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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEETING MINUTES
May 20, 2004
The Board of Directors of the Windsor Fire Protection District met at Station1,
8200 Old Redwood Highway, Windsor, California, on Thursday, May 20, 2004.
President McDowell called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
Directors Present: Lowe, McDowell, Olufs (7:15), Pozzi
Director Absent: Nelson
Staff Present: Chief Ron Collier; William Arnone, District Counsel; Melinda
Soares, District Bookkeeper; Ginger Hamilton, Secretary to the Board; and two
guests
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA: President McDowell reported Agenda Item 2004-05-05 will
be acted on after 2004-05-07 and that item 2004-05-03 will be acted on after
2004-05-11.
CITIZEN PUBLIC APPEARANCE: None
APPROVE MINUTES: 2004-5-01 A motion to approve the minutes of the April 15, 2004
regular meeting and the workshop of May 10, 2004, was made by Director Lowe and
seconded by Director Pozzi. 3/0/2
CORRESPONDENCE: 2004-5-02 Correspondence was reviewed.
ACTION ITEM: 2004-5-03 Motion to change Board meeting time to 7:30 pm during
daylight savings months and 7:00 during pacific standard time months was made by
Director Olufs and seconded by Director Lowe. Change will take effect with the
July 2004 meeting, consequent to adoption of a resolution at the June 2004
meeting. 4/0/1
ACTION ITEM: 2004-5-04 A motion to adopt Resolution 261, ordering an election be
held and requesting consolidation of the general election was made by Director
Lowe, seconded by Director Pozzi, and approved on a roll call vote. 3/0/2
ACTION ITEM: 2004-5-05 Motion to require WFPD Board of Directors candidates’
statement-of-qualification fees be paid in advance was made by Director Pozzi
and seconded by Director Lowe. 3/0/2
ACTION ITEM: 2004-5-06 Motion to set statements of qualification length at 200
words was made by Director Pozzi and seconded by Director McDowell. 3/0/2
ACTION ITEM: 2004-5-07 Motion to require director candidates responsible for
printing costs associated with Optional Statement of Qualifications in the voter
pamphlet was made by Director Pozzi and seconded by Director Lowe. 3/0/2
ACTION ITEM: 2004-5-08 Motion to set September 16, 2004, at 7:30 pm as the time
to adopt the General, Mitigation, Building, and Equipment funds final budgets
and to hold a public hearing for adoption of the special tax rate for 2004/2005
was made by Director Lowe and seconded by Director Pozzi. 3/0/2
ACTION ITEM: 2004-5-09 Motion to approve preliminary budgets of $1,472,963 for
the General Fund; $811,914 for the Mitigation Fund; $324,239 for the Building
Fund; and $280,276 for the Equipment Fund was made by Director Lowe and seconded
by Director Pozzi. 4/0/1
ACTION ITEM: 2004-5-10 Motion to approve 40/40/20 split on LAFCO’s proposed
budget cost between cities, counties, and special districts was made by Director
Lowe and seconded by Director Olufs. 4/0/1
ACTION ITEM: 2004-5-11 Motion to chose November 2, 2004, as ballot date for a
tax increase measure was made by Director Lowe and seconded by Director Olufs.
4/0/1
BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Budget Committee: Met; results presented in 2004-05-09.
Labor Negotiations: Director Lowe stated will be discussed in closed session.
Station 2 Committee: President McDowell reported the committee will comprise
him, Director Olufs, Chief Collier, staff as selected by Chief Collier, Ron
Busch of WPFA, Steve Mason of WVFA, and Ed Turner as public member. A meeting
will be scheduled soon.
DISTRICT COUSEL REPORT: Mr. Arnone reported on two pieces of legislation that
affect special districts: one, a proposed amendment to the Brown Act that would
require boards to meet in open session to discuss real estate transactions and
pending litigation; and, two, a bill authored by Senator Ortiz that would
require directors attend State-mandated ethics courses, require the State to
monitor district budgets, and further limit director per diems. Mr. Arnone is of
the opinion neither will pass.
OPERATIONS REPORT: Chief Collier presented the operations report.
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS/REPORTS: None.
PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS/REPORTS: None
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION: 8:06 Item 1—Government Code Section 54957.6: Instruct
agency negotiators Arnone, Lowe, and Nelson regarding negotiations with all
labor groups.
RETURN FROM CLOSED SESSION—See closed session minutes prepared by Mr. Arnone and
made a part hereof by reference.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Thursday, June 17, 2004
Respectfully submitted,
Chief Ron Collier, Clerk of the Board
CONTINUATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING
Windsor Fire Protection District Board of Directors
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Windsor Fire Protection District Meeting Room
8200 Old Redwood Highway
Windsor, CA 95492
The Chairman then asked Mr. Arnone to announce the adjournment into closed
session. At 8:06 p.m. Mr. Arnone announced that the Board would adjourn to a
closed session to discuss one item: Item 1—Government Code Section 54957.6,
instruct agency negotiator(s) Lowe, Nelson (absent) and Arnone regarding
upcoming negotiations with all labor groups. The Board, thereafter, deliberated
in closed session until 9:30 p.m. when the open session portion of the meeting
resumed. Mr. Arnone then announced that the Board had discussed the one item
listed on the agenda, that the Board had given instructions to its negotiators,
and that no other action was taken. At 9:31 p.m., Director Olufs made a motion
to adjourn, which was seconded by Director Lowe and passed unanimously,
whereupon the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
William J. Arnone, Jr. __________________________________
William J. Arnone, Jr.
Acting Secretary
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