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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
April 19, 2005
The Board of Directors of the Windsor Fire Protection District
convened at Station 1, 8200 Old Redwood Highway, Windsor,
California, on Wednesday, April 19, 2005.
CALL TO ORDER: President McDowell called the meeting to order at
7:30 pm
Directors Present: Doherty, McDowell, Pozzi
Absent: Nelson, Olufs
Staff Present: Chief Ron Collier; William Arnone, District Counsel;
Ginger Hamilton, Secretary to the Board, 5 guests
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA: None
CITIZEN PUBLIC APPEARANCE: None
APPROVE MINUTES: 2005-04-01 A motion to approve minutes of the March
17, 2005 regular meeting was made by Director Doherty and seconded
by Director Pozzi. 2/0/2/1(abstain)
A motion to approve minutes of the March 23, 2005 WFPD/Windsor Town
Council Workshop was made by Director Doherty and seconded by
Director Pozzi. 3/0/2
CORRESPONDENCE: 2005-04-02 Current monthly payment summary and
correspondence were reviewed.
Mr. Arnone exited the meeting room.
ACTION ITEM: 2005-04-03 A motion to approve a new hourly rate
agreement with Merrill, Arnone, & Jones, LLP was made by Director
Doherty and seconded by President McDowell. 2 Aye (Doherty,
McDowell)/1 No (Pozzi)/2 (Absent)
Mr. Arnone returned.
ACTION ITEM: 2005-04-04 Motion to approve a $100
donation/sponsorship to offset the costs of the FDAC conference in
Anaheim was made by Director Pozzi and seconded by President
McDowell. 3/0/2
ACTION ITEM: 2005-04-05 Motion to approve a request to waive the
special tax on Assessor Parcel Number 079-130-022 retroactive to tax
year 2001/2002 and refund overcharge was made by Director Doherty
and seconded by Director Pozzi. 3/0/2
DISCUSSION/
DIRECTION ITEM 2005-04-06 Following discussion, the Board directed
staff to send the list of questions that were posed during the March
23, 2005 workshop to the Mayor along with the District’s responses;
decided that the Board President and the Fire Chief will meet with
builders prior to the May Board meeting to discuss relevant issues;
and directed staff to place an action item on the May 2005 agenda to
decide District’s next steps.
ACTION ITEM 2005-04-07 Following review of Creative Property
Services (CPS) proposal and District’s Counsel’s response, the Board
elected to take no action on this item.
PRESENTATION ITEM 2005-04-08 WFPA withdrew its request to address
the Board.
BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Budget Committee: None.
Labor Negotiations Committee: To be discussed in closed session.
Station 2 Committee: None
DISTRICT COUSEL REPORT: Mr. Arnone reported that, aside from the CPS
proposal, the bulk of his work this past month has been related to
labor negotiations, which will be discussed in closed session.
OPERATIONS REPORT: Chief Collier presented the operations report.
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS/REPORTS: Director Pozzi complimented staff on
the report presented to the Town Council; his sentiments were echoed
by the other directors.
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION: 8:33 pm
Item 1: Government Code Section 54957.6 Instruct agency negotiators
regarding upcoming negotiations with all labor groups
Item 2: Government Code Section 54956.9 Confer with legal counsel
regarding anticipated litigation (1 case)
RETURN FROM CLOSED SESSION: 9:45 pm
Mr. Arnone reported no action was taken.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, on a motion by
Director Pozzi, seconded by Director Doherty, the meeting adjourned
at 9:46 pm.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Thursday, May 19, 2005, at 7:30 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Ron Collier
Clerk of the Board
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