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The regular
meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners was called to order
by Commissioner Hesse at 6:21 p.m. Present were: Commissioner
Gregory Hesse, Commissioner Lee Boling – via conference call,
Chief William Walkup, Deputy Chief Tony Nielsen, Deputy Chief
Lonnie Rash, Administrative Assistant Carol Trescott, and
members of the district. Commissioner Jonathan Ferraiuolo’s
absence was excused.
INTRODUCTIONS
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA
Chief Walkup
asked to amend the Agenda as follows:
- Table
Unfinished Business, Item A. - Ambulance Interlocal
Agreement
- Add an
Executive Session regarding matters of personnel and pending
litigation.
Motion:
Boling/Hesse to approve the Meeting Agenda as amended. The
motion carried unanimously.
APPROVAL OF
CONSENT AGENDA
Motion:
Boling/Hesse to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion
carried unanimously.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
A.
Ambulance Interlocal Agreement - Tabled
NEW BUSINESS
A. Brush Unit Bid Opening – Chief Walked informed the
board the district received four bids on the Request for Bids
for two new Brush Units.
Motion:
Boling/Hesse to refer bids on the Brush Units to staff for
review and compliance with set criteria and authorize staff to
select the lowest, most responsive bidder, as long as costs are
within the amount budgeted for in the 2008 budget. The
motion carried unanimously.
Amended
Motion: Boling/Hesse to authorize staff to proceed with the
purchase of two brush units if the costs are within the amount
allowed for in the 2008 budget. The motion carried
unanimously.
Chief Walkup
opened the sealed bids and read as follows:
- General
Fire Apparatus, Spokane, Washington
- Option
one, single cab $68,370.33
- Option
two, extended cab add $2,029.00.
- C.E.T.
Fire Pumps, Pierrville, Quebec, Canada
- Option
one, single cab $77,166.00
- Option
two, extended cab $79,216.00
- Cascade
Fire Equipment, Yakima, Washington
- Option
one, single cab $173,718.00 for two apparatus
- Option
two, extended cab $179,690.00 for two apparatus
- Danko
Emergency Equipment, Snyder, Nebraska
- Option
one, single cab $76,327.00
- Option
two, extended cab $78,329.00
The
commissioners asked Chief Walkup to inform the board of final
results after staff has fully reviewed each bid.
B. Communications Ballot Measure – Spokane County
Commissioners previously ran a ballot measure in 2007 for the
purchase of new equipment to replace the obsolete communications
systems currently used by law enforcement and fire personnel,
and to restore the crime check program for city and county
residents. That measure failed by 253 votes. The county
commissioners are considering putting the measure back on the
ballot and have asked affected area agencies for their support
of the proposition. Spokane County Fire Commissioners
Association has already taken action to do so. Chief Walkup
read SCFD8 Resolution 08-03, Endorsement of Ballot Proposition,
and asked the board for their consideration of the endorsement
and to take action as they deem appropriate.
Commissioner
Boling expressed his support of the resolution and shared his
belief that the other members of the board were supportive as
well.
Commissioner
Hesse was in agreement.
Motion:
Hesse/Boling to endorse and sign Resolution 08-03, Endorsement
of Ballot Proposition. The motion carried unanimously.
EXECUTIVE
REPORT
A. Ballot
Title – Chief Walkup reported he received confirmation from
the county prosecutor that language in the district’s ballot
title has been reviewed. The prosecutor suggested very subtle
minor changes for the district’s consideration. The chief felt
those changes strengthened the ballot title, and as previously
authorized by the board, directed the prosecutor to submit the
ballot, with changes, to the elections office for the April 22nd
election.
C. Annexation Legislation – Chief Walkup announced that
HB2483, a bill that would lower the direct annexation petition
method for code cities from 75% to 60% of the assessed valuation
of the property, has failed. Chief Walkup reported Senator Bob
McCaslin and Representative Pam Roach introduced amendments to
the bill in both the Senate and House. The amendments stated if
the percentage were to be reduced from 75% to 60% of assessed
value, there would also be a requirement to gather signatures
from 50% of the population and not necessarily from the
developer who signed away those rights in order to obtain
covenants on the property. As a result the bill died.
D. Station 82 Update – Chief Walkup reported the district
is currently waiting to receive drawings from the structural
engineer and architect. Estimates for the roof repair are
required in order to compare costs of replacing the roof as it
was previously constructed with those of a different design.
Belfor Construction has scaffolding in place and is ready to
begin work as soon as the district receives that information.
The chief will contact board members as soon as he receives the
cost estimates and may request a special meeting in order to
keep the project moving forward.
D. Staff
Vehicle Insurance – Chief Walkup received information from
the district’s insurance carrier on the issue of staff vehicle
insurance for a privately-owned vehicle as discussed in a
previous meeting. The chief has a written synopsis of his
findings, and the information from Nicholson & Associates, and
will forward electronically to Commissioners Boling and
Ferraiuolo for their review.
CORRESPONDENCE
1)
Thank you letter from Reg and Sandi Hulbert
2)
Thank you letter to Spokane County Fire District 4
3)
City of Spokane regarding Public Records Request
4)
Thank you letter from Lee Roy McMillan
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Spokane
County Fire Commissioners Association meeting is March 13,
2008, 7:00 pm, at SCFD8, Station 81. Tom Mattern, Emergency
Services, is scheduled as guest speaker.
- The
regular meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners for April
will be moved to accommodate scheduling conflicts. A formal
announcement will be posted when the date and time is
confirmed.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION
The
commissioners broke for Executive Session at 6:50 pm to discuss
matters of personnel and pending litigation. No action is
expected to be taken during Executive Session.
The meeting was
called back to order at 7:10 pm.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further
business, Commissioner Hesse adjourned the meeting at 7:10 pm.
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