The Flanagan-Graymont Fire Protection District Board of Trustees met on February 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM at the fire station.
Quorum:
- John Folkerts opened the meeting at 5:30. Trustees Chris Schneider, John Folkerts, Steven Koeller, Brent Smith, Keith Detwiler present. John Zimmerman, Ryan Schladenhauffen and Michael Schneider present.
Meeting Minutes:
- Minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting held on January 13, 2025 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:
- John reported 12 calls for January. 7 medical, 1 1079, 1 auto alarm, 1 CO2 and 2 mutual aid. They had issues with the thermal guns. They are fixed and working again.
Ambulance Report:
- January ambulance report provided by Gridley EMS reported 10 calls, 8 transport; 1 nursing home, 1 fire, 1 canceled.
Old Business:
- Sinclair has an employee researching the boundary line issue. No determination is known yet.
- Waiting on door trim to finish door code system.
- Tanker Truck fix is in process and parts came in on Friday. Fix to be completed soon.
- District information packet completed by Keith and returned to Sinclair.
New business:
- Fire Department Volunteer elections completed with no changes. Michael Schneider is assistant Fire Chief, Sam Detwiler and Ben Schneider are captains, Ryan Schladenhauffen is First Responder Captain.
- Ambulance was looked at by Tory Thorson and fix was completed. The unit is running currently.
- We will look for a paper version of the Daily Leader to buy when District business is published. Steven will report back.
- Discussion on Fire Department Facebook page. Ryan Schladenhauffen is the lead with this page and no District Trustees oversee this page. It will be renamed to delete District. This will be the Flanagan Graymont Firemen volunteer Facebook page. The District does not and will not have a Facebook page. We will continue to communicate through our website, email, daily leader and monthly meetings.
- Nomination made and duly seconded to reappoint Steven Koeller to renew his term as District Trustee. Said motion approved.
- The Panther Grove 2 Wind Farm Project would like to connect with the Fire Chief before construction starts. This will be lined up once the project is approved.
- John Folkerts will complete the OMA and FOIA training.
- Sexual Harassment training will be emailed out and complete by all. Certificates to be collected by Keith
- We will follow Mr. Sinclair’s lead on the ambulance contract process as the Gridley contract expires at the end of July 2025.
- John Z. provided a SOP copy for the board to review.
- John F. will search out Tooley to collect a bill for 2024 lawn care services.
- Truck 421 is getting age and we should think about long term options for that truck.
The following bills were presented:
Scott Anderson $65.00 Janitor Services
Evergreen FS 131.50 fuel
Ameren $334.47 Mid January bill
Ameren $321.55 Mid February bill
Frontier $141.06
NICOR $365.68
Verizon $36.01
D & M Electrical Inc. $$1,355.25 generator maintenance
Keith Detwiler $143.88 reimburse for website wordpress – 1 year renewal
Municipal Emergency Services $1,160.64 SCBA Flow Testing
Hughes, Cameron & company $630.00 accounting services
The following receipts were presented:
IL Comptroller $160.76
IL Comptroller $60.56
It was duly moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned.
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Keith Detwiler, Secretary
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The Flanagan-Graymont Fire Protection District Board of Trustees met on January 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM at the fire station.
Quorum:
- John Folkerts opened the meeting at 5:30. Trustees Chris Schneider, John Folkerts, Steven Koeller, Brent Smith, Keith Detwiler present. Brian Detwiler, Ryan Schladenhauffen, JT Hunter, Michael Schneider, John Zimmerman and Josh Ulrich present.
Meeting Minutes:
- Minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting held on December 9, 2024 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:
- Brian communicated 14 total calls for December. 10 medical, 1 1050, 1 grass fire and 2 false alarms. In 2024 there were 133 total calls. NFIRs are caught up to date. Truck 423 is still getting worked on. 1 structure fire in the cold and trucks worked as good as can be expected.
Ambulance Report:
- December ambulance report provided by Gridley EMS reported 11 calls, 6 transport; 0 nursing home, 1 fire, 2 canceled, 2 refused aid, 1 FGFPD transport assist.
Old Business:
- No update on station boundary line, waiting on attorney reply.
- Waiting on door trim to finish door code system, schedules didn’t line up to get this completed. Once fixed we will get codes and implement the new door code system.
- Tanker Truck fix is in process and waiting for parts to complete. LED to be installed on taillights and headlights. Gears did not shift smoothly on transport to shop, they will look into that.
New business:
- Brian Detwiler will step down as Chief effective tonight. The board discussed protocol and authority to appoint successor fire chief. Motion made and duly seconded to appoint John Zimmerman to finish the term of Brian Detwiler as Fire Chief which will expire January 2026. Said motion approved.
- John F. listened to Mr. Sinclair’s zoom meeting regarding fire district duties. Takeaways include updating contact information for their records, verifying documents when received from their office along with following the calendar of activities to complete throughout the year.
- Keith and John F. will stick around to oversee the officer elections tonight.
- The department will work on updating ID cards and getting beneficiary forms signed.
- Volunteer names entered to be eligible for IL income tax credit.
- No OSHA log to report for 2024.
- Midstates is offering free truck inspections with full report. It was agreed to allow the inspections to be completed.
- Keith will request SOP and ByLaw examples from Mr. Sinclair.
The following bills were presented:
Scott Anderson $65.00 Janitor Services
Ameren $193.88
Frontier $141.06
NICOR $306.73
Verizon $36.01
SELCAS $82.20 supplies
Gridley Emergency Ambulance Service $18,745.00 quarterly payment
Keith Detwiler $200.45 reimburse for foamer wand and postage to Sinclair
Pointcore HTM $195.50 cal gas and labor
Schneider Plumbing $275.00 shore line for brush truck
Schneider Plumbing $2,322.69 water softener and install
Penguin Management Inc. $1,572.00 eDispatch
Vermillion Valley ETS Board $1,502.49 quarterly dispatch fees
Hughes, Cameron & company $375.00 accounting services
Stobbs & Sinclair, Ltd $424.76 Attorney Services
Gatehouse Media $103.60 newspaper publishing
Gatehouse Media $124.32 newspaper publishing
Department of Treasury $144.00 IRS 4th quarter federal unemployment
Department of Treasury $1,818.22 4th quarter federal withholdings
The following receipts were presented:
none
It was duly moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned.
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Keith Detwiler, Secretary