Minutes 03/21/2013 2013 Isles of Capri
Fire/Rescue Advisory
Committee
Minutes
March 21 , 2013
APR ) 5 2013
BY:
ISLES OF CAPRI FIRE/RESCUE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 21, 2013
ISLES OF CAPRI FIRE STATION
ATTENDEES: Jim Hughes, Chairman
Matt Crowder, Vice Chairman
Raymond Kane, Advisory Committee Member
Dan Sansevieri, Advisory Committee Member
Ben Hilbun, Advisory Committee Member
Alan McLaughlin, Fire Chief
Len Price, Administrative Services Administrator
Dan Summers, BES Director District I
Barbara Shea, Minutes Preparer District 2
District 3_
District 4
I. CALL TO ORDER District 5
A. Jim Hughes opened the meeting at 3:00 p.m.
B. Chief McLaughlin conducted the "Swearing In" Ceremony of all five members
of the ICFD Advisory Committee.
II. REPORTS
A. Minutes of prior advisory committee meetings.
1. Motion to approve corrected January 31, 2013 minutes by Matt Crowder.
a. Motion seconded by Ben Hilbun.
b. Motion carried unanimously.
2. Motion to approve "as amended" February 15 minutes by Ben Hilbun.
a. Changed Page 2, Item IV from "paralyzed"to "constrained."
b. Motion seconded by Matt Crowder.
c. Motion carried unanimously.
B. Elections for Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the ICFD Advisory Committee.
1. Motion to nominate Jim Hughes for Chairman by Dan Sansevieri.
Misc. Corms: a. Motion seconded by Matt Crowder.
b. Motion carried unanimously.
Date: 7. Motion to nominate Matt Crowder for Vice Chairman by Ray Kane.
a. Motion seconded by Dan Sansevieri.
Item#: b. Motion carried unanimously.
Conies to:
C. Chief's Report
1. Image Trend February 2013 incident type report has been provided.
a. Chief McLaughlin explained terms and types of calls listed.
b. ICFD had a total of 44 calls in the month of February.
2. ICFD firefighters are in the process of reactivating their union status.
a. Firefighter union status should not affect the ICFD FY14 budget.
b. Firefighters are in this process for self-protection of their jobs.
III. OLD BUSINESS
A. Discussion of the creation of ICFD Advisory Committee By-Laws.
1. Dan Sansevieri had previously volunteered to head up a committee.
2. Matt Crowder has a copy of a set of By-Laws which had never been
adopted by the BCC.
a. Matt will email his set of By-Laws to Barbara Shea.
b. Barbara Shea will email the By-Laws to all committee members.
c. Barbara Shea will accumulate comments from comm. members.
d. Comments will be discussed at the next meeting.
3. Matt Crowder opposes the "sign-up sheet" for residents to speak.
a. This procedure had been instituted in January 2013 by Jim Hughes.
b. The sign-up sheet had been a tool to increase meeting decorum.
c. By-Laws should include how and when the public can comment.
4. By-Laws should include requirements of meeting attendance by members.
a. Some members may be "out of town" for the summer months.
} b. By-Laws should include how many months is a row that a member
may miss, or what consequences may be imposed.
c. By-Laws should include a discussion of attendance by telephone.
B. Update on"Request to solicit potential interest in assuming responsibility for fire
and rescue operations for the Isles of Capri Fire District" letters sent to East
Naples Fire Dept. and Marco Island Fire Dept.
1. No response has been received from the East Naples Fire Dept.
2. Two information requests have been received from Chief Murphy.
3. Department staff have been working to accumulate data for Chief Murphy.
4. Len Price discussed the process of receiving future proposals.
a. Initially, OMB will review all proposals.
b. Subsequently, proposals will be provided to ICFD Adv. Members.
c. Extensions to the April 15 deadline may be granted by Mr. Ochs.
5. Ray Kane suggested that representatives from ENFD and Marco Fire
attend the May Adv. Comm. meeting to field questions on the proposals.
6. Len Price suggested invitations to be sent at a later date.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
A. Future meeting dates and times.
1. Chief McLaughlin proposed that regular meetings be held on the second
Thursday of each month, as a result of a monthly schedule conflict.
2. Matt Crowder proposed that meetings are held as late in the day as possible.
3. Motion to move meetings to 4 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month.
a. Motion made by Ben Hilbun.
b. Motion seconded by Matt Crowder.
c. Motion carried unanimously.
4. The next regular advisory committee meeting will be on April 11, 2013.
B. Discussion of Meeting Agenda preparation.
1. Matt Crowder volunteered to prepare the Agenda for each meeting.
2. Additions from County staff will be provided to Matt Crowder.
3. The Agenda deadline will be at noon on Monday (3 days prior to meeting).
4. Ann Hall will provide the Agenda on her"coconut telegraph" email.
5. Ben Hilbun suggested that a firefighter be recognized at each meeting.
a. The Agenda will include recognition of a firefighter.
b. Firefighter recognition will be at the beginning of each meeting.
C. Discussion of ICFD FY14 Budget.
1. All County charges to ICFD have not been received yet.
2. A draft budget was distributed to all committee members.
a. Staff used FY13 charges to estimate any missing FY14 charges.
b. Budget guidelines included a flat ad valorem estimate for the district.
3. OMB has requested submittal of the ICFD budget on 04/01/13.
4. Draft budget includes salary expenses for a Divisional Chief, 50% of a
Fire Captain, and no salary expenses for Chief McLaughlin.
5. When a Divisional Chief is hired he will report to Chief McLaughlin and
Dan Summers, BES Director.
6. Barbara will send out future changes to the draft as they are available.
7. Questions can be submitted to Barbara.
8. Barbara will provide answers to budget questions to all members by email.
9. Discussion of the necessity to include Boat 90 in the ICFD budget.
a. ICFD responds to approximately 30-40 boat calls per year.
b. ICFD responds to more boat calls than the rest of Collier County.
c. Coast Guard Auxiliary does not repond to many boat emergencies.
d. Fort Myers is the nearest Coast Guard Station.
e. Boat 90 provides structure firefighting capabilities.
f. Keewaydin Island has structures requiring fire protection.
g. Boat 90 provides mutual aid to Marco Island waters.
h. Responses include boat accidents, fires, and medical emergencies.
D. Discussion of"ride-along" capability of Advisory Committee Members.
a. Ben Hilbun inquired about"ride-along" capabilities to fire scenes.
b. Dan Summers suggested that any Committee Member could be
driven in a separate vehicle to a fire scene to observe.
c. Chief McLaughlin will check with the County Risk Dept.
d. Any member may visit the Fire Station at any time.
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V. PUBLIC COMMENT
A. "Great news of no FY14 deficit"by Jeri Neuhaus.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
A. Motion to adjourn the meeting by Ben Hilbun at 4:45 p.m.
1. Motion seconded by Matt Crowder.
2. Motion carried unanimously.
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