Rescue Squad Captains' Meeting - Special Called Meeting

Activity: Rescue Squad Captains’ Meeting – SPECIAL CALLED MEETING

Date: February 20, 2008

Organizations Represented: Public Safety Administration

Squad 2/Franklin County Rescue

Squad 3/Ferrum Rescue

Squad 5/Callaway Rescue

Squad 6/Snow Creek Rescue

Squad 8/Fork Mountain Rescue

Squad 9/Red Valley Rescue

Squad 10/Scruggs Rescue

Squad 13/Cool Branch Rescue

Organizations Not Represented: None

Due to the nature of this meeting the following agencies were not in attendance:

Company 7/Boones Mill EMS (Billing through FCPS)

Squad 4/Glade Hill Rescue (Billing through FCPS

Squad 11/Dive Team (non-transporting agency)

Squad 12/Hardy Rescue

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION: Please find below a summary of the topics that were discussed and relevant information regarding those topics. If you have any questions, please contact your Rescue Captain for details.

Public Safety Director Daryl Hatcher opened the meeting by welcoming everyone and thanking them for their attendance.

Mr. Hatcher explained that this was a special meeting to discuss revenue recovery. He also explained that in the future there will be joint Chiefs and Captains meeting once a quarter rather than having a captains meeting and the chiefs meetings on rotating months.

Mr. Hatcher advised everyone that all the new employees had been hired and on March 1, 2008, a truck would be stationed at Westlake. At the present time, the staff at Westlake will use a truck from Snow Creek Rescue Squad and that truck will be identified as Med 15. Mr. Hatcher also invited everyone to participate in a ride along program with any of the career trucks. Contact Billy Ferguson to schedule a time to ride along.

Mr. Hatcher also advised that the career truck currently stationed at Red Valley would be repositioned due to the placement of the Westlake staff. Med 1-9 will either move to Glade Hill Rescue or Boones Mill Rescue. More information will be distributed when the final determination on placement of the truck is made. Med 1-2 and Med 1-8 will remain at their current locations.

Billy Ferguson presented data on the amount of revenue recovery money, a copy of which is attached and made a part of these minutes.

Mr. Hatcher spoke about the need for building replacements, upgrades and ways to pay for these expenses. He asked the representatives in attendance about reallocating revenue recovery monies to offset some of these expenses. The general consensus was that this would be an appropriate use of the monies. There were some concerns about the timing. Mr. Hatcher said that the plan would be submitted to the Board in July and that agencies would get another revenue recovery allocation payment. There were some concerns about agencies not being able to meet their financial obligations without the revenue recovery money which were discussed. More information will be distributed about the details of the revenue recovery plan as they become available.

Mr. Hatcher advised the group that there would be a full scale drill on Friday, March 21, 2008. Contact Billy Ferguson for more details.

Questions and Comments

The meeting was adjourned.