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Ochopee FCD Advisory Board Minutes 12/08/2014 Ochopee Fire Control Advisory Committee Minutes December 8 , 2014 OCHOPEE FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING DECEMBER 8, 2014 CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 4PM by the Chairman of the Ochopee Advisory Committee Anthony Davis. Roll Call of Attendees: Alan McLaughlin, Fire Chief, Ochopee Fire Control District Anthony Davis, Chairman of the Advisory Committee, Port of the Islands Ron Gilbert, Advisory Committee Member, Port of the Islands James Morris, Advisory Committee Member, Port of the Islands Jeannie Kungle, Member of the community ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS TO AGENDA None Approval of Agenda Ron Gilbert made a motion to approve the agenda it was seconded and passed the agenda was approved. Approval of minutes of Regular Meeting of November 10, 2014 James Morris made a motion to approve the minutes from the November 10, 2014 meeting as written it was seconded and passed. The minutes were approved and signed by the Chairman Anthony Davis. Page 1 REPORTS: Budget Alan McLaughlin -We are still on track with the budget in fact we are a little under budget right now but the holiday season is coming up payroll will increase. We are doing well with our operating expenses. We are under budget with several items on the station 63 budget. The vehicles for the 1-75 station are ahead of schedule the Chief is going to do a midpoint inspection on the heavy rescue and the water tender chassis. We expect a delivery hopefully before Christmas of the Quick Attack Squad Vehicle. Line of Duty Deaths Alan McLaughlin —The US Firefighter line of duty deaths for this year so far is 82 and 8 for the month of November 2014. Awards and Recognitions Certifications Alan McLaughlin — Linda Swisher will be recognized tomorrow at the regular Collier County Board of Commissioner's meeting as employee of the month for November 2014. He asked if some of the Committee members could attend as support. We have never had any one in the fire service since 2002 nominated as employee of the month. Tony Davis—He wanted to know what vehicles were being used at the 1-75 Fire Station. Chief McLaughlin — We are currently using a rental vehicle from Brindle Mountain and Attack 60. The lease on the Brindle Mountain truck is good till the end of February we may have to extend that lease but we believe the vehicles should be in by then. Operations Report Alan McLaughlin—There have been 43 incidents for the month of November. Two were mutual aid calls to Marco Islands from Station 61 and there were no boat rescue calls. There have been two fire inspections by East Naples Fire District and no fire investigations. Page 2 OLD BUSINESS I-75 Station Alan McLaughlin —We are still working out the kinks and bugs at the station. We have a fuel contract for the tank at the 1-75 station. They are still having problems with people stopping at the station thinking it is a public restroom. He has requested that FDOT increase the signage regarding the location of the public restrooms at the rest area. Locution System Alan McLaughlin -We are up and ready to go regarding the locution system which was installed by our own personnel. The Sheriff's Department and CII will finish up the system. The original bids for installing the system was$15,000 for Station 61, $17,000 for Station 60 and $18,000 for Station 63. Chief Morris and I purchased all the parts for $1100.00 to accommodate all the stations.Stations 61 and 63 the wires were built into the stations during construction Station 60 had to be wired and the rest of the components were amplifiers we saved $28,000 by researching what was needed to install the locution system and doing it ourselves. We will be splitting the cost of the system with EMS at Station 60 because there is a medic unit there. Call Back Staffing Alan McLaughlin —Call Back Staffing is our online payroll and staffing system that we are going to it is web based the personnel can access it anytime anywhere it is similar to what EMS is currently using but it is a lot cheaper. The Tele Staff system EMS uses is$30,000. The Call Back Staffing is approximately$1500. FEMA Grant for Smoke Removal Station 60&Stortz Hydrant Adapters Alan McLaughlin—We have applied for the FEMA Grant for Smoke Removal at Station 60 We are not going after the Stortz Hydrant Adapters. The smoke removal system is for Station 60 because it is a back in station therefore fumes tend to accumulate at the back of the station. Station 61 and 63 has a sensor so when the fumes accumulate a fan comes on automatically to clear the air. Station 60 is an old station and does not have a system. We received the go ahead from the County Manager to apply for the grant. Page 3 NEW BUSINESS Len Price& Dan Summers' presentation BCC Meeting 12-9-14 Alan McLaughlin — The Len Price and Dan Summers presentation will be tomorrow. Commissioner Henning has something on the agenda for EMS to form a committee. He had a meeting with Mark Isackson six weeks ago he recommended to consolidate all the MSTUs under one and set the millage rate at 3.5. The options that were presented to the Advisory Committee at the November meeting will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners. The bill went in Thursday for Fiddler's Creek so it will be coming out of Isle of Capri's budget one way or the other so they will need to increase their millage rate either to 2.9 or 3 to compensate for the loss. The Mayor will be at the meeting and he encourages the Advisory Committee to attend as well. PUBLIC COMMENT None ADJOURNMENT A motion was made to adjourn it was seconded and passed the meeting ended at 4:29PM. / ,1 Ant ony.Davis, Chairm Z Ochopee Fire Control District Advisory Board Page 4