December Meeting Minutes
The FGFPD Board of Trustees met on Monday December 8th 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. John Zimmerman was also present. Jim Brown and Brad Carroll were also in attendance.
Bills:
Bills were presented. The bills were approved and seconded. Below is a list of the bills paid.
Fire Chiefs Report:
The chief gave his report there were 9 medical calls and 2 CO2 calls. A swivel dump valve was purchased and put onto 423. Right now it doesn’t seem like 424 would need one. Everything else seems to be running well.
Ambulance Report:
In September Gridley Reported: Incidence Totals: Total Incidence Response 11, Total Unit response 14, Transported by Gridley EMS 11. Disposition Totals: Transport ALS1 9, Transport Als2, Transport BLS 1, Canceled OS 1, Fire Incident 1, Canceled PTA 1, Refused Aid 1, and Lifeflight 1.
November Gridley Reported Incidence Totals: Total incidence Response 10, Total Unit response 10, Transported by Gridley EMS 8. Disposition Totals: Transport ALS1 4, Transport BLS 4, and Cancelled PTA 2.
Old Business:
Truck repairs: Midstate obtained the parts that were needed and the trucks were repaired. Billed below. Truck repairs are complete at this time
By laws: Nothing new on by laws from Mr. Sinclair
Volunteer Recognition Project: No new news has come from Salem at this time.
Station Generator: John obtained quotes from 3 companies Kelley Electric, JD Belcher, and Zeller. The quotes were reviewed. We had discussion on them. A motion was made to purchase a 48kw XG Protector Series Generac from JD Belcher for $34,094.85 per the quote. It was seconded and passed.
New Business:
Transition to Newer Trucks: Had some discussion. 421 Was brought up. It shows wear, and has various leaks. Also the layout for equipment within it could use improvement. Certain functions on the truck are not as responsive as they used to be.
Sealtite Work Update: The cracks and slab were fixed outside. Cracks inside were discussed. The Sealtite rep thought it could be linked to the pilings in the building which go 10 feet in the ground. Discussion was had the concrete has been there 15 plus years settling. We decided to leave the pilings alone and fix the surface cracks and monitor them.
Standby Event Pay: A motion was made to pay twenty five dollars per stand by event per person. It was seconded. Everyone was in favor.
Christmas Party Comments: The Christmas Party was good. Attendance was down a little bit due to the snowstorm that was going on. Mona’s catered good food, Kristi had fun games, Alyssa made good decorations. It was a good night.
Meeting Dates to Post for 2026: We decided to keep the same meeting schedule. The second Monday of each month @5:30 for 2026.
Other new business for discussion: We discussed a clerical position to help the chief with “NFIRS”, truck detailing, and Trustee appointments.
Movement to Adjourn and second was made
Bills Paid:
NICOR $205.61
Verizon $36.01
Scott Anderson $65.00
Gatehouse Media $175.10
Evergreen FS INC. $216.51
Stobbs & Sinclair, Ltd. $287.70
Mid-State Fire Repair $1,729.24
Volunteer Pay to Firemen $9,084.14
Ameren: $203.32
JD Belcher: $25,899.89
November Minutes
The FGFPD Board of Trustees met on November 10th at the fire station.
Quorum:
John Folkerts called the meeting to order at 2:00. Trustees John Folkerts, Steven Koeller and Keith Detwiler were present. Ryan Schladenhauffen was also present. No members of the public were in attendance.
Bills:
Bills were presented. The bills were approved and seconded. Below is a list of the bills paid.
Fire Chiefs Report:
The chief was not present for this meeting.
Ambulance Report:
Ryan reported that there were 13 EMS calls. The IPad in the ambulance is in need of a new keyboard and a new standby procedure will be used for people working at football games and other events where needed.
Gridley did 12 transports in August. They had computer issues and are working on sending out September and October reports.
Old Business:
Truck repairs: are in progress. A hose and pressure sensor were changed. Midstate is waiting on more parts to complete repairs
By laws: Nothing new on by laws from Mr. Sinclair
KWS boundary lines: An easement was drawn up by Mr. Sinclair. The documents were signed and Keith is going to meet up with Mr. Schuber to complete them.
Volunteer Recognition Project: No new news has come from Salem at this time.
Station Generator: Two quotes have been received. They proposed similar sized generators. One was Generac the other was a Cummins. We are waiting on a third quote to continue the process.
Christmas party: Will be Dec 1st at 6:00pm. Monas to cater.
New Business:
Transition to Newer Trucks: Had some discussion. We need more input from members of the department. We are just getting the ball rolling.
Potential Board Members: Two people have been approached/said they were willing to join we will go forward this closer to January.
Winter/cold weather prep for station: John was going to ask Frank about snow removal. Generator prep was done. We need to check salt ect.
Adoption of 2025 tax levy ordinance: A motion was made to adopt the tax levy ordinance. A second was made and passed. Papers were signed.
Approval to have Monas cater Dec 1: Another motion was made to have Monas cater for the Christmas party. A second was obtained and the motion passed.
Gift cards for services: Frank and Scott will receive a gift card for there work.
Movement to Adjourn and second was made
Bills Paid:
Scott Anderson: $21.93
Scott Anderson: $65.00
Hughes, Cameron & Company: $1,125.00
Compass Insurance: $825.00
SCBAS: $583.50
SELCAS: $77.13
Mid-State Fire Repair: $620.00
John Folkerts: $60.81