted Fire District

Board of Director’s

Monthly Meeting

October 13, 2004

 

President Winn called the meeting to order at 7:38pm.

 

Corrections to last month’s minutes:

A motion was made to accept last month’s minutes as presented by T. Collins and 2nd by G. LeBlanc.  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 T. Collins and 2nd by S. O’Toole.  Unanimously approved.

 

Bills:

 

Riverton:

Riverton General Store                                     $  290.29                     Fire School

Fire Equip. Headquarters                                  $  104.00                     Equip. Maint.

Fire Control Services                                        $  100.00                     Equip. Maint.

US Tanker                                                       $    13.99                     Equip. Maint.

Industrial Safety                                                $    35.04                     Equip. Maint.

Canton Auto Supply                                         $    32.56                     Equip. Maint.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $    18.88                     Equip. Maint.

Carl’s True Value                                             $  114.23                     Build. Maint.

Industrial Safety                                                $  176.00                     New Equip.

 

Barkhamsted East:

Industrial Safety                                                $  113.47                     New Equip.

Industrial Safety                                                $  289.50                     New Equip.

Fire Equip. Headquarters                                  $  134.00                     Equip. Maint.

Pittsfield Communications                                 $  211.00                     Comm. Equip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schoenhardt                                                     $1,275.00                    Architect

 

Pleasant Valley:

Al’s Auto Electric                                             $     30.00                    Equip. Maint.

Advanced Power Services                                $   652.64                    Equip. Maint.

Pittsfield Communications                                 $     15.00                    Comm. Maint.

Koehler-Bright Star Inc.                                   $     29.18                    Equip. Maint.

Fire Equip. Headquarters                                  $     28.00                    Equip. Maint.

Scranton Comm.                                              $     33.00                    Equip. Maint.

Moore Medical                                                $   161.50                    Misc.

Fire Equip. Headquarters                                  $     45.58                    Misc.

M.R. Koether Plumbing                                    $   105.00                    Build. Maint.

Fleetmasters                                                     $     60.98                    Equip. Maint.

Hartford County Fire                                        $   225.00                    Fire School

Industrial Safety                                                $1,545.07                    New Equip.

Canton Auto Supply                                         $     23.99                    Equip. Maint.

PenTech Safety                                                $   124.50                    New Equip.

PenTech Safety                                                $     74.49                    New Equip.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $       8.17                    Equip. Maint.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $     48.81                    Equip. Maint.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $     53.39                    Build. Maint.

Hoffmann Hardware                                         $       6.72                    Equip. Maint.

Scranton Comm.                                              $   101.14                    New Equip.

C&S Repair                                                     $   181.76                    Equip. Maint.

 

District:

Occupational Health & Rehab.                          $   250.00                    Health & Safety

R. Healy (seminar)                                            $   250.00                    FM Expense

 

A motion was made to accept and pay the bills as presented by D. Ransom and 2nd by  G. LeBlanc.  Unanimously approved.

 

Correspondence: None Reported

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A motion was made to pay Robert Mangione $1,050.00 for pump testing out of OSHA by G. LeBlance and 2nd by S. O’Toole.  Unanimously approved.

 

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

 

Chief’s Reports          Calls    Firefighters     Fire police       Juniors

Barkhamsted East            3              8                    3                      0

Pleasant Valley                5              20                  4                      5

Riverton                          3              18                  6                      6    

 

Committees:

 

Capital:                       Nothing at this time.

Insurance:                   Nothing at this time.

Fire Fighter Awards:  The cost for this year is about $16,000.00 – we should have about $5,000.00 surplus.  President Winn printed out statements on everyone who is in the computer for the Chiefs to review and update.  Status codes especially need to be reviewed and corrected so President Winn can pull out the active member information to tally worker’s compensation figures. 

Health & Safety:         Physicals will be held on November 15, 2004 at Pleasant Valley Methodist Church from 4:00pm-8:00pm.  Flu shots will not be available.  Chiefs have a list of which members of their respective departments need physicals and have been given flyers with physical information.  If a member can not make it on November 15, they are welcome to make an appointment at the Kennedy Drive office.

Policy:             President Winn has updated Firehouse software for all computers district wide.

 

 

Old Business

 

Fire Prevention Day:  All went well – thank you to everyone who helped out – especially the Juniors.  The Cinerom donated 18 movie tickets for a total of 9 prizes – Joan Markure and Debbie Brydon were judges for the coloring contest.  There was not enough time to put together a grant for this year but we will try to do so for next year – perhaps regionally.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barkhamsted East Station and Pumper:  Building Committee will finalize bid package on 10/14/04 meeting.  We should have a cost for the December District meeting. 

The GMC Pumper has a problem with the pump – it needs to be rebuilt as it consumes the packings.  Marq has been working on getting repair estimates.

 

Dry Hydrants:  Nothing at this time.

 

State/FEMA Grants:  Nothing at this time.

 

Web Page:  Has been indexed on several search engines but not on Yahoo due to the cost.  Sean O’Toole will be checking into this for next month.

 

Riverton Septic System: Nothing at this time.

 

New Business

 

Equipment Show:  President Winn brought the idea of having an Equipment Show up at the Selectman’s Meeting.  He has spoken with some people who have attended similar shows and thinks it is a good idea to host one so our tax payers can see the equipment we purchase and run so they know where their tax money is going.

 

Awards/Pins:  Les Archer has all of Riverton’s information but has not yet met with the other chiefs so it will not happen this year.  Riverton Inn gave a time for dinner for the Awards Dinner of 3:00pm and out by 6:00pm, on a Sunday – Marie Gillen and Bob Machia are currently looking for a new place.

President Winn also passed out new insurance forms for each department.

 

Training Numbers:  President Winn is looking for the number of training hours for each department.

 

A motion was made to authorize D. Ransom, R. Winn and A. O’Toole as signers for the District checking account by G. LeBlanc and 2nd by J. Andryzeck.  Unanimously approved.

 

Marq’s Van:  Gary LeBlanc and Marq Johnson will be performing maintaince on the van as there are some concerns about electric braking systems and towing the trailer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Hartford has been buying portable classrooms that come on axels that get discarded after – President Winn will be looking into obtaining some so we can build a trailer.

 

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by G. LeBlanc and 2nd by D. Ransom.

Unanimously approved.

Meeting adjourned at 8:55pm.

 

 

 

Attending:                               Directors                                Departments

                                                Andryzeck                                 Lagassie

                                                                                                 D. Archer for L. Gillen

                                                Collins                                       LeGeyt

                                               

                                               

                                                LeBlanc                                               

                                                Ransom

                                                O’Toole, A.

                                                O’Toole, S.

                                                Winn

 

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

Julie Hansen,

Assistant Clerk

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