TOWN OF SOMERS

FIRE COMMISSION

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

Thursday July 17, 2003

CALL TO ORDER: Carl Rohrbach called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

Members Present: Tony Bruno, David Palmer and Carl Rohrbach

Members Absent: Alice Van Tasel

Others Present: Tom Mehl and Bill Bouchelle

MINUTES APPROVAL:

No action taken.

AUDIENCE COMMENTS:

None

FIRE MARSHAL:

· A motion by Mr. Palmer, seconded by Mr. Bruno to approve the requests from the Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshal to attend Continuing Education training courses was passed unanimously.

· A motion by Mr. Bruno, seconded by Mr. Palmer to request the Board of Selectmen to increase the Fire Marshal’s salary in line with the other town code enforcement officers over the next three years. The Commission authorized a letter be sent to the Board of Selectmen. The motion was unanimously approved.

FIRE CHIEF:

No report

BUDGET REVIEW:

· Eleven line item transfers were approved for the final 2002-2003-budget accounting.

· Mr. Bouchelle stated that the Treasurer’s office had indicated that the insurance settlement money received at the end of the last fiscal year would be transferred to this year’s Building Maintenance account however no confirmation has yet been received.

APPROVAL OF PART TIME FIREFIGHTER:

A motion by Mr. Bruno and seconded by Mr. Palmer to approve the interviewing committee’s recommendation of Bryan Blotniski for probationary part time firefighter/EMT in the Town of Somers Fire Department was passed unanimously.

PAID SUPERVISOR COMMITTEE UPDATE:

· The Board was presented the Special Committee’s recommendation for the paid supervisor duties and qualifications. The Board has yet to see the final version reportedly approved by the Selectmen.

· The First Selectman has verbally requested that the Fire Commission write the job description for the paid supervisor ASAP to allow this position to be advertised and the interview process to go forward.

· A motion was made by Mr. Bruno and seconded by Mr. Palmer to authorizing the Fire Commission chairman to edit the criteria for the paid supervisor into job description format, which would be communicated to the other members of the Board for review and comments prior to submitting the final version to the First Selectmen. The motion was approved unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS:

None

ADJOURNMENT:

A motion to adjourn was made at 7:35 p.m. by Mr. Bruno, seconded by Mr. Palmer and approved unanimously. The next meeting will be Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 7 pm at the Somers Fire House.

Respectfully submitted,

Carl Rohrbach, Jr.

Chairman