Regular Meeting

June 9, 2022, 5:30pm

NORTH BANNOCK FIRE DISTRICT

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

NBFD Fire Station – 444 E. Chubbuck Road

June 9, 2022 @ 5:30pm

  1. OPEN MEETING - Meeting was opened at 5:30pm by Commissioner Shell.

  1. ROLL CALL - Commissioner Shell, Commissioner Johnson, Commissioner Curtis, Chief Brood and Secretary Ramirez were present for the meeting.

  1. ACTION ITEMS:

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

    2. Approval of minutes of May 19, 2022 regular meeting - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Johnson to approve the minutes. The motion passed unanimously.

    3. Approval of minutes of May 19, 2022 executive session - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Johnson to approve the minutes. The motion passed unanimously.

    4. Approval of minutes of May 26, 2022 special meeting - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Johnson to approve the minutes. The motion passed unanimously.

  1. TREASURER’S REPORT

    1. Bank Statement Balances

      1. ICCU Checking $595,121.38

      2. ICCU Savings $40,116.26

      3. Connections Checking $0.00

      4. Connections Savings $25.00

    2. SOS annual filing - The annual report of district officers and their contact information was updated and uploaded to the secretary of state’s office.

    3. ICRMP sent a notice that the estimated annual premium for this year would be $10,805 which is within the amount that was budgeted.

  1. FIRE CHIEF’S REPORT

    1. In the month of May, we had 5 calls for service; one EMS assist call, and four fire calls.

    2. We currently have 23 volunteer members. We have had a few that have moved on to school and fire jobs.

    3. We will be starting a fire academy tentatively June 28th for 7 estimated new recruits.

    4. The 2000 International Tender has arrived from Canada and it is now at our mechanics to get a complete safety check and estimate on any repair costs. The chief will then get it licensed and titled. The portable pump has arrived for this unit as well.

    5. We have received our Agency EMS license from Idaho EMS. This is good through 05/13/2023 and allows us to respond to medical emergencies and conduct EMS stand-by in our district.

    6. In the chief’s EMS meeting last month with the county commissioners many options were discussed but it is obvious there is an issue of not enough ambulances serving all of Bannock County. A couple of different options were discussed. One is the need for another ambulance down in the McCammon area as well as another unit in our area. At this time the funding for this is not available and we will continue discussions tomorrow at 1:30pm with the county commissioners as well as Bannock County Ambulance representatives, Chubbuck, McCammon City, and the chief.

    7. We were gifted five more AEDs from the fire association in which Marc Farnworth secured a grant via Portneuf. They will be conducting a media release soon.

    8. Radios: We are set to receive 6 APX900 portable radios as well as two mobile units via a county grant.

  1. TRAINING REPORT

    1. EMS: Respiratory Emergencies

    2. Fire: We finished up our wildland training with a field day and pump operations on all of our wildland engines.

    3. We also conducted NFPA 1410 Evolution summary-engine drills, which helps with deploying hose lines and doing an initial fire knock down within 3-5 minutes once we arrive on scene.

    4. Upcoming GIFF (Gateway Inter-Agency Fire Front) training will be conducted June 18th at Century High school starting 0900.

  1. FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION - Firefighter Jon Avilla-Lau attended and reported that the association felt that things were going well. They are still working on a fundraiser selling street number signs to members of the district.

  1. ACTION ITEMS:

    1. Approval of monies received

      1. A correction needed to be made to the interest received from Idaho Central. The board packet stated it was $76.04 and it should have been $80.35.

      2. Monies received were from:

Bannock County - $10,773.24

Vickie Warner - $400.00

Portneuf Tree Service - $500.00

Idaho Central Interest - $80.35

Fire Recovery - $2,675.40

      1. Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Johnson to approve the corrected monies received. The motion passed unanimously.

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

Wipfli - $1,500.00

Truck Transfer $78.06 - The invoice shows a different amount, but the email attached to the packet shows that the district only owes the $78.06.

The Accounting Office - $362.50

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

Apparatus Equipment - $1,061.38

LN Curtis - $21,650.12

Idaho Dept of Lands - $165.99

K&M Repair - $359.69

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

City of Chubbuck - $210.13

Idaho Power - $177.00

Intermountain Gas - $217.00

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

Fuel (Various Vendors) - $464.95

Office Supplies - $253.27

Home Depot - $740.94

FirstNet - $232.96

    1. Status of building a second station

      1. Commissioner Shell contacted Hal Jensen from the county. Mr. Jensen stated that there was a possible exemption in the law regarding subdividing a property when the subdivision has to do with the expansion of a public entity. Mr. Jensen said he’d contact the county commissioners and try to get on the agenda for their Thursday work session next week and then let us know.

      2. Jake from Morton Buildings wants to have a meeting next Thursday the 16th to start the design and building process. A committee meeting agenda will be created and Jake will be sent an invitation/meeting invite for Google Meet. The meeting will be on 6/16/22 @ 5:30pm.

      3. It is time to have the attorney prepare the final purchase agreement. Use White Peterson. Items that need to be included in the purchase agreement: Land must be cleaned up within 2 weeks of the close date or any property left will be forfeited to the district. Sales purchase price of $50,000 per acre and purchasing 1.2 acres. $2,000 in earnest money should be transferred to the purchase value of the property.

      4. Secretary Ramirez to get digital copies of the original option agreement, the property description and the survey map to Commissioner Shell so she can send it to the attorney.

      5. We need to check on connecting to Pocatello water and sewer systems and what requirements there will be for curbing and gutters. We also need to price the cost of paving the property to the seller's property line per the option agreement.

  1. PUBLIC COMMENT - There was no one from the public in the meeting.

  1. NEW BUSINESS

    1. We need to have fire and do not block signs as well as flashing lights put up on Chubbuck Road so the public knows not to block our access and exit from the station. This is another reason not to keep this station after the new one is built. Things are going to get worse as commercial construction is happening all around us. Chief Brood will research how to get these items and how it would be paid for.

  1. ADJOURNMENT - Commissioner Curtis made a motion and was seconded by Commissioner Johnson to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 6:20pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Todd Ramirez, Board Secretary