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BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES
February 17, 2005
The Board of Directors of the Windsor Fire Protection District
convened at Station 1, 8200 Old Redwood Highway, Windsor,
California, on Wednesday, February 17, 2005.
CALL TO ORDER: President McDowell called the meeting to order at
7:00 pm
Directors Present: Doherty, McDowell, Nelson, Olufs, Pozzi
Staff Present: Chief Ron Collier; William Arnone, District Counsel;
Ginger Hamilton, Secretary to the Board, 4 guests
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA: None
CITIZEN PUBLIC APPEARANCE: None
APPROVE MINUTES: 2005-02-01 A motion to approve minutes of the
January 20, 2005 regular meeting was made by Director Nelson and
seconded by Director Pozzi. 5/0/0
CORRESPONDENCE: 2005-02-02 Current monthly payment summary and
correspondence were reviewed.
ACTION ITEM: 2005-02-03 A motion to cast WFPD’s LAFCO Class II
Member ballot for Gary Helfrich and to authorize Chief Collier to
sign the ballot on behalf of the District was made by Director Olufs
and seconded by Director Nelson. 5/0/0
ACTION ITEM: 2005-02-04 A motion to appoint Chief Collier as the
District’s “election officer” for the upcoming PERS election was
made by Director Doherty and seconded by Director Nelson.
BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Budget Committee: None.
Labor Negotiations Committee: Director Nelson reported he had
received communication from the Windsor Professional Firefighters
Association and had contacted Captain Busch and Captain Collier with
four suggested meeting dates. As Captain Busch and Captain Collier
were in attendance, a meeting date of Tuesday, February 22, 2005, at
5:00 pm was agreed to. Other negotiation issues will be the subject
of the meeting’s closed session.
Station 2 Committee: None
DISTRICT COUSEL REPORT: Mr. Arnone advised that a great deal of
demographic information is available on web logs, available from the
web site’s host. WFPD may want to seek some of this information when
preparing for next tax initiative. He also reported he’s been
advised of an upcoming seminar for special district legal counsel,
which he will try to attend.
OPERATIONS REPORT: Chief Collier presented the operations report.
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS/REPORTS: President McDowell commended staff
for the amount of time and effort invested in training in 2004.
President McDowell also reported that Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at
6:00 pm has been chosen for the WFPD Board of Directors/Windsor Town
Council joint meeting, to be held in the Council’s chambers.
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION: 7:27 pm
Item 1: Government Code Section 54957.6 Instruct agency negotiators
regarding upcoming negotiations with all labor groups
RETURN FROM CLOSED SESSION: 8:18 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 8:20 p.m.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Thursday, March 17, 2005, at 7:00 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Ron Collier
Clerk of the Board
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