December 30, 2008

 

 

The South Walton Fire District’s Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, January 5, 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

 

II.                   Approval of Minutes

 

III.                  Secretary/Treasurer’s Report

 

IV.                Attorney’s Report – lease update

 

V.                  Chief’s Report

 

VI.                Committee Reports

 

Update - Sta. 2/Cube McGee Memorial Plaque – Commissioner Crawford

 

VII.               Unfinished/Old Business

 

Update – Station 4 Refurbishment – Asst. Chief Anderson

 

VIII.             New Business

 

Audit Report – Kevin Boyer/O’Sullivan Creel

Labor Negotiations – Board Action Item

 

                        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:

Minutes not approved at this time

 

 

South Walton FIRE DISTRICT

 SOUTH WALTON FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

Meeting Minutes – January 5, 2009

 

 

***PENDING APPROVAL***

 

 

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

 

Commissioners Absent:  Mike Stange

 

Call to Order:           4:02 p.m.

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to approve the minutes of the December 1, 2008 Board meeting.

 

Audit Report – Kevin Boyer with O’Sullivan Creel.  Mr. Boyer reported that the SWFD during their annual audit received a report of excellence in fiscal responsibility with no internal control matters and no significant control deficiencies.

 

Brian Flanagan, SWFD Fiscal Officer received a Certificate of Appreciation in appreciation and recognition of his time, effort, and financial stewardship in assisting SWFD obtain excellence in fiscal reporting for 2008.  

 

Secretary/Treasurer Report: Harry Millsaps, Commissioner

 

Attorney’s Report: Attorney Bytell

 

Attorney Bytell reported that the 393 South and 395 South lease agreements have been distributed to all tenants pending their review and finalization.

 

Attorney Bytell introduced Fiona DeSpain, a new attorney with the firm of Ramey and Bytell.

 

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 for year end 2008.

 

A Conditional Offer of Employment has been extended to Wayne Watts for the SWFD Training Chief position.  Chief Watts will begin his employment with SWFD on February 2, 2009.

 

Staff is currently advertising for the vacant position of Fire Marshal.

 

After State of Florida inspection and evaluation, SWFD Technical Rescue Team (TRT) received a report of excellence in equipment, training, preparedness and recordkeeping.

 

Specifications have been completed for new Pierce fire truck, replacing the current Station 1 apparatus, with a scheduled delivery date of May 2009.

 

Chief Talbert will be presenting the Beach Safety End of Season Report 2008 to the TDC Board of Directors on January 10, 2009 and will discuss plans and recommendations for 2009.

 

EMS Chief Crawford and four SWFD Firefighter/Paramedics will attend Florida’s Advanced Life Support Competition, Fire Rescue East Conference, Daytona Beach, January 28 – 31, 2009.  Chief Talbert will also be attending this conference.

 

Mutual Aid Agreements with Bay County Fire, Bay County EMS and Panama City Beach Fire Department targeted for finalization in January 2009.

 

 

Committee Reports:

 

Commissioner Donna Crawford has received the completed dedication plaque for Cube McGee, Founder of Seagrove.  Commissioner Crawford will contact Diane Brown, Executive Assistant, to arrange a date for the dedication to be held at Station 2.

 

 

Unfinished/Old Business:

 

Station 4 Refurbishment Update – Assistant Chief Marc Anderson

 

Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board approved Design Build as the contractor for the Station 4/Mack Bayou refurbishment.  The abstention of Vice-Chair Jack Abbit was so noted.

 

Commissioner Abbit requested a summary of the RFP and RFQ submissions.

 

 

New Business:

 

Labor Negotiations

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board approved Commissioner Mike Stange as a member of the Negotiations Team, which includes Fire Chief Rick Talbert, Deputy Chief Sean Hughes, and Fiscal Officer Brian Flanagan.

 

After discussion, the Board agreed that in order to maintain communications regarding labor/management negotiations, the Board will meet fifteen (15) minutes prior to scheduled monthly Board meetings as necessary.

 

 

Public Comment:  

 

Dottie Niest – Media (Beach Breeze) – Beach Safety Flag Warning System

 

 

Adjourned:   The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.