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SOURDOUGH RURAL FIRE DISTRICT MINUTES The regular monthly meeting of the Sourdough Rural Fire District was held on May 20, 2002 at the Fire Hall at 4145 South Third Road. The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Steve Dayhuff at 7:45 PM. Present were Dayhuff, Geddes and Bachman. Absent were Kraft and Harper. Also present was Chief Crandell and Supporter President Kandy Rose. The minutes of the regular meeting of April 15 were presented. Pete moved for approval and Steve seconded; motion passed. The financial report and warrants > than $300 were presented. Pete moved for approval and to sign warrants and Don seconded; motion passed. Pete reported that he is working with the web site server, Montana Connect on updated material and service content. One area of service will be timely incident information for SFD customers. Chief Crandell submitted the Chief's Report, which is included in the record. The Trustees noted that SFD personnel responded to two motor vehicle fatalities and one medical fatality in a short period of time. The chief stated that our people performed in an exemplary fashion and are a credit to the emergency service community. Don reported that Chief Crandell and Kandy Rose gave presentations on CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) activities within the Sourdough District at Noon Rotary on April 24th. The presentations were very well received and Kandy has had inquiries from other residents. Kandy reported that SFD personnel have installed number posts in her subdivision. She presented framed photographs to the SFD station in appreciation for their work on behalf of the CERT program. Chief Crandell asked that an agenda item concerning hazard assessment and emergency response planning be placed on the June agenda. SFD will sponsor a Trustee training session on June 22. Chief Crandell asked that the Trustees affirm the design concept for the South Cottonwood Station, to be used for contractor solicitation. Pete asked if a special meeting would be necessary so that absent trustees could be brought into the vote procedure. It was decided that the existing quorum was sufficient, and that all trustees were familiar with the design as presented at the last meeting. Pete moved to affirm the design concept and Don seconded; motion passed. Chief Crandell will proceed with the drawing up of a buy-sell agreement for the land with Rae; John Brown will prepare the necessary document that will be presented for approval at the next regular meeting. The action plan implementation continues with the Advantex septic system installed and functioning at the station. Apparatus components continue to arrive, and assembly of the two engines is awaiting chassis delivery. Trustee Harper has resigned from the Treasurer position due to unforeseen family circumstances. Steve called for Treasurer nominations and Don nominated Pete. There being no further nominations Pete Geddes was elected Treasurer by affirmation. It has been noted that the By-laws need revision to change the officer election dates to follow the trustee election period by a month. The District Trustee Election falls within the same period as the officer election. Don will present the revision at the next meeting in the form of newly typed by-laws that can be placed as a computer file which will ease future revisions. The trustees then discussed the statewide fire district related organizations, and supported (though consensus) that the Montana Fire Alliance which is an amalgamation of several related organizations is a valuable service that we should continue to support. Chief Crandell will attend the MFA Conference in Helena on June 13 - 16. Being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM.
Submitted for approval and the 6/17/02 regular meeting. Don Bachman, Secretary Dave Kraft, Chairman |