SOURDOUGH RURAL FIRE DISTRICT MINUTES
OCTOBER 21, 2002

SOURDOUGH RURAL FIRE DISTRICT MINUTES
October 21, 2002

The regular meeting of the Sourdough Rural Fire District was held on October 21, 2002 at the Fire Station at 4145 South Third Road. The meeting was called to order by Vice-Chair Steve Dayhuff at 7:35 PM. Trustees present were Dayhuff, Geddes, Bachman and Larimer. Absent was Kraft. Others in attendance were Chief Crandell and Supporter President, Kandy Rose.

The minutes of the Regular September Meeting were presented. Geddes moved for approval; Larimer seconded. Passed.

The Treasurers Report (included in the record) was presented. Pete gave a narrative summary and explained (for the benefit of newly appointed trustee, Randy Larimer) the financial report process and role of bookkeeper Scott Mueller. Dayhuff moved acceptance and payment of warrants; Bachman seconded. Passed.

Chief's Report (included in the record): The Trustees and Fire Office Training Seminar was held this past Saturday at the Triple Tree Home Owners Center. SFD, Chief Crandell and Kandy Rose provided organizing support, and Kandy presented the board training topic. SFD trustees Geddes and Dayhuff attended the morning sessions, Bachman and Larimer attended the entire training. The Chief's report listed two weeks worth of SFD training and activity, noting only one day was without scheduled participation. The Community Pancake Breakfast drew about 460 persons. Also noted (but not in report) that the No. Station overhead door replacements have been installed.

Trustee Appointment: Don reported that the County Commission has appointed Randy Larimer as SFD Trustee. The appointment certificate will be forwarded as soon as all three CoComm signatures are in place. Randy was heartily welcomed to the board.

Action Plan Implimentation: Phase I contractors have been qualified and we await bids, for engineering review. Ground breaking should be soon. Weather will not stall initiation of phase 1 but could retard building schedule once under way. Apparatus is being assembled, and should be ready by the end of March. Pete requested that the January meeting include an update from Montana Fire Works.

Other Business as Warranted: As a result of the training seminar, the consensus of the board was to develop a board guidance manual utilizing. The seminar material (which is in SFD files) will form the basis of this discussion. The Trustees felt that much of the training material provided by Kandy Rose would be applicable, and eventually adopted as part of the SFD operating procedures. The first step will be a review of the by-laws which will be transcribed (though Pete's office) to an electronic form for distribution to the Trustees.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:05 PM.