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with costs when the time comes. Thurlow motioned to approve the financial report, second by Murphy,motion passed. The DNR tanker project is near completion. The truck has been painted and needs some lights installed. The total cost for this truck will be under$5000.00. We had the truck painted at the Body Works in Brainerd for$500.00. This price was for labor and using their equipment. The FEMA grants are in the second or third group of allocations. Minnesota fire departments are not receiving any significant grants so far. The pancake breakfast was successful this summer and a new record of 1076 people served was established. Our profit was approximately$3800.00. Sean Stoehr moved from the area and is off the department. The City has a new policy for city employees concerning harassment,personnel,technology, and tobacco use. The department received a used ambulance from North for$1500.00. The vehicle has emergency lights and a siren. The police department donated a radio for it. The vehicle will probably be used as a command center. We have applied for a matching DNR grant to purchase radios,pagers, and fire hose. The department presented a fire prevention program for the kindergarten thru second grade at Eagle View Elementary School. We also hosted a fire prevention open house on October 11 at the fire station. The event was very well attended. Several fire fighters helped with the Breezy Point community fest last August. Over 450 people attended the event. The ambulance donated to us by North will probably be used for the RIT(Rapid Intervention Team)program which Pequot Lakes, Crosslake,Ideal Township,Mission Township,and Nisswa departments are members of. Pine River is also expected to be active with the group. This team is used primarily for back-up for fire personnel who enter burning structures. Our local departments generally do not have enough man power to provide this very important team. The ambulance has 120,000 miles on it,which is relatively low mileage for a diesel powered vehicle. City Clerk Peine mentioned the city also recently received an OSHA grant for$4100.00 which will allow the department to purchase 30 new safety vests for fire fighters. These vests are really needed for night time incidents on a roadway. Chief Nelson announced that Tina Nolden will also be leaving the department in the near future. She has lost interest. The City has granted permission to the department to increase the number of fire personnel to 30 members. The department has experienced poor fire fighter turnout for some recent calls,which may be good reason to increase our membership. Messerchmidt and Thurlow mentioned there may be a time in the future when we consider some full time personnel. Brainerd has six full time fire fighters. The underground water storage tanks are all OK. The department lost some interest in these water storage tanks when they leaked. Some were sealed and some are in the water table and they all seem to be good. We have interest in some kind of water storage or lake