September 26, 2007

 

The South Walton Fire District’s Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, October 1, 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

Special Item:           

MDA Presentation/Shaynna Gueno

                        II.          Approval of Minutes

                        III.         Secretary/Treasurer’s Report

                        IV.        Attorney’s Report

                        V.        Chief’s Report

                        VI.        Committee Reports (if needed)

VII.              Unfinished/Old Business

Pension Board Letter Follow-Up

“For Lease” Signage

Financial Credit Services Update

VIII.            New Business

Election of Board Officers 2007-2008

                        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.

Minutes:

 

 

 

South Walton FIRE DISTRICT

 SOUTH WALTON FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

Meeting Minutes – October 1, 2007

 

 

 

Commissioners Present:    Jack Abbit, Donna Crawford, Harry Millsaps, Mike Stange, Ed Wright

 

Commissioners Absent:  Maurice Gilbert, Brian Christenson

 

Vice Chairman Jack Abbit presided over the meeting in the absence of Chairman Gilbert.

 

Call to Order:    4:00 p.m.

 

Special Item:            Shaynna Gueno, Program Coordinator with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).  Presented proclamation announcing the week of October 1, 2007 as “Firefighter Appreciation Week” for SWFD and the Local 3516.

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to approve the minutes of the September 12, 2007 meeting.

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to approve the minutes of the Tentative Budget Hearing held on September 12, 2007.

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to approve the minutes of the Final Budget Hearing held on September 26, 2007.

 

Secretary/Treasurer Report – Commissioner Millsaps

 

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 – In the absence of Chief Talbert, Deputy Chief Hughes reviewed the Emergency Response Activity Report and the Beach Activity Report for September 2007.  Lifeguard season ended September 30, 2007.

 

Deputy Chief Hughes reported that Station 3/Headquarters had received its certificate of occupancy for its expansion project.  An open house is tentatively scheduled for November 2007.

 

Deputy Chief Hughes reported that Chief Talbert had attended the South Walton Community Council Hurricane Awareness on September 13, 2007 and had also spoken at the Santa Rosa Beach Club Women’s Group on September 30, 2007.  Vice-Chair Abbit requested the Board to consider Chief Talbert for any speaking engagement possibilities in the community.  Chief Talbert will be attending the Florida Fallen Firefighter’s Memorial in Ocala on October 12, 2007.

 

 

SOUTH WALTON FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Meeting Minutes – October 1, 2007

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Fire Prevention Week is October 8, 2007 through October 15, 2007 – “Practice Your Escape Plan” is this year’s theme.

 

Annual SWFD/Local 3516 “Get Scared with a Firefighter” event will be held on October 26, 27, 28, and 31, 2007.

 

Committee Reports:          None

 

Unfinished/Old Business:          

 

Pension Board Letter Follow-Up:          Lt. Eric Lang, Pension Board Chairman will make a power point presentation to the Board for the purpose of providing an educational orientation of the changes to the pension since the last update one half hour before the next Board meeting (3:30 p.m.) on November 5, 2007.

 

For Lease Signage:           On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted unanimously to leave the lease amount for the SWFD 395 Seagrove property at $5,000 per month.

 

Commissioner Millsaps will research the lease value of SWFD’s 393 South property and will have the figures ready for the November Board meeting.

 

Financial Credit Services (FCS) Update:  Chief Crawford presented the August 2007 Collections Profile and reported that all future collection updates will be included in Board packets. 

 

 

New Business:

 

Fire Board Slate of Officers 2007-2008:

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted unanimously to approve the following Board members as officers for Fiscal Year 2007-2008:

 

            Maurice Gilbert, Chairman

            Jack Abbit, Vice-Chairman

            Harry Millsaps, Secretary/Treasurer

 

Deputy Chief Hughes requested guidance from the Board regarding the Lifeguard of the Year scholarship.  The Board requested Chief Hughes to research previous Board meeting minutes with the assistance of the Executive Assistant for the exact scholarship amount. 

 

The Board requested the Lifeguard of the Year nominee be present at the November Board meeting.

 

Public Comment:   None

 

 

Adjourned:   The meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.