January 3, 2008

 

 

The South Walton Fire District’s Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, January 7, 2008 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 Items:  Presentation of Audit Report – O’Sullivan/Creel

                          TDC-Impact Fee Waiver Request-B. Flanagan

                        II.          Approval of Minutes

                        III.         Secretary/Treasurer’s Report

                        IV.        Attorney’s Report

                        V.        Chief’s Report

                        VI.        Committee Reports

                                                SWFD Scholarship Program Update

                                                Land/Lease Update

VII.              Unfinished/Old Business

Performance Review/Committee Report

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.

 

 

Minutes:

 

 

South Walton FIRE DISTRICT

 SOUTH WALTON FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

Meeting Minutes – January 7, 2008

 

Commissioners Present:    Maurice Gilbert, Jack Abbit, Donna Crawford, Harry Millsaps, Ed Wright, Brian Christenson

 

Commissioners Absent:  Mike Stange

 

Call to Order:    4:15 p.m.

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to approve the minutes of the December 3, 2007 meeting.

 

Special Items:         Kevin Boyer, O’Sullivan/Creel – Presentation of Final Audit

                       

                                    Tourist Development Council (TDC) – Impact Fee Waiver Request

                                   

On a motion duly made and seconded the Board unanimously voted to waive a $3,000 impact fee for the construction of a 60’ x 125’ TDC office/maintenance building 1 ½ miles south of Highway 98 on Hwy 83.

 

Secretary/Treasurer Report – Commissioner Millsaps

 

Attorney’s Report – Attorney Ramey

 

Attorney Ramey advised that he was researching zoning re-classification for SWFD properties located at CR 393 South and Highway 395 South.

 

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 December 2007.

 

Chief Talbert reported that the asbestos removal from the Sheriff’s sub-station on CR 393 South had been completed and demolition is scheduled for completion by January 11, 2007.

 

Chief Talbert requested the Board’s guidance on zoning re-classification for the SWFD 395 South property. 

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board authorized Chief Talbert to pursue a commercial land use designation for CR 395 and also begin the process to have a title search and survey completed, if required.

 

Chief Talbert announced the purchase of a Pierce fire truck, which is scheduled for July 2008 delivery.

 

 

SWFD Board of Fire Commissioners

Board Meeting Minutes – January 7, 2008

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Chief Talbert will be attending Fire Rescue East from January 22 – 26, 2008.  EMS Chief Crawford will be a judge at the ALS Competition.

 

Prescribed burns will be conducted by the Division of Forestry in January and February in the Mack Bayou area.

 

Committee Reports:

 

SWFD Scholarship Program Update: Chief Talbert met with Commissioners Crawford and Abbit on separate occasions regarding the updated SWFD AirHeart-1 Scholarship Program.  On a motion duly made and seconded the Board voted to approve the SWFD AirHeart-1 Scholarship Program.

 

Land/Lease Update:  Commissioner Gilbert reported that to date there have been several inquiries on both properties.

 

 

Unfinished/Old Business:

 

Performance Review/Committee Report:  Commissioner Abbit reported the results of the anonymous performance review by staff regarding Chief Talbert’s first six months as Fire Chief and recommended a 3% salary increase.  On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board approved the recommended salary increase of 3%.

 

New Business:       None

 

 

Public Comment:   None

 

 

Adjourned:   The meeting adjourned at 5:13 p.m.