White River Township Fire Protection District

 

Pre-Meeting Report for October 2, 2007

 

Compiled September 25, 2007

 

 

 

  1. Due to the proximity of the meeting to the beginning of the month, the financial reports will not be available until October 1st.

 

  1. The Johnson County Council approved our budget after much discussion.  They requested a copy of our strategic plan and fiscal plan.

 

  1. I’m not sure where to begin on the Station 51 project as the status seems to change on a minute-by-minute basis.  Currently, we are waiting for the items captured in the first walk-through to be addressed before conducting the final walk-through later this week.  That being said, there are a few “significant” items that are in the works that may ultimately delay the securing of the Certificate of Occupancy.  Chief Cassin, Tricia Leminger, Dan Sulkoske, and I met with Senefield Tuesday, September 25th, to discuss the issues.  Dan Sulkoske and Tricia Leminger are working together on determining where and how we can put pressure to get the job completed (satisfactorily).  A full report will be made at the District Board meeting.

 

  1. Legal counsel should have an update on the Bluff Road property acquisition project.

 

  1. No new news on the sale of the Runyon Road property.  We are simply waiting to proceed until we get a little closer on the anticipated move date for the new station.

 

  1. No new news on the Station 53 sewer project as well.  The project is still at the engineering level.

 

  1. There were not any current Lieutenants interested in the Fire Prevention Officer position vacated by Captain Skipper.  We may have a career Engineer interested in that position.  Per the motion regarding this position at the last District Board meeting, we need approval by the District Board to take the next step.  We need to establish the pay grade and rank for this position.  Once that is accomplished, we will post the position to the career Engineers in the department.  We are proposing to continue to pay that position at the Captain pay grade.  Tricia Leminger’s office is researching our options for rank.

 

  1. I will be proposing some changes to the Command Structure of the Fire Department (see attached).  Tricia Leminger’s office is working with Steve Dyson to determine if there any legal limitations preventing us from making those changes prior to the new budget year.  We will be proposing to appoint the Staff Battalion Chief of Operations budgeted for 2008.  We will also propose to change the Deputy Chief of Administration to the Staff Battalion Chief of Administration.  These changes are anticipated by the staff and should bring some stability to the command structure.

 

  1. Well, that’s all for this month.

 

 

The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 6, 2007.

 

 

Chief Pell