DAISY MOUNTAIN FIRE DISTRICT MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING December 17th 2014 1. CALL TO ORDER (7:00PM) 2. ROLL CALL/AFFIRMATION OF QUORUM: Joe Cantelme ----- Present Randy Hancock ----- Absent Delene Mahoney ----- Present Jonathan Maitem ----- Absent Brian Moore ----- Present 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Joe Cantelme 4. CALL TO THE PUBLIC: There were no requests from the public. 1. ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA (Items Marked With *) A. *Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings: Regular Meeting – November 24th 2014 B.*Approval of Financial Report – November 2014 Motion to accept the consent agenda with the amendment to the November 24 meeting minutes Item 7B to reflect that the payoff of Shop 30, 31, 41 and 42 is a FY 14-15 budgeted item by Delene Mahoney. Seconded by Joe Cantelme. Motion carried unanimously, 3-0. 2. OLD BUSINESS A. Discussion and Possible Board Action on the Remounting and Refurbishment of 2 rescues Item tabled until next board meeting. B. Discussion and Possible Board Action on the proposed department name change. Item tabled until next board meeting. 3. EXECUTIVE SESSION Contract Issue *NOTE: The executive session was moved to last on the agenda to accommodate the guest speakers* Motion made by Delene Mahoney to move into executive session, seconded by Joe Cantelme. No discussion, motion carried unanimously 3-0. Whereupon, the executive session of the Daisy Mountain Fire District was entered 8:13 pm. Motion made by Joe Cantelme to adjourn the executive session, seconded by Delene Mahoney. No discussion, motion carried unanimously 3-0. Whereupon, the executive session of the Daisy Mountain Fire District was adjourned at 8:55 pm. 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Discussion and Possible Board Action on the John C Lincoln Contract Motion to move forward with the John C. Lincoln Contract by Delene Mahoney. Seconded by Joe Cantelme. Motion carried unanimously, 3-0. B. Discussion and Possible Board Action on the Election of Fire Board Officers Joe Cantelme motioned to table this item until the two absent board members could be present and then he withdrew his motion. Joe Cantelme motioned to continue the election with the board members that are present. Seconded by Delene Mahoney. Motion carried unanimously, 3-0. Joe Cantelme was nominated for Board Clerk. Motion by Delene Mahoney. Seconded by Brian Moore. Motion carried unanimously 3-0. Delene Mahoney was nominated for Board Treasurer. Motion by Joe Cantelme. Seconded by Brian Moore. Motion carried unanimously 3-0. Brian Moore was nominated for Board Chair. Motion by Joe Cantelme. Seconded by Delene Mahoney. Motion carried unanimously 3-0. C. Discussion and Possible Board Action on approval for Daisy Mountain to engage Stifle, Nicolaus and Company, Inc. as underwriters for a potential General Obligation bond. Chief Danny Johnson introduced Mike LaVallee, who works for Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc., to explain and answer questions about how General Obligation bonds are done. He explained because of new federal and state laws, he is limited on the information he is able to give to the board unless there is a signed agreement in place. There is no financial commitment in this signed agreement. After answering the board’s questions regarding the procedural part of getting a General Obligation bond on the ballot there was a motion to approve Daisy Mountain Fire District to engage Stifel, Nicolaus and Company, Inc. as underwriters for a potential General Obligation bond by Delene Mahoney. Seconded by Joe Cantelme. Motion carried unanimously, 3-0. D. Discussion and Possible Board Action on the Arizona Fire Districts (AFDA) Legislative Agenda. Chairman Moore reviewed the legislative agenda and the focus of what AFDA is trying to achieve. The Board asked Chief Nichols to draft a letter of support and send it to AFDA. Motion to support the Arizona Fire Districts (AFDA) Legislative agenda by Delene Mahoney. Seconded by Joe Cantelme. Motion carried unanimously, 3-0. E. Discussion and Possible Board Action regarding Resolution #339 for Boundary Change Motion to accept Resolution #339 for Boundary Change by Joe Cantelme. Seconded by Delene Mahoney. Motion carried unanimously, 3-0. F. Discussion and Possible Board Action on the AzAA Election Motion to vote Charlie Smith for President and Paul Pedersen for Secretary by Delene Mahoney. Seconded by Joe Cantelme. Motion carried unanimously, 3-0. 5. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS A. Brian Moore- Board Chairman Chairman Moore noted he attended the CERT Christmas party and wanted to thank everyone for their hard work. Chairman Moore will be attending the upcoming AzAA and AFDA conference’s. Chairman Moore lastly wants to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! B. Delene Mahoney- Board Treasurer Delene wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! C. Joe Cantelme- Board Clerk Joe wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! D. Randy Hancock-Board Member Absent E. Jonathan Maitem- Board Member Absent 6. CHIEF REPORT A. Central Life Safety Council Chief Nichols reported that due to an upcoming retirement, there was a vacancy in the executive board of the Central Life Safety Council and Chief Nichols was elected to the Executive Board. B. Legislative update on S1387 Chief Nichols reported that there are plans in the works to make the mandatory board training available online through Target Solution as opposed to needing to attend an AFDA conference. While there is a cost associated with Target Solution, it is significantly less than the conference attendance fee. AFDA plans to have the online training out by March tentatively. 7. MOTION TO ADJOURN Motion to adjourn by Joe Cantelme. Seconded by Delene Mahoney. Motion carried unanimously, 3-0. (Whereupon, the regular meeting of the Daisy Mountain Fire District was adjourned at 9:05 P.M.) For DMFD
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