HARVARD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 502 SOUTH EASTMAN STREET HARVARD, IL 60033 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12 AT 7:00 P.M.

  1. Call to Order (7:02)
  2. Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence
  3. Roll Call Trustee Hugg-present, Trustee Kelnhofer-present, Trustee Condon-present, Trustee Clarke will arrive late, and Trustee Carbonetti is absent.
  4. Motion to approve agenda (Hugg) Second (Kelnhofer) Roll Call Vote- Hugg-yes, Kelnhofer-yes, Condon-yes.
  5. Public Comment (not more than 3 minutes per speaker) None
  6. Secretary’s Report
  7. Motion to Pay of Bills in the amount of $21,855.20 (Hugg) Second (Kelnhofer) Roll Call vote; Kelnhofer-yes, Hugg- yes Condon-yes.
     Hugg asks DC Davidson about Call One options.
  8. Trustee Clarke arrived at the meeting 7:13 PM
     Motion to negotiate with Harvard State Bank as lender for chosen pumper. (Clarke)Second (Hugg) Roll Call Vote; Clarke-yes, Hugg- yes, Kelnhofer-yes, Condon-yes.
  9. Clarke discusses the budget shortfall on income monies and questions the authority of Trustee Carbonetti to move money from Trust account. Discussion tabled until Trustee Carbonetti is present. Clarke questions unbalanced budget. Discussion tabled until Trustee Carbonetti is present. Clarke recommends that these items get referred to a newly created Finance Committee.
  10. Status report from staff on repairs to Engine 747. Report to address total costs for repairs, status of insurance claim, and amount of repair costs covered by insurance, and estimated date 747 will return to full service.
     DC Davidson reports that the insurance check for the repairs to Engine 747 had arrived in the amount of $36,684.00.
     BC Pierce reports on when the repairs will be finished.
     Motion to accept FF Kunce’s resignation (Hugg) Second (Kelnhofer) Roll Call Vote; Clarke-yes, Hugg- yes, Kelnhofer-yes, Condon-yes.
  11. Motion to approve Brian Outhouse for the disposal of 741 (Clarke) Second (Hugg) Roll call vote; Clarke-yes, Hugg-yes, Kelnhofer-yes, Condon-yes.
  12. Old Business None
  13. New Business Ambulance revenue
  14. Correspondence None
  15. Fire Chief’s Report
    12-February-2019

Call activity January 2019:

Total for January = 116

80 Ambulance
9 Lift assist
3 Canceled en route
4 Motor vehicle accident no injuries
5 Motor vehicle accident with injuries
2 Cooking fire / Off road vehicle fire – Hebron
4 Change of quarters
7 False Call, Cᵒ, smoke detector, etc
2 Line Down

January 2018 = 112

Training:

 4 EMT-B’s Graduated from class
o 2 Passed National test, 2 Pending
 Paramedic: 2 students in clinical studies
 Basic FF: One finished academy
o 1 passed state test

Annual Fit testing:

• FF Barnett did an outstanding job getting everyone done in a short time
• We were able to use the machine utilizing D/C Davidson’s contacts at MABAS Corporate at no charge.
• This saved us about $700

New Engine:

• Agenda item

Evaluations

• In process

Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual:

• Battalion Chief Pierce sent the draft to Trustee Hugg on 8-16-2018

Public Education:

• Casey’s has been contacted
o They were contacting the wrong people

Maintenance:

• Engine 747 / Agenda Item

Building Maintenance:

• Nothing new to report

  1. Action Items
  2. Motion to adjourn(Hugg) Second (Clarke) 8:07 PM