October 1, 2008

 

 

The South Walton Fire District’s Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, October 6, 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 Item:   Board Action Item - Election of Officers

 Commissioner Donna Crawford

 

II.                   Approval of Minutes

 

III.                  Secretary/Treasurer’s Report

 

IV.                Attorney’s Report

 

V.                  Chief’s Report

 

VI.                Committee Reports

Fire Chief Evaluation Update – J. Abbit, Vice-Chairman

 

VII.               Unfinished/Old Business

Station 2 Community Room Dedication – D. Crawford, Commissioner

            Board Action Item: EMS Billing Debt – R. Crawford, EMS Chief

 

VIII.             New Business

Board Action Item – Fire Board Attorney Discussion

                                 D. Crawford, Commissioner

                        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 6, 2008

 

 

 

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

 

Commissioners Absent:  Harry Millsaps, Mike Stange

 

Call to Order:           4:01 p.m.

 

Special Item:            Election of Officers

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to approve that the following Board members be re-elected to their present positions:

 

            Chairman:                              Maurice Gilbert

            Vice-Chairman:                     Jack Abbit

            Secretary/Treasurer:            Harry Millsaps

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to approve the minutes of the September 8, 2008 Board meeting, the tentative budget hearing minutes of September 8, 2008 and the final budget hearing meeting minutes of September 23, 2008.

 

Secretary/Treasurer Report – Maurice Gilbert, Chairman

 

 

Attorney’s Report – Attorney Bytell

 

Attorney Bytell advised the Board that the lease agreements for SWFD properties located at CR 393 South and CR 395 South were currently in draft form and the executed documents would be finalized within the next two weeks and available at the November 3, 2008 Board meeting.

 

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

           

Chief’s Report –

 

Chief Talbert reviewed the Emergency Response Activity Report and the Beach Activity Report for September 2008.

 

The SWFD lifeguard season ended September 29, 2008.  A “lifeguard appreciation event” was held on October 1, 2008.  The event was sponsored by the TDC and held at Tommy Bahama’s Restaurant.

 

SWFD annual audit will commence during the first week of November.

 

 

 

 

The “Outdoor Events” ordinance was adopted at the Board of County Commissioners meeting on September 23, 2008.  SWFD is continuing to actively work on the Beach Activities Ordinance.

 

SWFD received $753.00 as a donation through the “Fence of Flags” sponsored by Wendy Prentice and the Artists of Gulf Place.  SWFD will purchase smoke detectors for the community with this donation.

 

New 800 radio and communications system was implemented and went live on September 29, 2008.

 

Fire Prevention Week – October 5^th through October 11^th.  “Prevent Home Fires” is this year’s slogan.

 

Awards Ceremony / Christmas Party will be held on December 19, 2008.

 

 

Committee Reports:

 

Jack Abbit, Vice-Chair reported that all Fire Chief performance appraisal packets were mailed to the SWFD executive staff and commissioners on Friday, October 3, 2008 with an October 17, 2008 completion deadline.

 

 

Unfinished/Old Business:

 

Station 2 Community Room Dedication – Donna Crawford, Commissioner.  Commissioner Crawford reported that she has researched several types of plaques and will have a final report to the Board regarding this dedication at the November 3, 2008 Board meeting.

 

EMS Billing Debt – On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board approved placing the uncollected invoiced amount of $643,187.06 for EMS services rendered that accumulated from October 1, 2001 through December 31, 2005, into a “written off” status and removed from the active billing accounts with SWFD.

 

New Business:

 

Donna Crawford, Commissioner, requested discussion regarding the fire board attorney position.  Commissioner Crawford motioned to place the fire board attorney’s position out for bid.  In the absence of a second to this motion, the motion failed.

 

Public Comment:   None

 

 

Adjourned:   The meeting adjourned at 4:36 p.m.