White River Township Fire Protection District
	Board Meeting Minutes
	April 27, 2000  ~  7:00 p.m.
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District Members Present:    Paul Kite, Butch Sutton, Jon Raker, and Chuck Shufflebarger

District Employees Present:  Mike Dutton, Eric Brown, and Kim Clawson.

Corporation Members Present: None.

 1.        Minutes from the March 8^th meeting read.  No discussion.  Motion by Chuck and 2^nd by Jon to approve the minutes as written.  All in favor and motion carries. 

2.        Financial report:

Key Bank Capital                 $  29,621.00
NBD Capital                            21,163.00
Cumulative Fund                     342,422.00
Debt Fund                                75,996.00
General Fund                        -102,612.00

                                               366,590.00 

3.        Terry Burnworth from Prince Alexander gave an update on Station 53.

-          Recently held our 2^nd wage hearing, where the workforce development wage was adopted for this project.  This is just slightly higher than the originally adopted wage and removed approximately 15% of our ‘buffer’.

-          The loan will be closed on May 8^th.

-          Projected work dates for the station are June 12^th through December 22^nd.

-          Indiana DOT needs to approve our planned egress onto Smith Valley Road.  Should hear something from them by the end of next week.

-          It is currently going through the title insurance procedure.  The land must be resurveyed before they will issue the policy.  Having title insurance is not necessary to close on the loan. 

4.        Discussion on purchasing Engine 53.  Tanker 53 can be used as a back up engine if absolutely necessary.  The new truck will take approximately 12-15 months to build and will cost approximately $275,000 + finance charges.  Motion by Butch and 2^nd by Chuck to proceed with this project.  All in favor and motion carries. 

5.        Eric Brown did not have an update for the sewer project, as he is still waiting on a couple of his phone calls to be returned. 

6.        We still do not have contracts on file from the Corporation  (master & supplemental).  

7.        Discussion on pension distribution for Chief Dutton and Kim.  Eric Reedy is reviewing whether they were actually in Civilian PERF Oct-Dec 1999.  We have already issued monies to them both for the remainder of their 2000 allotment (remainder of what wasn’t placed into PERF).  A transfer resolution will need to be made from Personnel to Salary.  Also, a new salary resolution will need to be adopted and signed.  Paul would like to change their letters of understanding for 2001 to set specific parameters for distributing their remaining retirement allotment. 

8.        Next District meeting will be May 24^th at station 51 at 7:00 p.m. 

9.        No further new business.  Meeting adjourned.