NORTH BANNOCK FIRE DISTRICT

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

NBFD Fire Station – 444 E. Chubbuck Road

April 9, 2026 @ 5:30pm

1. OPEN MEETING - Commissioner Shell opened the meeting at 5:37pm.

2. ROLL CALL - Commissioner Johnson, Commissioner Shell, Fire Chief Curtis, Assistant Chief Timbana, Secretary/Treasurer Millar.

3. ACTION ITEMS

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

   2. Approval of minutes of March 12, 2026 Regular Meeting - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the minutes from March 12, 2026 Regular Meeting. The motion passed unanimously.

4. TREASURER’S REPORT & ACTION ITEMS

   1. Bank Account Statement Balances

      1. Idaho Central Credit Union

         1. Savings - $41,528.07

         2. Checking - $300,571.75

   2. Approval of Monies Received - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the monies received. The motion passed unanimously.

      1. Total Monies Received - $8,993.56

   3. Authorization of Payment of Fire District Invoices - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the payment of fire district invoices. The motion passed unanimously.

      1. Total of Fire District Invoices - $1,500.00

   4. Authorization of Payment of Fire Department Invoices - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the payment of fire department invoices. The motion passed unanimously.

      1. Total of Fire Department Invoices - $1,797.15

   5. Approval of Auto-Pay Invoices - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the auto-pay invoices. The motion passed unanimously.

      1. Total of Auto-Pay Invoices - $955.70

   6. Approval of Credit Card Charges - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the credit card charges. The motion passed unanimously.

      1. Total of Credit Card Charges - $676.39

   7. Approval of Payroll - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the payroll. The motion passed unanimously.

      1. Total of Payroll - $16,447.72

5. FIRE CHIEF’S REPORT

   1. In the month of March we had 6 calls for service, with one cancellation.

   2. Number of Fire Inspections: 2 initial, 6 final.

   3. We have 30 volunteer members, roughly 20 active. Everyone we have in leadership and our senior drivers are doing very well with our newer members. Pocatello hired a couple of our volunteers as employees. Fort Hall hired another. 

   4. Continuing work on the ISO evaluation. Most of our operations being out of house, we’ve needed to contact many people for information. They will inventory everything in July, and are aiming for the second week of the month. Will have it wrapped up by month’s end. Local water masters have been very helpful with the evaluation.

   5. EMS - Our firefighter in the ISU EMT course is doing well. They should be testing in May.

   6. T-2 should be done this week. We should have it ready for local calls and deployments by the end of next week. While it was in for the repair we had them give it an all-over tune up.

   7. T-3 has the final work being done. Should be completed by the middle or end of this month. Chief Curtis has been in contact with the IDL regarding the title. Because it came from the military, IDL needs to send the military all of that paperwork. Chief Curtis will call ICRMP to figure out the process of it being insured. 

6. TRAINING REPORT

   1. In March we conducted pump and water shuttle ops, wildland operations, fire response evolutions, and distributed wildland turnouts. Chief Curtis will visit the cache to put in another order. We’ve had good turnout for training. Encouraged by the volunteers’ attitude. We will spend the next month training up for deployment. We aim to make the volunteers comfortable going on deployment. IDL has training coming up for the paperwork. Will be vigilant on the cost of fuel. Locally we are prepared for the upcoming wildfire season.

7. FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION - No one from the association was present. 

8. DISCUSSION & ACTION ITEMS

   1. Facilities Update - Crew’s Quarters saw 110 man Hours in the house over 11 shifts. Had the water trench filled by the contractors working on Dr. Barlow’s property. Spent time with our engineering department to discuss getting the property annexed and utilities split on Anderson Ln. Pocatello hasn’t given us a large checklist of annexation requirements. Some paving is required. We still need the catch pond, but it is not required for annexation. Commissioner Shell presented an offer to the owners for the land needed for the catch pond and they rejected the proposal. Commissioner Johnson got the dimensions and property value of the square footage. Commissioner Shell will present it to them again. They wanted the cost of what the 1” water line would be to put in their house. The plotting of Station 1 still hasn’t been submitted by the surveyor. WestWind Construction will be speaking with them to have it submitted. Commissioner Johnson, Chief Curtis, and Chief Timbana will be going to Station 2 together to make sure the water is functional. Chief Curtis spoke with Alan Curtis about “Smokey,” the robotic lawnmower. Captain Curtis will work on getting it back in commission for the season. 

   2. Email & Domain Management - It will be very easy to convert to Gmail, keeping our domain and all past emails visible. 

   3. IT Management - Commissioner Shell spoke with John Palmer to have him be an IT consultant. 

9. EXECUTIVE SESSION - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to convene in executive session pursuant to Idaho Code § 74-206 to consider personnel matters [Idaho Code §74-206(1)(a)]. The motion passed unanimously.

   1. Executive session opened at 6:33pm.

   2. Executive session adjourned at 6:36pm and the regular session resumed.

10. PUBLIC COMMENT - No one from the public was present to comment. 

11. NEW BUSINESS -

    1. The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to award 10% of the gross reimbursements of any future deployments to the two fire chiefs to be split evenly. The motion passed unanimously.

    2. The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to accept Lisa Wise’s letter of interest and appoint her to the open D2 Commissioner position. The motion passed unanimously.

12. ADJOURNMENT

    1. The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously.

    2. The meeting adjourned at 6:37pm.

Posted 06/15/2026, 1:00pm, MM