November Business Meeting
11-17-2008
Meeting was called to order at 20:00.
Roll Call was taken.
Minutes were read and approved.
Fire Chief Report
New safety vest are in and a good job using them. The sign is now here also.
Les Lukert conference will be in Grand Island February 20-22 2009.
Registration needs to be in by February 1st.
Rescue Report
Need to update names and addresses for NEMSA membership.
Winter Conference will be in Kearney January 2009.
More training are on the office bulletin board.
Pastor Report
With the Holiday Season coming—to make it less stressful
1. get plenty of sleep
2. drink plenty of fluids
Committees
Judiciary—went over the training guidelines—discussed the areas that we lack in-
A letter will be sent out what they discussed. They also talked about adding a paid position.
This someone would be in charge of doing all the paper work for the billing.
They would enter all the data entry, Naris forms and fire billing. This person would receive
$100 a month plus 5% of revenue collected
Old Business
Fire Prevention day went will. Did a power point for the older students and the
Younger ones did the power point and also went to Jenie’s room to identify what would cause
a fire.
Will not know until December 13th if we will host the Fallen Firefighter Memorial.
On Halloween expenses, city will pay up to $500 and we will pay the rest. Income was $974.67
and still waiting on the bill from Mr.B’s. Thank you to Pastor for bring the youth group to help.
A motion by Brian and 2nd by Jenie to pay the FF I certification for Matthew, Dan, and Nate.
Motion carried
New Business
A motion by Brian and 2nd by Dan to pay ½ of the registration and ½ of 2 nights lodging for
Craig to attend a Difficult Airway class in Denver, May29-30. No meals will be paid for.
The money will come out of the amb. Billing account.
Motion carried.
A motion by Jenie and 2nd by Amy to pay for Chelsie to attend a 2 week paramedic class in
Omaha if she is accepted. Motion carried.
The Dance Committee will be Brian, Julie, Barb, Bill, Pastor, Matt, Shelley, and Michelle.
They will meet after the December business meeting.
A motion by Todd and 2nd by Matt to send a plant and $50 memorial to the family of
Barney McGahan, Doctor McGahan father. Motion carried.
Announcements
Mr. and Mrs. Claus will need a ride to the Good Sam Center on Saturday
December 13th. They need to be there by 10:00.
December 7th is the City of Wood Rive appreciation supper at the fire station.
Social hour at 6:30 pm and supper to follow at 7.
A motion by Matt and 2nd by Ken for adjournment at 21:38. Motion carried.
Business Meeting
September 22, 2008
Meeting was called to order at20:08.
Roll call was taken.
Minutes were read and approved.
Fire Account
Motion by Chelsie and 2nd by Rod to pay fire account bills. Motion carried.
Rescue Account
Motion by Matt and 2nd by Michaela to pay rescue account bills. Motion carried.
Fire Chief
Need to reschedule meeting about truck.
Getting new carpet for the meeting room.
Todd is learning new software for fire call billing. As soon as he figures it out,
we will have training on it.
Who ever has the LODD trailer they are responsible for it.
If you don’t’ have wild land gear let Roger or Todd know.
The ethanol plant has class B foam on site for use.
Mutual Aid meeting her on September 30th at 19:00.
Rescue Captain
October 11th in North Platte an Enaris training.
October 24th in Lincoln trauma training.
As of now no EMT class-might have refresher class.
Pastor Report
Marla’s dad was killing in an accident. Funeral will be Thursday in Farwell.
Old Business
Will have a closed meeting with Rural Board, City Council, City attorney,
bankruptcy attorney.
New Business
Will set a day and time to give Gerry and his family their clocks.
Motion by Todd and 2nd by Shelley for Jenie to spend up to $200 on Fire Prevention.
Motion carried.
Hamburger Feed—October 31st—Matt in charged of getting food.
Motion by Nick and 2nd by Brian for 2 people to attend NSVFA in North Platte October 17 and 18
and to pay expenses. Motion carried.
LODD team would like departments to put something in the trailer. We talked about putting in
the coins.
Announcements
October meal—Neal
Open House for Nick and Pat Lammers on September 28th at their home from 1 to 4pm.
Hosted by family.
Motion by Todd and 2nd by Jenie for adjournment at 21:36. Motion carried.
Business Meeting
July 21, 2008
Meeting was called to order at 20:00.
Roll call was taken.
Minutes were read and approved.
Fire Account
Motion by Dan and 2nd by Shelley to pay fire account bills. Motion carried.
Rescue Account
Motion by Kim and 2nd by Urby to pay rescue account bills. Motion carried.
Fire Chief
Carpet sample to replace to carpet in meeting room and office.
Parade in Cairo Saturday, meet at station at 9: oo if you want to go.
Rescue captain
Sheets need to be signed by patient if possible.
Run Review
Pastor Report
Will be on vacation August 5th to the 12th.
Committee-
Truck- went through the truck and also the gear and decided what needs to be replaced.
Old Business
Sign is ordered and will be here in 5-6 weeks
New Business
Lights not working on flags again.
Announcements
Dvoraks, Urboms and Maloney will be having garage sale at station on August 2nd.
Meal for August is Neal.
Membership
Motion by Jenni and 2nd by Ken to accept Chris Young’s application for membership.
Motion carried. His mentor will be Craig
Motion for adjournment was made by Dan and 2nd by Todd at 20:59. Motion carried.
Business Meeting
June 16, 2008
Meeting was called to order at20:30.
Fire Account
Motion by Nick and 2nd by Shelly to pay fire account bills. Motion carried.
Rescue Account
Motion by Craig and 2nd by Terrell to pay rescue account bills. Motion carried.
Fire Chief
City Council took no action on the truck. We have filed against EDM
City will pay for the new sign out of general funds.
We might be a remote dispatch center.
Air packs testing need to be done.
Map for the well location has been started.
Marla gave us a list of people who might need assistance during outages.
Rescue Captain
July 11-13 is EMS conference in Kearney.
CCC has a lot of classes coming up if you are interested.
CPR instructors need to meet July 7th at 18:00 for a short meeting.
Run reviews will be done at this time.
Run sheets will be done before we leave the hospital.
Committee
Truck—need to come up with a list of things on the truck. Meeting will be June 29th at 19:00
at station.
Training—an email was sent out with what the committee has come up with. Training needs to be
pre approved before. Money and calls will be a factor.
Motion by Neal and 2nd by Justin to accept the report and guidelines done by the committee.
Motion carried.
The run report will be done by Chelsie, Kalyn and Sherrie.
Old Business
Motion by Todd and 2nd by Neal to go ahead with the sign. Motion carried.
New Business
Motion by Neal and 2nd by Todd to accept Jenie’s requisition by material for a fire run board.
Motion carried.
Motion by Dan and 2nd by Justin to spend up to $10,000 on new fire gear. Motion carried.
Announcements
Urboms have July meal.
Thank you from Justin for the help when storm watching.
Business Meeting
May 19, 2008
Meeting was called to order @20:09.
Roll call was taken.
Minutes were read and approved.
Fire Account
Motion by Ken and 2nd by Dan to pay the Fire account bills. Motion carried.
Rescue Account
Motion by Rod and by Dan to pay the rescue account bills except of one. Motion carried.
Fire Chief—gone
Rescue Caption—gone
Pastor Florez has a cell phone that is on all the time so if we need him call this number
402-321-6360.
Committee
Training—Jenie will send out a list of what they have discussed in their
meetings.
Next meeting will be June 9th at 19:00 at the station.
Truck—will go through gear to see where we are at.
Old Business
The sign will be $3,321.00 plus what it cost to have it wired.
New Business
A motion by Dan and 2nd by Kim for the room to be used by Ken and Michelle to use the room on
June 29th. Motion carried.
Ken has put a recycling bin at his shop for newspaper, cardboard and magazines with the profit
coming to us.
Some truck repairs will need to be done. Emails will be sent out when and what truck is being
worked on.
We are starting to recycle cans at the station. Please only throw empty cans in the proper trash
cans please.
Announcements
June meal is—Lammers, Bruce, and Doane
Run Review was done.
Adjournment was @ 22:38.
Business Meeting
April 21, 2008
Meeting was called to order at 20:10.
Roll call was taken.
Minutes were read and approved.
Fire
Motion by Nick and 2nd by Dan to pay the Fire account bills. Motion carried.
Rescue
Motion by Terrel and 2nd by Kim to pay rescue account bills. Motion carried.
Fire Chief
GI ambulance was in an accident. Please wear your seat belts at all times.
In house Intro FF I will be on the Mondays in June that we don’t have meetings.
GI Fire will not so repair on air packs. We need to find some where to go or find some one in
house to do.
Bio-fuel would like to purchase 300 ft. of old hose.
At Bio-fuel will be a tote with 330 gallons of foam. We will have 6-55 gallons drums here.
Did CPR for Bio-fuel. There were 45 that took the class.
Rescue
The code for the nursing home is on the dash of 99-1.
Committees
Truck
Will meet here on Thursday at 19:00.
Training budget will be
Dan
Craig
Ken
Brian H.
Jenie
They will meet on Monday April 29th at 19:00.
Old Business
Brian H. has a proposal for a sign for the front of the station.
Add the word “available: to the proposed by-law change. See attachment.
Fun Plunge will be at Crane Meadow, Monday April 28th. Would like to have 99-1 out there about 14:45.
Benefit for Rachael Dvorak, Sunday April 27th at St. Libory Fire Station from 4-7pm.
Run Review was done.
Membership
Motion by Dan and 2nd by Tim to accept the application of Darin Erbes. Motion carried.
Motion by Todd and 2nd by Jenie to extend the probationary period of Shannon Stobel for 6 months.
Motion carried.
Adjournment
Motion by Tim and 2nd by Chelsie for adjournment at 22:20. Motion carried.
Business Meeting
March 24, 2008
Meeting was called to order by President Dvorak @20:00.
Wymore Fire and Rescue presented the department a plaque
of appreciation and hats for what we did at the time of their LODD.
Roll call was taked.
Minutes were read and approved.
Fire Account
Motion by Dan and 2nd by Jeni to pay fire account bills. Motion carried.
Rescue Account
Motion by Matt and 2nd by Todd to pay rescue account bills. Motion carried.
Fire Chief
Mutual Aid Association has new officers:
Jim Schafer—President
Troy Hughes—Vice-President
Bill Leach—Sec/Tres
Rural Water Supply grant went through. We have 6 electric adapters for our fire district.
Ethanol class at GI Rural March 29th.
FF 1 class will start Wednesday April 23rd, at GI rural station.
Did a tour of the ethanol plant.
Rescue Captain
The sheet must be signed by the patient. Sheet is on the clipboard
and then it goes into Nick’s box.
Nick and Todd are teaching a leadership class, they need pictures and comments,
Committee
Dance
Brian had the final numbers from the dance.
Truck
Still trying to meet with Jeff.
Also will get training set up.
Old Business
Motion by Brian and 2nd by Todd to accept the changes in the by-laws.
See attachment #1. Motion carried.
Motion by Kim and 2nd by Shelley to accept by law change. See attachment # 2.
Motion carried.
Brian will have prices on a sign at the next meeting.
Motion by Todd and 2nd by Jenie to transfer $1500 from the fire account
to the rescue account. Motion carried.
Motion by Jenie and 2nd by Matt for the room request of Michelle and Shelley. Motion carried.
Announcements
Pampered Chef Party at Dvorak’s March 28th.
Membership
Motion by Dan and 2nd by Tim to accept the application of Cindy Huff. Motion carried.
Jenie will be her mentor.
Motion by Todd and 2nd by Jenie for adjournment at 22:00. Motion carried.
Business Meeting
February 18, 2008
Meeting was called to order at 20:00
Roll call was taken.
Mayor John Webster talked to us about the upcoming elections.
Minutes were read and approved.
Motion by Dan and 2nd by Todd to pay the fire department bills. Motion carried.
Rescue Account
Motion by Nick and 2nd by Amy to pay rescue bills. Motion carried.
Fire Chief
Ethanol plant would like CPR and First Aid classes sometime.
Grant for Rural Water- need to find where to keep the fittings
There is a delay in the FFI class.
DOT annual inspection will be done at McCouns’s
Firefighter’s day at the races will be April 18th.
Rescue Captain
Ambulance computer is working
NEMIS is in Columbus March 15-16.
Committee
Dance-will met after meeting.
Truck-will met with Jeff sometime.
Old Business
Dance-just a reminder to get your things done.
By-laws changes-tabled to next meeting.
New Business
New by-law change dealing with Zero Tolerance
Fun Fest –August 16th –There would like us to do a street dance.
Need to set up committee if we are doing this.
Motion by Todd and 2nd Urby to purchase a Life-Pak 10 for 99-2 and not to exceed $750.
Motion carried.
Run Review
Had 3 runs that we discussed.
Announcements
Any one who would like to contribute money to the card for Chelsie and Tyler let me know.
The wedding is March 8th in Kearney.
Membership
Motion by Nick and 2nd by Todd to accept the membership application of Pastor Jose Florez.
Motion carried. Nick will be his mentor.
Motion by Dan and 2nd by Kim to accept the membership application of Ivan Tourney.
Motion carried. Craig will be is mentor.
Business meeting
January 21, 2008
Meeting was called to order at 20:21
Roll call was taken.
No minutes were available.
Fire Account
Motion by Ken and 2nd by Matt to pay fire account bills. Motion carried.
Rescue Account
Motion by Rod and 2nd by Shelley to pay rescue account bills. Motion carried.
Fire Chief
Mutual aid- need to get fitting teats done.
Working on grant for foam Mutual Aid district- 4 trailers in area.
Rescue Captain
Gone
Committees
Dance- Theme is Country Hoedown
Truck- EDM will be back to finish truck. Truck committee will meet with Jeff.
Committee with come up with guidelines and driving training for new truck.
Old Business
Medic number for new members
New Business
FFI at GI rural. Will start soon and go until December. Meet Wednesday from 7-10 pm and
some Sundays.
Motion by Dan and 2nd by Matt for Kylee to use the room on January 27th. Motion carried.
Motion by Jenie and 2nd by Amy for Shelley to use the room Febr. 3rd. Motion carried.
By-laws changes tabled to next meeting
Announcements
Card from Sahlings
Little kids wrestling Febr.29th. Starts at 5:30. Need EMTS
Will start a Book Check just like the movies. It will be upstairs. Hope to get it started soon.
Membership
Motion by Dan and 2nd by Amy to accept for probationary membership Bill Leach and Ed Weiss.
Motion carried.
Todd will be Bill’s mentor.
Dan will be Ed’s mentor.
Motion by Matt and 2nd by Amy for adjournment at 21:30. Motion carried.
Business Meeting
December 17, 2007
Meeting was called to order at 20:08.
Roll call was taken.
Minutes were read and approved.
Fire Account
Motion by Dan and 2nd by Craig to pay fire bills. Motion carried.
Rescue Account
Motion by Matt and 2nd by Justin to pay rescue bills. Motion carried.
Fire Chief
Mutual aid meeting was attended by Todd, Matt, and Roger.
In January or February, they will meet again to plan for next grant.
Air quality team will help with getting fit testing done.
Bill Leach from Shelton will have foam at the Shelton station there if we need any.
Battery ran equipment needs to be check when doing truck checks.
Rescue Captain
Nick was gone
Committees
Dance—the dance will be February 23rd at Babel’s. Monhana will be doing the music.
We are doing the Bar ourselves, so we will need people to help with that thought the night.
Please help is possible.
Old Business
Matt was able to get tools for the station on Black Friday.
We still need to do something for Gerry.
New Business
Motion by Jenie and 2nd by Neal for Ken Fairbanks to use the room on Sunday afternoon
January 20, 2008. Motion carried.
McCook is doing a Paramedic class that starts January 14th to April 4th.
Need to look in to changing cell phone plan and adding internet to it.
Brian Hayes submitted 2 proposed by-law changes. See attachments for the changes.
Grace Koepp gave $500. Possible using it for a sigh for the building.
Receipts need to be turned in; if this doesn’t happen we will use the use of credit cards.
Reports need to be filled out for fire calls as well as rescue calls.
Motion by Brian and 2nd by Jenie to purchase a wall coat rack. Money to come out
of the city billing account and not to exceed $250. Motion carried.
Election of officers
President—Roger Dvorak
Vice President—Brian Urbom
Secretary—Barb Dvorak
Fire Treasurer—Brin Hayes
Rescue Treasurer—Jenie Maloney
Fire Chief—Todd King
Assistant Chief—1st-Matt Maloney
2nd-Rod Kumke
Safety Officer—Neal Sahling
Rescue Captain—Nick Lammers
Rescue lieutenant—Brian Urbom
Fire Prevention—Jenie Maloney
Infectious Control—Michelle Kumke
Trustees—Terrel Bruce-Chairperson
Dan Leaming
Craig Falmlen
Todd King
Roger Dvorak
Fire Captains—Roger Dvorak
Justin Williams
Training Officer—Dan Leaming
Safety Assistant—1st-Brian Hayes
2nd-Brian Urbom
Announcements
December 21st at Hayes—Christmas get together. Bring munchies and what you want to drink.
Motion by Jenie and 2nd by Michelle for adjournment. Motion carried.