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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18.12.06 - Minutes, Emergency Services Advisory Council Emergency Services Advisory Council Washington County, Maryland Page 1 of 3 REGULAR MEETING Date: Thursday, December 6, 2018 Attending: R. David Hays, Director, Emergency Services, Ex-Officio Bob Moncrief, President WCVFRA, Ex-Officio Kingsley Poole, Chairman, Citizen-at-Large Dick Hopkins, Co-Chairman, Association Dwayne Lunsford, Citizen-at-Large Ron Horn, Chief, Air Unit, Citizen-at-Large Brian Albert, Citizen-at-Large Bonnie Keltner, Administrative Assistant Absent: Oley Griffith, Chief, Boonsboro FD, Association Brooke Grossman, Citizen-at-Large Michael Hosier, Citizen-at-Large Gary Ferrell, President, Funkstown FD, Association Guests: Sam Anderson, Operations Manager, Fire Operations, DES Ward Fleger, Assistant Chief, Smithsburg EMS Jeb Eckstine, President, Community VFC of Fairplay CALL TO ORDER: • Chairman Poole called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Minutes: • MOTION: On a motion by Ron Horn and seconded by Brian Albert, the ESAC members accepted the minutes of November 8, 2018 as presented. CARRIED Old Business: Fairplay Report • President Eckstine provided the council with an update on continuing progress of the Community Volunteer Fire Company of District 12. Washington County, Maryland Emergency Services Advisory Council Meeting Thursday, December 6, 2018 2 | Page • Chairman Poole stated that he attends most of the company meetings of Company 12 and suggested that the president of that company would no longer have to attend ESAC meeting since we will be aware of any issues within the company. He stated that the company was doing very well. ESAC was asked by the BOCC to oversight that company while they are on probation. That probation ends in October of 2019. New Business: DES Director’s Report – Director Dave Hays • The volunteer apparatus insurance plan is up for renewal. We had a meeting with the Safety & Risk Coordinator from our HR Dept. Dir. Hays worked up a matrix for vehicles, according to their age, that shows the proper amount of insurance they need. Dir. Hays will send this to the EMS and fire companies. We talked about how the policy works and will try to list some bullet points asking what if’s to better understand this form. This shows that we should be better financial stewards of our insurance policies and we’ve got to make sure that our asset inventory is accurate. In a couple of weeks, we’ll present it to the WCVFRA. • We have a request from Hancock Rescue for assistance from the county to take over their ALS staffing. We briefed the WCVFRA on Nov. 27 and the County Commissioners as a preliminary request. The County Commissioners said to find out from Hancock what they need and come back on Dec. 11 for a closed session. • Tom Brown was appointed Asst. Dir. for Emergency Management and Emergency Communications. • Funkstown Fire Dept. (Co. 10) would like to upgrade their LED lights in the station. This will be a cost savings of around $5,000 per year. Since the county reimburses the utility expense for each company which includes electric, Funkstown FD would like the county to pay for the upgrade because in about 13 months the county would recover their investment. Dir. Hays will speak with Budget & Finance and will try to expand the program to any station that will benefit from this kind of upgrade. MOTION: On a motion by Dick Hopkins and seconded by Dwayne Lunsford, the ESAC members approved a motion for Dir. Hays to talk with Budget & Finance about Funkstown’s request. CARRIED • DES will attempt to build a CIP for the future replacement for the Rehab Unit. WCVFRA Report – President Bob Moncrief • At the last WCVFRA meeting it was agreed to appoint Todd Smith as the new 2nd VP. Todd is currently a paramedic in Baltimore and will be retiring from his position very shortly. Washington County, Maryland Emergency Services Advisory Council Meeting Thursday, December 6, 2018 3 | Page • The budget was approved and will now go to the County Commissioners. • Nicole Stotelmyer, Recruitment & Retention, has resigned. • The WCVFRA agreed to combine the Air Unit and the Rehab Unit under a new title called Emergency Support Services, Station 25. Sam Anderson - Operations Manager of Fire Operations • Sam will give a copy of the Power Point presentation on Washington County Fire/Rescue Staffing to Dwayne Lunsford and Brian Albert who were not at last month’s meeting and go over it with them. Comments • A county commissioner asked Chairman Poole why the ESAC has a county employee attending the meetings to record minutes. Chairman Poole will look into changing the by-laws so that a council member can handle that task. The group had no objections. • Chairman Poole is trying to find out what the ESAC’s responsibility is from the County Commissioners. • Chairman Poole asked Bonnie to send the VFIS report, by e-mail, to all voting members of the ESAC. The voting members are asked to come back at thee next meeting, January 3rd with their top five priorities from the study. Adjournment • MOTION: With no other business brought forward, a motion was made by Dick Hopkins and seconded by Brian Albert to adjourn the meeting at 8:20pm. CARRIED. NOTE: The ESAC members were asked to stay after the meeting and view a video on diversity that all county committees are viewing; however, due to technical difficulties, that was not possible. We plan to view the video at the next regular meeting. • January 3, 2019 – 7pm Location: Div. of Emergency Services, Elliott Parkway, Williamsport Respectfully submitted by, Bonnie Keltner, Administrative Assistant Washington County Div. of Emergency Services, Kingsley Poole, ESAC Chairman, & Richard Hopkins, ESAC Co-Chair