April Meeting Minutes
The FGFPD Board of Trustees met on Monday April 13th 2026 at the fire station.
Quorum: John Folkerts called the meeting to order at 5:30pm. Trustees John Folkerts, Steven Koeller and Keith Detwiler were present. Michael Schneider, Ryan Schladenhauffen and Jim Brown were also in attendance.
Bills: Bills were presented. The bills were approved by Keith and seconded by Steven. Below is a list of the bills paid.
Meeting Minutes: March’s meeting minutes were approved by Keith and seconded by Steven.
Fire Chiefs Report: Michael reported that Roseanna Davidson was going to have a community round table on April 17th and might have some information on grants. There were 15 calls. Nine of the calls were medical, 2 fire alarms, 2 mutual aid, 1 1050, and 1 weather related call. There is a valve on 429 that we got a quote from Chris at Midstate to fix.
Ambulance Report: Gridley reported 14 total incident responses. Disposition totals were 9 transport ALS1, 3 transport BLS, 1 canceled PTA, and 1 refused aid. Three members of the department are finishing up their EMR classes. It was also noted that we have been having some electrical issues in the ambulance. Certain times it seems like power is not getting sent everywhere. Specifically the radios and lights seem to not get power. Ryan was going to get in contact with Midstate about the issue.
Old Business:
By laws: Nothing new on by laws at this time. For now we will leave it on the agenda but are waiting.
Volunteer Recognition Project: Salem may just want to do a board with nameplates. It was brought up to contact the school. For now we may just table this until new ideas are found.
Transition to Newer Trucks: There was not a lot to update on this currently. Michael said that a group of Firemen may get together and go look at Toluca’s new truck for more ideas on what they would want on a new truck.
New Generator Maintenance Schedule: JD Belcher offers a once a year service plan that we are going to adopt. They also have a 10 year extended warranty on parts and labor for 1200 dollars that were going to get for the generator.
New Business:
Cleaning Service Pay: Scott has been doing a good job keeping the fire station clean. We are going to give him a raise from 65 to 100 dollars a month. There is also some landscaping and weeding that will need done a couple times a year.
Annual Meeting Items: Annual meeting is the third Monday of next month.
Childers Maintenance quote: Childers gave a quote to do seals and check out the doors at the station. We are going to have them do it.
Adopt Tentative Budget and Appropriations of the FGFPD for Fiscal Year May 1, 2026-April: Keith voted to adopt the tentative budget and appropriations and Steven seconded.
Truck Maintenance Update: We are going to have Torey do one a month. Michael said start with the tanker. Then we will rotate through the other trucks.
Bills Paid:
NICOR $251.66
Verizon $36.01
Scott Anderson $65.00
Gridley Emergency Ambulance Services $17,500.00
Vermillion Valley ETS $1553.57
Mclean County Area EMS System $1,200.00
Ameren $216.73 March, $188.62 April
Evergreen FS INC $93.44, $240.75
Childers Door Service $370.00
Midstate Fire Repair $636.49
Susana A Mendoza Comptroller State of Illinois $89.79
Keith Detwiler $102.66 Lights
John Folkerts $117.96 Building Repair/Router
Secretary: Steven Koeller April 2026
March Meeting Minutes
The FGFPD Board of Trustees met on Monday March 10th 2026 at the fire station.
Quorum: John Folkerts called the meeting to order at 5:30pm. Trustees John Folkerts, Steven Koeller and Keith Detwiler were present. Michael Schneider, Brad Carroll, Ryan Schladenhauffen and Jim Brown were also in attendance.
Bills: Bills were presented. The bills were approved by Keith and seconded by Steven. Below is a list of the bills paid.
Meeting Minutes: February’s meeting minutes were approved by Keith and seconded by Steven.
Fire Chiefs Report: Michael gave his report. There were 7 medical calls, 1 grass fire, 2 mutual aid, and 1 odor investigation and one cancelled for 12 total calls. There is also an air filter on a Kubota motor on the back of 426 that needs serviced. The motor oil also needs changed. Everything else seems to be running smoothly as of now.
Ambulance Report: Gridley reported that there were 10 responses and 8 transports.
Old Business:
By laws: Nothing new on by laws from Mr. Sinclair at this time.
Volunteer Recognition Project: Nothing new as of now.
Transition to Newer Trucks: The idea of going to a pumper/rescue truck was presented. They are what many departments are using now and are more available than just a straight rescue truck. The cost will be higher with the truck having a pump however, but it also can pump. It was brought up whether or not a Cascade system would be needed on the truck. The discussion is still ongoing but as of now going towards a pumper rescue.
Radio/Pager update: It seems to be good with 9 radios. There is a radio in each truck and Michael, Ryan, and Anna each have one. Starcom and Vhf will be used for scene command one person will be using two radios. 426 could maybe use a Vhf radio. More will be learned as calls happen.
Selling old Generator: The generator was posted. It was sold to the highest bidder.
Sexual Harassment and FOIA/OMA Training: Are completed
New Generator maintenance schedule: We had a lightning strike at the department. The generator had a long delay when it kicked in. It will get looked at. The doors also weren’t working after the lightning strike.
New Business:
Truck Maintenance Schedule: Nothing really has been done since Marvin left. We are going to looked into having Torey do a general service and oil changes on them. Possibly doing one truck a month until completed.
Updated Drivers List: Keith has the Drivers List updated.
Bills Paid:
NICOR $439.01
Verizon $36.01
SELCAS $48.00 ambulance supplies
Scott Anderson $65.00
John Zimmermann $145.57 Airline parts
Vermillion Valley ETS Board $261.00
Ameren $278.78
FAssco Equipment Co. Inc $143.45
PNC Equipment Finance $37,082.61
Tricom Services $60.00
Evergreen FS INC $91.61
Liberty Mutual Insurance $1,671.00
US Postal Service $78.00
Ryan Schladenhauffen $212.31 rapid charger
Secretary: Steven Koeller March 2026