MINUTES

SPECIAL MEETING

NORTH BANNOCK FIRE DISTRICT

NBFD FIRE STATION - 444 E Chubbuck Road

September 23, 2020

Meeting was opened by Roy Allen at 6:00 PM.

Roll call – Roy Allen, Alan Curtis, Debra Shell, Fire Chief JR Farnsworth, Assistant Chief Brood

ACTION ITEMS:

• A motion was made by Alan Curtis and seconded by Debra Shell to approve the agenda. The motion passed unanimously.

There was a discussion of the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI) Resolution which would enable the district to enroll the fire chief and assistant fire chief in the PERSI retirement fund. A motion had been passed at the last meeting authorizing the district to participate in PERSI. Since employees must decide if they want to participate in the retirement fund, time was given for Fire Chief JR Farnsworth and Assistant Chief Mark Brood to review the proposal and decide if they wanted to participate in the program. They subsequently reported they both wanted to participate in the program.

• A motion was made by Alan Curtis and seconded by Debra Shell to adopt Resolution No. 2020-04 authorizing and approving participation in the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI). The motion passed unanimously.

• A motion was made by Debra Shell and seconded by Roy Allen to authorize the payment of the fire district invoices as listed below. The motion passed with Roy Allen abstaining.

White-Peterson (legal) $59.50

ICRMP (insurance) $786.50

• A motion was made by Debra Shell and seconded by Alan Curtis to authorize the payment of the fire department invoices as listed below. The motion passed unanimously.

Idaho Department of Lands (wildland clothing) $242.68

Quality Overhead Door (service door) $97.50

Weidner Fire (SCBA testing) $950.00

K & M Repair (vehicle maintenance) $58.58

J. R. Farnsworth (Quarterly mileage reimbursement) $262.13

• A motion was made by Debra Shell and seconded by Roy Allen to approve the payment of the bill pay invoices as listed below. The motion passed unanimously.

Idaho Power (electricity) $112.48

Intermountain Gas (facilities – natural gas) $164.00

Sparklight (internet) $72.24

• A motion was made by Alan Curtis and seconded by Debra Shell to approve the fire department credit card charges as listed below. The motion passed unanimously.

USPS (postal) $4.20

BISCO (PPE) $78.00

Grammarly (IT:software) $83.97

Amazon (PPE) $46.40

O’Reilly Auto (vehicle maintenance) $31.98

Shell – Jackson’s (fuel) $357.47

Advance Auto (vehicle maintenance) $18.51

McDonalds (fire event: meals) $21.60

Shutterfly (volunteer benefits: awards) $52.83

First Net (phone) $103.96

NEW BUSINESS

There was a discussion of the proposed fee schedule used to bill parties outside of the fire district when the department responds to a fire on their behalf. The fire chief had also sent out a proposed resolution addressing fire response billing. This will be discussed at the next meeting.

The next regular meeting will be October 8, 2020 at 6:00 PM.

• A motion was made by Debra Shell and seconded by Alan Curtis to adjourn the meeting at 6:37 PM. The motion passed unanimously.

Respectively submitted,

June Heilman, Secretary

APPROVED AT OCTOBER 8, 2020 MEETING