April 25, 2006 

The South Walton Fire District's Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, May 1, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. at the Santa Rosa Beach Headquarters Station. 

The agenda will include, but not be limited to the following: 

Call to Order

                  Special Item – Awards Presentation                             

Approval of Minutes

Secretary/Treasurer's Report

Attorney's Report

Chief's Report              

Committee's Reports (if needed)

Unfinished/Old Business                                

New Business

                  Building RFP                                                               

Public Comment*

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, he will need a record of the proceedings and that for such purpose he 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.

Commissioners Present: Maurice Gilbert, Bill Fowler, Tom Cooper, Harry Millsaps, Ed Wright

Commissioners Absent: Jack Abbit, Mike Stange

Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 4:06 p.m.

Special Items: The award presentation was postponed until the June 5, 2006 Board Meeting.

On a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to accept the minutes of the April 2006 meeting.

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

Chief’s Report –Chief Hallman reviewed the Emergency Response Activity Report and the Beach Safety Report for April 2006. 

Committee Reports – None

New Business – Building RFP

On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to approve Dalton Brothers as the contractor for the SWFD training/communications facility. 

Chief Hallman will present an official contract to the Board at the June or July meeting with the final contract.

Tom McGee, local resident spoke in favor of the plan to make the new training/communications center expandable for future growth. 

Commissioner Cooper addressed the continuing problem of false alarms in our District. Chief Hallman will research ordinances pertaining to this subject and present them at the June Board meeting, along with statistics for the top ten offenders in the District. 

Commissioner Fowler requested an update on SWFD Dispatch personnel moving into the temporary communications building and was informed that there has been no date set at present. Commissioner Fowler informed the Board that he will be relocating before the end of May and will tender his resignation in the near future.

 Adjournment – 4:50 p.m.