Windsor Fire Protection District

Windsor Fire Protection District

8200 Old Redwood Highway
Windsor, CA 95492-9217
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  Workshop & Regular Meeting Minutes September 16, 2004  

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WORKSHOP & REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
September 16, 2004

The Board of Directors of the Windsor Fire Protection District convened a workshop to discuss the draft 2005-2009 Capital Improvement Program at Station1, 8200 Old Redwood Highway, Windsor, California, on Wednesday, September 16, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.

Directors Present: McDowell, Nelson, Pozzi
Directors Absent: Lowe, Olufs

CALL TO ORDER—REGULAR MEETING: President McDowell called the meeting to order at 7:31:30.

Directors Present: McDowell, Nelson, Olufs (7:32), Pozzi
Director Absent: Lowe

Staff Present: Chief Ron Collier; William Arnone, District Counsel; Ginger Hamilton, Secretary to the Board; Melinda Soares, District Bookkeeper; and 4 guests

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

CHANGES TO THE AGENDA: None

CITIZEN PUBLIC APPEARANCE: None

APPROVE MINUTES: 2004-09-01 A motion to approve the minutes of the July 15, 2004 meeting was made by Director Pozzi and seconded by Director Olufs. 4/0/1

CORRESPONDENCE: 2004-09-02 Correspondence was reviewed.

PUBLIC HEARING: 2004-09-03 At 7:39, President McDowell offered the public an opportunity to be heard on the 2004/2005 final budgets and special tax rates.
There being no members of the public appearing to speak, the hearing was closed at 7:39.

ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-04 A motion to adopt Resolution 276, setting the 2004/2005 special-tax rate at $45 per unit of benefit was made by Director Nelson, seconded by Director Pozzi, and approved on a roll call vote. 4/0/1

ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-05 A motion to approve the 2004/2005 General Fund budget of $1,579,196 was made by Director Nelson, seconded by Director Olufs, and approved on a voice vote. 4/0/1

ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-06 Motion to approve the 2004/2005 Mitigation Fund budget of $785,038 was made by Director Olufs, seconded by Director Nelson, and approved on a voice vote. 4/0/1

ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-07 Motion to approve the 2004/2005 Station Fund budget of $375,010 was made by Director Nelson, seconded by Director Olufs, and approved on a voice vote. 4/0/1

ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-08 Motion to approve the 2004/2005 Equipment Fund budget of $375,010 was made by Director Olufs, seconded by Director Nelson, and approved on a voice vote. 4/0/1


ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-09 A motion to vote for Joan Woods, candidate for the CSDA Board of Directors and authorize Chief Collier to sign on the District’s behalf, was made by Director Pozzi, seconded by Director Nelson, and approved on a voice vote. 4/0/1

ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-10 Motion to enter into an agreement with Glass Architects for design of the new Station 2 building, to be constructed on the 8600 block of Windsor Road, and to authorize Chief Collier to sign the agreement on the District’s behalf was made by Director Olufs, seconded by President McDowell, and approved on a roll call vote. 4/0/1

ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-11 Motion to authorize Chief Collier to hire a soils engineer to conduct soils test at the new Station 2 site, amount not to exceed $5,000, was made by Director Nelson, seconded by Director Olufs, and passed on a voice vote. 4/0/1

ACTION ITEM 2004-09-12 Motion to authorize Glass Architects to complete predesign/programming, not to exceed $8,000, was made by Director Nelson, seconded by Director Olufs, and approved on a voice vote. 4/0/1

ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-13 Motion to authorize Glass Architects to complete schematic design, not to exceed $40,000 and not to proceed without specific authorization by the District, such decision to be made subsequent to November ballot initiative result, was made by Director Nelson, seconded by Director Olufs, and approved on a voice vote. 4/0/1

ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-14 Motion to authorize Glass Architects to complete design development, not to exceed $50,000 and not to proceed without specific authorization by the District, such decision to be made subsequent to November ballot initiative result, was made by Director Olufs, seconded by Director Nelson, and approved on a voice vote. 4/0/1

ACTION ITEM: 2004-09-15 Motion to approve Resolution 277, authorizing agreement with Municipal Finance corporation for lease/purchase of computer equipment and authorize Chief Collier to sign the necessary documents was made by Director Olufs, seconded by Director Nelson, and approved on a roll call vote. 4/0/1

BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Budget Committee: Budget finalized.
Labor Negotiations: No meeting
Education Committee: Director Nelson reported a series of 4 educational postcards will be mailed, one on each Tuesday in October.
Station 2 Committee: President McDowell reported committee has met twice; the above series of resolutions are the product of those meetings.

DISTRICT COUSEL REPORT: Mr. Arnone reported he conducted the biennial review of the District’s conflict of interest code, as required by County Board of Supervisors, and found no changes are required. He has provided the required paperwork to Chief Collier for submission to the County.

OPERATIONS REPORT: Chief Collier presented the operations report.

BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS/REPORTS: None

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, on a motion by Director Olufs, seconded by Director Nelson, the meeting adjourned at 8:47

NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Thursday, October 21, 2004, at 7:30 pm

 

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