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The regular
meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners was called to order
by Board Chair Hesse at 6:00 p.m. Present were: Commissioner
Greg Hesse, Commissioner Lee Boling, Commissioner Jonathan
Ferraiuolo, Chief William Walkup, Deputy Chief Dan Blystone,
Deputy Chief Tony Nielsen, Deputy Chief Lonnie Rash,
Administrative Assistant Carol Trescott, and members of the
district.
Commissioner
Hesse amended the meeting Agenda as follows:
1)
Oath of Office for Commissioner Ferraiuolo moved from New
Business to immediately following the Pledge of Allegiance.
2)
Add New Business, Item D, Seminar for Newly Elected
Officials.
3)
Add one item to the Executive Session.
Commissioner
Boling also requested adding discussion regarding the Chelan
seminar to New Business, Item D.
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
OATH OF
OFFICE – Board Chair, Commissioner Hesse, administered the
Oath of Office to Commissioner Jonathan Ferraiuolo affirming his
election as fire commissioners in the November, 2007 General
Election.
APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA
Motion:
Boling/Ferraiuolo 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
None
NEW BUSINESS
A. Oath of Office – Item moved after the Pledge of
Allegiance
B. Chair Position – Commissioner Ferraiuolo asked that
this item be tabled. Commissioner Hesse questioned the request
and, after hearing from Commissioner Ferraiuolo relative to his
thoughts Commissioner Hesse tabled the item.
C. Process for Adding Items to the Meeting Agenda –
Commissioner Hesse initiated discussion on the procedure for
placing items on the meeting agenda. After prior review of
district policy, he stated any of the commissioners were allowed
to add items to the agenda, but felt out of fairness to all
commissioners if an item were to be placed on the agenda both
the chief and the board chair should be notified.
Commissioner
Ferraiuolo asked for clarification as to whether Commissioner
Hesse wanted the chief and chair to be copied in on new agenda
items for notice, or to be consulted for approval before new
items are placed on the meeting agenda.
As a member of
the Washington State Fire Commissioners Association Education
Committee, Commissioner Boling said he was aware this was an
issue facing other boards as well. He said in past practice in the
fire district any member of the board could notify the district
secretary who would then add the item to the agenda. He
requested that all three commissioners attend the Washington
Fire Commissioner Association’s seminar in Chelan this May. He
also respectfully requested that all three commissioners go
through the Ethics for Fire Commissioners Policies and
Procedures. Because of the upcoming seminar in May, he
recommended remaining status quo until after they attended that
training. Commissioner Boling said after that time, and with
the guidance of a facilitator, the board could schedule a
workshop to develop policies and procedures for current and
future District 8 commissioners.
Chief Walkup
said at times when he is asked to add an item to the agenda he
may not know the rationale behind the request. He can add an
item to the agenda but may not be able to explain it if asked.
Commissioner
Ferraiuolo said he sees all three commissioners as equals with
an equal say and an equal vote. He felt if any of the
commissioners thought an item should be on the agenda he had no
problem with conveying that information to the district
secretary and copying anyone else in on the request. He said
his responsibility is to notify the district secretary when he
wants something placed on the agenda and the district
secretary’s job is to send out notice which is done through the
meeting packets.
Chief Walkup
reminded the board that the agenda they receive is a draft until
they take action during the meeting to approve it. He said if
any of the three commissioners feels there is not enough
background information for discussion of a specific item they
can always chose not to approve the agenda or table an item at
the time of approval. The chief added one of the actions they
take each meeting is to approve the meeting agenda and items can
be added or deleted at that time.
D. Seminar for Newly Elected Officials and Appointed &
Experienced Commissioners – Commissioner Hesse reminded the
board of the Chelan Seminar in May for Newly Elected Officials
and Appointed and Experienced Commissioners. He said the class
was informational and material presented was excellent for
commissioners. He highly recommended they all attend.
EXECUTIVE
REPORT
A. Planning
Workshop – Chief Walkup presented the board with materials
for their planning workshop scheduled for 9:00 am, Friday,
January 11th. He informed the board that the packet
would explain the issues and provide background information in
order to make their time during the planning session valuable.
B.
Legislative Workshop – Chief Walkup reminded the board of
the Legislative Workshop on January 24th.
Commissioner Hesse, Commissioner Boling and Chief Walkup are
scheduled to attend.
C. NW
Leadership Seminar – Chief Walkup asked for a headcount of
those who are planning to attend the NW Leadership Seminar in
Portland March 5, 6, & 7th. All three commissioners,
Chief Walkup, one staff member, and the president of the Local
have indicated they would like to attend. Commissioner Boling
asked that previous meeting minutes be reviewed to confirm they
had committed to sending a firefighter, lieutenant, or someone
from those ranks. If the Local chose to send their president he
felt that should be their decision. Chief Walkup said he would
review the minutes for record of that discussion.
Commissioner Boling said they had funding to send one individual
and wanted to confirm that they were in line with what was
previously discussed.
CORRESPONDENCE
1)
Public Records request
2)
Thank you from the Fire Protection Policy Board
3)
E-mail regarding alarm response statistics
4)
E-mail thank you for District 8 response
5)
Thank you regarding Santa visit
6)
Thank you from Centennial Middle School coaches and
players
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ˇ
County Fire Commissioners meeting, January 10,
2008, Percy’s Café Americana
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Planning Workshop, Friday, January 11, 2008, 9:00
am, Station 82
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Thursday, January 24, 2008, Legislative Day
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SCFD8 recognition event, Friday, January 25, 2008,
6:00 pm, Decades
EXECUTIVE
SESSION
The
commissioners broke for Executive Session at 6:28 pm to discuss
matters of personnel.
Commissioner
called the meeting back to order at 7:00 pm.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further
business, Commissioner Hesse adjourned the meeting at 7:01 pm.
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