August Meeting Minutes
The FGFPD Board of Trustees met on Monday August 10th 2026 at the fire station.
Quorum: John Folkerts called the meeting to order at 5:30pm. Trustees John Folkerts, Keith Detwiler, Jim Brown, Brad Carroll, and Steven Koeller were present. Ryan Schladenhauffen and Michael Schneider were also in attendance with no members of the public were at the meeting
Meeting Minutes: The July meeting minutes were approved by Jim and seconded by Keith
Bills: Bills were presented. The bills were approved by Brad and seconded by Steven. At the end of the minutes there is a list of the bills that were paid
Fire Chiefs Report: Michael reported that there were 11 medical calls, 2 false alarms, 2 fire, 1 1050, and 1 missed call for the month. Also four hoses failed during testing and a valve is broken and new one is being ordered.
Ambulance Report: No report has been received from Gridley yet. However, we got a refurbed AED because the pads for the old unit are out of date and new ones are no longer available for purchase.
Old Business:
By laws: No new updates were received from Mr. Sinclair.
Volunteer Recognition Project: Nothing new at this point. John was going to reach out to the FFA and see if they would be interested in doing something in woodworking.
Transition to Newer Truck: Alexis is going to be contacted to see if one of their stock/demo trucks could be brought to the department to look at. John also was going to contact Pearce to compare their Standard Velocity truck with the Alexis unit.
Truck Maintenance Update: 421, and 425 are done. 422, 424, 426 are not done yet.
Lighting Claim: Keith contacted David Fulton. He said there could be a 30% premium increase if we have another claim quickly. The total was between 3 and 4 thousand dollars of damages done we are going to turn it in.
Concrete Repair around Middle Door: Still ongoing.
New Business:
Hoses that failed testing: A motion and second was made to purchase new hoses and fittings for the 4 that failed testing. The motion passed. Michael is going to order the hoses and fittings.
Bills Paid:
NICOR $67.50
Verizon $36.01
Scott Anderson $100.00 Cleaning Service
Stobbs & Sinclair, Ltd $200.12
Susana A. Mendoza Comptroller $217.83
Vermillion Valley ETS Board $837.00
Ameren $226.37
Ryan Schladenhauffen $162.34 Truck Supplies
John Folkerts $32.18 Door Receiver
Liberty Mutual Insurance $1,482.00
Evergreen FS Inc. $159.85
JD Belcher Electric $1,500.00 10 year warranty & level 1 maintenance program
Secretary: Steven Koeller August 2026
The Flanagan-Graymont Fire Protection District Board of Trustees met on July 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM at the fire station.
Quorum:
• John Folkerts opened the meeting at 5:30. Trustees John Folkerts, Jim Brown, Brad Carroll and Keith Detwiler present. Michael Schneider and Ryan Schladenhauffen present.
Meeting Minutes:
• Minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting held on June 8, 2026 were duly moved and seconded. Said minutes were approved.
Bills Presented:
• The bills (see below) were presented and duly moved and seconded. Said bills were approved.
Fire Chief’s Report:
• Michael reported 13 calls for June; 6 medical, 2 1050, 2 fire alarm, 2 weather and 1 structure. They will be doing hose testing in July to check inventory and see what needs to be replaced.
Ambulance Report:
• June ambulance report provided by Gridley EMS reported 11 calls, 9 transport; 1 nursing home, 3 canceled and 1 refused aid.
Old Business:
• No update on bylaws provided by Mr. Sinclair
• No update on volunteer recognition wall
• General truck discussion and trustees will stick around for volunteer meeting tonight to discuss ideas for a new truck. This was completed to add transparency and increase dialog to direct the search.
• Truck service completed on all trucks except 422, 424 and 426. Torey will work on getting these trucks in for A-service.
• Keith will follow up with Compass to determine the process and thoughts on turning in a lightening claim.
• There is need for a safe for the station. Michael presented ideas. The trustees made a motion to approve a purchase up to $1,000. Motion was seconded and approved.
New business:
• The roof vent leaks are fixed.
• There is a spot near the overhead doors where water pools. This needs to be fixed. Keith will look into options for the fix.
• Michael will ask the volunteers to complete designation beneficiary forms if they don’t have one in the file.
• Motion made and duly seconded to adopt the final tentative budget and appropriations ordinance for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2026 and ending April 30, 2027. Said motion approved. Keith will send signed documents to Mr. Sinclair.
• Keith attended the community siren meeting put on by VCOM. There will be a receiver dish at the pole for each siren which likely will eliminate the station electronics. More to come.
• Truck 424 has a Ford recall. John will work with Fraher Ford to fix.
The following bills were presented:
Scott Anderson $100.00 Janitor Services
Evergreen FS $342.66 fuel
Tricom Services $3,620.71 equipment fix from lightning strike
Air One $441.00 helmets and boots
Ameren $173.75 June bill
Ameren $231.36 July bill
Frontier $162.24
NICOR $66.17
Verizon $36.01
Vermillion Valley Emergency Com. $261.00 monthly radio subscription
Vermillion Valley Emergency Com. $3,107.15 quarterly dispatch fee
Thorson Farms Trucking $891.27 A-Service to truck 423
Thorson Farms Trucking $112.90 reimburse for NAPA bill for oil dry
Thorson Farms Trucking $600.00 A-Service to truck 421
Thorson Farm Trucking $400.00 A-Service to truck 425
Keith Detwiler $252.81 Reimburse for roof vent and gutter supplies.
Hughes Cameron & Co $245.00 accountant services
Selcas $155.40 ambulance supplies
Selcas $304.25 ambulance supplies
Gridley Ambulance Service $17,500.00 quarterly payment
The following receipts were presented:
It was duly moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned.
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Keith Detwiler, Interim Secretary
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