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Fire Service Steering Committee Minutes 10/23/1990 Asp NOTICE OF MEETING FIRE SERVICE STEERING COMMITTEE OCTOBER 23, 1990 EAST NAPLES FIRE HEADQUARTERS 20 7:30 P.M. PROPOSED AGENDA: I. MEETING OPENED a Approval of Minutes b. Charter By Laws c. Consolidation d. Fire Code Interpreter e. Enabling Act f. Divide District One g. Other Topics h. Schedule Next Meeting: Date, Time, Location II. ADJOURNMENT REMINDER: Approval of Charter and By Laws by the Board of Fire Commissioners prior to meeting. OdoseLel 4cice- e---(' MINUTES FIRE SERVICE STEERING COMMITTEE OCTOBER 23, 1990 MEETING OPENED The meeting opened at 7:45 p.m. with Commissioners Cannon, Luntz, Speers, Kissel, Coleman, Steffen, Eckhardt, and Deluna, Chiefs Martin, Doerr, Siebold, Nutley, Jones, McDonald, and Peterson, Asst. Chief Schank, Deputy Chief Burkback, and Administrative Assistant Yolanda Inabnitt. An invitation was extended to County Commissioner Max Hasse to attend the meeting but was not able to be present tonight. a Approval of Minutes 1) The minutes of the July 24, 1990 meeting were accepted on a motion by Commissioner Luntz and,a second by Commissioner Delula. Verbal vote: unanimous. 2) The minutes of the August 30, 1990 meeting were accepted on a motion by Chief Martin and a second by Chief Jones. b. Charter/By Laws The fire departments of North Naples, East Naples, Marco Island, Golden Gate, and Ochopee have all unanimously approved this document. Big Corkscrew Island Fire Department will have this item place on their agenda for their commissioners meeting in November. Commissioner Cannon stated that the document should be formalized by January 1st. Commissioner Luntz moved that the Fire Service Steering Committee request North Naples Fire Department to take the Charter and By Laws of this committee to their attorney for review and report back at next month's meeting. There was a second by Commissioner Kissel. Verbal vote: unanimous. 1 c. Consolidation Chief Jones reported that he received information regarding Ron Coleman's selected committee. The committee is scheduled to be here sometime in January. Chief Jones stated that he was informed that approximately $4,000. is estimated to bring the committee here to study this issue. Commissioner Cannon asked if members wanted to take a stand against the expenditures when this issue is brought before the Board of County Commissioners. A long discussion followed. Commissioner Luntz suggested that a letter be written to Ron Coleman requesting that whatever report they finalize be made available to the fire districts and this committee prior to the meeting of the board of county commissioners. Chief Jones made a motion to request from Ron Coleman that the report in question be made available to this committee in conjuction with any other concerned parties. There was a second by Commissioner Luntz. Motion carries on a verbal vote: 16 yay vs. 1 nay. Chief Siebold expressed his concern with regard to this letter and opposed. Chief Martin will draft the letter and present it to the districts in drafted form for their review. d. Fire Code Interpreter Chief Martin distributed copies of the packet containing pertinent information on this topic. Commissioner Kissel reported on the meetings held with the architects. The commissioner stated that they are in favor of having a plan reviewer and are behind us 100 percent. A long discussion ensued with regard to reported estimated employee costs, office equipment, insurance, etc. This information was compiled by Commissioner Kissel and Chief Martin and presented to the committee for direction. Commissioner Kissel explained the funtions the fire official would be performing, which would be employed by the fire districts. A long discussion ensued with regard to utilizing other alternatives to make the concept work. Pros and cons were also disussed. It was the concensus of the group that a qualified fire official be employed for this position. 2 Commissioner Kissel moved that the committee procede with its current plan to hire a plans review person and investigate what the Collier County Development Steering Committee wants. There was a second by Commissioner Luntz. Motion carries on a verbal vote. Verbal vote: 15 yay vs. 2 nay. e. Enabling Act Chief Nutley distributed copies of a document received from Cari Roth in reference to Fire District Legislation. Chief Jones reported that he attended 3 meetings regarding this and also contributed his input. Chief Jones also stated that the fire districts should support the Fire District Legislation and reported the dates of upcoming meetings to address this matter. The Chief also expressed that these meetings are important and every independent district should attend. A long discussion followed with regard to the law proposed by the Department of Community Affairs regarding the number of fire commissioners to serve on a fire district board. f. Divide District One Chief Martin stated that at the direction of this committee District One was divided so the districts can plan and improve fire protection in these areas. The dividing has been made and was presented to the committee for review. Chief Martin stated that the boundary changes must be in bill form when submitted to Mary Ellen Hawkin's office. The deadline is November 9th. Commissioner Cannon stated that if this dosen't work a meeting will be called. g. Other Topics No topics were initiated by any members of the group. h. Schedule Next Meeting: Date, Time, Location The next meeting will be held at Big Corkscrew Island Fire Department on November 20th. The meeting will commence at 7:30 p.m. II. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m. on a motion by Commissioner Luntz and a second by Commissioner Speers. 3