TOWN OF SOMERS

FIRE COMMISSION

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

Thursday December 20, 2007

 

 

 

CALL TO ORDER:   Chairman Frank Lawlor called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

 

·        Members Present: Frank Lawlor, Alice Van Tasel and Carl Rohrbach, Jr.

·        Others Present:     Fire Chief Bill Meier,  Deputy Fire Chief Ed Pagani and Deputy Fire Chief Frank Falcone

  

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

·        Minutes from the September 20, 2007 and the November15, 2007 meetings were approved unanimously after a motion by Mrs. Van Tasel and second by Mr. Rohrbach

 

FIRE CHIEF:

·        The Fire Department budget is on track but will be tight

·        The ambulance budget is on track

·        Ambulance run forms will go electronic on January 1, 2008

 

APPROVAL OF NEW FIRE CHIEF:

·        A motion by Mrs. Van Tasel and seconded by Mr. Rohrbach was passed unanimously to approve the Somers Volunteer Fire Department’s election of Ed Pagani as the new Fire Chief,

 

OTHER BUSINESS:

·        The members of the Fire Commission thanked outgoing Fire Chief Meier for his dedicated service as Chief over the past eight years and extended him best wishes for the future.

 

ADJOURNMENT:

·        The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m. on a motion made by Mrs. Van Tasel, seconded by Mr. Rohrbach and passed unanimously.  The next regular meeting is January 17, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the Somers Fire House.

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Carl Rohrbach, Jr.