January 28, 2009

 

 

The South Walton Fire District’s Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, February 2, 2009 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

 

VI.                Committee Reports 

Commissioner Crawford-Cube McGee Ceremony Update

 

VII.               Unfinished/Old Business

393 S & 395 S Lease Agreement Update

 

VIII.             New Business – Board Action Item

Audit Committee / Resolution 09-01

 

                        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 – February 2, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commissioners Present:   Maurice Gilbert, Jack Abbit, Brian Christenson, Mike Stange, Harry Millsaps, Donna Crawford

 

Commissioners Absent:  Ed Wright

 

Call to Order:           4:00 p.m.

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to approve the minutes of the January 5, 2009 Board meeting.

 

Secretary/Treasurer Report: Harry Millsaps, Commissioner

 

Attorney’s Report: Attorney Fiona DeSpain

 

Attorney DeSpain reported that the 393 South property lease agreement was completed and forwarded to the lessee; however, there has been no response from the lessee to date.  Chairman Gilbert directed the firm of Bytell and Ramey to submit an official letter to the lessee with a ten (10) day response deadline.  Attorney DeSpain indicated that the letter would be mailed from their firm on Tuesday, February 3, 2009.

 

The 395 lease has been completed, approved.

 

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 January 2009.

 

Chief Talbert introduced new SWFD Training Chief Wayne Watts, who was recently recognized as Florida’s Fire Instructor of the Year at the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association Fire Rescue East Conference.

 

The State Bureau of EMS conducted their annual inspection of SWFD EMS service delivery on January 7, 2009 with SWFD receiving a report of excellence with no deficiencies.  An award of appreciation was presented to EMS Chief Ryan Crawford for

 

 

 

 

his dedication to the SWFD EMS program and for obtaining an outstanding compliance monitoring site survey.

 

Four SWFD Firefighter EMT’s and Paramedics competed in the statewide Advanced Life Support competition held at Fire Rescue East, Daytona Beach on January 28-31, 2009 with their efforts finishing 18^th out of 27 teams from the State of Florida.

 

SWFD has entered into a partnership with Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in the regions first web-based alerting system “LIFENET” that reduces the “time to treatment” for cardiac arrest patients in South Walton.

 

In a recommendation from SWFD Beach Safety Report, the TDC Board approved expenditure for four (4) Handicap Accessible Beach Wheelchairs, an improved, enclosed storage structure for lifeguard equipment at Ed Walline Park, and the implementation of “Weatherbug”, a weather monitoring system that will assist SWFD in our ability to monitor beach conditions.

 

Chief Talbert and Deputy Chief Hughes met with Walton County Sheriff’s Office to discuss communication and strategies to assist each organization when necessary.

 

Lifeguard swim tryouts continue with approximately twenty (20) lifeguards from last season have applied to return.  Beach accesses will be staffed with SWFD lifeguards on March 7, 2009.

 

Fire Marshal interviews will take place on February 12, 2009.

 

Annual physicals for all SWFD firefighters have begun.

 

 

 

Committee Reports:

 

Commissioner Donna Crawford reported that a dedication ceremony honoring the founder of Seagrove, “Cube” McGee, will take place on February 24, 2009 at 11:00 a.m., Station 2/WaterColor.  Diane Brown, Executive Assistant will contact Commissioner Crawford for information regarding a media release.

 

 

Unfinished/Old Business:

 

The 393 S and 395 S Lease Agreement Update was covered under the Attorney’s Report.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Business:

 

Board Action Item: Audit Committee / Resolution 09-01

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted to approve Resolution No. 09-01 which establishes an audit committee, its terms, qualifications and vacancies, quorum and rules and responsibilities.

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted to approve the appointment of an Audit Committee as required by Florida Statute 218.391(2) of Vice-Chair Jack Abbit, Commissioner Mike Stange, and Commissioner Donna Crawford to serve for a one year term expiring on April 30, 2010. 

 

 

Public Comment:  

 

 

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