KIMBALL TOWNSHIP FIRE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
FIRE STATION #1, 1970 ALLEN ROAD, KIMBALL, MI
REGULAR MEETING
DECEMBER 4, 2013
7:00 P.M.
Chairperson Baker opened the meeting at 7 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance.
PRESENT: Baker, Blaszczuk, Evans, Cooley.
ABSENT: Brisson
ALSO PRESENT: Assistant Chief Ed Gratz
I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Cooley motioned to approve the agenda as is supported by Evans. Motion Carried
II. PRESENTATION OF MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Blaszczuk: Page 3 at the bottom: Instead of “let the two guys retake the class”, it should read “let Chris D. and Kyle G. retake the class”.
Blaszczuk motioned to approve the minutes with the changes supported by Evans.
Motion Carried
III. COMMUNICATIONS
None
FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT
a. Manpower Report
22 active and one LOA
b. Trainee Report
Tyler Slyford is coming along fine and will be tested on his Blue Book tomorrow.
Billy Rothstine has been moved to Fire Fighter status instead of trainee as well as Joshua Samuelson.
Mike Smith will be moved to Fire Fighter 1 level.
Kyle Gratz has tested out but hasn’t taken his written test. That will be done in a couple of days with Tyler Slyford testing also.
c. Applications
Gratz did receive some but we can’t do new applications until the trainees we have are done.
Baker: How do the applications look?
Gratz: We have two promising applications to interview.
d. Request for Purchase and/or Training
None.
e. Budget:
Working on fire gear rotation as gear is getting old.
Radios are getting old. Will slowly need to replace with new ones. Won’t be able to find parts for them in a few years. We have 12 radios at $3,500 each and 8 at $2,500 each.
Hose nozzles are old.
Uniforms with policy depends on the budget.
E-1 rescue tools can’t be fully certified; spreader and cutters need to be replaced.
I pads for trucks and inspections; can’t be used with fire tools.
f. Run Report
20% of calls.
August: David B. was talked to. Chris D. is on medical leave. Paul P. was talked to about his percentage of runs. Ed would like to give him a month or so to get up to speed. Tyler and Smith were not running or weren’t on yet.
September: Barraco was out of town.
Cooley: What does Floyd Hubbard do now?
Gratz: He runs the radio, does paperwork and does training.
Baker: Any more interest in training him on the computers?
Gratz: He has no interest.
Baker: Was there an officers meeting?
Gratz: No.
Baker: Will there be one in December?
Gratz: I don’t know.
Meetings are on the fourth Monday of the month.
IV. OLD BUSINESS
a. Reimbursement
Reimbursement for the EMT class from Chris D., Kyle G. and Dave M. When will they be advised? Gratz don’t know.
Will bring back to the next meeting
b. Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wording needs to be taken care of.
Blaszczuk motioned to send the Drug and Alcohol Policy to the Kimball Township Board with the recommendation that they approve it supported by Evans. Motion Carried
Baker: When it is presented to the board the title is the Accident and Injury Policy.
c. Dress Code
Will bring back to the January meeting.
d. Run Reports
We will continue to review the Run Reports on a monthly basis. It will always be a month behind.
e. Red Books
Red Books are available at the fire stations. There is no need to print them.
f. Meetings
The Fire Administrative Board meeting will continue rotating from station #1 to station #2.
Evans motioned to move the meeting from the first Wednesday of the month to the second Wednesday of the month supported by Cooley. Motion Carried
V. NEW BUSINESS
a. Budget
Baker: Are we going to have a special meeting in December to go over the budget?
Tentative Budget Meeting: December 18 at 7:00 p.m. at Station 1.
b. Agenda Packets
Agenda packets will be in the Fire Administrative Board mailbox at the township office.
VI. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Cooley: Both stations on staff?
Gratz: Tuesday night it’s station 2. John has a schedule on taking care of the trash and other duties.
Evans: Is that usually people from station 2 that does that or it doesn’t matter?
Gratz: Nope, it doesn’t matter.
Blaszczuk: None
Baker: Wants to bounce around new ideas and go forward and pull the Fire Department up front and center.
Should we get gifts for Al Grabowski and Robert Rutkofske?
VII. ADJOURNMENT
Cooley motioned to adjourn meeting at 7:50 p.m., supported by Evans. Motion Carried
Submitted by,
Nicole Blaszczuk, Secretary
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