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By-law changes were discussed. The Executive Committee will approve probationary members when their year of probation has ended. The committee will decide if all first year requirements were met by the candidate. Their will be no voting by the membership any more. Also the fifth Wednesdays of any month will be a required training for the department. Members on suspension for any reason may not hold any officer's positions. The term limit for the Fire Chief will be dropped. Some discussion was conducted on some of these changes. Peterson II motioned to accept all the changes that were discussed, second by Warner, motion passed with all members except Kirk Larson voting to approve the changes to our by-laws. The annual Polar Plunge will be this Saturday at Breezy Point Resort starting at 11:00 am with a kids plunge and the main event will start at 1:00 pm. They will need at least 3 fire fighters to help. Zins, Cerise, Evenson, and Wendt will help. Our physicals are scheduled for Thursday, May 1st from 5 to 8 pm. The physical will be a 12 lead EKG, blood pressure check, and a urine test. Do not consume alcohol at least 12 hours before the physical. Mission fire will be testing with the ISO in May and will need all three of out tankers. There will be a practice session some time in late April. We should also do the test this year. We will have to arrange for some kind of a lunch for the hybr4id car class on the 29th of �.. March. Steve Rudek is working on acquiring donations for new exercise equipment at the Breezy station. Bill has a house and garage burn on Nelson Lake. It is scheduled for March 15th. We will probably do training on positive pressure ventilation and roof venting before the burn. There will be a hot dog, chips, and pop lunch during the burn. There is a work night scheduled for Wednesday, March 12th, starting at 6:30 pm. There is a storm spotter class on Tuesday, March 1 lth at 6:00 pm sponsored by the police department. Wendt motioned to adjourn, second by Rickard, meeting adjourned. PRESE3NT AT MEETING: Peterson I, Casanova, Oaks, Loven, Szymanski, Peterson II, Crist, Nelson, Nordby, Bridge, Rickard, Knutson, Mike Peterson, Evenson, Larson, Putnam, Selter, Zeimet, Tasha Carlson, Cerise, Wasserbauer, Wendt, Hayes, Warner, Wilson, Zins, and Council person Oraskovich