[0:01] I'd like to call the Tango Parish Rule

[0:04] Fire Protection 2 um

[0:08] board to call to order meeting for March

[0:12] 23rd.

[0:15] » Roll call please.

[0:17] » Mr. Sager

[0:18] » Here.

[0:18] » Mr. Graia

[0:19] » Here.

[0:19] » Mr. Joseph here.

[0:20] » Mr. Havis

[0:22] » Here.

[0:22] » Mr. Richtor. Mr. Mayu. Mr. Wells here.

[0:25] » Mr. Vial here.

[0:26] » Miss Hy here.

[0:27] » Miss Sat here.

[0:29] » Okay. Okay. Anyone wishing to address

[0:31] any item on the agenda?

[0:45] » All right. Adoption of minutes u from

[0:47] the meeting dated February 23rd. Um

[0:51] everybody had time to look over.

[0:52] » I so move.

[0:53] » I second.

[0:54] » So we got a motion by Miss K.

[0:58] Good.

[0:59] » Good evening everybody

[1:02] » To the Hustler Fire Department.

[1:05] » Turn to Michael.

[1:07] » You need a motion.

[1:10] » I'll make a motion.

[1:13] » And I'll second.

[1:15] » So we got motion by Mr. Engrai and a

[1:18] second by Mr. Joseph.

[1:21] » Mr. Joseph.

[1:22] » Yes.

[1:22] » Mr. Havis.

[1:24] » Yes.

[1:24] » Mr. Richel. Mr. Mayu. Yes.

[1:26] » Mr. Wells. Yes. Mr. Val.

[1:28] » Yes. Miss Hyde,

[1:29] » Yes.

[1:29] » Miss Sat,

[1:30] » Yes.

[1:30] » Mr. Sagra, yes.

[1:31] » Mr. Graia,

[1:32] » Yes.

[1:36] » Okay. And next is the monthly reports.

[1:38] We went over them in the finance

[1:40] committee. Um, we will be setting

[1:42] meetings up with the chiefs to go over

[1:43] their budgets. Um, whether they have an

[1:46] overage or an underage. Um, we'll go in

[1:48] there and discuss all that with them.

[1:51] Other than that, we're some of them are

[1:53] trending high. reason why we want to set

[1:55] meetings for them. We're in this first

[1:56] quarter, so we're going to sit down with

[1:59] them and go over it and see where we're

[2:00] at.

[2:02] » And that's all I have.

[2:05] » Okay, we need a motion to approve the

[2:08] monthly budget and check registers.

[2:10] Everybody had time to

[2:13] » Yeah, I I'll make that motion.

[2:18] » Motion by Mr. Havis, second by Mr. Mayu.

[2:21] » Mr. Havis.

[2:23] » Yes.

[2:23] » Mr. Richto,

[2:24] » Mr. Mayu, Mr. Wells, Mr. Vial, yes, Miss

[2:27] Hyde, yes,

[2:28] » Miss Cotat, yes, Mr. Sagra, Mr. Engra,

[2:30] yes,

[2:31] » Mr. Joseph,

[2:32] » Uh, let me say before I vote, that there

[2:34] were, David, correct me if I'm wrong,

[2:36] four fire department that had overages,

[2:39] right?

[2:39] » Yes, sir.

[2:40] » And he's going to meet with those fire

[2:41] department, those chiefs individually.

[2:44] But I suggested that if it's possible,

[2:48] whichever council member is in that

[2:50] district, you might want to invite them

[2:52] as well.

[2:53] » Oh, we are.

[2:54] » Okay. All right. Yes.

[2:56] » So, I have a question. We had

[2:58] departments with overages at the end of

[3:00] the year, correct? Are these the same

[3:02] departments that are already trending to

[3:04] be over for this year?

[3:05] » Um, they're all they're Yes, those plus

[3:10] a couple of other ones are starting to

[3:11] trend a little bit more. So, we're want

[3:13] to get ahead the ones that still have

[3:16] some money in their banks, in their

[3:17] capital, but try to get them back in

[3:20] line with that. And the ones that are

[3:21] overages, we just got to sit down and

[3:23] talk to them, see what what they can do.

[3:32] » And and and Bridget, just just to let

[3:34] you know that uh it's it's mostly

[3:39] what's turning up. Um, I I don't know

[3:42] what we're going to do to fix this, but

[3:44] it's a serious problem that the whole

[3:46] fire department has, and it's I don't

[3:49] think it's no fault of anybody in this

[3:50] room. It's just it is what it is. We got

[3:53] to figure out a way to try to fix it.

[3:56] » David, are we making any progress on the

[3:58] things that we had uh

[4:01] have to implement to try to help manage

[4:04] our insurance rates in the future?

[4:08] » Yes. So, he is shopping our insurance

[4:11] right now. Um, I asked last week to get

[4:14] all the drivers and driver's license

[4:16] numbers to get it to them because I'm

[4:18] pretty sure they were running MVRs.

[4:21] Didn't get them all. I just got some

[4:22] today. So, you know,

[4:25] got when information's asked for, we

[4:27] need to get it in. That's the problem.

[4:30] But, we got some of it in. Um,

[4:32] » Why aren't we getting it in?

[4:33] » I don't know. It seems like it takes

[4:36] forever to get some information.

[4:37] » Certain chiefs, not chief. I mean, we

[4:38] need to sit them down and talk with them

[4:40] just like we do with budgets. I mean, we

[4:41] have to get this information. I have no

[4:43] idea what chiefs you're talking about,

[4:44] it doesn't matter to me.

[4:46] » But this information is critical. I

[4:47] mean, the money we're spending on

[4:49] insurance now is just out of control.

[4:51] Yes.

[4:51] » And if we can't even get the chief to

[4:53] cooperate and send us the information we

[4:55] need, then we need to sit these guys

[4:57] down and, you know, give them an

[4:58] ultimatum

[4:59] » 100%.

[5:01] » Um, so on the driving, we did have a

[5:03] couple infractions. Um, and I told them

[5:06] I need to have some kind of We went over

[5:08] the SOGS. You got level one, twos, and

[5:11] threes. Level two is not wearing a seat

[5:13] belt. What's the consequences? That's

[5:16] where the chiefs need to get together

[5:17] and they need to come up with

[5:18] consequences. I need that to give to the

[5:20] insurance company. Um, I talked to the

[5:23] insurance company, told them if the

[5:25] carrier sees the infractions on the

[5:26] cameras that it's being handled right

[5:28] now, and then I'm working on getting

[5:30] that to them if they happen to see it.

[5:33] Um the next step to me would have been

[5:36] to ban them from driving any firet truck

[5:38] in Tangville Parish. I'm not going to

[5:40] have two two or three people threaten

[5:42] all the whole parish. Either the

[5:44] insurance goes up or they drop us.

[5:46] » So chiefs are supposed to have a cheese

[5:49] meeting. They're going to get together

[5:50] and they're going to come up with

[5:51] whatever the consequences for breaking a

[5:53] level two is.

[5:54] » That's where it needs to come from.

[5:56] Needs to come from the chiefs. Okay.

[5:57] That's

[5:58] » Because I can't I can't risk losing

[5:59] insurance for a couple of people. and

[6:02] David. Yeah. If we don't get it correct,

[6:04] we looking another $200,000 or more.

[6:08] » Yeah.

[6:09] » So, I'm steadfast on that part of it.

[6:12] And I need some information and I need I

[6:15] I need the information.

[6:16] » Mhm.

[6:17] » And and it's the same thing with the

[6:19] motor uh the motor vehicle uh the

[6:21] background checks for the the DMV. I

[6:24] mean, if they can't supply with a DMV,

[6:25] then they can't drive a truck. I don't I

[6:28] I don't know what else to do. I mean,

[6:30] that's it's

[6:32] That's why I'm I'm almost positive

[6:34] because they're shopping the carriers. I

[6:36] guarantee you they probably, which I

[6:37] haven't talked to them lately, but they

[6:39] wanted that information to run MVR on

[6:41] guys

[6:42] » To see if they're even supposed to be

[6:43] driving

[6:44] » Because they are looking at the risk.

[6:48] » Well, yeah, it's all part of it. I mean,

[6:50] » Now in in in the whole scheme of things,

[6:52] it the cameras have helped. We've had

[6:55] we've definitely changed a good trend

[6:57] going forward. It's just seems to be

[7:00] some just

[7:01] So buck the system.

[7:02] » You know, some it takes time to change

[7:03] behaviors,

[7:05] » Right?

[7:05] » But if some people don't conform, I

[7:07] mean, the chiefs need to come up with

[7:08] the rules, not us.

[7:09] » But if they can't conform, they don't

[7:11] need to be driving the truck. I'm sorry.

[7:12] It's the way it is.

[7:13] » We definitely trending in the right

[7:14] direction. So, but now we've done hit

[7:16] these little bumps and we need to fix

[7:17] those bumps, too.

[7:18] » Sounds good. Thank you.

[7:19] » And that meeting's on the 30th.

[7:21] » Yes.

[7:21] » So, we'll Okay.

[7:26] » We got a

[7:28] » The eighth eighth war truck.

[7:32] Yes, I asked to amend the agenda. We had

[7:34] a donation came in from Slidell Fire

[7:36] Department to Chief Buyers. Um it

[7:39] actually came in I think Wednesday. Um

[7:42] so we already had the agenda set and

[7:44] everything was in motion. Um he's going

[7:47] to use it for a med truck so we don't

[7:48] have to run fire trucks up and down the

[7:50] road for medical calls. So he got it

[7:53] donated from slot L. So I'm asking that

[7:55] we amend the motion. Amend the agenda to

[7:57] accept that.

[7:58] » I'll make a motion to amend. I'll

[8:00] second.

[8:01] » So, we got a motion by Miss Hyde and a

[8:03] second by Mr. Havis

[8:06] » To amend the agenda.

[8:08] » Roll call.

[8:09] » Roll call.

[8:10] » Mr. May,

[8:11] » Yes.

[8:12] » Mr. Wells, yes.

[8:13] » Mr. Vial,

[8:13] » Yes.

[8:14] » Miss Hyde,

[8:15] » Yes.

[8:15] » Miss Cotapat, yes.

[8:17] » Mr. Sager, yes. Mr. Graphian, yes.

[8:19] » Mr. Joseph, yes.

[8:19] » Mr. Havis, yes.

[8:20] » Mr. Richmond,

[8:22] » Now we need a motion to donate to

[8:24] approve the donation.

[8:25] » All right. So, what And

[8:27] » It's a 2008. What is it?

[8:29] » Suburban.

[8:30] » 2008 Suburban. So, we need a motion

[8:34] » To approve it.

[8:34] » To approve the donation from Slideel to

[8:38] Eighth Ward 2008 Suburban.

[8:41] » I'll make the motion.

[8:42] » Second.

[8:43] » Dave. David, what are you going to use

[8:44] that for? What are you going to use?

[8:47] Medical. Okay.

[8:49] » To help keep his big engines off the

[8:51] road.

[8:54] » All right.

[8:54] » Motion by Mr. Havis and a second by

[8:59] » Mr. Val. Roll call, please.

[9:01] » Mr. Wells,

[9:02] » Yes.

[9:02] » Mr. Val,

[9:03] » Yes.

[9:03] » Miss Hyde, yes.

[9:04] » Miss Sat, yes. Mr. Sagra, yes. Mr.

[9:06] Graia, yes. Mr. Joseph, yes. Mr. Havis,

[9:09] yes.

[9:09] » Mr. Richtor, Mr. Mayu,

[9:11] » Yes.

[9:14] » Okay.

[9:14] » Thank you.

[9:15] » Done.

[9:17] » All right. Other fire matters. M.

[9:19] Johnny.

[9:25] Uh, thank you, Mr. President. Um, I'd

[9:27] like the board to know that uh in 2024

[9:32] we had to spend some overtime for

[9:33] Hurricane Francine.

[9:35] We just we spent $9,242.19.

[9:40] We just got a reimbursement from this

[9:41] for this overtime.

[9:43] » Good.

[9:43] » So, I'm going to present this check to

[9:45] the fire administrator and I would like

[9:46] it to be put back in my payroll budget

[9:49] as possible.

[9:51] » Seems reasonable to me. Okay.

[9:54] » And um my secretary, my volunteer

[9:58] secretary, she she's trained in in

[10:00] getting these reimbursements.

[10:01] » So, I'd like to bring up next fireboard

[10:04] meeting. Introduce you to her because

[10:08] you know, Ida, we got reimbursed. Every

[10:11] department didn't get it. That's a lot

[10:13] of money we could recoup.

[10:16] So,

[10:17] » Yeah.

[10:17] » Yep. I agree.

[10:18] » Definitely.

[10:19] » Thank y'all.

[10:21] » All right. Thank you.

[10:26] any commissioner's privileges.

[10:29] » Um, yes, I would like to say something.

[10:31] Is Chief Joiner, he left? I don't know

[10:33] where he went.

[10:37] » Okay. Um, so two weeks ago while we were

[10:40] here uh for council, Twin Steeples in

[10:42] Ponchatula was struck by lightning and

[10:45] um I just wanted to thank Chief Joiner,

[10:48] his crew, anybody and everybody that

[10:50] went out there. Um I believe that that

[10:54] fire department saved that building. And

[10:57] so I just wanted to thank them and

[10:59] recognize them. Of course, it was being

[11:01] videoed by people, so it was put on

[11:04] Facebook, but it was great to see you

[11:06] guys in action. Um, your swift response,

[11:09] I believe, saved that building from

[11:11] being destroyed. So, just wanted to

[11:12] recognize Chief Joiner, his crew, and if

[11:15] any of you guys and your crew were out

[11:16] there as well, thank you so much.

[11:21] » Okay, anybody else?

[11:23] » Uh, straight up.

[11:25] Um at the salt conference it was

[11:28] announced that council member from

[11:31] Ponhatula

[11:33] on the punchula city council lost his

[11:35] wife Mr. Tuma.

[11:38] » Yeah. So on behalf of parish government

[11:40] we extend our condolences simply to to

[11:43] Mr. Melvin.

[11:44] » Yeah.

[11:47] Did did you know her straighter?

[11:49] » I did and I haven't heard any

[11:51] information about her services.

[11:53] » Okay.

[11:53] » So yeah. That's good. That means they

[11:55] probably

[11:58] » Okay. Motion to adjurnn.

[12:00] » Mr. Origal.

[12:02] » I got one more.

[12:03] » Jill stuffed that financial disclosure

[12:05] in here. So, y'all be sure to check this

[12:08] that time again.

[12:09] » Oh, yes.

[12:11] » Look at it. It's way in the back

[12:12] » In the Manila. Manila

[12:15] » Way back there.

[12:16] » Y'all be sure to bring that home.

[12:17] » Get it filled out.

[12:20] » All right, y'all.

Tangipahoa Parish Fire Board | March 23, 2026

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