Spokane County Fire District No. 12

I.  CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Ron Tee called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. at the Waverly Town Hall.  Commissioners present at the meeting were: Ron Tee, and Tom Pottratz (Gregg Wernz arrived during the meeting). Also present was Kynda Browning, Secretary; Cindy Carlson and Don Evans, Fire Chief. 

II.  APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES: The minutes from the, March 22, 2016, commissioner meeting were presented. Ron Tee made a motion to approve the March 22, 2016, commissioner meeting minutes presented. Tom Pottratz seconded the motion; all commissioners voted yes.

III.  PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPEALS, COMMUNICATIONS, ETC: There were none.

IV.  REPORTS FROM STAFF:

Don Evans reported:

~DNR has a 50% off sale on wild land gear, ordered 6 sets, will cost around $600.

~Training with District 8 for wild land - trying to do on a quarterly basis.

~DNR - District 2 is getting rid of their ambulances.  They will sell the newer one and the 4-wheel drive rig will be given back to DNR.  DNR will give it to us after we do some paperwork.

~Bought a labeler to label compartments in the brush rigs and for some equipment.

~Had an EDIP class (emergency vehicle incident prevention).

~Have a group of people that have been responding for District 2 - so they joined District 2 so they would be covered for insurance.

~EMT's have all passed their tests.  There will be a graduation dinner at Zythum's the 22nd at 6:00 p.m.  No host - $20.00 a head.

~We will pay the EMT's the $1500 for passing the EMT class.

~12-2 had to have the carborator rebuilt.

~12-3 had to have the fusible link fixed.

Cindy Carlson reported:

~ we will be getting the pre-hospital grant again.

~ bought stethoscopes and blood pressure cuffs for the EMT's.

V.  OLD BUSINESS:

A.  POLICY MANUAL: The commissioners made changes to the EMT certification.  Browning will make changes and present it at the June meeting.

VI.  APPROVAL OF ANNUAL REPORT:  Browning presented the 2015 Annual Report to the commissioners for approval.  After reviewing it, Ron Tee made a motion to approve the 2015 Annual Report as presented. Tom Pottratz seconded the motion; all commissioners voted yes.

VII.  PRESENTATION OF VOUCHERS, WARRANTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS: Payroll voucher numbers 21864 through 21865, and 21871 through 21874 totaling $5,956.12 and voucher numbers 21866 through 21870 totaling $1,588.39 were presented to the Commissioners for approval. They also approved bills from April when a meeting was not held.  Payroll voucher numbers 21857 through 21859 totaling $464.75 and voucher numbers 21860 through 21863 totaling $1,525.45. Ron Tee made a motion to approve the bills for April and May as presented. Gregg Wernz seconded the motion; all commissioners voted yes.

VIII.  ADJOURNMENT: Ron Tee made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:40 p.m. Gregg Wernz seconded the motion; all commissioners voted yes.

APPROVED:

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Gregg Wernz

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Ron Tee - Commissioner

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Tom Pottratz - Commissioner                                                                                                

ATTEST:

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Kynda Browning – Secretary