OFFICIAL MINUTES
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING OF THE ELOY FIRE DISTRICT BOARD
April 11, 2015
- Call to order and confirmation of quorum: A meeting of the Board was called to order by Chairman Brenda Straw at the Eloy Fire District Administration office, located at 4010 N. Toltec Road, Eloy, Arizona at 1805 hours on Monday, April 11, 2016. A quorum was confirmed with four members present: Brenda Straw, Mary Jane Damron, Edward Sauceda, and Belinda Akes.
- Pledge of allegiance. Chairman Brenda Straw led the pledge of allegiance.
- Call to the Public: No members of the public addressed the board.
- Consent Agenda:
- A. Minutes of the regular district meeting on March 21, 2016.
- B. Financial Statements
- C. Approval of Warrants
- The Board reviewed the Minutes, Financial Statements, and Warrants. MOTION made by Belinda Akes to approve the consent agenda, items A, B, and C. SECONDED by Mary Jane Damron. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays).
- Executive Session
- None.
- Business
- A. Review, discussion, and possible action on awarding bid for 2016-17 liability insurance. The district received two bids. MOTION made by Mary Jane Damron to award the bid to Cindy Elbert Insurance Services and ESIP in the amount of $39,246.96 for 2016-17 liability insurance. SECONDED by Brenda Straw. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays).
- B. Review, discussion, and possible action on adopting Resolution 16-017 for the purpose of a single land annexation request from Patricia M. Hall in Section 18 T7S R8E. MOTION made by Belinda Akes to approve Resolution 16-017 for the annexation request of Patricia M. Hall. SECONDED by Mary Jane Damron. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays).
- C. Review, discussion, and possible action on adopting new SOG 101.05C, Grading Procedure for Battalion Chief Testing. Fire Chief Coy Amerson pointed out the changes to the process, which included removing minimum points, removing paramedic preference points, removing pass fail and adding in some additional evaluation points, which relate to the daily requirements of the position. MOTION made by Belinda Akes to approve the new SOG 101.05C, Grading Procedure for Battalion Chief Testing. SECONDED by Mary Jane Damron. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays).
- D. Review, discussion, and possible action on adopting new SOG 101.05D, Grading Procedure for Fire Engineer Testing. Chief Amerson explained the changes which remove the external oral board and add a practical test. MOTION made by Mary Jane Damron to approve the new SOG 101.05D, Grading Procedure for Fire Engineer Testing. SECONDED by Brenda Straw. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays).
- E. Review, discussion and possible action on FY 2016-17. Assistant Chief Kelly Weddle presented budgeted expenses information for the board’s information. Various line items were explained. The budget hearing will be in June. No action taken.
- F. Review, discussion, and possible action on approving board members and staff to attend the AFDA conference in June. The conference will be in Glendale in July and will be held jointly with the Arizona Fire Chief’s Association. MOTION made by Brenda Straw to approve the board members who are able to attend the AFDA conference in Glendale in July. SECONDED by Edward Sauceda. MOTION PASSED. (4 Ayes, 0 Nays).
- Reports and Correspondence
- A. Fire Chief Report: Fire Chief Coy Amerson presented his monthly report.
- B. Fire Marshal Report. Fire Marshal Bob Poindexter’s monthly report was provided to the board.
- Future Agenda Items
- None.
- Adjournment. MOTION made by Brenda Straw to adjourn. SECONDED by Belinda Akes. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays). Meeting was adjourned at 1846 hours.