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Chatham Fire Protection District Board met March 14.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

 Call to Order

 Meeting was called to order at 1734 hours.

 Roll Call

 Present were: Trustee Hughes, Trustee Mueller, Trustee Perkins; Chief Schumer; Division Chief Rose; Lt. Bolletta, Kissel; FF/EMT Enstrom, Gerberding, Rogers; Paid on Call Paramedic Hulslander; FF Brockway; Retired FF Hoskinson, Administrative Assistant Kashima Stotts and friends and family members of Brian Gorbett and Danny Delong.

 Retirement Concerns:

 Retirement ceremony for Firefighter/EMT Brian Gorbett was held in the fire departments training room where Chief Schumer presented Brian Gorbett with a plaque of gratitude to show the appreciation of his 15 years of service from the district, his helmet, badge and name plate from his bunker gear. 

 Brian thanked the district for his many unforgettable years of service as a Firefighter/EMT. 

 Retirement ceremony for Firefighter Danny Delong was held in the fire departments training room where Chief Schumer presented Danny Delong with a plaque of gratitude to show the appreciation of his 15 years of service from the district, his helmet, badge and name plate from his bunker gear. 

 Danny thanked the district for his many unforgettable years of service as a Firefighter. 

 Cake and refreshments followed the retirement ceremony. 

 Friends and family of Brian Gorbett and Retired FF Delong left at 1830 hours.

 Meeting resumed at 1832 in the conference room.

 Roll Call

 Present were: Trustee Hughes, Trustee Mueller, Trustee Perkins; Chief Schumer and Administrative Assistant Kashima Stotts

 Absent were: None

 Approval of Previous Minutes

 Open and closed session minutes of February 28, 2017 District Meeting were presented for approval. Motion to approve the minutes was made by Trustee Perkins and seconded by Trustee Mueller; motion passed. Hughes yes Mueller yes Perkins yes

 Treasurer's Report

 Motion to accept bills as read was made by Trustee Perkins was seconded by Trustee Mueller; motion passed. Hughes yes Mueller yes Perkins yes.

 Trustee Perkins and Trustee Hughes accepted treasurer’s report as modified

02/28/2017 03/14/2017

UCB-Money Market Account $ 14,521.53 $ 7,861.13

Bank & Trust M/M $ 447,337.34 $ 421,050.75

Bank & Trust Pension $ 69,933.79 $ 69,933.79

Bank & Trust Equipment Reserve Fund $ 558,744.04 $ 558,848.34

Bank & Trust Real Estate Fund $ 660,205.83 $ 661,871.81

Bank & Trust Death Benefit Supplement $ 19,608.11 $ 19,609.61

Bank & Trust Foreign Fire Insurance Board $ 59,100.90 $ 59,100.90

Bank & Trust Donations & Memorial Fund $ 2,717.22 $ 2,115.98

Chatham Fire Department Volunteer Account $ 6,801.77 $ 6,806.33

 Public Comments and Concerns:

 No public comment

 Old Business:

 Review of information from the district counsel regarding the intent of hiring as a Probationary Firefighter/EMT, Jeffery Bone effective March 27, 2017 was tabled.

 Review of information from the district counsel regarding the intent of hiring as a Probationary Firefighter/EMT, Robert Vrchota was tabled.

 New Business:

 CFD Treatment and Transport Survey Results were review.

 Chatham Fire Protection District appointment of member to the Chatham Firefighters Pension Fund Board effective April 2017 was discussed, Trustee Perkins made a motion to appoint Division Chief Rose as a member of the Pension Fund Board effective May 2017 and was seconded by Trustee Hughes; motion passed. Hughes yes Mueller yes Perkins yes

 Approval of leave of absence for Captain Kevin Bell for the period February 13, 2017 through March 14, 2017 with reinstatement to active status at the rank of Firefighter on March 15, 2017 was discussed. Trustee Perkins mad a motion to approve the leave of absence for Captain Bell for period February 13, 2017 through March 14, 2017 and reinstatement to active status effective March 15, 2017 as Firefighter and was seconded by Trustee Mueller; motion passed. Hughes yes Mueller yes Perkins yes 

 Archie Parker resignation as a volunteer member of the department was discussed, Trustee Perkins made a motion to accept the resignation of Archie Parker and was seconded by Trustee Mueller; motion passed. Hughes yes Mueller yes Perkins yes 

 Consideration of Archie Parker application for Paid On Call Paramedic and waiver of background check and medical evaluation due to former position with the department with an effective date immediately following resignation as a volunteer member was removed from the agenda. 

 Consideration of Tammy Carpenter application for Paid On Call Paramedic with authorization for funding for background check and medical evaluation was removed from agenda. 

 Fee increase for AHATC courses, books, cards were discussed, Trustee Perkins made a motion to approve the fee increase for AHATC courses, books and cards and was seconded by Trustee Mueller; motion passed. Hughes yes Mueller yes Perkins yes 

 Establishment of service fee for mask fit testing of personnel outside the department, excluding Village of Chatham employees, $6.00 per person was discussed. Trustee Mueller made a motion to establish a fee for mask fit testing of $5.00 per person for inside the office testing and $8.00 per person for outside of the office testing for personnel excluding Village of Chatham employees and was seconded by Trustee Perkins; motion passed. Hughes yes Mueller yes Perkins yes

 Board of Fire Commissioners:

 Will meet on March 20, 2017

 Pension Board:

 Nothing new to report

 Foreign Fire Insurance Board:

 Thermal imagers are purchased

 Had a suggestion to purchase kettle bells for workout room

 T3 Max purchased

 Had discussion on purchase of structural boots – board did not purchase Will meet on March 1, 2017

 Looking at several items to consider purchasing

 Chief Schumer Report

 Trustee’s accepted the Chief’s semi-monthly report.

 The following items were discussed:

 Apparatus Group

 Please review FC recommendations in Apparatus Working Report

 Volunteer Working Group

 We have 14 positions vacant for volunteer members for FF

 We brought on two Prospective Candidates March 13, 2017

 FTE

 Looking at hiring after Board reviews and approves attorney information

 BOFC is working on next hiring process

 PTE

 Bramer is being sized for uniform and we will be conducting his orientation over the next three weeks to accommodate his fulltime employment.

 Safety Working Group

 Pick-up truck repaired by Chatham Collision

 Replaced hinge on tailgate not park of accident

 Striping will be done in 30 days

 Pre-Annexation Working Group

 Hearing date before Judge Cadigan is scheduled for March 9 at 1000am

 Vehicle / Equipment Report

 3F28 in service security system for unit more to follow

 Truck 1 ground fault found on truck

 U2 out of service

 Austin has gator installing lights, siren, controller, etc.

 Safety House in service has a broken window mechanism on hallway window

 New Tanker had rear lights reprogrammed

 Equipment and miscellaneous building items:

 Need to think about repainting parking spaces, especially the handicap spaces around the firehouse

 Personnel issues

 Working on phase 2 - 2

nd year FF Driving Program

 Phase 3 – Lieutenant’s Guidebook / Program will be started after Phase 2 complete

 Preparing for upcoming events

 Blood Drive March 15th

 Sangamon County Fire Chief’s Meeting on April 25, 2017

 Blood Drive May 24th

 Blood Drive August 31st

 Holiday Parties:

 Adult Party December 2, 2017 – Jacobs confirmed rental

 Children’s Party December 17, 2017

 Miscellaneous

 Asst. Chief Osborne Report

 Nothing to report

 Closed Session

 Motion to go into Closed Session at 1930 hours to discuss Employment/Appointment matters in accordance with (5 ILCS 120/2) (c) (1) was made by Trustee Hughes and seconded by Trustee Mueller; motion passed. Hughes yes Mueller yes Perkins yes

 In attendance were Trustee Hughes, Trustee Mueller, Trustee Perkins

Chief Schumer and Administrative Assistant Kashima Stotts

 Closed session started at 1931 hours.

 Closed session ended at 1939 hours.

 Returned to open session at 1940 hours

 Adjournment

 Motion to adjourn meeting at 1941 hours was made by Trustee Perkins and was seconded by Trustee Mueller; motion passed. Hughes yes Mueller yes Perkins yes

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