South Walton FIRE DISTRICT

911 N. CR 393

Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

(850) 267-1298 • Fax (850) 267-3294

www.swfd.org

 

 

 

February 25, 2009

 

 

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

 

VII.              Unfinished/Old Business – Board Advisory-EMS Billing Update

           R. Crawford, EMS Chief

 

VIII.            New Business – Board Action Item-Station 3/Headquarters Project

     M. Anderson, Asst. Chief

 

                        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 – March 2, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Commissioners Absent:  None

 

Call to Order:           4:01 p.m.

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to approve the minutes of the February 2, 2009 Board meeting.

 

Secretary/Treasurer Report: Harry Millsaps, Commissioner

 

Attorney’s Report: Lori Bytell, Attorney

 

After a final review of the original letter of intent from the potential tenant and the final terms of the lease, the 393 South property lease agreement will be withdrawn by SWFD.  At this time the District is seeking other tenants for this location.

 

Any calls or questions regarding the pending litigation concerning the 2007 Seaside Half Marathon should be directed to Attorney Bytell’s office.

 

Attorney Bytell introduced their firms’ new attorney, Jeremy Keich.

 

Fiscal Officer, Brian Flanagan will review the last twelve (12) months of Ramey and Bytell invoices and report an average billing amount to the Board at the April 6, 2009 meeting.  This will be for the purpose of the Board to make a decision regarding Attorney Bytell’s suggestion to change her invoice from a monthly retainer to billable hours.

 

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

           

 

 

 

South Walton FIRE DISTRICT

 SOUTH WALTON FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

Meeting Minutes – March 2, 2009

 

 

Chief’s Report:

 

Chief Talbert reviewed the Emergency Response Activity Report for February 2009.

 

SWFD lifeguards will be on duty beginning Saturday, March 7, 2009.  After their completion of orientation and the USLA Academy, a lifeguard graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, March 6, 2009, 3:00 p.m. at Ed Walline Park.

 

The Station 2 community room dedication for Cube McGee, founder of Seagrove, was held on February 24, 2009.

 

Under the direction of EMS Chief, Ryan Crawford, the Seaside Half Marathon was supported by SWFD personnel.

 

The Fire Marshal interviews have been completed and an offer will be extended the week of March 2, 2009.

 

SWFD new public website has been completed and is scheduled for a “go live” date of Wednesday, March 4, 2009.

 

Further discussions with Walton County Sheriff’s Office have ensued regarding possible Fire District assistance as a back-up/alternate communication site.

 

Met with TDC regarding progress on new storage facility, beach wheelchair program, and weather station monitoring. 

 

Labor negotiations will begin on March 18, 2009.

 

Attending a Mutual Aid Consortium meeting, Kansas City, Missouri on March 15 through March 17, 2009.

 

The next Board meeting will be held on Monday, April 6, 2009.

 

 

 

Committee Reports:

 

Commissioner Donna Crawford reported that a dedication ceremony honoring the founder of Seagrove, “Cube” McGee, which took place on February 24, 2009 at 11:00 a.m., Station 2/WaterColor was a great success.  It has been suggested that the community room also be utilized as a place for historical Seagrove area memorabilia.  

 

 

South Walton FIRE DISTRICT

 SOUTH WALTON FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

Meeting Minutes – March 2, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Unfinished/Old Business:

 

EMS Billing Update – Ryan Crawford, EMS Chief

 

EMS Chief Crawford updated the Board regarding his research on debt collection percentages of other agencies. After his comparison of other EMS billing firms in the area, it was determined that the SWFD has higher than average collection percentages.

 

 

 

New Business:

 

Station 3/Headquarters Project

 

On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to approve that the 2008-2009 Capital Outlay-Land Improvements line item be increased in the amount of $39,649.00 and that these funds be utilized from SWFD’s Building Reserves.

 

 

 

Public Comment:   None

 

 

Adjourned:   The meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.