OFFICIAL MINUTES
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING OF THE ELOY FIRE DISTRICT BOARD
August 4, 2014
- Call to order and confirmation of quorum: 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 1758 hours on Monday, August 4, 2014. A quorum was confirmed with members Brenda Straw, Belinda Akes, Edward Sauceda and Luis Ybarra present. Board Member Ybarra attended by telephone conference call.
- Pledge of allegiance.
- Call to the Public: None
- Consent Agenda:
- A- Minutes of the Regular District meeting on July 7, 2014. MOTION made by Brenda Straw to accept the minutes as presented. SECONDED by Belinda Akes. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays).
- B- Financial Statements. The required financial reports were presented and reviewed by the board members. Fire Chief Coy Amerson commented that the budget looked good and that not much spending occurs early in the fiscal year. MOTION made by Belinda Akes to approve the financial statements. SECONDED by Brenda Straw. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays).
- C- Approval of Warrants. The board reviewed the warrant lists. MOTION made by Brenda Straw to accept the warrants as given. SECONDED by Belinda Akes. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays).
- Executive Session
- No action taken.
- Business
- A- Review, discussion and possible action on promoting a reserve firefighter to full-time rover. Chief Amerson asked the board to consider promoting a part-time firefighter to full-time. The position would help fill coverage and work 10 shifts a month. MOTION made by Edward Sauceda to approve Vince Ramirez as a full-time rover. SECONDED by Brenda Straw. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays).
- B- Review, discussion and possible action on review of Attorney General’s opinion of regulation of District Boards. Chief Amerson provided a summary of the Attorney General’s opinion, explaining that if a board member and employee are married, one needs to resign immediately and family members within the third degree would need to recuse themselves from discussion and voting related to the family member. Newly elected board members will need to participate in the training, as well as any newly hired fire chief. No Action Taken.
- C- Review, discussion and possible action on appointing a governing board member. Options for filling the empty board seat were discussed. MOTION made by Brenda Straw to have the Fire Chief and Assistant Chief locate potential board member for approval. SECONDED by Edward Sauceda. MOTION PASSED. (4 Ayes 0 Nays).
- D- Review, discussion and possible action setting September’s meeting date. MOTION made by Brenda Straw to set the September meeting on September 2nd. SECONDED by Belinda Akes. 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 presented his monthly report.
- Future Agenda Items
- Arizona City Fire District may be on the agenda if they request.
- Adjournment. MOTION made by Belinda Akes to adjourn the meeting.
SECONDED by Brenda Straw. MOTION PASSED (4 Ayes 0 Nays). The meeting was
adjourned at 1821 hours.
