Regular Meeting Minutes - September 9, 2026, 5:30pm

September 9, 2026 at 5:30pm 

I. OPEN MEETING - Commissioner Shell opened the meeting at 5:30pm.

II. ROLL CALL - Commissioner Wise, Commissioner Johnson, Commissioner Shell, Fire Chief Curtis, Administrative Assistant Kimberly Olsen, and Information Technology representative Jonathan Palmer

III. ACTION ITEMS

A. Approval of agenda - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson to modify the agenda items to have Jonathan Palmer present before the treasurer report. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Wise to approve the modified agenda. The motion passed unanimously.

B. Approval of minutes of August 11, 2026 Regular Meeting - The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Wise to approve the minutes from August 11, 2026 Regular Meeting. The motion passed unanimously.

IV. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - JON PALMER

A. Jon Palmer presented to the commissioners a new form of email accounts managed via Google per their request. Jon provided instruction on how to access the accounts and transferred all documents of the accounts to the admin assistant, Kimberly Olsen. Jon was then excused from the meeting.

V. TREASURER’S REPORT & ACTION ITEMS

A. Bank Account Statement Balances

Idaho Central Credit Union

(1) Savings - $13,958.95

(2) Checking - $223,631.63

B. 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.

Total Monies Received - $107,978.51

Total expenditures for items C - G below: $22,422.48 The motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Shell to approve expenditures for items C - G. The motion passed unanimously.

C. Authorization of Payment of Fire District Invoices ($12,582.51)

D. Authorization of Payment of Fire Department Invoices ($1,129.00)

E. Approval of Auto-Pay Invoices ($1,604.58)

F. Approval of Credit Card Charges ($1,950.00)

G. Approval of Payroll ($5,120.06)

V. FIRE CHIEF’S REPORT

A. In the month of August, we had 9 calls for service. See Incident Report for details.

B. An all-hands meeting was held for clarification on policies and procedures as well as tactics and strategies. New recruits were introduced.

C. We received a passing inspection from L.N. Curtis on the air compressor for air quality and function which is an inspection done annually.

D. We’ve hired 5 new candidates.

E. The crew quarters had 2 candidates apply for residency in the house. Approval and finalization of that will be done as soon as possible. There is a legal agreement that will be signed by all occupants of the residence.

F. T-3 (Hopper) has been put into service. We will put some emergency lighting on it as well. All paperwork from the county and state for license plates and registration has been received. Extensive in-service training has been done and will continue.

G. We had the Tyhee Elementary Back to School event on August 26 at 7:30am to welcome kids back to school. Firefighters gave out stickers while standing by the firetrucks. 10 personnel were in attendance with the vehicles, Engine-1, Hopper, Command 1, and Command 2.

H. Initial fire inspections: 6 Final fire inspections: 5

VI. TRAINING REPORT

A. Wildland, T-3, Truck Checks and Company Evolutions, Wildland Case Studies, and Size Up and Command

B. No EMS training in August

VIII. DISCUSSION & ACTION ITEMS

A. Anderson Lane Update – There was a flood at a business near the property, the business owner was able to resolve it without needing district involvement. Commissioner Johnson is working on annexation into the City of Pocatello and will be complete in the coming months, a property owner, last name of Dudley, will be excluded in the annexation. The commissioners were in agreement to review the Anderson Lane lease agreement for understanding of the obligations of the lessee and lessor. That task was assigned to Commissioner Shell.

Commissioner Johnson also proposed selling the Anderson Lane property once completed in construction.

B. Chubbuck Station 1 Update: Commissioner Johnson reported that a surveyor would be surveying the plot soon and steel pins would be inserted into the property lines.

IX. PUBLIC COMMENT - No public comments.

X. NEW BUSINESS – Commissioner Shell discussed the appearance of a new hydrant in subdistrict three on the north side of Pocatello Creek Road near Ridgewood.

XI. ADJOURNMENT

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

B. The meeting adjourned at 7:30pm.