August 1, 2007

The South Walton Fire District’s Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, August 6, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. at the Santa Rosa Beach Headquarters Station.

The agenda will include, but not be limited to the following:

                        I.          Call to Order

                        II.          Approval of Minutes

                        III.         Secretary/Treasurer’s Report

                        IV.        Attorney’s Report

                        V.        Chief’s Report

                                                Public Budget Workshop – August 9, 2007

                                                Station 3/Headquarters Expansion Update

                                                Tentative Budget Hearing-September 9, 2007

                                                Final Budget Hearing-September 26, 2007

                                                Tour of Station 3 Construction Area

                        VI.        Committee Reports (if needed)

                        VII.       Unfinished/Old Business

                        VIII.      New Business

                        IX.        Public Comment*

                        X.        Adjournment

*Note:  Persons who wish to be placed on the agenda must contact the Executive Assistant within two days of any meeting and provide the name of the person who will be speaking and the subject to be addressed.

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, will need a record of the proceedings and that for such purpose 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.

South Walton FIRE DISTRICT

 SOUTH WALTON FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Meeting Minutes – August 6, 2007

Commissioners Present:   Maurice Gilbert, Jack Abbit, Donna Crawford, Brian Christenson

Commissioners Absent:  Harry Millsaps, Mike Stange, Ed Wright

Call to Order:    4:07 p.m.

Special Item:            On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to approve the impact fee exemption request from Caring and Sharing South Walton for a 3,000 square foot warehouse addition.

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to approve the minutes of the July 9, 2007 meeting.

Secretary/Treasurer Report – Commissioner Gilbert

Attorney’s Report – Attorney Ramey

On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to approve Attorney Ramey’s monthly billing statement.

Chief’s Report – Chief Talbert reviewed the Emergency Response Activity Report and the Beach Activity Report for July 2007. 

Station 3/Headquarters expansion update and tour of area under construction.

South Walton Fire District tentative budget hearing will be held on September 12, 2007 and the final budget hearing will be held on September 26, 2007.

Chief Talbert will attend FRI-IAFC Conference in Atlanta the week of August 20, 2007.  Chief Hughes will be the main point of contact in his absence.

Committee Reports:          None

Unfinished/Old Business:           Commissioner Abbit requested an update regarding collections status.  Eight hundred accounts have recently been sent to the new collections agency.  Chief Crawford will have updated information at the September Board meeting.

New Business – None

Public Comment:   None

Adjourned:   The meeting adjourned at 4:25 p.m.