TOWN OF SOMERS

FIRE COMMISSION

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

Thursday June 19, 2003

CALL TO ORDER: Carl Rohrbach called the meeting to order at 8:05 p.m.

Members Present: Tony Bruno, Alice Van Tasel and Carl Rohrbach

Members Absent: David Palmer

Others Present: Walter Summers and Bill Bouchelle

MINUTES APPROVAL:

A motion by Mr. Bruno, seconded by Mrs. Van Tasel to approve the minutes from the regular meeting of May 15, 2003 passed unanimously.

AUDIENCE COMMENTS:

Mr. Bouchelle stated that two of the three insurance claims have been settled. All repairs associated with the three claims will not be completed this fiscal year.

FIRE MARSHAL:

· A motion by Mr. Bruno, seconded by Mrs. Van Tasel to approve payment of the Fire Marshal bills covering the period from 4/20/03 through 6/14/03 passed unanimously.

· Discussed two budget line item transfers including one to cover the annual alarm-monitoring fee for four town buildings. Tolland County Mutual Aid has accepted the Fire Marshal’s request to shift the annual bill to the beginning of our fiscal year rather than late in the fiscal year as currently scheduled.

· Two new hydrants budgeted by CT Water will be installed by the end of the month.

· Building plans for the Dunkin’ Donut and Subway have been reviewed with comments and returned to the developer for revision.

· Expanded fire lanes marked for major events at the high school are working well to keep the driveway open for emergency vehicles.

· Discussed installation issues with dry hydrants at the Growers Direct site.

· Reviewing plans for the hall usage at Camp Aya-Po with Village Players.

· Working with Resident State Trooper and First Selectman to resolve bill sent to the Fire Marshal from the Fire Hawk program regarding a local juvenile offender. It is expected that the Juvenile Review Board should be responsible for payment of the bill.

· Budget should be adequate for the remainder of the year.

FIRE CHIEF:

No report.

BUDGET REVIEW:

The Fire and Ambulance budgets are anticipated to be okay to the end of the fiscal year.

APPROVAL OF PART TIME FIREFIGHTER:

A motion by Mr. Bruno and seconded by Mrs. Van Tasel to approve the interviewing committee’s recommendation of Jaime Kreller for probationary part time firefighter/EMT in the Town of Somers Fire Department was approved unanimously.

PAID SUPERVISOR COMMITTEE UPDATE:

The committee has reached a consensus on the qualifications, duties and responsibilities of the paid supervisor. The job description needs to have acceptance from the volunteer corps and approval by the Board of Selectmen.

NEW BUSINESS:

None

ADJOURNMENT:

A motion to adjourn was made at 8:45 p.m. by Mr. Bruno, seconded by Mrs. Van Tasel and approved unanimously. The next meeting will be Thursday, July 17, 2003 at 7 pm at the Somers Fire House.

Respectfully submitted,

Carl Rohrbach, Jr.

Chairman