Haworth
Volunteer Fire Department
Minutes of Regularly Scheduled
Monthly Meeting
CALL TO ORDER:
The Haworth
Volunteer Fire Department held a
regularly scheduled monthly business meeting on Monday, December 12,
2005 at the Haworth Fire Department. Chief Floyd Middleton called
the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Members present were: Chad
Wright, Chris Hall, Lyndon Farley, Eric Jackson, Michael Carrell, Floyd
Middleton, Aubrey Gray, Clint Ebert, Donnie Gray, Kyle Batson, and Kirk
Storey. Junior Firefighters present: Landon Middleton, Shane
Farley, Kyle Gray, and Jarred Campbell.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING:
Minutes of
the previous meeting were
presented. Wright moved to accept the minutes as written.
Hall seconded. All members in favor. Minutes approved.
FINANCIAL REPORT:
Beginning
Balance:
$ 4,309.73
Income:
$ 130.00
Town Water Customers - $1 Donations
Expenses:
$ 983.00
Risk Management – Comprehensive & Collision Ins on Eng-1
$
262.75
FuelMan – Fuel
$ 509.59
EMC Equipment – Mounts for Amkus Extrication Tools
Ending
Balance: $
2,684.39
Jackson
moved to approve financial report.
Hall seconded. All members in favor. Report approved.
DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS APPARATUS:
Middleton
reported that some firefighters expressed
an interest in stationing Rescue-1 at the Pollard Substation.
Members discussed the proposal, but felt that due to EMS refusal to
notify the department of vehicle accidents, it would be best to sell
the truck. Middleton stated that a price on the 1974 Ford Pumper
and the 1975 Dodge rescue needed to be established. He also
stated that he would like to include the old set of Hurst extrication
tools currently on the Redland pumper with the rescue. Wright
moved to ask $12,000 for the rescue with the extrication tools and
$3,500 for the 1974 pumper, but take $2,500 if pumper is sold to a
local fire department and that the proceeds from the sales be used to
pay-off the existing bank loan and purchase equipment. Aubrey
Gray seconded. All members in favor. Motion carried.
The
Eagletown Volunteer Fire Department had
expressed interest in the non-operational pumper beside the Haworth
Fire Station. Members agreed to donate the truck to them if they
wanted it, otherwise put it up for bid.
2006 BUDGET:
Middleton
presented the Department’s proposed 2006
Projected Budget.
INCOME:
Town Water
Customers - $1 Donations
$1,200
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Total
Projected Income
$1,200
EXPENSES:
Fuel, Oil,
Grease, Antifreeze
$1,200
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Total
Projected Expenses
$1,200
Wright moved
to approve the proposed budget.
Batson seconded. All members in favor. Budget approved.
OLD BUSINESS:
Middleton
advised that he had trained 13 members on
the new pumper/tanker. He stated that any firefighter that does
not receive training on the new engine before the end of the year will
be dismissed from the Department. He further stated that any
firefighter not completing the required 12 hours of annual training
will be dismissed from the Department.
NEW BUSINESS:
Middleton
stated that all apparatus needs to be
refueled at Haworth or other stations that accept the FuelMan
cards. The tax is removed from fuel purchased with these cards.
Carrell
requested that firefighters place the yellow
FuelMan receipts on the clipboard by the front door. The Town
must have these receipts for their files.
Wright
discussed training for 2006. He will
provide firefighters with 3-month schedules that will list upcoming
training. Additionally, one hour of training will be conducted
each month following the regular business meetings. On the second
month of each quarter, on the Saturday following the regular business
meeting, 8 hour training sessions will be held.
Middleton
reported that a Volunteer Firefighter
Practices course will be held in Broken Bow beginning in January.
ADJOURN:
Donnie Gray
moved to adjourn. Jackson
seconded. All members in favor. Meeting adjourned at 7:37
p.m.
Floyd Middleton, Fire Chief
Kyle Batson, Assistant Chief
Kirk Storey, Secretary/Treasurer