Regular Meeting

August 11, 2022, 5:30pm

NORTH BANNOCK FIRE DISTRICT

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

NBFD Fire Station – 444 E. Chubbuck Road

August 11, 2022 @ 5:30pm

  1. OPEN MEETING - The meeting was opened by Commissioner Shell at 5:32pm.

  1. ROLL CALL - Commissioner Johnson appeared by phone. Commissioners Shell and Curtis, Fire Chief Brood and Secretary Ramirez attended in person.

  1. ACTION ITEMS:

    1. Approval of agenda - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the agenda. The motion passed unanimously.

    2. Approval of minutes of July 14, 2022 regular meeting - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the minutes. The motion passed unanimously.

    3. Approval of minutes of July 20, 2022 special meeting - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the minutes. Commissioner Shell abstained from the vote. Commissioners Curtis and Johnson voted to approve the minutes.

  1. TREASURER’S REPORT & ACTION ITEMS

    1. Bank Account statement balances

Idaho Central Savings - $40,121.26

Idaho Central Checking - $669,753.13

Connections Savings - $25.00

Connections Checking - $0.00

    1. Approval of monies received

      1. The addition of a donation from the Bank of Idaho for $500 was added to the monies received.

      2. Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the monies received as amended. The motion passed unanimously.

Vickie Warner - $400.00

Bannock County - $156,598.83

Bank of Idaho - $500.00

    1. Authorization of payment of fire district invoices - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the payment of the district invoices. The motion passed unanimously.

Payroll/Taxes - $1,737.65

Municipal Development - $19,000

P&R Auto - $21,714

White Peterson - $1,066

Wipfli - $3,000

    1. Authorization of payment of fire department invoices - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the payment of the department invoices. The motion passed unanimously.

CAL Ranch - $699.96

Changing Seasons - $95.00

Weidner Fire - $867.81

    1. Approval of auto pay invoices - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the auto pay invoices. The motion passed unanimously.

City of Chubbuck - $250.77

Idaho Power - $177.00

Intermountain Gas - $267.00

Sparklight - $72.24

    1. Approval of credit card charges - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the credit card charges. The motion passed unanimously.

Fuel - $929.28

Facilities - $2,605.67

Office Supplies - $559.88

Training Supplies - $433.74

FirstNet - $233.46

    1. The county provided a copy of next year’s L2 form which Commissioner Curtis reviewed. A final draft should be ready for the budget meeting on 8/25/22. After adjustments, the amount to be levied will be $494,643.

  1. FIRE CHIEF’S REPORT

    1. In the month of July, we had 13 calls for service, 4 EMS assist calls, and 8 fire calls and 1 false alarm call

    2. We currently have 19 volunteer members with two of those being new recruits.

    3. The 2000 International Tender is still at our mechanic’s shop and the chief is waiting on a completion date in regards to the repairs. The ship is having a hard time receiving parts.

    4. Radios: Order has been placed with day wireless 6 portables and two mobiles. We are still waiting on grants within the county. The estimate for two more Bendix kings came in at $6,7271.60

    5. New command truck: Graphics: $ 1,367.91 Lights: $ 7,392.00

  1. TRAINING REPORT

    1. Fire: We conducted our Fire Academy which included PPE, SCBA, ladders, Fire hoses and streams, and rescue and search tactics. This will help with getting the new recruits trained up to start responding to calls.

    2. EMS: None

  1. FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION - Captain Wheat attended for the association, but had nothing to say at the meeting.

  1. DISCUSSION & ACTION ITEMS:

    1. Status of building a second station

      1. Chief received a draft design floor plan from Morton. There will be a need for several changes to the draft. Chief will email them regarding the changes and answer the questions Morton asked.

      2. The commissioners discussed the possibility of there being any grant funds to help with the costs of the construction of the station. Chief will investigate possible grant options.

    2. Status on the sale of district assets

      1. No cost valuations for the old T-14 at this time. The chief will be reaching out to some vendors to make sure we get a true valuation.

      2. The chief will also need this unit in service until we get T-24 into service. There are problems with getting the correct parts.

    3. Discussion on 2022-2023 budget - The public notice has already been published in the Idaho State Journal so everything is ready for the 8/25/22 budget meeting.

    4. Discussion on Bannock County EMS

      1. The chief and Commissioners Curits and Johnson attended a county meeting in McCammon.

      2. Bannock County commissioners have decided to utilize a grant to help with McCammon’s station, no decision on any new ambulance placements.

      3. A Unified Fire District discussion will continue in a couple of months after Commissioner Hough does some more research. One question is about how the districts will decide what is fair for each district to pay.

      4. We should try to come up with models and ideas to share with the county commissioners.


    1. Discussion about Idaho State Fire Commissioners’ Association

      1. Commissioner Shell talked to the association and they said they could prorate the annual fee if we decided to join.

      2. Commissioner Johnson had called a couple of the association districts and they said they felt the membership was a good value.

      3. Commissioner Curtis is still in disagreement with joining.

      4. The commissioners decided to table the discussion and decision until the December board meeting to decide for next calendar year.

  1. PUBLIC COMMENT - No one from the public attended the meeting.

  1. NEW BUSINESS

    1. The chief feels there should be a “State of the Department” report to keep the public informed on what is going on in the district. He will prepare a draft and then we can post it on the website and Facebook.

    2. One of the firefighters assisted in getting a grant for some equipment: a chipper and brush cutting equipment. It would be good to provide assistance to the public to clean up their properties using this equipment.

    3. There may be a need to get 3 additional staff members via a grant to help with mitigation efforts.

    4. There may be a need to hire a Public Information Officer to help get information out to the public. It would be a volunteer position. Place this item on the September agenda for discussion.

  1. ADJOURNMENT - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Shell to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously and the meeting closed at 6:43pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Todd Ramirez, Board Secretary