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March 4, 2008 Fire Department Meeting
HIGHLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETING MINUTES March 4, 2008 Members present: John Prohaska, Sherrie Craft, Ron Cairns, Matt Carlson, Ken Wilk, Jake Melin and Marvin Landreth. Colin N. from the Barnes DNR held wild land fire training before the meeting. 8:10 pm the meeting was called to order by Chief John Prohaska. Minutes from the last meeting were given to members. Motion to accept minutes made by Ken and seconded by Ron. Motion carried. Treasurer’s Report was given. Motion to accept the report made by Marvin and seconded By Ken. Motion carried. Correspondence: A Thank You card from the Joe Khalar family was read and a donation of $300 was given to the fire department. Fire Association Meetings: Douglas County – discussion was held on purchasing time slots for 30 second commercials to be run the week before the “Be Somebody” campaign. It was decided that each department would contribute $100 toward the commercials. Ken made a motion to pay for the commercials from our fund raising account and Ron seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried. The fire banquet is being held March 29th at the Parkland Town Hall. It begins at 6:30 pm. Committee Report: Truck – there has been a change in plans. Ron, John and Gary Amys are looking into new options. Fire/EMS Report: 1 Medical Old Business: The first responder refresher is finished. We still need to set a date to do the combi tube training. The WITC Cable conference is March 13 – 16th. Douglas County is reviewing our infectious control plan. Until it is finished, contact Sherrie if you have been exposed to anything infectious. The compressor is here and set up. Discussion was held about what to do with the old compressor. New Business: Nominations for officers will be held at the next meeting. Please get your personal inventory to John, Todd or Sherrie as soon as you can. They must complete the inventory and give the report to the town board before the April meeting. Ron would like a name tag for his medical bag. The brush truck reel platform is being built by Ron. Ken, Marvin and Todd have been helping. Our new portable pump needs a flange reducer for the discharge. John is looking into purchasing a CO sensor for the department. Ken will be doing our truck maintenance for us. He is looking into the cost of using synthetic oil. Ron made a motion to give Amber a $50 tip for the work she did for our holiday party. Marvin seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried. The town has agreed to hire a grant writer for our FEMA grant. There are two people that are being considered, Dick Thine or Amery’s writer. John and Ron will decide who to contact. Motion made by Ken and seconded by Marvin to adjourn. Motion carried. Training will be Tuesday, March 18, 2008 @ 6:30pm at the fire hall. Next Meeting April 1, 2008 @ 6:30 pm at the fire hall.