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PEQUOT LAKES AREA FIRE BOARD MEETING MINUTES JULY 31,2019 The second quarter meeting of the PLAFB was called to order by Chairman Peterson.The minutes of the last meeting were not read due to a motion by Bartels, second by Ryan, motion passed. The fire call report was discussed.There were 20 calls during the second quarter. By types,there were 5 hazardous condition calls,4 grass/brush fires, 3 alarm malfunctions,3 elevator assists,2 mutual aid structure fires, 1 structure fire, 1 outdoor vehicle fire,and 1 power transformer fire. By location,there were 10 calls to Breezy Point, 6 to Pequot Lakes, 1 to Jenkins Township, 1 to Poplar Township, 1 to Pine River,and 1 to Nisswa. Last year there were 21 calls during this period. The training report totaled 18 hours. By types,there were 4 hours Captain'choice,4 hours fire hall maintenance/remodeling,4 hours wildland fires/pump operation, 3 hours drug awareness for Crow Wing County, and 3 hours pump engine/tanker water shuttle. Captain's choice is whatever the Captain of one of our four squads thinks his team needs training on. The second quarter financial report was discussed.The Department received a $11,000.00 donation from a Fargo/Morehead corporation that was not expected.We used this donation to purchase a new pump/skid unit for our ne brush truck.The capital outlay on the expenditures portion of the report was over 295%due to our remodeling project for our fire hall storage room.The Fire Department will reimburse the Fire Fund for most of this cost using our funds. Bartels motioned to approve the report, second by Dubay, motion passed. The second quarter personnel/operations report was next on the agenda.The Department participated with the Breezy Point fly in event and the annual Safety Town program for our local children. Our 2019 scholarship was awarded to Kenzie Nelson.We purchased a new pump/skid unit for our new brush truck using the donation from the Fargo/Morehead corporation.We applied for a matching DNR grant to help fund purchasing wild land fire turn-out gear. A new gas grill was purchased to replace a older grill to help with our annual pancake breakfast.Trevor Lang and Dusty Zeimet repainted the fire bell in front of City Hall. A local girl scouts organization donated several boxes of cookies to our Department. Our fire hall remodeling project is almost complete.All our turnout gear lockers have been relocated to be closer to our trucks.Walls have been repainted to match new steel wall sheeting used in the construction.A new 8 foot by 10 foot wall plaque was installed in the central area of our service area. New doors and a separation wall were installed to separate our storage and meeting rooms. Our annual July 4th pancake breakfast was well attended with 1557 people. Chief Nelson designed a new format for our breakfast event utilizing our additional hall space we gained when our City maintenance department moved out of our location. Plans are in progress for ways to improved our 2020 breakfast. There was no old/unfinished business to discuss.The new restaurant/bar building in Jenkins is still not open. Plans were to open by July 4th.The owners have been involved with some other business