River Falls First Responders, Inc. - Business Meeting Agenda December 17, 2003 - 6:15 PM

Meeting was called to order at 06:15pm by Dan Gedatus. 

1.       Roll Call, Introductions

Members Present:  Mary Waters, Cindy Clement, Dan Gedatus, Tim Heineman, Davey Keatley, Steve Nygaard, Valerie Nygaard, Dave Wilkens, Randy Beadles, Julie Powell, Kelly Ebben, Derrick Passe, Bonnie Christensen, Judy Anderson, Tim Schreiner, Wes Halverson, and Joseph Raehsler

Guest Present:  Amy Schreiner, Tammy Ostby, and Sarah Hoffmann

Members Excused:  Kent Christensen, Cheryl Passe, Steve Poellinger, and Joe Covelli

Members Unexcused:  Mike Ward, Sally Ward, Zach Ward, Kathy Bennett, and Ken Schoettle

Leave of Absence Members:  Matt Milder

2.       Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes

Dan G wished to have a motion for approval of the minutes from the December 5th meeting.  Joe R stated that the minutes for the December 5th were finished and present, if anyone wished to view them, but the minutes were not published as of yet. Wes H made a motion to accept the minutes from the December 5th meeting, Val N second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

3.       Run Reviews

Wes H stated that one of the patients from the MVA on Cty Rd M has passed away.  Wes H also wanted to thank all that help out with the recent structure fire in Troy town and stated that the fire department appreciated our help.               

4.    Treasurer’s Report

a)                  First Responder’s Checking Account

Tim H reported the amount in the account is 9,100.36, with all bills paid.

b)                  First Responder’s Money Market Account

Tim H reported the amount in the account is $25,000.00.

c)                  Drucker Gift

Tim H reported the money from this was placed in a three-month money market fund.

d)                  KIDS SAFE Balance

Tim H reported the amount in the account is $3,723.92, with all bills paid.

Derrick P made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report, Bonnie C second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

5.    Administrative Director's Report

a)                  Holiday Party

Jeff R reported that Justin, Jesse, and Danielle need additional help from RFFRs for doorprizes for the holiday party.  Justin is looking for a date and a location to hold the party at.

b)                  Radio/Pager Change Over

Jeff R reported that RFFD received a grant to switch the paging system over to Pierce County’s paging system.  Jeff stated that there is a need for all River Falls’ EMS need to get off of the St. Croix Fire channel due to the volume of traffic, where as the Pierce Fire channel has less traffic to accommodate the River Falls’ EMS volume.  It will be up to the two counties to decide on a date for the switch over.

c)                  States Interpretation on Joint Ventures

Jeff R reported that the state will not allow any RFFR to enter into another ambulance service territory area unless the whole RFFR trains with each service that it would be administering skills in.  Meaning the joint venture between RFFR, Hudson, Baldwin, and Prescott will not be allowed.  Jeff R laid out the option that RFFRs had.  Mutual aiding was the option most agreed with.  Wes H made a motion to have Baldwin, Prescott, and Hudson ambulance services mutual aid RFFR into their respective primary service areas when needed, Val N second the motion.  Discussion was extensive.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

6.    President's Report – No Report

7.        Vice President's Report

Dan G reported that Gwen Kuchevar, our legal counsel, was working on a template for a trust for the Drucker award.  Dan also stated that the roads in Kinni town are very icy and wanted everyone to be careful when responding to calls in Kinni town.

8.        Secretary’s Report

Joe R had no report to give.

9.    Captain Reports

a)                  Clifton

Randy B had nothing new to report from the township.

b)                  Kinnickinnic/Pleasant Valley

Steve N had nothing new to report from the township.  Steve did urge everyone to vote when the elections are held in January.

c)                  Town of River Falls

Mary W had nothing new to report from the township.

d)                  Troy

Cindy C had nothing new to report from the township.  Cindy wanted to commend Ken S on his efforts recently with responding to calls.

10.  Committee Reports

a)                  Financial Officer

Position vacant

b)                  Training Officer

Wes H reported that his assistant training officer is Brandon Johannsen.  Wes stated that Brandon would be overseeing the training of RFFR.  Wes stated that there will be a sign off sheet, that will need to be signed by each responder at the end of training, for that responder to receive credit for that training hours.  Wes also stated that next year the requirement for RFFR is 24 hours of training for the year.  So if a responder is unable to attend the responder training for the month Wes urged responders to attend any or all of the ambulance’s training sessions to make up hours for training.  Wes stated that the more ambulance and responders train the more each will feel comfortable with the other.  Wes also stated that him and Brandon would be keeping track of documentation of training hours for RFFR.

c)                  Equipment & Information Officer

Position vacant.

d)                  KIDS SAFE Coordinator

Mary W reported that the week of February 8-14th would be the nationally recognized “Week of Safe Kids Program”.  Mary stated that she would hold a daylong check on February 10th, for appointments for area residence.  Mary would need additional help and would be talking with RFAAS as to availability at the station to hold the session at.

11.  Old Business

a)                  Six Month Probationary Period (by-law change, second approval)

Wes H made a motion to accept the by-law change for a six-month probationary period, Derrick P second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

12.  New Business Officer Nominations in the following order:

a)                  Vice President

Candidates nominated were Randy Beadles, he accepts, and Cindy Clement, she accepts.

Bonnie C made a motion to close the nominations, Wes H second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

b)                  Treasurer

Candidate nominated was Judy Anderson, she accepts.

Joe R made a motion to close the nominations, Derrick P second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.  

c)                  Town Captain of Troy

Candidate nominated was Tim Schreiner, he accepts.

Bonnie C made a motion to close the nominations, Derrick P second the motion.  Vote taken motion approved unanimously.

d)                  Town Captain of Kinni/Pleasant Valley

Candidates nominated were Kelly Ebben, she accepts, and Julie Powell, she accepts.

Val N made a motion to close the nomination, Tim S second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

e)                  Town Captain of River Falls

Candidates nominated were Mary Waters, she accepts, and Steve Poellinger, he declines via email.

Derrick P made a motion to close nominations, Bonnie second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

f)                    Town Captain of Clifton

Candidates nominated were Randy Beadles, he accepts, and Tim Heineman, he accepts.

Tim S made a motion to close nominations, Bonnie C second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

g)                  KIDS SAFE Coordinator

Candidate nominated was Mary Waters, she accepts.

Randy B made a motion to close the nominations, Derrick P second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

h)                  Financial Officer

Candidates nominated were Cindy Clement, she accepts, and Derrick Passe, he accepts.

Joe R made a motion to close the nominations, Randy B second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

i)                    Golf Tournament Chairperson

Candidate nominated was Kent Christensen, he accepts via proxy from wife.

Joe R made a motion to close the nominations, Derrick P second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

j)                    Equipment & Information Officer

Candidates nominated were Randy Beadles, he accepts, and Tim Schreiner, he accepts.

Joe R made a motion to close nominations, Kelly E second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.

Jeff R stated that he needed a motion to accept the election of unopposed candidates that were nominated.  Joe R made the motion to accept the election of unopposed candidates for the position they were nominated for, Tim H second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved unanimously.  This means that Kent Christensen is elected Golf Tournament Chairperson, Mary Waters is elected as KIDS SAFE Coordinator, Mary Waters is elected Town Captain of River Falls, Tim Schreiner is elected Town Captain of Troy, and Judy Anderson is elected Treasurer.  The remaining positions will be voted on at the January meeting.

11.   Open Discussion

Tim S introduced Tammy Ostby, Sarah Hoffmann, and Amy Schreiner.  Tim S stated these three individuals applied to be members of RFFR and needed a motion to accept them into the organization.  Val N made a motion to accept the hiring of the Tammy O, Sarah H, and Amy S to become new members of RFFR, Steve N second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved.  All three were welcomed into the organization.

Bonnie C stated that there was a delegation that filled out a grant request for Joe Covelli from the NFL Community Quarterback Club.  Kent C received notification that Joe C was one of the five finalist for the Green Bay Packers.  Bonnie reported that there would be a press conference on January 14 in Green Bay at Lambeau Field to pick the winner.  More information will be announced when received. 

12.  Next Meeting Wednesday, January 21 at 6:15 PM

12.   Adjourn Meeting

Val N made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Bonnie C second the motion.  Vote taken, motion approved.  Dan G adjourned the meeting at 06:56pm.

 

 

Training Topic:

7:00 PM at ambulance station – Pediatric Emergencies.  Catch a Call cancelled for December.