City of Carbondale Foreign Fire Commission met June 13.
Here is the minutes provided by the commission:
Attendees
Chief Hertz, Schultz, Seger, Young, Brown, Mallady, Earll
Guests: Matt Wozniak, Sean Sherwood, Courtney Looft, Wes Smith
Prior meeting minutes
Approved- Hertz, Brown (7-0)
Last Meeting Follow-up
1. Tabled proposal of New York Hook to be discussed.
New Business
2. Chief Hertz advises board members to support local businesses by purchasing locally whenever feasible.
3. Seger advises the treasurer’s account will begin to utilize electronic statements.
4. Seger brought up possibility of switching account to another bank due to continued purchase issues with current account holder. Board will make contact with Banterra to explore new account options.
5. Treasurer's report:
○ Current avail balance- $31,023.44
○ Motion to approve Young, Earll (7-0)
6. Purchase grill cover for station 2. $200 Hertz, Seger (7-0)
7. Purchase privacy slats for station 1 fencing. $900. Seger, Earll (7-0)
8. Purchase command boards. $125. Hertz, Young (7-0)
9. Purchase pull-up bars $300. Seger, Brown (7-0)
10. Purchase of 6’ and 8’ New York Hooks $400. Schultz, Earll (7-0)
11. Purchase of thermal imaging cameras. Tabled. Seger
○ Consensus of the board this is a Life Safety tool and should be provided through the city budget as a Life Safety essential need.
12. Purchase lawn mower for station 2. Tabled by Schultz
○ Special meeting scheduled for 6/26/19
13. Purchase of station computers, electronic notebooks, memory for toughbook computers, SSD for toughbooks, and Windows 10 Pro.
○ Motion made by Chief Hertz. Failed to receive a 2nd. Motion dies. (1-6)
○ Consensus of the board is these items are not an item to be purchased by foreign fire insurance board funding. Items are the responsibility of the city to provide.
Motion to Adjourn 9:43 AM Schultz, Earll
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