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Yes, sir.

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Mm-hmm.

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All right.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the

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Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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Hi Alex, I'm Rich Aimpola. This is the Board of Fire Commissioners.

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We interface between the village board and the firehouse, the chief, the captain,

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and the other officers.

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That is our job here. We accept you in, we

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take you off the rolls when you leave if you do stuff like that.

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Commissioner Hahn can speak a little on his own.

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Welcome. Thank you for joining the fire company.

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It's a solemn responsibility to be able to help others, especially our community

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during times of need. We're very fortunate we don't get many fires in our community

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but our community has a great need for what we're able to provide, and that's help

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during times of crisis whether it may be a flood or smoke investigation, carbon

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monoxide lift assists during medical calls.

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So it's a really important role that you're able to help fulfill, and it's great to

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have some youth involved because it helps ease the burden on the older members.

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So thanks for joining.

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Commissioner Armatash?

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I welcome you to us. First couple things you should remember,

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family comes first, school comes, religion, and then the fire

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department.

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You're joining a great group of men and women that serve the village, and we

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welcome you here.

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Thank you. Do you have any questions for us?

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No. There might be out of ignorance ones but besides, I think I am

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committed. I cannot leave. There are no stupid questions, only ones that you don't

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ask. Chief, would you like to... anything to say to Alex?

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No, we've spoken about the commitment to the department and the time and

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effort that has to be put in place. So as long as we continue with that, we'll be

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all right. Right.

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Okay. Copy that. Okay. Cap, anything?

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Nope.

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Thank you. So you're welcome to stick around.

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We have business to cover that concerns the fire department but you don't have to

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stay by all means.

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We do have to make a motion. Correct. Wonderful.

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I make a motion we accept.

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Second.

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All right, so we're making a motion to accept you as a member of the Village of

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Coram and Holtsville Fire Department.

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Let's go here. We'll go this and this.

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Any discussion?

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All right. All in favor?

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed? All right. We've accepted you as a probationary member of the Coram

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and Holtsville Fire Department. Thank you. Now you're free to go.

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Mm-hmm.

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All right. I sent the minutes out from the June meeting.

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Hopefully you had a chance to review them.

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I make a motion we accept.

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Second.

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Okay.

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Any discussion on the minutes? All in favor?

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed? Wonderful.

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Take care.

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So up first is membership

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report. We have a June membership report

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that the Captain sent to us.

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You guys will have one too. If not again, I made one but I

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don't have an August one handy on me.

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We emailed about two members coming off probation tentatively within the company

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next week at the company trustees meeting.

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Probationary firefighter Bain signed up for the VFO course

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while a couple other probies were

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moving through their probationary sheet and are working towards getting them signed

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up for Firefighter One. And then the active members, a couple of us are

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signed up for a basic vehicle passenger rescue course held at the Highland Company

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in September. Other than that there's nothing to add.

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Okay. Thank you.

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What about the members that resigned?

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They were accepted last night that they resigned.

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You should got an email or something from the secretary.

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Who is the secretary? Gloria Marino. Ms. Harris.

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Anyway, so last night Kyle Patterson and Tyler Delovo sent in their formal

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resignations within the company.

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Now obviously you can't be a member of the department without being a member of the

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company just so

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you guys are aware. They were supposed to send a memo. It might be coming later on.

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There was a quick turnaround from last night to today.

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I don't really know if you guys need to take a vote on it.

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Any outstanding stuff out on him? Tyler has

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some equipment for the company and I think a department pager but we've been in

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touch with his family and we're going to get that.

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They both moved out of state.

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Make a motion we accept and let the chief and the captain follow through with the

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return of equipment.

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Second, with thanks for your service.

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So the motion's gonna be to rescind membership for Kyle Patterson and Tyler

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DeLillo. Would that be correct? Mm-hmm. Okay amended.

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I had Charles Noller on the list too.

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Has he already been addressed by the company? Yeah.

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He resigned a while back.

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I don't know exactly-- I don't think we took action on it, so I gotta amend.

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Didn't we give him a leave of absence?

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No, that was Wade. Charles resigned in June.

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That's the father though, right? Okay. I make a motion we accept it.

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We'll just yeah we amend it to add Charles.

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Luke Kapsak.

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Old news right? That's over a year ago.

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Well, I couldn't find anything in the minutes so we're going to add him anyway.

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Over a year? Yeah, haven't seen- okay well I didn't find anything in the

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minutes. I don't think we ever addressed it.

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He did give a formal resignation from within the company and - Company acted on it?

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Yeah. Mm-hmm. And you're waiting on Danes?

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Yeah. I got notification out to him.

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Obviously he's got a duty station in Korea so responding to alarms and drills will

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be a little bit difficult for him.

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We'll have to move forward with that.

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Will we wait until after the company makes a decision? Yeah.

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Well, we'll be back and forth talking to him.

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And he's made it known that he does not intend on coming back to live in the area.

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Okay.

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We brought up Wade. Did he return? Just out of curiosity. He did.

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Okay thank you. Alright. The motion rescinding

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membership for Charles Noler, Kyle Patterson, Lou Capsack who we missed, and Tyler

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DeLillo. And that went to a second. We've had discussion. All in favor?

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Wonderful. Thank you.

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Make a note.

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Monthly department reports: we have June and

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July.

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Let me get back to June.

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I have copies if you want to refer to them. No, I have them right here.

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Just to get back to June, we did apply for the

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FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant for new air packs.

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We applied for approximately $224,000.

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This is the third time that we've applied for this grant I believe in the last four

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to five years.

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We've been turned down the other two times.

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This will be successful. One of the hiccups with the application is the

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village's sam.gov account has to be updated.

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Before I retired, I spoke with the village clerk and the mayor, they're aware of

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it,

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and they were going to be working on it.

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But it has to be updated before we can be awarded any funding.

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Now, Chief, how many air packs is this for?

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I will defer to the captain on that. He did the count.

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So we started off with 33. That was taking into account the

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upcoming pumper tanker. We redid the numbers, reran, I think we're down to 28 or

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27. That includes three air packs for training.

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So all seats will have some. They will be

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in regulation with the county's mutual aid plan, and we'll have something for

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members to take out to training. Right now we have packs that get taken out of

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service solely to take classes, and that leaves seat somebody with airbags.

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It does not include-

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What was the number? There's 28.

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Correct. Yeah. It does not include bottles for the air packs because over the years

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when Commissioner Armitage was chief and whatnot, we started rotation, so we were

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able to replace the bottles which are compatible with the new

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packs. That alone will save about $60,000.

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However, we are going to include new face pieces.

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We had the AV-2000s.

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Yeah. So a couple years ago, Scott discontinued our face piece.

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They had a sunset period of a couple years.

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I think next year is the last you can get parts for them.

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But with reducing the number of air packs, that will allow us to purchase new face

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pieces that are in compliance with today's standards.

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And what we found during the last fit testing, those older face pieces are so

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old that the rubbers dry rot a little bit and are no longer able to keep a good

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seal.

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Whether or not we get the new air packs, we got to start replacing the face pieces.

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That's about it for

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the June report.

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Do we need to accept them one at a time or... We don't have to.

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We'll accept both of them when you're done with July.

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Yep.

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July, just a couple ones there that we had a structure fire at 14 Cornwall Ave.

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We were very fortunate that call came in at two o'clock on a Sunday in July

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when most of our younger members are home from college, and some of our senior

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members are at home and not working.

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We were able to respond pretty quickly and get the fire knocked down.

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Actually, we had the fire knocked down before the mutual aid that we had requested

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arrived on scene.

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A question came up about our use of mutual aid for that call.

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Just so the board's aware, the whole village is preplanned

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for building fires. The captain, the assistant chief, worked several

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days updating that plan.

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And that plan for residential buildings is based upon whether the house

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is 800 square feet or 8,000 square feet.

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You're getting the same resources when you have an active fire.

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So that's why when you see the robust response,

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it's not necessarily indicative of the size of the building or the extent, it's

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just that's our standard for a second alarm fire.

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And I will note that response was also just, I believe it was one

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unit more than what the city of Newburgh gets for their fires, and that's because

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we have a dedicated fast team.

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Chief, were there any departments in your mutual aid plan that weren't able to

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respond?

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but yeah.

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That plan compensates enough with that consideration.

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I will say that the company or the department that wasn't able to respond is

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because the request apparatus was out of service.

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Okay. Great. Thank you.

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All right. Also in July, we went to a carbon monoxide emergency over at

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Curie Road Apartments.

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You'll notice that the levels were upwards of 700 parts per million, which is a

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pretty lethal dose.

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When that occurs, that's another example of

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the importance of having up-to-date equipment with the SCBAs, because not only do

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we use them for house fires, building fires, car fires, but when we run into

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hazardous conditions such as that, they get used as well.

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Let's see.

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And I started making note of our response times.

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Our average response time in July was eight minutes 32 seconds.

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That's from the time that 911 gets the call; like that's right when they pick up

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the phone. It's before they dispatch us.

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To arrive on scene within eight minutes, and that's including two mutual aid fires

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to the Cornwall Fire Department in Salisbury Mills, which was a considerably

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lengthier response time

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because of the distance.

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Both responses are included in that 8:32.

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And that is it.

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Any questions for the chief? I just have two comments about the report.

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First, the fire.

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You probably didn't know, but I went down and I did watch the operation.

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I stayed away from the professionals that were doing it,

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and I commend.

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I also heard a lot of complaints about the mutual aid that was coming, and

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basically my answer to him is that you don't know how it feels when you're there

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and you have a fire, what's going to happen, what's going to happen next.

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So always would say it's better to have more and you can send them back. Mm-hmm.

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So I had no heartburn with that. With the Curie Road apartments, I don't know if

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you're aware that they have a new manager that took over- Yeah ..as of September 1.

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I had to deal with him on some issues because my house had a couple trees go down,

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and they were very cooperative. So I think if you have any issues he's

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going to be pretty well on top of it.

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We did have an issue for that carbon monoxide alarm where a couple of the

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residents made comments that, "See, this is why you shouldn't called 911."

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Just a couple uncooperative residents of the building because they were

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inconvenienced of having to be evacuated and whatnot.

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And also some housekeeping items that we've spoken with the building department

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about.

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In terms of that call on

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Cornwall Avenue, I had spoken to Commissioner Hanon about the mutual aid as well.

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And then thing that I will point out is if anybody has any questions about our use

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of mutual aid or our response to any alarms, everybody has my

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cell phone number. Pick up the phone and call me.

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It's a little bit disheartening to hear it coming secondhand from the commissioners

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rather than having somebody coming to me directly.

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Understood.

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I feel the same way. I make a motion we accept the reports.

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Second.

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Sounds good. Thank you. Any discussion? All in favor?

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Aye. Aye.

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Thank you. Budget reports. I sent-

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On to August.

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Oh, okay. We don't have it.

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I sent it to you. I sent it yesterday. Yesterday.

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Jess please do August.

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Alright, so August we had

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20 events, 122.73 volunteer hours.

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Six of them were automatic alarms, three of which came in from the Old Hudson

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Valley Food Bank. We had a little bit of a problem there

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with their alarm system unable to reset it.

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The other issue that we had was

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the alarm company had no key holders on their list to come out at two o'clock in

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the morning each day to reset it. So we were able to silence it, and

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then each day, 24 hours would go by and it would go off again.

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So we spoke to the alarm company on Monday. I spoke to them.

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They've corrected that

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They now have a key holder list. And what it was, it was a water flow alarm.

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The compressor had burnt up for it.

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But again, we could only silence it. We weren't able to reset it.

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413 is out of service.

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Thanks to Commissioner Hahn, we were able to locate a service company up in Lake

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Katrine, Premier Fire Apparatus.

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They're an E-One dealer, but they service all types of apparatus manufacturers.

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I was up there yesterday dropping a part off to them.

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I expect that somebody will be getting a phone call possibly tomorrow about it

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being completed so we can get it back here either over the weekend or early part of

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next week. By all reports, the maintenance is going well.

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They did tell me yesterday when they see an American LaFrance coming in, they

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cringe when they see it because they just don't know if they'll be able to get

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parts for it. But our American LaFrance is in good shape.

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They're making some necessary repairs to it.

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The one hydraulic repair, they're going to get us an estimate on that and they're

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going to get us an estimate on rebuilding the elevation cylinders.

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And also, they gave us a ballpark price; if we wanted to do a full

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refurbishment on it, it would be $1 million.

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But according to them, that's only buying you seven to 10 years.

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And again, it's an American LaFrance, so if you have any

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catastrophic failures with the cab or chassis, you're not going to be able to get

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the parts. So, but the ladder and everything's in good shape.

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So that was that.

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Pumper tanker, that's been pushed back to delivery in January.

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They had a tornado out by Pierce Fire Appliance plant.

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That's delayed some of the apparatus that was in front of it.

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So it's been pushed back a few weeks into January.

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So that's where we stand with that.

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That's all on that. Chief, I do have a question . Excuse me.

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With the food bank, it's under new ownership right? Yep.

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Who maintains the contact list and ensures that the Knox Box works? Yeah.

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It's strange. It's one building right?

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But their former code enforcement officer,

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Mr. Carmony required that each business have a separate alarm system.

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So even if you're in the new section-- Well, not new section.

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Where Sallyander is and that alarm's going off, if you're in the front half, you

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have no idea that alarm's going off because they have it sectioned off.

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I don't know why. They tell me there's only one stairwell that

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leads from one section to the other.

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In my mind, you would want the alarm to go off for both.

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So there's two separate

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keyholder lists, and I believe it's two separate alarm companies.

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So that's where we stand with that.

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Have you been in contact with the new building inspector to find maybe a better

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path forward? Not on that one particularly, no. Thank you.

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Where is 413? What's the name of the company? Premier Fire Apparatus. Okay.

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All right. We're amending the

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motion to include August. I missed it, I apologize.

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No worries.

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You're still riding your bike.

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Budget

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June and July was sent. July being

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a draft.

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If you had a chance to look at them, I don't know if there's any questions on them.

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Okay.

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I will note, I looked at them. Mm-hmm.

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When we get to t’other memo, but there seems to be about $150,000 in

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funding available for firematic equipment and expenses and about $50,000

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for firehouse maintenance.

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To commissioner Hahn's point about the maintenance items, there seems to be some

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money there that we can maybe jumpstart on some of those items,

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get that plan moving ahead.

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Is there any intent to buy some air packs

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before you hear from the grant?

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If we purchase them before the grant then are no longer eligible to be reimbursed

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by the grant.

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And when...What's the...?

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We're hoping to hear by January. The last time that I spoke with Mayor Kane, and

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this goes back several months,and it was not

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meeting setting or anything, but he did say that they were thinking about trying to

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purchase air packs through the bond for the pumper tankers.

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I don't know where that stands.

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Do we have a backup plan?

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Yes..

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Right now you don't have enough correct for the new truck, the new pumper tanker?.

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We do.

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Because we're going to be taking some off of -

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Oh, four. Yeah okay

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So we were just talking today,

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we're gonna reach out to AAAbecause we'd rather not purchasea few air

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packs,,say five or six this year,five or six next year,just because now you got

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members thathave to betrained qualifiedon twodifferent types.

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Sowe were gonnareach out too,and tobe quite honestwith you,I thinkifyou wereto

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dothatthe amountofmoneythatyou'respendingeachyearwouldbe

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allowed,Youcouldspendthatsameamountofmoneyover afivey earpriodon

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amunicipalleaseora smallbanto purchasealltheairpacksupfrontbut

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havethesamesamepaymentannuallyratherthanbuyingfiveorsix.Becauseifyoubuyfiveorsixyou'retalking$50,$60,000.,

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Sothe intentsincethe newpumpertankerisnotgonna costthe amountthatwas bondedcorrect?

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Correct.

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It'sgonnabe less.

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Correct.

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Wwhatstheplan?hasthevillagesaidwhatthey'regonnado ?

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Nonope.

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Anyidea whatkind of youthinkthedifferenceisgoingto be?

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WellthImnotquitesurewhatthebondw

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asfor.Idoknowthatoriginallythecostofthe

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pumptertankewas

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1.3itsprobablygonnababout1.2attthispointbecausethetEPAregulationsbeingrolledbackalittlebit

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Donotquotemeonitithinktheoriginalbondwassupposedtobeforupto1.5Butagaindonotquotemeonit.AalsoIthinktheressomemoneyinthecapitalfundforyrapparatussthaticanusedtopaydownbaarapparatustofreeupsome

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moreoftthatbondm ney

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.Whocanwegetaaccurateaccountingoffttfrom?

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IIwowouldspeakwtitthetreasurer.Meganyeahokay Yep.

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Andthetitsahaveaseparateaccountearmmarkedforcapitalfire?

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Thtshatatswwhmyunderstanding.

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BecaeIaskedquestiontowhatshername theredandshesaid

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shereallydidnhthaveanyidno clueowherwetwascausetyquesti

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wwhereidthedinsuranmneygofritsaleffortftheheaccident

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IfreadttbudgetrightIthinthimprovementsitthadtodosthemmostoftheimprvementscamoutofttheoperng

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budget.

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Corrt.

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Anthcostothavviclewashhowmuchistepurchasedrom??

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Sixtythousand.

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Thousandsoheregotttobesomeoneyssomewhere.

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Agreedydnkthihi

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datesbacoum undeMayorGalliano.

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Whererycreadta dedicatedcapireseve AnIk

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thinintiallyfundedthwitupwardsoofaroundtworo

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$300,000. Anthenwerengoinsetasideadditi

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fundsinan

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non-capitline sothatitas

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accessibleYnkethbetntthatndinuranceonestherehodbeenike$700,00

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totalhatwaearked.

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Shouldwesendaformallettertothtboardandtreasuraskingfoan

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accountingovitAsTheBoardofFireCommissioners

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I'lmakenmotionwedo.

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And they did this year, I believe it's in the budget this year, put $100,000 into

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the capital reserve for fire apparatus.

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And I think that was their plan each year but I don't want to speak for them.

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It's good financial planning.

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Mm-hmm. Yeah and to that point,

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shortly after the Wilbur report was issued

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we had a financial plan put together that planned out the next 30 to 40

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years of purchases for fire apparatus.

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It took into account different prepayments, cash and bonding and

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bands. And I think the idea of that was to take

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into account the pumper tanker, the replacement of the tower ladder, and the

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replacement of the squad coming up.

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And I think at the 15-year mark of that plan, the bond payment for all of that

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would have been $345,000 annually.

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That was what the plan was, the financial plan that we had put forward.

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Again, that would give you 15 years to plan for that payment while still updating

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the equipment.

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Chief, you mentioned previously in our conversations offline about some sort of

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revolving fund to be able to enjoy maximum interest available

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on those types of capital-

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Yep

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... funds your reserve funds. Can you speak to that?

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I can a little bit. Again, I think your best source for that would be the

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treasurer.

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So the village is a participant in the NYCLASS as

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is many municipalities and school districts.

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You can place your liquid funds in that, and this is a very

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short explanation of my understanding of it.

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We put your funds in there and you gain interest.

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At one point it was up to like 4% interest.

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But it's also liquid so if you need it tomorrow you can pull it out.

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I don't know how much of the funding that they have that's earmarked for the fire

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department apparatus that's in there,

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but it is certainly something to consider.

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I know a lot of school districts, they put all their funds in there right when they

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get the money and they just pull it as they need it because they're earning good

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interest on it.

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Yeah. I think that'd be to our benefit for our long term financial plan ensure that

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we're getting that interest.

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Correct.

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Thank you.

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Anyone else on budget?

442
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All right Chief Traynor thank you for your memo.

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Would you like to

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speak about it?

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Yeah. We don't have to go through it verbatim.

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Just wanted to update the Village Board and the board of commissioners where we

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stand with different items around the firehouse. We touched on a few of it already.

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Squad 411 we had some repairs done to that.

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That went over to Campbell Supply in Maybrook. It was there for a few days.

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There is a part that they had to order.

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I assume they've probably gotten it by now but we haven't heard from them and we

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would have to follow up with them so it's going to have to go back out for

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additional maintenance.

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One of the things that kind of dovetails into that is the fire

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department utility vehicle typically speaking, when one of the engines are out of

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service 415 the tanker becomes the backup.

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And right now the tanker we have is only a two man cab so we would use the utility

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to supplement that manpower for that but the utility is

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currently on loan to the building department.

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I think we started that back in April or May. I spoke to the mayor.

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The mayor assured maybe a 60 or 90 day loan so I'm not sure where that stands.

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One of the things that we also use that for is training; when the members go out to

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training or for rehab purposes such as the fire down

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on Bayview-- Or I'm sorry Cornwall Avenue.

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We used that to bring coolers down and whatnot.

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The members if they go out now to training they use their own vehicles and for the

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fire we had personal vehicles bring that down.

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I think that's probably more of a liability insurance wise.

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God forbid you get in an accident, you're in your own vehicle workers comp and all

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that good stuff.

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Chief, are we able to reimburse the members for their personal use of the vehicles?

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We are yes.

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Mileage wise? Thank you.

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So that's 411. Four one three,

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we covered that earlier. Once we get the evaluation back then we're gonna reconvene

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with the village board at some point hopefully this fall.

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My expectation is this fall to try and get a firm answer as to whether or not

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we're keeping what we have buying a refurbished rig, buying used,

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buying new, but we need to have a direction of some sort so that we can plan

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accordingly.

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The new pumper tanker we spoke about that.

482
00:33:12,897 --> 00:33:15,057
It looks like we have about

483
00:33:16,377 --> 00:33:20,877
$43,000 worth of needs equipment that has to go on there.

484
00:33:21,658 --> 00:33:27,207
I believe that was also in the memo I attached. A list of all that equipment.

485
00:33:27,268 --> 00:33:31,257
We've done our due diligence. We went out and gotten price quotes on everything.

486
00:33:31,287 --> 00:33:32,997
The captain's done his homework on that.

487
00:33:34,078 --> 00:33:36,567
So we're looking for some guidance about purchasing of that.

488
00:33:37,377 --> 00:33:40,047
It's our belief that we can purchase that out of the

489
00:33:41,427 --> 00:33:42,688
regular operating budget

490
00:33:44,547 --> 00:33:48,897
but we just need to confirm that you guys are ready to move forward with those

491
00:33:48,957 --> 00:33:49,587
purchases.

492
00:33:52,888 --> 00:33:57,852
Typically there's about $130,000 worth of equipment that is required to be on

493
00:33:57,867 --> 00:34:02,518
there whether that's to meet NFPA standards or just simply the Orange County Mutual

494
00:34:02,578 --> 00:34:08,021
Aid standards for pumper tankers but 90,000 of that we're able to

495
00:34:09,537 --> 00:34:13,287
reuse equipment from existing apparatuses and also some of that is the air packs.

496
00:34:13,317 --> 00:34:14,427
We're waiting to hear back on them.

497
00:34:17,787 --> 00:34:22,347
With the new pumper tanker coming the village is going to have to decide on how to

498
00:34:22,437 --> 00:34:27,957
dispose of engine 412 and tanker 415 Whether or not they wanna hire a broker to

499
00:34:28,018 --> 00:34:32,547
sell it do it through auction. Whether or not they wanna keep them.

500
00:34:33,477 --> 00:34:38,743
I would imagine we wanna keep at least one of them Maybe the engine initially until

501
00:34:38,757 --> 00:34:42,027
we get the new pumper tanker fully in service and we don't have any issues with it

502
00:34:44,397 --> 00:34:47,427
but that is something we're going to have to look at doing and there's gonna be

503
00:34:47,457 --> 00:34:51,027
some revenue from those sales

504
00:34:52,947 --> 00:34:57,177
which is gonna-- particularly the tanker could be significant.

505
00:35:00,357 --> 00:35:03,177
SCBA replacement we covered that a little bit earlier.

506
00:35:04,527 --> 00:35:10,437
Like I said we can't buy any of that yet until FEMA says yes or no on a grant.

507
00:35:11,248 --> 00:35:16,077
I explicitly asked that question if we could purchase that and use the money if we

508
00:35:16,137 --> 00:35:17,577
receive the grant and they said no.

509
00:35:18,387 --> 00:35:20,727
They would have to be purchased after receiving the grant.

510
00:35:21,268 --> 00:35:24,807
Chief uh what's the timeline for expected answer on award?

511
00:35:25,587 --> 00:35:28,857
I'm not quite sure. I know technical review was supposed to start this month.

512
00:35:29,877 --> 00:35:35,307
I would imagine probably November December he'll start rolling them out.

513
00:35:35,427 --> 00:35:37,287
And do you have a lead time on new air packs?

514
00:35:37,437 --> 00:35:40,902
Is there any type of supply complications there related?

515
00:35:40,902 --> 00:35:42,297
I'll defer to the captain on that.

516
00:35:43,557 --> 00:35:45,266
It will probably be about three months.

517
00:35:45,327 --> 00:35:45,897
Three months okay.

518
00:35:46,768 --> 00:35:48,087
Yup

519
00:35:50,998 --> 00:35:51,748
let's see

520
00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:58,377
and those air packs are 22 years old and again we were fortunate

521
00:35:59,187 --> 00:36:03,207
enough to purchase them with a FEMA grant way back in '04-'05.

522
00:36:06,268 --> 00:36:11,457
We are looking at fire ground radios. We're trying to standardize our radios.

523
00:36:11,518 --> 00:36:14,457
A lot of what we're using is over 25 years old

524
00:36:17,007 --> 00:36:22,857
If we purchase air packs either through a bond or a municipal lease or

525
00:36:22,977 --> 00:36:27,867
somehow ever we may do that then I think we can probably start replacing the radios

526
00:36:27,957 --> 00:36:28,452
with

527
00:36:30,297 --> 00:36:31,422
operating budget monies

528
00:36:32,757 --> 00:36:37,437
but I just don't want to do that if we're going to end up purchasing air packs

529
00:36:37,527 --> 00:36:40,498
using the budget moneys

530
00:36:42,585 --> 00:36:43,335
LOSAP.

531
00:36:46,515 --> 00:36:48,239
The gentleman from there, Mr. Perrett,

532
00:36:50,235 --> 00:36:55,905
he's called me a couple of times. He's looking for himself to come up and meet with

533
00:36:55,935 --> 00:37:00,885
the village leadership to go over the program. He's asked for a couple meetings.

534
00:37:02,355 --> 00:37:04,575
He's having difficulty scheduling those meetings.

535
00:37:06,825 --> 00:37:10,485
He thinks that using that opportunity, he can

536
00:37:11,835 --> 00:37:17,745
probably save the village some money by allowing him some latitude in terms

537
00:37:17,805 --> 00:37:19,485
of investing that money into LOSAP.

538
00:37:20,835 --> 00:37:24,674
And also, there's been some changeover in staff here, and he thinks it might be

539
00:37:24,705 --> 00:37:29,596
beneficial to have a one-on-one discussion with them so they

540
00:37:29,685 --> 00:37:32,505
understand what to expect from Hometown.

541
00:37:33,015 --> 00:37:36,479
Sure. Chief, would it be beneficial to bring him to the commissioners meeting and

542
00:37:36,495 --> 00:37:40,741
invite maybe a few of the Village Board members here if they're not able to

543
00:37:40,785 --> 00:37:42,435
accommodate at the Village board?

544
00:37:42,601 --> 00:37:46,395
Sure. I can certainly reach out to him and ask him to come on up.

545
00:37:46,455 --> 00:37:47,355
I'm certain he will.

546
00:37:48,765 --> 00:37:52,275
He tries to schedule his meetings around his other clients when he's up this way.

547
00:37:53,205 --> 00:37:56,355
The only thing I would caution is when you invite the Village Board, if you have

548
00:37:56,385 --> 00:37:58,544
three of them here, it's a special meeting for them as well.

549
00:37:59,400 --> 00:37:59,400
Of course.

550
00:37:59,445 --> 00:38:01,125
Could he attend a work session?

551
00:38:01,726 --> 00:38:03,915
He could. I'm sure he would.

552
00:38:04,905 --> 00:38:08,476
To my brain, that almost seems more beneficial to them because they're there

553
00:38:08,535 --> 00:38:08,835
anyway.

554
00:38:08,895 --> 00:38:10,935
Exactly. Nope, that's an option.

555
00:38:14,175 --> 00:38:17,025
Fire department facility maintenance.

556
00:38:17,715 --> 00:38:23,491
As Commissioner Lahann alluded to offline there, we did have a meeting with

557
00:38:23,505 --> 00:38:24,616
Superintendent Craft.

558
00:38:25,905 --> 00:38:31,785
We did start putting down some ideas of what needs

559
00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:37,665
to, going forward. Obviously, in the forefront of everybody's mind right now is

560
00:38:37,726 --> 00:38:41,866
the catastrophic failure or fire that Coldenham had at their firehouse.

561
00:38:43,125 --> 00:38:46,305
That's why sprinklers are one of the items on the list.

562
00:38:47,685 --> 00:38:52,035
I think sprinklers are very advantageous, but I think we have a lot of items that

563
00:38:52,096 --> 00:38:57,930
have to be on that list. As Commissioner Lahann and I have spoken quite a bit,

564
00:38:58,575 --> 00:39:03,705
over the course of about 10 to 15 years, we lost several of our members to cancer,

565
00:39:05,805 --> 00:39:10,726
which nobody wants to see that, but a lot of those cancers are now

566
00:39:11,116 --> 00:39:14,476
being tied back to firefighting activities.

567
00:39:16,935 --> 00:39:21,346
So I think there's things that we have to keep in mind for personnel safety as well

568
00:39:21,375 --> 00:39:23,745
as apparatus safety, station safety.

569
00:39:24,525 --> 00:39:30,465
We spoke about creating a comprehensive plan, possibly bringing the company in

570
00:39:30,585 --> 00:39:32,265
to develop that plan with us,

571
00:39:34,065 --> 00:39:38,505
and just start pecking away at these things, a couple items a year.

572
00:39:39,616 --> 00:39:42,601
But as he alluded to, there's some low-hanging fruit that can be taken care of

573
00:39:42,616 --> 00:39:43,815
relatively quick.

574
00:39:49,366 --> 00:39:54,599
Training stipend. Last year, the village approved the training stipend

575
00:39:55,605 --> 00:40:01,500
for the local courses that

576
00:40:01,515 --> 00:40:03,675
we take that the state doesn't pay for.

577
00:40:03,855 --> 00:40:08,445
I believe they authorized $10,000 in December for that.

578
00:40:09,015 --> 00:40:10,620
However, the code states that

579
00:40:11,985 --> 00:40:16,529
the budget for training stipends will be set annually through resolution of the

580
00:40:16,575 --> 00:40:17,235
Village Board.

581
00:40:18,765 --> 00:40:21,675
When we spoke, I don't know, Rick, were you with us when we had

582
00:40:24,075 --> 00:40:25,575
a meeting with the mayor about the budget?

583
00:40:26,325 --> 00:40:29,175
And we proposed $10,000 for the

584
00:40:30,795 --> 00:40:34,859
training stipend this year, and I just noticed it myself

585
00:40:36,165 --> 00:40:39,015
a month or two ago, that line item is not in the budget.

586
00:40:39,585 --> 00:40:42,885
So I don't know if they expect us to pay for it out of our operating budget, which

587
00:40:42,915 --> 00:40:47,415
we could, or do we need them to have a resolution?

588
00:40:49,695 --> 00:40:53,205
How do we move forward with that? Just need some guidance because we do have a

589
00:40:53,235 --> 00:40:57,075
couple of courses. The class is coming up in September for accident vehicle

590
00:40:57,105 --> 00:40:59,596
extrication. That would be eligible for a local stipend.

591
00:41:00,465 --> 00:41:03,616
So just need to get some clarification as to where that stands.

592
00:41:09,885 --> 00:41:13,035
And then utility vehicle, we touched on that earlier.

593
00:41:14,655 --> 00:41:20,235
One of the suggestions that Commissioner Hein had was maybe purchase a new

594
00:41:20,355 --> 00:41:26,295
utility for the fire department. The 2022 chief's vehicle was paid

595
00:41:26,445 --> 00:41:32,355
off, as far as I understand. And I believe the '23 will be paid off here, if

596
00:41:32,415 --> 00:41:37,335
not this year, then next. So it might be an idea to possibly buy

597
00:41:37,455 --> 00:41:43,035
another utility. If we do a utility, it would be a pickup truck or something,

598
00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:48,015
but that's open to whatever everybody's ideas were.

599
00:41:48,029 --> 00:41:53,189
And we could probably absorb that through the budget with our annual payment, just

600
00:41:53,235 --> 00:41:54,765
like the chiefs' cars.

601
00:41:57,435 --> 00:41:58,995
And that is it on the memo.

602
00:42:02,685 --> 00:42:04,635
Thank you for that and all the time that you put into it.

603
00:42:05,175 --> 00:42:05,476
Yes.

604
00:42:06,705 --> 00:42:11,535
And just to be clear, we're discussing, I need some guidance from somebody.

605
00:42:12,495 --> 00:42:16,005
I've not heard back from anybody. I'm just looking to move things forward.

606
00:42:19,875 --> 00:42:22,875
I'd like to make a motion that we send

607
00:42:24,825 --> 00:42:30,675
communication to the Village Board recommending that the fire department

608
00:42:31,096 --> 00:42:36,885
be able to purchase that $43,000 of equipment for the new

609
00:42:36,945 --> 00:42:39,705
tanker out of its operating budget.

610
00:42:41,745 --> 00:42:46,096
Also, in that memo, I would like to make a motion that

611
00:42:48,616 --> 00:42:53,715
we pursue a purchase of a utility vehicle,

612
00:42:55,575 --> 00:42:58,785
at the discretion of the officers of what type that would be,

613
00:43:00,045 --> 00:43:03,405
and that payment would come out of the operating budget.

614
00:43:06,075 --> 00:43:10,605
Since they really haven't done anything with the vehicle that has been given to the

615
00:43:10,634 --> 00:43:16,605
building department, which they said 60 to 90 days, I think that needs to be

616
00:43:16,695 --> 00:43:21,045
acted on because of liabilities and safety concerns regarding members driving

617
00:43:21,105 --> 00:43:22,875
personal vehicles to

618
00:43:24,825 --> 00:43:30,105
training and whatever they need to do. So I think we should do that.

619
00:43:30,585 --> 00:43:36,555
Make that motion. And also, in that, I like to make it that they schedule

620
00:43:36,645 --> 00:43:36,660
an

621
00:43:37,875 --> 00:43:43,846
appointment with this service award consultant at a workshop to go

622
00:43:43,965 --> 00:43:49,739
over his options regarding our plan that we have for the village and

623
00:43:49,846 --> 00:43:51,705
any ideas for the future.

624
00:43:52,185 --> 00:43:56,504
Yeah, and just to be clear on the LOSAP plan, right now it's underfunded.

625
00:43:56,535 --> 00:43:57,555
Yeah, I saw that.

626
00:43:57,645 --> 00:43:58,635
It's not by a lot.

627
00:43:58,860 --> 00:43:59,971
A thousand bucks or something.

628
00:43:59,971 --> 00:44:01,245
Yeah, it's a couple of thousand dollars.

629
00:44:01,726 --> 00:44:01,846
Yeah.

630
00:44:02,085 --> 00:44:04,005
But he believes that he can

631
00:44:05,476 --> 00:44:09,315
make a lot of that up by reinvesting it through a different fund.

632
00:44:09,555 --> 00:44:15,525
So the question, the money that's in there for investment in the

633
00:44:15,675 --> 00:44:17,625
amount, do you have any idea what it is?

634
00:44:18,616 --> 00:44:20,385
It's getting like 4%.

635
00:44:20,535 --> 00:44:23,880
No. What-- Is there 300,000?

636
00:44:24,015 --> 00:44:25,035
Oh, I don't know.

637
00:44:25,455 --> 00:44:26,460
See, I think that's something...

638
00:44:26,535 --> 00:44:31,215
I don't know. I think it's what the village has contributed the last few years.

639
00:44:31,860 --> 00:44:34,605
So understand that the original program is separate.

640
00:44:34,995 --> 00:44:40,425
I think in that program there, there's maybe $250,000.

641
00:44:40,515 --> 00:44:42,226
But still, there's money in it.

642
00:44:42,346 --> 00:44:42,616
Yep.

643
00:44:42,705 --> 00:44:42,945
Okay.

644
00:44:43,935 --> 00:44:45,690
And that's the one that's being closed out,

645
00:44:46,965 --> 00:44:50,415
as some of our more senior guys age out.

646
00:44:51,075 --> 00:44:55,395
The new plan, I think, has probably got three years worth of payments in it.

647
00:44:55,995 --> 00:44:56,175
Yeah.

648
00:44:56,625 --> 00:45:00,015
And typically what he does with his fire district customers-

649
00:45:01,846 --> 00:45:03,390
The big fire districts are making-

650
00:45:03,735 --> 00:45:04,096
Yeah

651
00:45:04,305 --> 00:45:05,205
... They're making money. Yeah.

652
00:45:05,325 --> 00:45:11,235
He generally gets some document signed off on

653
00:45:11,295 --> 00:45:14,655
by the authority having jurisdiction.

654
00:45:15,735 --> 00:45:20,085
For us, that would be the village authorizing him to make money adjustments,

655
00:45:20,205 --> 00:45:22,425
movements to increase the interest.

656
00:45:22,665 --> 00:45:28,575
And also in that memo, a clarification to find out how the training

657
00:45:28,665 --> 00:45:31,965
stipends and where it's going to be paid from.

658
00:45:34,305 --> 00:45:37,485
I think that ties back to the budget question.

659
00:45:39,616 --> 00:45:41,250
Oh, yeah. Okay.

660
00:45:41,445 --> 00:45:42,255
Maybe it could be one memo.

661
00:45:42,405 --> 00:45:48,261
Whatever. Would this be coming out of theThe chief's budget, is it coming

662
00:45:48,321 --> 00:45:52,626
out of a separate budget? Mike said there was discussion of

663
00:45:52,626 --> 00:45:57,981
$10,000. Has anybody received the stipend as of date?

664
00:45:58,101 --> 00:46:00,411
No, actually, we had some problems with the state.

665
00:46:01,641 --> 00:46:06,771
We submitted three stipends for the state program for Firefighter One.

666
00:46:09,261 --> 00:46:12,111
One of them was received, the other two were not.

667
00:46:12,771 --> 00:46:18,741
I followed up a couple weeks ago and I spoke to a woman up there, I think her name

668
00:46:18,802 --> 00:46:19,371
was Nina,

669
00:46:21,261 --> 00:46:25,881
and she said no, we didn't get the other two but we have firefighter Sweeney's

670
00:46:25,942 --> 00:46:26,721
ready to go out.

671
00:46:28,011 --> 00:46:31,942
So I resubmitted everybody else's. It's a slow process.

672
00:46:32,001 --> 00:46:35,692
Takes anywhere from eight to nine weeks once you submit-

673
00:46:35,961 --> 00:46:36,471
It's the state

674
00:46:36,681 --> 00:46:42,111
...and I think initially they were having some trouble on their end

675
00:46:43,611 --> 00:46:48,111
gathering all this information because they have a special W9 that you have to use.

676
00:46:48,141 --> 00:46:53,766
You can't use a standard W9. But we have a good understanding on the state right

677
00:46:53,811 --> 00:46:57,471
now, at least I do, of what form's required.

678
00:46:57,531 --> 00:47:02,976
And in addition to the stipend paperwork, there's also other forms that the

679
00:47:02,991 --> 00:47:06,156
department has to certify each year.

680
00:47:06,922 --> 00:47:11,901
The fire department demographics, as well as submitting their incident reports

681
00:47:11,961 --> 00:47:16,911
every year. If you don't complete either of that then you don't get your stipends.

682
00:47:17,541 --> 00:47:21,291
So that's some ongoing admin that has to be completed annually.

683
00:47:23,361 --> 00:47:28,371
I assume the secretary is supporting the fire department with some of those record

684
00:47:28,431 --> 00:47:30,111
keeping requirements?

685
00:47:30,261 --> 00:47:32,481
Yes. So we're working on that as well.

686
00:47:32,511 --> 00:47:37,761
Assistant Chief Calamari and I, we spoke about getting some duties together for

687
00:47:38,781 --> 00:47:42,381
that secretary and he's putting that stuff in writing and whatnot.

688
00:47:42,741 --> 00:47:45,366
His memo stated that she's looking for stuff so-

689
00:47:45,442 --> 00:47:50,241
She is. She is. So we're going to start with the annual physicals, and we're just

690
00:47:50,271 --> 00:47:51,052
going to ramp it up.

691
00:47:51,951 --> 00:47:52,821
Excellent.

692
00:47:52,971 --> 00:47:53,961
Sorry. That's the motion.

693
00:47:54,291 --> 00:47:58,641
Second on the motion to transmit the letter to the village board with all the

694
00:47:58,672 --> 00:48:01,552
aforementioned items from Commissioner Armitage.

695
00:48:02,571 --> 00:48:03,711
Any further discussion?

696
00:48:06,561 --> 00:48:07,431
Who's writing the memo?

697
00:48:08,271 --> 00:48:08,871
The chairman

698
00:48:11,106 --> 00:48:11,106
.

699
00:48:11,331 --> 00:48:12,111
Send me a draft.

700
00:48:14,511 --> 00:48:15,141
All in favor?

701
00:48:15,471 --> 00:48:15,861
Aye.

702
00:48:16,251 --> 00:48:17,001
Any opposed?

703
00:48:22,311 --> 00:48:27,471
Hot off the presses and an add to the new business is the letter from

704
00:48:28,491 --> 00:48:30,201
President Voight

705
00:48:31,791 --> 00:48:36,381
on firehouse use. A lot of good questions that I don't have answers to.

706
00:48:41,811 --> 00:48:43,071
Presents.

707
00:48:50,631 --> 00:48:51,516
Is this--

708
00:48:55,011 --> 00:48:59,391
So what do you commissioners think? How should this be handled? I don't...

709
00:49:00,771 --> 00:49:06,411
In my opinion, previous use of the firehouse would go through

710
00:49:06,442 --> 00:49:12,291
the fire company to look for sponsorship and that sponsorship would

711
00:49:12,351 --> 00:49:12,922
then

712
00:49:14,271 --> 00:49:20,001
tie into members to be able to support the event or work in coordination with the

713
00:49:20,061 --> 00:49:21,351
event host.

714
00:49:22,731 --> 00:49:28,431
So I think there needs to be better communication so whereas if the

715
00:49:28,491 --> 00:49:33,261
village does get a request of use for the firehouse, that the first call should be

716
00:49:33,351 --> 00:49:38,211
to the president and set up a coordination call with the party who is requesting

717
00:49:38,302 --> 00:49:44,196
use of the firehouse and then work forward as far as any resources that are

718
00:49:44,196 --> 00:49:47,751
needed from the fire company or from the village to get that event

719
00:49:48,081 --> 00:49:53,991
make it happen. There's a lot of concerns that I think are

720
00:49:54,052 --> 00:49:58,791
completely valid in the memo and it can be

721
00:49:58,821 --> 00:50:01,911
easily coordinated and

722
00:50:04,552 --> 00:50:09,831
make sure the event is successful, not too heavy a lift for our limited resources

723
00:50:09,861 --> 00:50:14,931
with our volunteers. There are events in the village that have a lot of

724
00:50:15,351 --> 00:50:20,991
robust employees from the village supporting and perhaps there is an

725
00:50:21,081 --> 00:50:25,731
opportunity to have additional support to ease some of these scheduling conflicts

726
00:50:25,791 --> 00:50:28,656
that everyone has especially during the summer months.

727
00:50:28,791 --> 00:50:33,442
I could see some conflicts with that and competing priorities.

728
00:50:36,741 --> 00:50:38,451
Thank you.

729
00:50:45,172 --> 00:50:47,031
Going to personal support.

730
00:50:50,331 --> 00:50:55,791
So I don't see the need for the company to

731
00:50:57,591 --> 00:51:02,286
operationally support the event though

732
00:51:03,741 --> 00:51:08,361
the apparatus has to be moved and we really don't want anyone else doing that.

733
00:51:08,811 --> 00:51:12,141
Where do they go? They go in the parking lot, right?

734
00:51:14,121 --> 00:51:16,581
There are a ton of

735
00:51:18,172 --> 00:51:19,011
valid points,

736
00:51:20,932 --> 00:51:22,071
especially security

737
00:51:25,071 --> 00:51:26,422
and personal property.

738
00:51:28,041 --> 00:51:30,981
Chief how would you suggest handling this with the village?

739
00:51:31,521 --> 00:51:36,741
Because I know they probably just think it's just "Just do it, we're having an

740
00:51:36,771 --> 00:51:37,191
event."

741
00:51:37,371 --> 00:51:37,701
Yeah.

742
00:51:37,971 --> 00:51:38,751
Kind of the way it's been.

743
00:51:39,052 --> 00:51:42,531
So to your point it is the way it's been for many years.

744
00:51:44,871 --> 00:51:49,791
And a lot of times in the past the use of the facilities went through the fire

745
00:51:49,881 --> 00:51:52,761
company president as commissioner Han alluded to,

746
00:51:54,712 --> 00:51:59,631
and the village wasn't involved. But it is a village facility so they need to be on

747
00:51:59,811 --> 00:52:05,541
the same communication level as the fire company in terms of coordinating these

748
00:52:05,571 --> 00:52:06,501
things.

749
00:52:08,271 --> 00:52:09,411
In the past,

750
00:52:10,971 --> 00:52:14,661
and I'm sure Commissioner Armitage can attest to, it's not just moving the

751
00:52:14,751 --> 00:52:20,661
apparatus it's making sure that your truck floor is tidied up for people

752
00:52:20,721 --> 00:52:25,521
coming and going. It's the night before letting people in to drop off supplies.

753
00:52:26,212 --> 00:52:29,781
It's getting there early in the morning moving the trucks out helping them set up

754
00:52:30,591 --> 00:52:31,941
their tables and whatnot,

755
00:52:33,291 --> 00:52:37,941
helping remove the trash at the end of the day and putting the apparatus back.

756
00:52:39,052 --> 00:52:40,581
And

757
00:52:42,081 --> 00:52:46,761
I don't want to say that we're unwilling, we're just looking for an open line of

758
00:52:46,791 --> 00:52:49,911
communication so we can schedule this stuff.

759
00:52:50,841 --> 00:52:56,001
And I don't think that we should be relying solely on the volunteers to make this

760
00:52:56,031 --> 00:52:56,661
stuff happen.

761
00:52:58,341 --> 00:53:00,186
I agree. Just-

762
00:53:00,411 --> 00:53:00,591
Because-

763
00:53:00,606 --> 00:53:00,981
But then who?

764
00:53:01,491 --> 00:53:05,871
Exactly. Just last week Vales Gate had a wet down for their

765
00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:13,731
new ladder truck and obviously we were invited to attend but our drivers and our

766
00:53:13,821 --> 00:53:17,422
officers they were unavailable. They were out doing whatever they were doing

767
00:53:18,321 --> 00:53:19,851
spending time with their family.

768
00:53:22,672 --> 00:53:27,441
So it's not like we have a robust pool of individuals

769
00:53:29,182 --> 00:53:35,121
that are willing to commit six hours of their day on a Sunday to

770
00:53:35,691 --> 00:53:37,731
monitor the operation there.

771
00:53:42,291 --> 00:53:43,701
What do you think? Can we handle this?

772
00:53:46,716 --> 00:53:52,251
I would say it'd have to be a joint meeting between the village, the

773
00:53:52,311 --> 00:53:58,236
sponsor and a representative from the fire department and they can see what

774
00:53:58,251 --> 00:54:01,881
the FD can do, what the village wants to do.

775
00:54:03,052 --> 00:54:08,781
This event would need additional police officers

776
00:54:09,501 --> 00:54:14,871
that's a village expense, so I think it'd have to be a joint meeting between all.

777
00:54:15,351 --> 00:54:21,261
And I agree what Mike said we used to do it because again trying to be community

778
00:54:21,291 --> 00:54:24,922
based with whoever was trying to run..

779
00:54:24,981 --> 00:54:30,891
I mean the Cornwall Lions Club ran a race there for years and drew huge

780
00:54:30,906 --> 00:54:35,241
crowds and yeah there was police officers there but the only ones ever doing it was

781
00:54:35,331 --> 00:54:38,001
us the fire department was doing the majority of the work.

782
00:54:38,422 --> 00:54:40,221
Not to say that the Lions Club weren't

783
00:54:41,902 --> 00:54:45,531
good backs to the fire department they would do stuff for us but it's got to be a

784
00:54:45,591 --> 00:54:47,661
joint effort I would say between

785
00:54:48,951 --> 00:54:54,531
a representative from the fire department, the village and the organizer of the

786
00:54:54,591 --> 00:54:58,071
event to figure out what's going to be done by who

787
00:54:59,709 --> 00:55:05,589
And what the village wants, there's insurance

788
00:55:05,679 --> 00:55:10,660
matters into it. So the villages have to be on board with it.

789
00:55:11,650 --> 00:55:14,440
I think the village requires proof of insurance from the-

790
00:55:14,559 --> 00:55:18,489
I believe so, yeah. I would think so. Yeah. And they charge a fee too.

791
00:55:18,729 --> 00:55:18,969
Yeah.

792
00:55:19,359 --> 00:55:20,169
Also like $500.

793
00:55:20,229 --> 00:55:23,664
A fee for it. But again-

794
00:55:24,429 --> 00:55:30,384
That simply in my mind that fee should go to the company to offset some

795
00:55:30,429 --> 00:55:30,639
of the-

796
00:55:30,894 --> 00:55:34,750
Well you have to see what the village is going to commit.

797
00:55:34,794 --> 00:55:34,794
Personnel?

798
00:55:35,500 --> 00:55:39,729
I'm not paying them personnel and listen whatever and go back to the fire

799
00:55:39,789 --> 00:55:42,565
department. Listen, I support wholeheartedly but

800
00:55:44,019 --> 00:55:48,684
it might have to be more than $500. Again, that's something the village would have

801
00:55:48,699 --> 00:55:52,119
to work out, I think, with the organizer.

802
00:55:53,619 --> 00:55:57,459
If they only wanted 500, I would say the 500 should go to the fire department.

803
00:55:57,833 --> 00:56:03,369
And if they're going to absorb the cost with the PD or whoever their personnel then

804
00:56:03,639 --> 00:56:07,299
that's their responsibility, that's their option.

805
00:56:07,329 --> 00:56:12,280
But the fire department should get something out of it because as Mike said night

806
00:56:12,309 --> 00:56:17,949
before day listen we've done a lot of them and it takes time and people.

807
00:56:19,644 --> 00:56:21,549
So that's my recommendation.

808
00:56:22,209 --> 00:56:27,924
It's a tricky and sticky situation, right? So it's a village building.

809
00:56:28,554 --> 00:56:28,614
Mm-hmm.

810
00:56:28,614 --> 00:56:31,269
Right? Volunteers are there

811
00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:36,669
for fire duty related activities.

812
00:56:37,809 --> 00:56:41,394
So sure the village can say we're going to use the building but then

813
00:56:42,819 --> 00:56:47,049
the volunteers don't-- Are not required to participate.

814
00:56:47,559 --> 00:56:49,449
mm-hmm. Again that would have to be-

815
00:56:49,959 --> 00:56:52,089
So what are they going to do send the mechanic to move the rigs?

816
00:56:52,359 --> 00:56:53,949
What about all the personal stuff?

817
00:56:54,009 --> 00:56:54,639
You know s-

818
00:56:55,690 --> 00:57:00,625
I think it would have to be a joint conversation between maybe the fire chief and

819
00:57:00,639 --> 00:57:06,144
the president of the company, the organizer and somebody from the building.

820
00:57:06,190 --> 00:57:12,099
But I think what we're looking for, or what I understand we're looking for is a

821
00:57:12,129 --> 00:57:12,879
policy.

822
00:57:12,910 --> 00:57:16,359
Policy. Well specific to that building.

823
00:57:16,419 --> 00:57:22,239
So the village does have policies, right? For use of their properties.

824
00:57:22,299 --> 00:57:27,309
Using that building is much different than using the pavilion at the riverfront.

825
00:57:27,489 --> 00:57:27,940
Correct.

826
00:57:30,190 --> 00:57:32,379
I think it's some of the same concerns about

827
00:57:33,910 --> 00:57:39,280
nobody uses the Village Hall or the Village PD for events or the

828
00:57:39,339 --> 00:57:39,969
DPW.

829
00:57:41,559 --> 00:57:46,900
and again we're not opposed I agree It's just That's not the point The point is how

830
00:57:46,929 --> 00:57:48,190
do we do it How do we do it

831
00:57:49,660 --> 00:57:52,509
so that it gets pulled off Um...

832
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:58,929
so you two months because it's the end of October 26th 25th

833
00:58:00,099 --> 00:58:00,400
so

834
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:04,254
and this event has happened in the past Right yes Mm-hmm

835
00:58:05,410 --> 00:58:11,319
yeah and typically and to be quite honest the the organizer was kind of

836
00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:16,750
shocked that they had to go through the Village Hall this year Approach the company

837
00:58:16,780 --> 00:58:17,739
were told In the past

838
00:58:19,569 --> 00:58:22,989
personally they've approached my wife and whatnot because they're friends

839
00:58:24,309 --> 00:58:26,109
um so

840
00:58:29,949 --> 00:58:31,000
this

841
00:58:32,229 --> 00:58:37,089
President's memo was shared with us present It was not shared with the village

842
00:58:37,179 --> 00:58:37,539
board

843
00:58:41,019 --> 00:58:44,619
Very well written Is there any reason not to share it with the village board as is?

844
00:58:45,069 --> 00:58:48,549
I think we should send it off to the village board but with a memo with our

845
00:58:48,579 --> 00:58:54,099
recommendations to establish a coordination uh between all parties that would have

846
00:58:54,129 --> 00:58:59,619
a stake in the event first and foremost being the Fire Company

847
00:59:00,069 --> 00:59:04,449
and the impact on operations and membership

848
00:59:07,509 --> 00:59:07,509
.

849
00:59:15,639 --> 00:59:15,910
We

850
00:59:17,949 --> 00:59:22,449
fully support the community and all these events and we're unique in that Our fire

851
00:59:22,479 --> 00:59:27,669
company is on the main drag so it's hub Of the community People look towards

852
00:59:29,319 --> 00:59:35,184
whether it be the tree lighting or a race or Yeah Or

853
00:59:35,229 --> 00:59:35,709
whatnot

854
00:59:41,769 --> 00:59:47,650
If you recall commissioner This is a conversation that's been going on for A year

855
00:59:47,919 --> 00:59:49,269
Year and a half Two years now

856
00:59:54,190 --> 00:59:58,854
See thats part of the problem Not just with this one We've been talking about

857
00:59:58,900 --> 01:00:02,650
things and There's been no decision made On what they want to do

858
01:00:03,190 --> 01:00:08,769
Some decision Has to be made On how They're Going To handle

859
01:00:09,009 --> 01:00:10,329
XYZ Because

860
01:00:12,219 --> 01:00:15,160
I Agree We talk About it So

861
01:00:17,410 --> 01:00:18,759
i Say throw it To Them

862
01:00:20,619 --> 01:00:22,389
Their Building Their Property

863
01:00:24,849 --> 01:00:25,389
All right

864
01:00:27,250 --> 01:00:27,879
Anyone Else

865
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:32,349
Maybe Kirk Can Do That Memo

866
01:00:33,759 --> 01:00:38,799
Oh Yep Each Get A Memo One Memo For You Another One For You Another One For You

867
01:00:40,389 --> 01:00:46,269
Alright Thank You I Appreciate All The Input

868
01:00:46,389 --> 01:00:49,209
On Dragongoing Business Uh We Covered The Pump And Tanker

869
01:00:52,329 --> 01:00:54,069
Buildings And Grounds Maintenance

870
01:00:57,129 --> 01:00:58,959
And The Two

871
01:01:00,429 --> 01:01:02,619
That Have Been Here Forever Goals And Priorities

872
01:01:03,849 --> 01:01:04,944
Policies And Guidelines

873
01:01:06,639 --> 01:01:10,449
Does anyone Have Anything In Addition For Any Of Those

874
01:01:12,219 --> 01:01:17,169
The thing I would have is how are we going to meet now since we took the summer off

875
01:01:17,229 --> 01:01:21,549
yep mm-hmm and the village sort of gave guidelines that they didn't think we should

876
01:01:21,609 --> 01:01:23,844
meet monthly which

877
01:01:23,844 --> 01:01:27,938
Which thought about and that was started by Rich Gayard He was on the village board

878
01:01:27,969 --> 01:01:31,750
and we met monthly correct So that Was Why We Were Meeting Monthly

879
01:01:32,019 --> 01:01:33,819
Correct so

880
01:01:35,530 --> 01:01:37,629
make a motion that we meet quarterly

881
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:44,650
and if any business comes up during that an e-we can have an a meeting scheduled

882
01:01:45,669 --> 01:01:45,773
Would

883
01:01:45,789 --> 01:01:51,669
that need to Be Special Meeting Or Just Make The Schedule Quarterly And Then Have

884
01:01:51,729 --> 01:01:53,125
The Flexibility To Have

885
01:01:53,125 --> 01:01:58,959
Have The flexibility Between That Quarter Something That Chief

886
01:01:58,989 --> 01:02:04,509
Has To Bring Up Or Some Emergency Business We Schedule A Meeting And Deal With The

887
01:02:04,599 --> 01:02:04,959
Issue

888
01:02:05,259 --> 01:02:09,789
i Think Thats Reasonable Is There Any Notice That We'Re Required To Have As Far As

889
01:02:09,819 --> 01:02:14,125
The Meeting Goes Like X Amount Of Days Timeline Yes Before We Have The Meeting

890
01:02:14,125 --> 01:02:18,819
Yes The Public Meeting Law Says That They Have To Post It So I Have To Get An

891
01:02:18,879 --> 01:02:24,429
Agenda I Have To Get The Clerk An agenda In Enough Time To Post It On The Website

892
01:02:24,459 --> 01:02:29,169
And Social Media Its Typically

893
01:02:30,940 --> 01:02:35,229
Friday Before Monday Meetings So For This Week It Was

894
01:02:37,059 --> 01:02:42,819
Tuesday For Thursday Meeting So Wou-I Would Say 48 Hours Is I Think

895
01:02:42,879 --> 01:02:44,139
Would Satisfy Them

896
01:02:45,879 --> 01:02:47,769
Since Surely Attorneys Go With That Right

897
01:02:47,829 --> 01:02:52,719
In That Motion Ill Make That The Meetings Are January April July And October

898
01:02:54,759 --> 01:02:58,794
You Pick Out The Date You Want If You Wanna Keep It The If You Wanna Go Before The

899
01:02:58,839 --> 01:02:59,514
Board Meeting

900
01:03:00,819 --> 01:03:01,269
Correct

901
01:03:03,039 --> 01:03:03,280
Now

902
01:03:03,609 --> 01:03:09,549
a question I do have is with the village fiscal year is anything

903
01:03:09,579 --> 01:03:15,069
that we need to Should it may be February I Don't Know Include March Meeting Or

904
01:03:15,849 --> 01:03:21,369
well if you do a january meeting budgets are usually discussed in that

905
01:03:21,459 --> 01:03:22,764
timeframe correctly mike

906
01:03:22,900 --> 01:03:28,059
yes so youre Talking January april Then What Are We Next To

907
01:03:28,449 --> 01:03:34,389
july and october Yes Between October You Can Start Your Budget Talks In

908
01:03:34,569 --> 01:03:40,509
October Internally here Once You Guys Get Set On budget And Then

909
01:03:40,569 --> 01:03:45,474
Th-the village Starts Their Budget Process November Ish December Correct And Then

910
01:03:45,489 --> 01:03:48,339
In January When They Finalize Things Okay

911
01:03:49,419 --> 01:03:55,030
you wanna do with the we were doing it on mondays but if you want take Whatever Guy

912
01:03:55,209 --> 01:03:59,319
Dont Care Personally Aprils Good Because Thats When They Have The Reward Meeting

913
01:04:01,155 --> 01:04:02,535
Probably won't be here for July.

914
01:04:04,035 --> 01:04:06,285
That's okay. I might not be here either.

915
01:04:07,065 --> 01:04:08,535
You can call it, that's fine.

916
01:04:09,645 --> 01:04:11,596
I probably will be.

917
01:04:11,655 --> 01:04:13,606
Do you want to pick another month or just leave it that way?

918
01:04:15,135 --> 01:04:15,766
If I could add-

919
01:04:16,455 --> 01:04:19,425
So if you want to keep the summer months out of it per se.

920
01:04:22,606 --> 01:04:23,715
So then you want to go...

921
01:04:27,375 --> 01:04:28,305
While he's contemplating.

922
01:04:28,365 --> 01:04:30,766
January, March, May.

923
01:04:32,505 --> 01:04:37,846
The only two things that I have is that the company holds elections of officers in

924
01:04:37,935 --> 01:04:38,356
April.

925
01:04:39,465 --> 01:04:40,170
We have to approve them all.

926
01:04:40,185 --> 01:04:42,990
You have to approve those. So if your April meeting

927
01:04:44,295 --> 01:04:49,155
maybe want to do that later in the month rather than in the beginning.

928
01:04:50,476 --> 01:04:55,905
And then the only thing is the election of members is the commission has to respond

929
01:04:55,920 --> 01:04:59,520
within 45 days of notification from the fire company on members.

930
01:05:00,016 --> 01:05:04,215
If there's no action taken from the fire commissioners, then it just goes back to

931
01:05:04,275 --> 01:05:08,805
the decision of the company. So that could just be hey, if we have a member you

932
01:05:08,865 --> 01:05:14,745
meet and you have a quick meeting and introduce him to the department but

933
01:05:14,775 --> 01:05:16,606
that's just couple things to keep in mind.

934
01:05:18,285 --> 01:05:18,555
Okay.

935
01:05:19,755 --> 01:05:23,596
Then I wrote let's do the meetings January and April.

936
01:05:24,045 --> 01:05:28,875
We do that April commissioner's meeting after the

937
01:05:29,596 --> 01:05:34,125
elections which is still the first Wednesday of April. Thomas?

938
01:05:34,290 --> 01:05:35,356
Mm-hmm. Yeah, it'll be the first week.

939
01:05:35,415 --> 01:05:35,955
It'll be-

940
01:05:36,705 --> 01:05:37,995
Yeah, it'd be April 7th.

941
01:05:39,330 --> 01:05:39,330
April 7th.

942
01:05:39,346 --> 01:05:44,266
And then we come back. We'll meet in September. Okay?

943
01:05:45,885 --> 01:05:45,900
Yep.

944
01:05:45,900 --> 01:05:49,155
And we'll have a year end meeting like in December.

945
01:05:49,305 --> 01:05:50,655
That would be four meetings for the year.

946
01:05:50,715 --> 01:05:51,375
Yeah, that works.

947
01:05:51,675 --> 01:05:54,705
In that December meeting budget will be talked and--

948
01:05:56,565 --> 01:06:00,346
That would be my recommendation if you want to keep the summers out of it which I

949
01:06:01,035 --> 01:06:01,695
would too.

950
01:06:02,445 --> 01:06:04,935
It's the longest commissioners meeting I've been to today

951
01:06:06,255 --> 01:06:06,255
.

952
01:06:09,465 --> 01:06:11,805
What do you think of that Commissioner?

953
01:06:12,405 --> 01:06:14,295
January, April, September, December?

954
01:06:14,535 --> 01:06:14,865
Yep.

955
01:06:22,215 --> 01:06:27,106
Okay, so that's the motion to meet quarterly in the months of January, April,

956
01:06:27,165 --> 01:06:28,395
September, and December.

957
01:06:30,226 --> 01:06:31,576
Is there a second?

958
01:06:31,726 --> 01:06:32,356
Make a second.

959
01:06:34,846 --> 01:06:36,165
Further discussion.

960
01:06:40,846 --> 01:06:45,405
So we're in September now, we wouldn't meet again until December unless--

961
01:06:47,895 --> 01:06:52,846
Can we get the company secretary to notify us?

962
01:06:52,935 --> 01:06:57,375
I think they may be going, I'm not positive, they may be going to the village

963
01:06:57,465 --> 01:06:57,856
clerk.

964
01:06:58,785 --> 01:06:59,505
Just copy us.

965
01:07:00,945 --> 01:07:02,505
Should they come from the village clerk?

966
01:07:02,655 --> 01:07:03,495
They should, yeah.

967
01:07:04,005 --> 01:07:08,356
To the back. So it should go Secretary Village Clerk Board of Fire Commissioners.

968
01:07:09,090 --> 01:07:09,346
Mm-hmm.

969
01:07:09,555 --> 01:07:09,856
Okay.

970
01:07:10,485 --> 01:07:13,846
we'll confirm with the company secretary.

971
01:07:13,905 --> 01:07:18,226
I know we've had that discussion in the past, but we'll confirm that.

972
01:07:18,285 --> 01:07:23,625
Now reason for that was what is it, 45 days if nothing by the board?

973
01:07:23,685 --> 01:07:24,690
No action by the board then-

974
01:07:24,856 --> 01:07:30,315
Right. That's an important piece of the puzzle we need to know and then-

975
01:07:30,405 --> 01:07:30,585
Yes..

976
01:07:32,295 --> 01:07:35,069
Just for clarification, if the company votes no on a member then there's really

977
01:07:35,115 --> 01:07:36,076
nothing for you guys to do.

978
01:07:36,090 --> 01:07:36,300
Correct.

979
01:07:36,391 --> 01:07:41,460
If there's a yes and you guys find there to be difficulty accepting the member into

980
01:07:41,460 --> 01:07:47,445
the department then that's the only reason why you really have to have a meeting.

981
01:07:49,785 --> 01:07:50,055
Okay.

982
01:07:56,101 --> 01:07:58,275
All right. All in favor?

983
01:07:58,875 --> 01:07:59,880
Aye. Aye.

984
01:07:59,895 --> 01:08:02,715
Motion carries. Any opposed?

985
01:08:05,266 --> 01:08:05,596
Okay.

986
01:08:08,445 --> 01:08:09,106
What else we got?

987
01:08:13,215 --> 01:08:14,295
Fair was a success.

988
01:08:15,945 --> 01:08:16,935
Even losing a day?

989
01:08:18,346 --> 01:08:18,615
Good.

990
01:08:19,995 --> 01:08:21,735
Was it more than a day wasn't it? You went-

991
01:08:21,885 --> 01:08:22,739
No this one night.

992
01:08:24,076 --> 01:08:25,860
Okay.

993
01:08:26,069 --> 01:08:28,726
Are the dates posted for next year yet?

994
01:08:30,465 --> 01:08:31,665
it's the same as last year.

995
01:08:33,915 --> 01:08:39,285
But we tend not announce them until after New Year because things may change.

996
01:08:40,275 --> 01:08:43,245
But I think next year you're going to have a new person running affair.

997
01:08:44,535 --> 01:08:45,645
I don't think I know.

998
01:08:49,096 --> 01:08:51,405
Right.

999
01:08:54,945 --> 01:08:55,545
Anything else?

1000
01:08:57,375 --> 01:08:59,955
I make a motion to adjourn this meeting.

1001
01:09:00,045 --> 01:09:00,795
Second.

1002
01:09:04,335 --> 01:09:04,935
All in favor?

1003
01:09:05,295 --> 01:09:06,090
Aye. Aye.

1004
01:09:06,106 --> 01:09:06,435
Thank you