Meeting Date: 10/02/2006 04:00 PM
Agenda:
The South Walton Fire District's Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, October 2, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. at the Santa Rosa Beach Headquarters Station.
The agenda will include, but not be limited to the following:
Call to Order
Special Item – Awards Presentation
Special Item – Election of Officers
Approval of Minutes
September 13, 2006 Regular Meeting
Tentative Budget Hearing
Final Budget Hearing
Secretary/Treasurer's Report
Attorney's Report
Chief's Report
Committee's Reports (if needed)
Unfinished/Old Business
Board Seats/Precincts
New Business
Sacred Heart Impact Fee Request
2006 – 2009 Labor Agreement
Retirement Resolution
Public Comment*
Adjournment
*Note:
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the South Walton Fire District's Board of Fire Commissioners with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he will need a record of the proceedings and that for such purpose he may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Minutes:
Meeting Minutes – October 2, 2006
Commissioners Present: Maurice Gilbert, Tom Cooper, Mike Stange, Donna Crawford, Harry Millsaps, Jack Abbit
Commissioners Absent: Ed Wright
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 4:05 p.m.
Special Item:
Lifeguard Awards – Lifeguard of the Year-2006 was presented to Michael Carlson and Joshua Jensen for their equally excellent performances.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to accept the minutes of the September 13, 2006 meeting, with a correction to New Business/Elect Board Officers (October) to read “which will be addressed at the October 2, 2006 Board meeting”.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to accept the minutes of the Tentative Budget Hearing of September 13, 2006.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to accept the minutes of the Final Budget Hearing of September 20, 2006.
Secretary/Treasurer Report – Commissioner Millsaps
Attorney’s Report – Allan Ramey
Attorney Ramey presented his draft policy regarding Public Participation at Board Meetings for Board review and discussion at the November 6, 2006 meeting.
On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to approve Attorney Ramey’s monthly billing statement.
Chief’s Report –Chief Hallman reviewed the Emergency Response Activity Report and the Beach Safety Report for September 2006.
Chairman Gilbert appointed a committee of Deputy Chief Hughes and Commissioner Crawford to further investigate the possibility of creating a “Lifeguard Scholarship”, benefiting qualified SWFD lifeguards interested in attending a fire academy. The committee will present their report at the November 6, 2006 meeting.
Committee Reports – None
Unfinished/Old Business:
Board Seats/Precincts – On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to approve Commissioner Abbit’s recommendation to create legislation that would amend SWFD’s legislative act; specifically, to remove language that references voting precincts in relation to Board seats. This would be replaced with language that would geographically define seat representation based on the original voting precincts. Chief Hallman will report his research of this situation at the November 6, 2006 meeting.
New Business –
Sacred Heart Impact Fee Request: On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to approve Sacred Heart’s exemption request of $16,000 for the hospital’s addition of a women’s center.
2006-2009 Labor Agreement: On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to approve the 2006-2009 Labor Agreement.
Retirement Resolution: On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to approve the establishment of an IRS 401(a) Plan for non-labor/communications employees.
Public Comment: None
Adjournment – 5:10 p.m.