CALLED TO ORDER: 7:40 pm

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Tolley, Conte, Ken Atkinson, Hammer, Vinup, Maxwell, Hunt, Michaud, Starkey, Keil Atkinson, Batton and Hargreaves.

MINUTES:

MOTION by Hargreaves to accept minutes from 4/3/08. 2^nd by Michaud. Motion carried.

TREASURER REPORT:

MOTION by Michaud to accept Treasurer Report. 2^nd by Kiel Atkinson. Motion carried.

MOTION by Vinup to move $115.00 from 9D to 9B to cover FPF Convention overage. 2^nd by Kiel Atkinson. Motion carried.

Friday Fest raised $1547.59. $365.00 in checks were made payable to the United Way and will be forwarded. $300.00 in checks were made payable to the FPF and will be forwarded. $882.59 was left to the union.

MOTION by Hargreaves to take $117.41 from 3G to add to the $882.59 collected from Friday Fest to make an even $1000.00 to be donated to the St. Lucie firefighter who lost his home to the Palm Bay wildfire. 2^nd by Michaud. Motion carried.

A separate check in the amount of $300.00 will be asked for from the FPF to assist the St. Lucie firefighter.

MOTION by Kiel Atkinson to accept Treasurer Report as amended. 2^nd by Hargreaves. motion carried.

PRESIDENT REPORT:

Pension negotiations with the City, regarding the 3.5% multiplier and supplemental benefit have been slowed by the City. We met with the City on 6/5/08 to discuss our pension proposal. In this meeting, the City asked several times to have the union open contract negotiations. The union’s position is that we want to finish up with the pension benefits before we start negotiating our next contract. The union has tried and will continue to try scheduling a follow up meeting.

Status report on Station 71. Full modular building to be placed west of fuel tanks. Time frame still unknown for station cleaning and decontamination.

A check was presented to city employee Cindy Weiss in the amount of $1000.00. Her home was lost to the Palm Bay wildfire. She was quite shocked at the amount and very thankful.

OPS Memo 2008-19 Service Delivery Plan for Oct. 1, 2008 issued by the Fire Chief. A meeting was requested with management to negotiate some type of agreement with regards to Station 73 and the manning requirements.

Apology from Lt. Tolley to the membership over Station 72 incident.

FYI- 1^st annual FDBS Roundtable on July 31. Email/Flyer on station computers.

VICE PRESIDENT REPORT:

Local 1951 recognizes the FPF boycott of the future Fire Olympics in Clearwater.

MOTION by Conte to send the Clearwater Local 1158 $200.00 (brotherhood support) from 3A for their ongoing legal battle with the City of Clearwater. 2^nd by Hargreaves. Motion carried.

Discussed uniform committee and the fact that any agreed upon changes are negotiable and will be done through contract negotiations.

NEW BUISNESS:

Discussed station staple funds. The City attorney has ruled that they are public record.

Firefighter Morrissette has decided to withdraw his nomination to attend the IAFF Convention in Las Vegas in August.

MOTION by Ken Atkinson to send only the President to the IAFF Convention.

2^nd by Michaud. Motion carried.

D/M Hargreaves has decided to resign his position as Local 1951 PIO immediately, due to his commitments at BCC.

Upcoming contract negotiations to begin soon. A survey will be sent out to the membership in the near future.

OLD BUSINESS:

Discussion held on building committee search. The Butler St. commercial property was ruled out.

Discussion held on the meeting with FF Wooldridge and D/M Hargreaves over the Zachary Project and the possible perception problems that could effect the fire department.

MOTION to adjourn by Tolley. 2^nd by Starkey. Motion carried.

ADJOURNED: 9:45 pm

Respectfully,

Tad Hammer

Secretary L-1951