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PEQUOT LAKES FIRE DEPARTMENT MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 7, 2007 MEETING The meeting of the PLFD was called to order by chief Nelson, 27 members were present. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved by a motion by Cerise, second by Rickard, motion passed. Truck checks were discussed. Rescue I had a bad plug end on the power cord which was repaired tonight. Rescue 2 was all OK Engine 1 was missing the ash shovel and ash pail. It was left at the scene of the last chimney fire. Engine 2 needs all its fire extinguishers checked. They are all dated 2005. We need a new pair of binoculars for engine 2. Tanker 1 is good. Tanker 2 has a broken primer on the pump which is all corroded. The rest of tanker 2 is OK. Tanker 3 is OK. Engine 3 and tanker 2 both have one bad battery. Grass truck 1 had low pressure in all the tires. The ATV is good and the fuel valve is shut off. Grass truck 2 is OK. The water tender is OK. We need to rewrite the numbers on all the SCBA tanks. The financial report is the fire fund balance is about $21,000.We spent about $7000.00 last month for general expenses. Medical, tanker 3 expenses, vaccinations for new fire fighters accounted for most of the total. Our checking balance is $3172.84 tonight. We spent $107.00 for pop, $300.00 to the scholarship for 2007, and $2348.69 for the concrete walls for our new training and meeting room. The city owes us reimbursement for the u $2348.69 and $300.00 for the car expense for extrication training. Our real balance after we are paid back is $5821.53. We could also use the $3000.00 from the police department, which they pledged for the training room. Everyone has new safety glasses purchased with the donation from TDS. A thank you letter was read from the Nisswa fire department for our support and help with a truck fro Mike Thurlow's funeral. The Chief discussed a report that our pass alarms may not work when exposed to excess heat and moisture. This is what they supposed to be made to withstand. We are supposed to host the Cuyuna Range meeting here in March. Will our new room be ready? We also need to find a speaker for the training topic. We also need to plan for the food. We will find out how many attend this meeting. Bill will contact Paul Lundgren to see if the DNR will do the training topic. Oaks reported the wiring is close to done for the training room. He would like to thank all who helped put up the ceiling trusses. Sheetrocking and taping are next on the agenda. There will be a work night to get ready to host the Cuyuna Range meeting. Our fire gear that was ordered last year is scheduled to be delivered on February 12"'. The cost of that gear is about $6000.00.