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Fire Service Steering Committee Minutes 03/19/1991 '.� FIRE SERVICE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING MARCH 19, 1991 The Fire Service Steering Committee was called to order at • 7:30 P.M. at Golden Gate Fire Department ' s new facility. The following were in attendance: _ Marvin Steffen, Commissioner GGFD Mark Strain, Commissioner GGFD Greg Swab, Captain GGFD George Eckhardt, Corr,missioner BCIFD Jay Reardon, Emergency Serv. Adm. CC Ray DeLuna, Jr. , Commissioner IFD J.C. Nutley, Chief IFD Bob Siebold, Chief BCIFD Walter Kissel, Commissioner NNFD Jim Jones, Chief NNFD Greg Speers, Commissioner ENFD Richard Gibbons, Lieutenant ENFD , Wayne Martin, Chief ENFD 'Tom Cannon, Commissioner ENFD Herb Luntz, Commissioner ENFD Don Peterson, Chief GGFD William McGrath MIFD Mark Coleman MIFD Representative from OFD Approval of Minutes: Correct the last sentence under District One to read, "Burt Harris will sponsor it and Senator Dudley will carry it out. " The minutes for February 19, 1991 were approved and seconded with the above correction. Motion passed unanimously. Articles of Incorporation: The Articles of Incorporation have been sent to the State and the necessary fees have been sent to the attorney. All that needs to be done now is wait for the charter number to come back from the State, that should take about two to three weeks . Consolidation: The County should receive the report from the IFC Study Team by the end of March. 71( Fire Steering Committee Meeting Page 2 March 19, 1991 Fire Code Interpreter: Walter Kissel advised that it would probably be quite beneficial for the fire service to have a representative at the Development Center Committee meetings since they will be updating the fire codes. They meet the 1st Wednesday of every month. Enabling Act: Chief Jones advised that he had met with the Special District Association lobbyists in Tallahassee. Fred Jones, Chairman of the Department of Community Affairs, wants to do away with all special districts. His proposed bill will probably not be introduced in the House this year. Chief Jones passed out a copy of Senator Dudley' s proposed bill which he feels would benefit the special districts more than the Representative 's proposed bill . League of Cities does not agree with Senator Dudley's bill. District One: Jay Reardon advised that they are going to try to increase the frequency of payments. He is trying to arrange for 50% payment in April and the remaining half in two additional payments during the remainder of the year. He did advise that if three payments are made instead of two, it may end up in the County Attorney's office because of word changes being made to the contract. The consensus was to stay with the same contract as last year and if changes are to be made, make them in next years. Correspondence: Concept Paper: The Chairman stated that he felt it was important for the fire departments to start working on the concept paper again and had sent copies of this document to all fire departments. Marco Island Fire Department has two new Commissioners who have not had the benefit of knowing all of the background work and reasons for this concept paper. Walter Kissel and Herb luntz offered to go to Marco Island Fire Commission meeting to help with making their Commissioners understand why this concept paper is important and that no one would be loosing their independence. Ray DeLuna would like to see a streamlined version of this document. Chief Martin stated that his department would 2// Fire Service Steering Committee Page 3 March 19, 1991 i / work on that and send it out to each department. Other Topics : Reminder of patriotic rally on Saturday at Cambier Park in honor of Operation Desert Storm troops and families. Work regarding hurricane awareness will probably start in May. Hurricane awareness week will be held in June. Ken Pineau will bring information to the Chiefs ' Association Meeting. Firematics will be held on June 15th on Marco Island. The State competition will be on July 27th. Official dedication for the Golden Gate Emergency Complex will be on March 28th. Schedule Next Meeting : The next meeting will be held on April 16th at 7 : 30 P.M. at the Port of the Isles Resort (Ochopee Fire Department will be the host department) . Sheriff Hunter will be there to speak on the 800 MHZ radio system. Adjournment: A motion was made to adjourn the meeting .