White River Township Fire Protection District

Senior Staff Meeting Minutes                                                                                           October 17, 2001

 

 

Present:                Chief Tibbetts, Chief Cassin, Chief Slauter, Lieutenant Settles, Lieutenant Wilson, and Kim Clawson.  Also present:  James Engmark.

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Meeting called to order at 1400 hours.

 

  1. Note to Battalions:  when scheduling your personnel off, please make appropriate entries in the Battalion Log.

 

  1. Mailboxes for career personnel are now in the reception are at station 53 authority Chief Tibbetts.  Please remove items from existing mailboxes in break room.  Please do not use new mailboxes as a storage area as they are plastic and easily broken.

 

  1. We have a new benefits advisor, Jeannie Salin, who will be working with Jeff Stainfield.

 

  1. Comp book issues:

-          Note “comments” under the red triangle for PA and PL days.

-          Do not go back and change a pay period after it has been passed.

-          Do not add comp or regular hours for something you haven’t done yet.

 

  1. After January 1st, Senior staff meetings will be conducted after the 2nd regular staff meeting and will include all District personnel.

 

  1. The “retreat” has been moved from January 4 to December 14th (B Shift).  Everyone is expected to bring their ideas for a 10 year plan, as well as personal and professional goals that they would like to accomplish next year.  Also, they are to bring their list of goals that were not met this year, as well as reasons why.  There will also be review and discussion on administrative and operational issues.

 

  1. Conditional offers of employment have been extended to James Engmark, Kevin Skipper, Casey Arkins and Mark Andrews.  The PERF process begins and the physical agility will be scheduled soon.

 

  1. When you go on vacation or on a leave, please make sure someone from your division is able to handle any questions or problems that arise in your absence.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts explained rules regarding use of take home staff vehicles.  A new policy will be issued soon.  All Battalion Chiefs will get a take home vehicle.  They will be expected to respond to all working incidents unless it is their full weekend off duty (Sat – Sun).  When they are on leave or vacation, their vehicle will be brought to station.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts stated that he will not tolerate any bad mouthing of another person on this department, whether career or corporation.  This is not to be allowed by anyone.  If you have any problems, see Chief Tibbetts.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts stated that while it is not required or mandatory, he would appreciate the District Employees making every possible effort to attend District Board Meetings.  Please do not get into a confrontational situation with any of them, especially during a public meeting.  We need to try

 

  1. Chief Slauter addressed the issue of the Battalion Chiefs running as the Medic or going on Mutual Aid runs as the Medic.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts stated the he will be drafting a policy soon regarding taking leave during holidays.

 

  1. Chief Slauter requested that there be consistency between shifts and that the Battalion should not go on EVERY run, only those that sound ALS.  He stated that there are additional Paramedic concerns that need to be addressed in a Paramedic meeting.  He will be contacting Lt. Alexander to set this up.

 

  1. On medical mutual aid runs and Engine 53 is BLS, send R51 or E52.  Questions were also asked as to why we are not billing for Morgan County ALS assists.  Chief Slauter stated that this was one of the items that would be addressed at the next Paramedic meeting.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts will be releasing a memo to all District Employees regarding attending Senior Staff meetings.

 

  1. Lieutenants Settles, Alexander and Wilson will be taking part in the NIFS fitness course November 5th – 9th.

 

  1. Reminder again that we are having problems with conflicting events (ie: public education during training).

 

  1. Lieutenant Settles requested that only licensed personnel be allowed to perform any type of electrical work at our stations.  He stated that there is now a constant hum in the speakers at station 51.

 

  1. Discussion on disallowing the use of blue lights on employee POVs.  This item tabled until the next senior staff.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts, Chief Slauter and Lt. Settles will be implementing a no tobacco policy effective January 1st.