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February 3, 2009 Fire Department Meeting

HIGHLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT 
MEETING MINUTES
February 3, 2009

Members present: Todd C., Sherrie C., Ron C.; Deanna H.; Jessica C.,
DJ R., Ken W., Dan K., Justine R., Kally R., Mike R., Dawn R. and
Marvin L. Jake and Melanie are attending First Responder Class. 

EMS training was held before the meeting.
7:40 pm Meeting was called to order by Chief Todd Carlson.
Minutes were given to the members.  A motion to accept the minutes was
made by Deanna/Kally. (MC)

Treasurer’s Report: – Balance as of 2-3-09 is $3950. There are still
outstanding bills for Poplar Lumber, Menards, and Advantage.

Correspondence:  None

Fire Association Meetings:  Not Attended

Fire/EMS Report:  None

Committee Reports:  Grants-Dawn- She received a donation for the Be
Somebody run from Stainless and Repair. Truck- No activity on the new
engine. Still due to arrive in June.  Fundraising-The Golf Tournament
will be held the first Sunday in August.
 
Old Business:  Todd spoke with Darren Vanblairicon about writing our
grant again this year and he has agreed. We are applying for loose
equipment to outfit the new engine. Dawn said that she has been
looking at the Safer Grant for possible PPE. We need to now what
percent grant it is and the opening and closing dates. Right now the
juniors will get old gear and the newer gear will go to the other new
adult members.
Raffle License – The first license that came back has been resubmitted
with the required documents and now the second application has been
returned to Todd. The required documents will be added to that one as
well and resubmitted. 
The DNR Grant is almost complete. There are still a couple of things
on back order. 
Tanker: the new tanker is in service. The old truck has been moved to
the garage. We need to get some fittings off the truck. 

Old Business from the Floor:  None

New Business:  The holiday party is February 8th. Bennett is supposed
to have 9 people coming to the party. We are not having a gift
exchange.
Training Plan: Todd and Ron are still waiting for people to get signed
off on skills. Then they will review the books and see where everyone
seems to be a little weak and we will train on those areas.

New business from the floor:  Cable Conference – If you are interested
in attending, get the registration filled out and to Todd or Sherrie.
Discussion was held on the classes and the value of bring the training
back to the department.
BY_LAWS: Discussion was held on an application process, limiting the
number of members allowed to join and rules on who can join. Being a
volunteer department, we need to be careful on what restrictions are
placed on joining.

A motion to adjourn was made by Ken/Jessica.  (MC)


Training will be Tuesday, February 17, 2009 @ 6:30pm at the fire
hall.
Next Meeting will be Tuesday, March 3, 2009 @ 6:30 pm at the fire
hall.

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