Minutes 09/12/2013 2013 Isles of Capri
Fire/Rescue Advisory
Committee
Minutes ( Special)
September 12 , 2013
ISLES OF CAPRI FIRE/RESCUE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
ISLES OF CAPRI FIRE STATION
ATTENDEES: Jim Hughes, Chairman
Matt Crowder, Vice Chairman
Ben Hilbun, Advisory Committee Member
Dan Sansevieri,Advisory Committee Member by phone
Dan Summers, BES Director
Len Price, Administrative Services Administrator
I. CALL TO ORDER
A. Jim Hughes opened the meeting at 4:00 p.m.
IL REPORTS
A. Chiefs Report
1. Image Trend August 2013 incident reports were provided.
2. August results: 31 Engine responses, 30 Medic Rescue responses.
III. OLD BUSINESS
A. Update on East Naples Fire District's annexation proposal to ICFD.
1. Comments by Administrator Len Price.
a. The BCC has directed staff to obtain complete answers on the
following issues to be brought back on the 09/24/13 BCC agenda.
1. Potential for ISO rating changes.
2. Potential homeowners' insurance rate impacts as a result of
different ISO changes in rates.
3. Conditions from FEMA on grant-awarded equipment.
4. ICFD Pro-forma budget.
b. The BCC has directed staff to obtain information on different methods
of conducting a straw poll (mail-in ballot).
1. One vote per registered vote.
2. One vote per property owner.
3. Len Price will recommend one vote per property owner.
c. Len Price distributed ICFD Pro-forma budget for FYI3-FY17.
I. Budgets were compiled using"best estimates" available.
2. Budgets were calculated with and without Fiddlers Creek.
3. Budgets were not reviewed by the County Budget Office.
4. It was discovered that the budgets need an additional revision;
new budgets will be distributed to Adv. Committee members,
staff, and citizens as soon as available.
2. Discussion of 3 town hall meetings to be held by the Advisory Committee.
a. Motion to schedule 3 town hall meetings on Sept 25, Oct. 10, Oct 24;
all to be held at the Capri Civic Center at 6:00 p.m.
1. Motion seconded by Ben Hilbun.
2. Motion carried unanimously.
b. Information given to the citizens will be factual,not positional.
3. Discussion of firefighter jobs.
a. The hiring of ICFD firefighters by ENFD is still not clearly defined.
b. ENFD is not committed to hiring any ICFD firefighters.
c. Matt Crowder questions why ENFD will not put in writing that they
will hire six ICFD firefighters providing each ICFD firefighter wishes
to apply and meets all ENFD job qualifications.
4. Discussion of the ambulance stationed at Station 90.
a. County decision of where to locate the ambulance in future years is
unrelated to the issue of the annexation of ICFD by ENFD.
b. An ALS agreement with ENFD has not been approved by the BCC.
c. Currently Station 90 maintains Medic Rescue 90; but if ICFD is
annexed by ENFD, an ambulance with lesser capabilities may be
housed at Station 90 instead.
IV. PUBLIC COMMENT
V. ADJOURNMENT
Approved:
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