May Meeting Minutes
The FGFPD Board of Trustees met on Monday May 18th 2026 at the fire station.
Quorum: John Folkerts called the meeting to order at 5:30pm. Trustees John Folkerts, Jim Brown, Brad Carroll, Steven Koeller and Keith Detwiler were present. Michael Schneider and Jim Sinclair were also in attendance with no members of the public.
Reorganization of the Board by Election of Officers: A motion was made to elect John Folkerts as President, another motion was made to elect Steven Koeller as Secretary, and a third motion was made to elect Keith Detwiler as Treasurer. All three motions were voted on separately and passed. Jim Brown and Brad Carroll are now current members of the board replacing JT Hunter and Brent Smith as they moved out of district and resigned from their roles.
Public Comments: No comments were made.
Meeting Minutes: April’s meeting minutes were approved by Keith and seconded by Jim.
Bills: Bills were presented. The bills were approved by Jim 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 were 14 total calls. 10 calls were medical, 1 call was mutual aid, 1 call was a stalk fire, and 2 calls were for fire alarms. For 424 we are waiting on Midstate to get the valves in and 423 was serviced by Torey Thorson. It was also that noted that Pontiac has a training coming up and also ISFI could come to train new members.
Ambulance Report: Ryan was not present at the meeting but there 14 responses and 12 transports.
Treasurer’s Report: Ending April 30th Keith had the books squared up and there was a statement of cash flows provided. Keith also provided a document with our year-end balance including annual income and expenses. Finally we had a document with the FGFPD account balances at Flanagan State Bank and the State Bank of Graymont.
Compass June 8th: During our June meeting David Fulton from Compass is coming to review our policy.
Old Business:
By laws: Mr. Sinclair stated he has a draft that he is working on for the board and department. Possibly in a few weeks we will get something and be able to amend it from there.
Volunteer Recognition Project: Nothing new at this point.
Transition to Newer Trucks: There was not a lot to update on this currently. The Firemen have been cycling the trucks and checking them out and keeping them in working order during their meetings.
Truck Maintenance Update: With Torey moving we are going to pause this for the time being. Michael stated that Dallas Steidinger does maintenance on Gridley’s Fire trucks and can travel over here to do it.
New Business:
Approval of Trustee Duty Payments for fiscal year 2025-2026: A motion was made to pay each Trustee $600 and an additional $1000 to Keith as Treasurer and Steven as Secretary for their duties. The motion passed
Fire Officers Compensation Approval for Fiscal year 2026-2027: A motion was made to pay the Fire Chief Michael Schneider $3000, $2000 to the Assistant Chief Ryan Schladenhauffen, and $2000 to the First Responder Captain Anna Martin. Said motion was approved.
Discussion regarding the 2026-2027 Tentative budget and Appropriations: There was discussion regarding the possible new truck purchase and different line items. Mr. Sinclair brought up that the treasurer can only cut a check if there is a line item for it.
Review of First Responder Pay Policy and Continuing education Policy for Volunteers: Both policies were reviewed and no changes were made at this time.
Update Mr. Sinclair on Wind Turbine Progress: A brief update was given. Mr. Sinclair said when units are added to the tax base they will affect the tax levy. The first year an estimate number will probably be used. It can be a timing issue figuring when you add to the tax base.
Lightning Claim: Right now we are keeping a total of damaged items.
Bills Paid:
NICOR $150.27
Verizon $ 36.01
Scott Anderson $100.00 Cleaning Service
Freedom And Glory $656.84
Getz Fire Equipment $851.40
Air One Equipment $1,216.00
Hughes Cameron & Company $175.00
Column Software PBC $57.35
Graymont Co-op $102.00 Internet Repairs
Vermillion Valley ETS Board $522.00 April & May 9 Starcom Fee
Ameren $175.96
Childers Door Service $1076.50 Bldg Maint. Ovhd Doors
SELCAS $276.10
Midstate Fire Repair $1,102.40, $2,570.00
Linde Gas & Equipment $294.81
Susana A Mendoza Comptroller State of Illinois $220.91
Steven Koeller $1600.00 Secretary Trustee
Keith Detwiler $1600.00 Treasurer Trustee
John Folkerts $625.48 Trustee Payment and Supplies
Josh Swallow $374.65 Reimburse Scanner Repair and new scanner
Volunteer Pay $12,081.37 Total to 22 volunteers for meetings and responses
Secretary: Steven Koeller May 2026
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