VILLAGE OF TAOS SKI VALLEY

VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY JUNE 19, 2009

5:00 P.M.

VILLAGE OF TAOS SKI VALLEY OFFICES

 

The meeting convened at 5:00 PM.

 

Board Members Present

Pete Hanson, Neal King, Mary Mortimer, Dan Kraybill.

Members Present

            Gene Mortimer, Dave Wallace, Jay Mierzejewski, Garret Hanson, Pete Hanson, Nick Bender

June 19^th Agenda

            The agenda was accepted as presented.

            - Motion by Neal King, second by Mary Mortimer, unanimous.

Approval of the May 19 Meeting Minutes

            The minutes were not available and will be approved at the next meeting.

Old Business

A.     Sub Station A discussion was held on the status of the Kachina substation.  It was decided that we would continue the lease with Mickey as long as it was not more than we received from Fire Marshal funds.  Neal would check with Bruce for any restrictions on the property donated by the Pattersons.  Neal and Dave would attempt to see if the Kachina owners association was interested in donating land.

B.     E311          E311 has been stripped and is awaiting pick up by Picuris Pueblo.  Both council and the state Fire Marshal have approved us giving it away.

New Business

            PERA Mary reported that in discussions with Bruce it appeared that guidelines for being eligible for retirement payments may have been relaxed.  She will check into it and see how far back our records (and reporting) go.

Fire Chief’s Status

            Gene reported he had submitted a FEMA grant to upgrade our SCBAs.  The Women’s Fire Fighters conference in Omaha was very useful and informative, members who attended were Mary, Aline, Mo, Birgit and Gene.  The Fire Marshal’s office will be visiting us for an inspection, a sort of pre-ISO visit.  We received confirmation that next years funding would be $75K .

Public Safety Director’s Status

            Dave Wallace reported that the FD budget was confirmed by the council and we now have a vehicle replacement item with approx $25K in it.  He would be in Red River for memorial day weekend and thought we would be in a ‘move up and cover’ situation.

Admin Status

            Mary reported we were up to date.

Treasurer’s Status

            Neal said he will e-mail the figures as soon as he gets them.

Training Board’s Status

There was a discussion on passing on information obtained at the Women’s FF conference (safety and operating procedures) at the drill on June 9th.  Also it was suggested and agreed that members would pick a subject and conduct training sessions as this is the best way to learn a subject.

Next Meeting

            The next Board Meeting will be 5:00 PM in the Village Office on 5/30/09.

Adjournment

            The meeting was adjourned.

            - Motion by Mary Mortimer, second by Neal King, unanimous.