08.01 - Request to Hire Firefighter

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Metro Fire is putting together a calendar for fire departments. We should send them any good pictures we have. They will print about 5000 calendars, Old business was discussed. We should purchase Krusty's pancake batter for our breakfast. Also precooked sausage patties are preferred. We still need some steel for the grill stand. Roger will take care of the gas lines. We will have a hall clean- up on Wednesday, June 20. Dale Mashuga is coming next training meeting for fit testing masks. This will start at6pm. The RIT team will start training at Ideal at 6:30 pm on Monday June 6a'for 3 '/2 hours. There will be a complete set of SOP's and regulations. Members will need to attend 75%of all meetings. We have 7 men interested. The training agenda for July will be SCBA compliancy, August will be policy guidelines, and September will be testing. Expenses will be minimal.Ideal, Pequot lakes, Mission, Crosslake, and possibly Nisswa will participate in RIT. Four men from each department will respond for a call. There will be a fee for$30.00 for a training book We will also need a RIT bag for tools and accessories, at a cost of$250.00 to $500.00. The steps to the upper level storage area was discussed. Materials lists are not done. It would be great to have this done by July 4h. The project needs city approval. Safety Town will be June 1e.from 9 am to noon at the Pequot School. Participating will be Szymanski, Rickard, Evenson, Nelson, Nordby, and Peterson II. There will be an Officers meeting on Wednesday June 8t'at 7 pm. The budget and job descriptions will be discussed. The Chief asked if we want our pumps certified this year. It has not been done for a couple years. Oaks motioned we certify all four pump trucks, second by Rickard, motion passed. Casanova and Loven opposed this. Kelly Larson asked about getting back on the department. Evenson motioned to put him back on, second by Oaks. Neil reminded us that this must be done by ballot vote. The vote to allow Kelly back on was 16 for, and one no. Our fire fighter I certification was discussed. Dave Schlick says we are members for life as long as our memberships are currently paid. There will be a relief association meeting September 7 h at 6 pm. We have requested a grant for an AED. Also included was a copy of our AED certification for training. We would like to get a Zole brand one.