Executive Board Meeting

06/05/08

A Shift

CALLED TO ORDER:              09:30 A.M.

MEMBERS PRESENT:         

J. TOLLEY, D. CONTE, K. ATKINSON, T. HAMMER, M. RANN, M. RETHWISCH, S. LEECH, T. MORISSETTE.

MINUTES:

          Motion: by Conte to accept the minutes from May 1^st, 2008. 2^nd by Rann. Motion carried.

TREASURER REPORT:

          Motion: by Hammer to accept the Treasurer report. 2^nd  by Leech. Motion carried.

Motion: by Hammer to purchase 125 license plates @ $7.50 each (minimum order), total

including tax $1003.13 from 5C of the Benevolent Fund. 2^nd by Tolley. Motion carried

Motion: by Tolley to use $632.00 from 3G of the Benevolent Fund to pay D/E Moreland’s outstanding (lost) medical bill from our old health insurance plan. The medical bill went to collections. 2^nd by Leech. Motion carried.

Motion: by Morissette to give $1000.00 from 3G of the Benevolent Fund to City of Melbourne employee Cindy Weiss, who lost her home to fire as a result of the Palm Bay wildfire. 2^nd by Rethwisch. Motion carried.

Motion: by Atkinson for $1360.00 from 4C of the Benevolent Fund to cover the $40.00

a day per diem (Fire Olympics). 2^nd by Hammer. Motion carried.

DISCUSSION:

·       Discussed pension meeting scheduled for 1:00 P.M. on 06/05/08. Pension proposals to be submitted include 3.5% multiplier and adding an additional $3.00 to the supplemental benefit, raising it from $5.00 to $8.00.

·       Discussed the letter that our Fire Chief sent to the Executive Director of the Melbourne Airport, Richard Ennis. The E-Board unanimously agreed that a meeting would need to be set up with Mr. Ennis. Lt. Tolley has already had meetings with some of the council members over this letter and it’s intent. He still needs to talk with 2 more council members.

·        Discussed letter of apology to be written by Lt. Tolley.

·        Discussed the “ankle biters” letter written by Michael Zocchi. He is the President of Brevard County Fire Rescue Local 2969. A small excerpt, “We can’t let the cities make us look bad. We are the largest and most progressive department in the County…we should not play catch-up with these smaller ankle biters that continue to try and put us down.

·        Discussed the uniform committee’s last meeting.

·        Discussed asking Assistant City Manager Amy Elliott for a copy of the Fire Chief’s reply to the citywide survey.

·        Discussed station transfers and the games that some of our members play.

·        Discussed the commercial property on Butler St for $162,000 and the residential house across the street for $139,000. The properties will be looked at after the pension meeting with the city.

·        Discussed Station 71. Chief Anglin is looking for alternative living facilities. The process is moving forward aggressively.

·        Discussed members being accountable for their actions and being professionals.

·        Discussed union time pool use for the FPF Convention.

Motion: by Leech to allow two members off on union time pool for the 10^th, 11^th, 12^th and

13^th of June (FPF Convention). 2^nd by Hammer.  Motion carried.

Motion: by Atkinson to adjourn. 2^nd by Morissette. Motion carried.

ADJOURNED:   11:30 A.M.      

    Respectfully,

                                                                                                                      Tad Hammer

                                                                                                                      Secretary

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