White River Township Fire Protection District

Pre-Meeting Report for July 1, 2008

Compiled June 19, 2008

Old Business

1. The Station 53 sewer project is progressing. I have discussed the contract with the contractor. He did not have any problems with the items we discussed. He is currently reviewing the contract and placing us on his schedule. Construction should begin shortly after the contract is signed by both parties.
   
   
2. We have two very strong leads for the sale of the Runyon Rd. property. The bids will be opened on June 30^th at 2:00 p.m.
   
   
3. No new information on the negotiation over JE Mechanical’s contract.
   
   
4. The bids were opened for the old Rescue 51. We received the following bids to purchase the vehicle:
   
   $80,000
   $81,500
   
   They were both responsive bids. I will present the details at the meeting.
   
   
5. We are continuing the work on transitioning the TSU truck to a rescue truck. We will present the quotes for the trailer and equipment when we get closer to completing the initial work.
   
   
6. I met with Barry Sullivan from St. Francis hospital regarding property for Station 54. They are in a position to offer us approximately 1.5 acres of property at Bluff Rd. and Fairview Rd.  The initial appraisal is $70,000 an acre.  The price may increase slightly when it is reappraised with city sewer.  They are willing to offer it to us at the appraised value.  Either way, it is drastically cheaper than the $400,000 piece of property we were originally investigating. I will recommend proceeding with the legal work that needs to be done to secure that property.
   
   
7. No new information on the ambulance service. The Johnson County Fire Chief’s Association is continuing to work with Rural Metro and the elected officials to improve service.
   
   
8. Steve Dyson and I have been working on finalizing the budget based on the direction of the District Board at the last meeting. Steve has emailed the legal advertisement to me and the Board and will present the budget at the meeting.
   
   

New Business

1. The flood response was a significant event for our department. Fortunately we didn’t receive quite the devastation that was received in other areas. I will say again that I am extremely impressed with the response provided by our personnel. We had a significant number of off-duty personnel respond. Not only did they perform well during the storm, but the department has reached out to the community after the storm. We are a debris dumping site, an assessment application site, and firefighters have even gone into the neighborhoods to serve food to the flood victims. We are currently getting final quotes to replace our equipment. Claims have been compiled for both the insurance company and FEMA. The repairs have been made to Station 52 from the lightning strike and maintenance has been completed on the vehicles. I will present the quotes I have available for the replacement equipment at the meeting.
   
   
2. The 2008 SAFER grant application is almost complete. I contacted Chief Oran True from the Brownsburg Fire Territory. He has successfully received two SAFER grants. I received some valuable input from him. He also sent me his successful grant as a model. Based on that information, we decided to save the money approved for a grant writer and write it ourselves. Crystal and I have worked on it this week. We will submit it on Friday.
   
   

The next meeting is Tuesday, August 5, 2008.

Chief Pell