NORTH BANNOCK FIRE DISTRICT

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

NBFD Fire Station – 444 E. Chubbuck Road

January 8, 2026 @ 5:30pm

1. OPEN MEETING - Commissioner Shell opened the meeting at 5:40pm.

2. ROLL CALL - Commissioner Johnson, Commissioner Shell, Fire Chief Brian Curtis via phone, Assistant Chief Timbana, Board Secretary 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 December 11, 2025 Regular Meeting - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve the minutes from December 11, 2025 Regular Meeting. The motion passed unanimously.

4. TREASURER’S REPORT & ACTION ITEMS

   1. Bank Account Statement Balances

      1. Idaho Central Credit Union

         1. Savings - $41,512.42

         2. Checking - $503,876.08

   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 - $21,130.22

   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 - $172,893.47

   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 - $4,857.37

   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 - $1,587.38

   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 - $3,119.95

   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 - $7,589.90

5. FIRE CHIEF’S REPORT

   1. In the month of December we had 4 calls for service.

      1. 3 Fire Responses, 1 False Alarm

      2. 1 Medical Assist

   2. Number of Fire Inspections - 2 Initial Inspections, 4 Final Inspections for building construction permits. The district continues to steadily grow. 

   3. We have 25 volunteer members and we are interviewing and recruiting an additional round of volunteers.

   4. Chief Curtis attended the East Idaho Fire Chiefs Meeting where they recognized Chief Duan Nelson and EMS Chief Jon Perry for their retirements. This next fire season may see more reliance on local fire protection services.

   5. Prevent Fire Co. did our annual fire extinguisher inspections and did several hydrotests on 6-year extinguishers.

   6. The department’s Christmas Party was a success. Commissioner Curtis was recognized for his service to the district.

6. TRAINING REPORT

   1. In December we conducted Commercial Building Layout/Fire Tactics for Commercial Buildings (includes schools & churches), Pre-Planning and Pre-Arrival size up considerations, PPE/SCBA Gear, EMS Training of Medical Emergency Assessments. Next month we will send firefighters to the ISU EMS conference. Another fire training course is being offered at CFA that includes burn building operations, ropes and knots, and high angle. We plan to send some of our firefighters to it as well. The EMT class is starting soon, which some of our firefighters will attend. We are acclimating the captains to their roles and responsibilities. They will oversee our firefighters to sustain call and training attendance and find out the needs of our firefighters. Information sharing will be more clear and direct. 

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

8. DISCUSSION & ACTION ITEMS

   1. Station 1 Update - We are finally in the new conference room, though additional work will need to be done to have everything ready to host next month’s meeting on Google Meets. Commissioner Johnson thanks Chief Curtis and Chief Timbana for all of their hard work on the new space. We will need to fill the room to help with the echo. We continue to have issues with the trench that was dug for the new water hookup, though work on it is ongoing with the contractor. They will haul in material to fill the trench. The rain gutter was installed. Commissioner Johnson will contact the City of Chubbuck to potentially acquire official fire department signage for ease of traffic access.

   2. Station 2 Update - The city engineer working on our project retired on January 2nd. It was not communicated with us that they were retiring. Our other engineers are working with the city to coordinate who is responsible for which project items. There is an 8” line instead of the 4” line we had suspected. The Andersons would like an 8” line to accommodate potential additional structures in the future. Commissioner Johnson instructed the contractor to install an 8” line to keep production moving forward. The construction crew will hook up the outdoor grease trap and prepare the building for the water hookup. We currently do not have water or sewer connected to the building. Pocatello has to approve how the 8” line is connecting in the manhole. Commissioner Johnson will have a meeting with the city to resolve this. We are waiting to receive a market value for the property we want to offer a price to the Andersons for and have not heard back on it. 

   3. Crew’s Quarters Update - Commissioner Johnson will acquire more exterior cameras to install on the house and would like for the firefighters to track the hours of use in the crew’s quarters. Potential to use a sort of sign-in sheet or calendar for this purpose.

   4. Status of Payments for Fire Dispatches Summer of 2025 - One of the firefighters did not turn in much of any of their paperwork. Secretary Millar is working with  the IDL to make documents based on the information we do have. Work will be done before the upcoming season to prevent a similar situation and to put together better processes to hold firefighters accountable. Secretary Millar will file the deployment paperwork as soon as possible. 

   5. Sub District 2 Commissioner Vacancy - We need to fill the commissioner vacancy since Commissioner Curtis’ retirement from the position. Commissioner Johnson will get clear on the statutes of filling the position. Potential for a special meeting to resolve this. Secretary Millar will publish advertisements of the position on Facebook and the homepage of our website and will organize commissioner oversight on the department Instagram account. Commissioner Shell will organize an advertisement in the paper.

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 6:36pm.

   2. Executive session adjourned at 6:49pm and the regular session resumed.

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

11. NEW BUSINESS -

    1. Potential to end hosting our meetings for the public via Google Meets due to lack of attendance. This issue will be added to the agenda to be voted on. We will keep internal access either way, Secretary Millar will look into organizing it. 

    2. Commissioner Shell will call ICCU to see why Alan Curtis has access to the department banking visuals.

    3. Acquiring 3-drawer locking filing cabinet, will need help picking it up. 

    4. We will move forward with getting Chief Timbana and the captains proper workspaces in the office. The Commissioners will support in this endeavor.

    5. Secretary Millar will look into scheduled recurring payments for salary employees. 

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 7:07pm.