Cedar County Ambulance District minutes

The Cedar County Ambulance District Board met Feb. 20 in the Stockton Ambulance Barn with Chairman John Wilson presiding and Kenny Turner  -Vice Chairman, Byron Hamilton and Keith Kasco present. Charlotte Hayden was absent and the District

Cedar County Ambulance District, PO BOX 669, Stockton, 65785

LOCATION: Stockton Ambulance Barn

Meeting called to order at 6:30

Roll call

Present:

John Wilson Chairman

Kenny Turner Vice Chairman

Byron Hamilton

Keith Kasco

Absent:

Charlotte Hayden

District 1 seat open

Agenda Approval:

A motion was made by Hamilton to approve the agenda as presented, seconded by Kasco, four ayes, 0 nays, motion carried.

Previous Minutes:

Motion was made by Kasco, seconded by Turner to approve minutes of the 1-30-17 meeting as presented, four ayes, 0 nays, motion carried.

Public Forum:

No one came forward.

Financial Reports:

There was nothing remarkable in the Financial Report. Turner made a motion to approve the report, Kasco seconded it, four ayes, 0 nays, motion approved

Manager’s Report:

Tom asked about purchasing a kit to go along with the rescue dummy to make it a better training tool. A motion was made by Wilson to purchase the kit for $3831.73. Turner seconded the motion, 4 ayes, 0 nays, motion approved.

All ambulances are running well and have been recently serviced. There are new tires on #710.

Tom said the Shop Vac has stopped working and they need a new one. Wilson made a motion to approve up to $200 for the purchase of a new one. Kasco seconded the motion, four ayes, 0 nays.

A motion was made by Turner to approve up to $200 for the purchase of a ceiling fan to replace a broken one. Motion was seconded by Wilson, four ayes, motion carried.

The board, Tom and Neil discussed providing CPR training to the general public. Turns out the hospital in Stockton does that.

There was a motion made by Wilson to allow Tom Ryan to purchase necessary items or replacement items under $500 with just a call to one of the officers. Motion was seconded by Turner, four ayes, 0 nays, motion carried.

Motion made by Turner to approve manager’s report, seconded by Hamilton, four ayes, 0 nays, motion carried.

Correspondence:

There was a letter from Cedar County Memorial Hospital offering use of their facility to relocate the ambulance barn in Stockton. This option had been discussed previously and had been determined to be inadequate for our needs. The letter was passed to the other board members prior to the meeting, but not discussed at the meeting.

Unfinished Business:

Inventory:

Finished, final copy being compiled

Radio Bids:

Per last month’s meeting bids were requested for seventeen (17) Motorola XPR 7550e VHF radios. Four bids were received and are as follows;

Radio phone – with the winning bid of $12,741. They were chosen because they are located in Springfield, and they had a three (3) year warranty as opposed to a two (2) year warranty on the others.

RCS – $13,583 – $1275 Rebate, total $12308. Kenwood brand, not sure they would work with the system.

Rayfield Comm – $13,995, Two-year warranty. Also from Rayfield was a bid for the XPR3500, for $8160 but it wasn’t what the District needs

Radio Express – VHF $10,965 – UHF $11,475 Located in VA.

Motion made by Turner to go with the Radiophone bid as they were local and had the better warranty for the price. Motion was seconded by Hamilton, four ayes, 0 nays, motion carried.

New Business:

New Building:

Ken Mata and Lyle Pryor attended the meeting and got up at this time to tell us about Morton Buildings. They have built buildings for Ambulance barns, Fire houses, etc. all over the state. They take care of the plans, meeting with us to find out what we need and want, draw up the spec sheet, we put it out for bids, which they are allowed to bid on as well. They take care of all the sub-contracting and prevailing wage laws. We can accept their bid or turn them down and go elsewhere. Mr. Pryor was there on behalf of Municipal Development and Funding, who will either provide funding or help obtain funding from the lender of our choice. Frank Foster has said they are above board, as he has several districts putting in new buildings and using them for the entire process. It was suggested at this time that there be another meeting to talk solely about what our needs in a new building are, etc This meeting will be held Thursday, March 2 at 4:30 p.m. at the Stockton Ambulance barn.

Adjourn:

Motion was made by Kasco to adjourn, seconded by Hamilton, four ayes, 0 nays, motion carried,

Meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.