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- CITY of ST. JOSEPH
- 61 FIRST AVENUE NW
PO BOX 668 INCORPORATED IN 1890
ST. JOSEPH, MINNESOTA 56374 MEMBER LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES
FIRE BOARD MEETING
October 26, 1988
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the Fire Advisory
Board of the City and Township of St. Joseph met in regular
session on Wednesday, October 26, 1988 at 8:00 p.m. in City
Hall Annex.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Town Representative Joe Bechtold, City
Representative Leo Sadlo, Fire Chief Richard Taufen, City
Clerk/Adm. Rachel Stapleton.
MINUTES: Minutes of the July 27, 1988 meeting were approved
as presented with a motion by Sadlo; seconded by Bechtold.
Ayes: Bechtold, Sadlo, Taufen.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
CHIEF REPORTS: 1 ) The 911 equipment for the St. Joseph Fire
Department is all here and installed in the trucks and pagers
- issued to firemen. The changes have been made in the radio
equipment except the end coder. Page call was 22, now is
- changed to 12. Our system will be operating on the Stearns
County frequency, but not through Stearns County 911 system
until Stearns County has their equipment installed and
operating.
2) We are hopeful that St. Ben's will resume the fire phone
answering duties soon and relieve us of the costs of
personnel for the night shift.
3) The radios which we were using which belong to DNR were
sent back to them as requested. Board agreed to advertise
for sale, the remaining 3 radios and 23 pagers.
4) Elmer Rakotz has retired as of October 15, 1988, after 20
years of service.
5) The Fire Department is considering including in the by-
laws, requirements to include drug testing.
6) Annual truck maintenance has been done in the past by a
company from Duluth. Haven't heard from them, and Mid
Central gave a reasonable quote. Sadlo made a motion to
approve Mid Central's quote of $210 plus supplies for truck
maintenance; seconded by Bechtold.
Ayes: Bechtold, Sadlo, Taufen.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
7) Drivers license Class B requirements have been waived for
firefighters.
8) Getting air packs filled is getting increasingly
difficult. We may have to consider getting a compressor and
equipment for this soon. The cost would be $10,000 to
$15. 000. The Board discussed the possibility of joining
with another department on this equipment.
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9) Fire Prevention Week - demonstrations at Kennedy and Lab
schools, Rainbow House, and Swanson's Day Care Center.
10) Aerial ladder needs to be tested every ten years. To be
discussed at the February meeting.
ADJOURN: Sadlo made a motion to adjourn at 8:55 p.m;
seconded by Bechtold.
Ayes: Bechtold, Sadlo, Taufen.
Naves: None. Motion carried.
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Rachel Stapleton
Secretary of the Board
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