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PEQUOT LAKES FIRE DEPARTMENT MINUTES OF THE JUNE 1, 2011 MEETING The monthly meeting of the PLFD was called to order by Chief Nelson, 14 members were present. The minutes of the last meeting were not read by a motion by Peterson II, second by Oaks, motion passed. Truck and equipment checks were discussed. All the trucks were good tonight. The new dump tank is here for Tanker 1 but the new rack for the truck is not here yet. The sequencer for the emergency lights on Rescue 1 is not working. The financial report is that the fire budget balance is about $98,000 at this time. Our new checking balance tonight is $9504.82. During the month we deposited 263.60 as a reimbursement from the City and 130.00 from tee shirt sales and donations. We should also be getting a check from Pequot Super Valu for helping with hot dog and brat sales at their store. We paid 49.62 for pop and water, 115.92 for food for positive pressure training, 29.75 for food for auto extrication training, and 100.00 for donation for Pequot grad blast. Our scholarship fund balance is $1851.65. Oaks motioned to approve the financial report, second by Larson, motion passed. The safety topic for tonight is the Crow Wing County fire chief's association had a speaker at one of their recent meetings who did a great job speaking about safety. His local department experienced a line of duty death of one of their members. We may try to have him speak to our department. The Pine River summer fest parade will be Saturday, June 25" at 2:00 pm. We need drivers for any vehicles we take to the parade. The safety program for kids will be Wednesday, June 8`" from 8:30 to 11:30 am. There were several fire fighters who said they could help. There will be a hall clean-up meeting to prepare for the 4`h of July breakfast on Wednesday, June 29th at 6:30 pm. This is a regular training meeting night as it is a fifth Wednesday of the month. Bill and Daren will be responsible for our pancake breakfast supplies. The problem with the freezer last year was someone turned off the breaker. We will do the July 3rd fire fighter rodeo this year to keep active in our community. We should practice for the water ball keg and also plan where to set up so nobody gets flooded by the water. We received the official denial letter from FEMA for our grant application for 2010.