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Home My WebLink About2007 Board of Fire Commissioners Minutes - All UPDATED LANSING FIRE BOARD 2007 REGULAR MEETINGS BATE TIME LICATIIR AIIRESS January 10,2007 6:00 PX Station 1 120 E.;SHIAWASSEE February 14,2007 6:00 P.M. Station 8 •EOC 815MARSHALL March 14,2007 6:00 P.M. Station 4 1435 E.MILLER April 11,2007 6:00 P.M. Station 5 1821 TODD AVENUE May 9,2007 6:00 P.M. Station 6 5135 PLEASANT GROVE June 13,2007 6:00 P.M. Station 7 629 N.JENISON July 11,2007 6:00 P,M. Station 2 i 2114 N.Grand River August 8,2007 6:00 P.M. Station 9 520 GLENDALE September 12,2007 6:00 P,M. Station 1 120 E..SHIAWASSEE October 10,2007 6:00 P.M. Station 2 2114 N.GRAND RIVER Q 4 2007 6:00.P,M. Station 4 1435 E.MILLER December 12,2007 6:00 P.M. Station 1 120 E.SHIAWASSEE Please note changes: February and July meeting locations have Lansing Fire Department been changed. 120 E.Shiawassee August meeting will be held on the 8th. Lansing,MI 48933 f CITY OF LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS Meeting Agenda Wednesday,December 12, 2007 at 6:00 am Station#41 120 E.Shiawassee St. Call to Order-Roll Call Request for Commissioners to be excused: Robert Hudson Additions to the Agenda: Review/Approval of Minutes: 4=0 October Review of Communications: Box 23 -70th Anniversary 25'h Annual Hispanic Christmas Symposium i } c: E5 C� Presentations: Chief Cochran— Board Appreciation—present gifts Administrative Comments: 1. SILVER BELLS 2. PROMOTIONS 3. BUDGET Committee Reports: Old Business: New Business: 2008 Meeting Schedule General Order: Adjournment. COMMISSIONERS: Yvonne Young McConnell,Chairperson Carlos Barajas, Vice-Chairperson Robert Brown Jr. Frank Ferro Robert Hudson Helen Keeney Louis Vinson III SECRETARY: Patti Starnes Please Contact Patti Starnes in the Fire Administration Office at 483-4564 24 Hours in Advance If You Cannot Attend or if Special Accommodations Are Needed. CITY OF LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS Meeting Agenda Wednesday,December 12, 2007 at 6:00 om Station#41 120 E.Shiawassee St. Call to Order-Roll Call Request for Commissioners to be excused: Robert Hudson Additions to the Agenda: Review/Approval of Minutes: October Review of Communications: Box 23 -70th Anniversary 25th Annual Hispanic Christmas Symposium Presentations: Chief Cochran— Board Appreciation—present gifts Administrative Comments: 1. SILVER BELLS 2. PROMOTIONS 3. BUDGET Committee Reports: Old Business: New Business: 2008 Meeting Schedule General Order: Adjournment. COMMISSIONERS: Yvonne Young McConnell,Chairperson Carlos Barajas, Vice-Chairperson Robert Brown Jr. Frank Ferro Robert Hudson Helen Keeney Louis Vinson III SECRETARY: Patti Starnes Please Contact Patti Starnes in the Fire Administration Office at 483-4564 24 Hours in Advance If You Cannot Attend or if Special Accommodations Are Needed. Lansing Fire Department 120 E. Shiawassee Street - Lansing MI 48933 (517) 483-4200 Fax 517 483-4488 y� ` www.lansingfire.com �' F ell Virg Bernero, Mayor Tom Cochran,Fire Chief OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING December 12, 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on December 12, 2007, at Fire Station #1 located at 120 E. Shiawassee, Lansing, Mi. Fire Commissioner Chairperson Yvonne Young McConnell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Yvonne Young McConnell - Chairperson Carlos Barajas, Vice Chairperson Frank Ferro Robert Brown Jr. Louis Vinson III Helen Keeney COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED Robert Hudson OTHERS PRESENT Tom Cochran, Fire Chief Tim James, Assistant Fire Chief Brian Gaukel, Fire Marshal Mike Lewis, Department Financial Officer Deb Pacheco, Special Project Coordinator, Captain Patti Starnes, Administrative Secretary ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA Yvonne Young McConnell asked for additions to the agenda. No additions were noted. Bob Brown made a motion to accept the Agenda as written. The motion was moved and the Agenda was approved with a unanimous vote. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Yvonne Young McConnell asked the Board to review the minutes and note any corrections or changes. Robert Brown reported a discrepancy with the calculation on Fire Board Minutes of December 12th, 2007 Page 1 of 4 page 4 paragraph 1, last sentence. Bob Brown moved to approve the minutes with corrections noted. Louis supported the motion. Motion passed to approve the October minutes with corrections with a unanimous vote. COMMUNICATIONS Box 23 — 70th Anniversary LSJ Article — LFD held a reception and celebration of the Box 23 Club 70th Anniversary. Chief Cochran thanked Helen Keeney and Bob Brown for attending the event. Firefighter Steve Babcock did a terrific job of hosting the event. Joan Bauer presented the club with a resolution from Senator Whittmer, Jennifer Granholm and herself. Mayor Bernero arrived and gave comments. The LFD museum is featuring a Box 23 display as well. Chief Cochran invited the Board to visit the museum tonight. Capcom has made a terrific donation to the museum. The original CAPCOM CU was started at station 2 in the basement out of a cigar box. They have a long history with the Lansing Fire Dept. They donated along with the former Assistant Chief Roy Redburn family. With the monies the museum has purchased a DVD player and a flatscreen to be used in the museum. The museum is working on a "living history". Firefighters will be interviewed and they will be capturing the life of a firefighter etc. Helen Keeney commented that the event was very well done. They did a very good job of explaining what Box 23 is about. Bob Brown commented that the whole event was something to be proud of. They did a great job! Hispanic Christmas Symposium announcement — Chief Cochran received it from Guillermo Lopez who is a city employee and on the Lansing School Board. PRESENTATIONS Chief Cochran — Fire Board Appreciation Chief Cochran presented the board with LFD blankets as a token of appreciation for everything they have done for the Lansing Fire Department and the Citizens of Lansing during the past year. He also thanked Captain Deb Pacheco and her restaurant for preparing the meal. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS Chief Cochran Silver Bells Chief Cochran reported the event went extremely well this year. He thanked all the Divisions that were involved. Chief Cochran then introduced Brian Gaukel, as the new Fire Marshal and thanked him and his division for their work on the event. Chief Cochran thanked the EOC under the direction of Trent Atkins for their work on the event as well. 100-120 thousand people attended. Fire Board Minutes of December 12t", 2007 Page 2 of 4 Promotions Chief Cochran was very pleased to announce that the Mayor has approved our promotions. It has been a long process. Chief Cochran and AC James are working on handing out bars and badges to 20 people who were promoted. Budget Chief Cochran reported that we are starting the 2009 budget process. Mike Lewis is working really hard on the budget. Chief Cochran has charged all the Division Heads to present a budget to him with a 7% reduction. That is a high reduction. Hopefully we won't see that large of a reduction this year. Fire Marshal Gaukel did a fantastic job on the Prevention budget. He came up with a budget and proved what the impact would be with those kind of cuts and then came up with some creative ideas on how to avoid the reductions and possibly generate additional revenue. Training and EOC did a great job as well. The budget will be submitted to the Mayor by January 14th . Chief Cochran would like to present the budget to the Board when it is complete. COMMITTEE REPORT none OLD BUSINESS none NEW BUSINESS 2008 Meeting Schedule distributed Tim James would like to set a meeting with the Finance committee to review the Fire Department Budget. Patti Starnes will coordinate the meeting. GENERAL ORDER Helen Keeney asked for an update on Station #3. Chief Cochran report that the City hired DLZ engineering to do a study on station #3. They came back and actually looked at Station #3 and Station #7. They projected a cost of 3 million to bring both of them up to where they should be. Station #3 was closed last October due water damage. Some roof repairs have been done to control the leaking. Chief Cochran and AC James have met with the Mayor and Jerry Ambrose several times regarding Station #3. Chief Cochran would like to reopen Station #3 in light of all the new projects that will taking place downtown. There are several projects on Grand Ave. They are concerned about the coverage in the downtown area. He is concerned about the coverage of the downtown area with Station #3 remaining closed. The study came back with a recommendation to build a new station in place of #3 and #7. They have met with Bob Johnson, City Planning Director to discuss property locations. At this point it is the intent to build a new station. Chief Cochran's hopes to move back to Station #3 temporarily until a new station is built. That is a decision the Mayor will make. Discussion followed regarding possible locations. There is also and request for Fire Board Minutes of December 12th, 2007 Page 3 of 4 proposal out for a Station Utilization study to be done on the entire department. Intuitively AC James and Chief Cochran would like to stay in the Station #3 area in order to be close to the MIL King/496 corridor and the downtown area west side. Chief Cochran would love to build a lead certification environmentally friendly building. There have been several discussions regarding other possible building uses such as EOC and/or Dispatch. Carlos asked how LFD handles MRSA calls. Chief Cochran reported that we are looking at a new disinfectant. Chief Cochran and AC James have also looked at a machine that disinfects. Chief Cochran has sent some information to the Infection Control committee on MRSA disinfectants. Currently we are continuing with the normal disinfectant which seems to be working well. ADJOURNMENT Bob Brown made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Helen Keeney supported the motion. Meeting adjourned at 6:27 pm Respectfully Submitted by: r January 9th, 2008 APPROVED Patti Starnes, Fire Board Secretary Date Fire Board Minutes of December 12tn, 2007 Page 4 of 4 (11/14/2007) michelle GREKO -Tonight's Fire B-^-d Meeting Canceled - Please Post Page 1 From: Patti Starnes To: GREKO, michelle Date: 11/14/2007 1:56 PM Subject: Tonight's Fire Board Meeting Canceled - Please Post Attachments: citistat.tif; Patti Starnes.vcf PLEASE POST: The Fire Board meeting scheduled for: Wednesday, November 14th 2007 at 6:00 p.m. Fire Station #4, located at 1435 E. Miller Rd. HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO A LACK OF QUORUM Patti Starnes Administrative Secretary Lansing Fire Department phone 517-483-4564 fax 517-483-4488 z � Lansing Fire Department 120 E. Shiawassee Street AN, 9: I 1 s� Lansing MI 48933 ,. (517) 483-4200 F- ,JIi6 , :.f ( i CL-Z-11fi Fax (517)483-4488 www.lansingfire.com 1� Virg Bernero,Mayor Tom Cochran,Fire Chief OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING October 10th, 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on October 10th, 2007, at the Fire Station #2 located at 2114 N. Grand River Ave., Lansing, MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson Yvonne Young McConnell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT -' 4,ti (7'1 Yvonne Young McConnell - Chairperson Carlos Barajas, Vice Chairperson ``' C-- Frank Ferro Robert Brown Jr. c;3 Louis Vinson III Robert Hudson c' Q0 C� COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED CD Helen Keeney OTHERS PRESENT Tom Cochran, Fire Chief Trent Atkins, Emergency Management Chief Patti Starnes, Administrative Secretary Ron Finley, IAFF Station 2 Crew— Captain Hanna, Firefighter Tim Ness, Engineer Wade Elton ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA Yvonne Young McConnell asked for additions to the agenda. No additions were noted. A motion was made and supported to accept the Agenda as written. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Yvonne Young McConnell asked the Board to review the minutes and note any corrections or changes. No corrections or changes were noted. Robert Brown Jr. made Fire Board Minutes of October 10th, 2007 Page 1 of 5 a motion to approve the September minutes as written. Louis Vinson supported the motion. Motion passed with a unanimous vote. COMMUNICATIONS Thank you letter from Alfreda Schmidt— regarding the open houses. Former Council member Alfreda Schmidt attended a couple of our open houses last week including the Saturday open house/museum opening at Station 1. Chief Cochran read the letter to the Board. PRESENTATIONS none ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS Chief Cochran DIVISION UPDATES Chief Cochran asked Trent Atkins to comment on the Emergency Management Division. Chief Cochran spoke regarding the other divisions. All of the divisions have been really busy working on the events of the month including the week long open houses celebrating LFD's Sesquicentennial and the Museum Grand Opening. The open houses went extremely well. They started out slow on Monday and picked up really well by the end of the week. The Station Crews and Divisions did a great job on making the open houses a huge success. Deb Pacheco organized the open houses and she did a great job planning the events. Chief Cochran also thanked Denise Acker, Ratana Hayes, Rosa Mares and Patti Starnes for their assistance. Approximately 2000 people attended the events throughout the week including Saturday. The ribbon cutting for the museum went well. The museum is exactly what they envisioned it to be. It is simple and done very respectfully. It is a work in progress. Thanks to Larry Lindemann the craftsman, and Bob Ness who did the artwork. There is a really nice memorial to those from LFD who lost their lives in the line of duty. Mark Keenoy was the last Lansing firefighter to be killed in the line of duty. He was killed in the Marshall Music fire. His sister was at the museum opening. She was very pleased with the memorial. Steve Babcock has formed a museum committee and they will take care of rotating items through the museum. Chief Cochran thanked Steve Babcock, Dave Rule and Curtis Stewart for their hard work on the museum as well. We were able acquire from the State of Michigan the original LFD Torrent engine that was purchased for $1100 in 1857. It had been in a State warehouse for some time. Chief Cochran was very pleased with how the open houses went. The museum committee is selling tiles to be displayed in the museum. He believes that the stations Fire Board Minutes of October 10th, 2007 Page 2 of 5 belong to the citizens and they should be a part of our fire stations. Chief Cochran thanked those who were able to attend the open houses for their support. 911 Memorial Tour was in Lansing today. Chief Cochran was shocked and awed that Lansing was chosen to be one of the cities on the tour. They are trying to raise 350 million dollars for the memorial/museum. The memorial was very impressive and moving. Trent handed out a pamphlet of the event. Chief Cochran thanked Trent Atkins, Ronda Oberlin, Mike Hamel and Chris Durbin for organizing the event. The 9/11 organization was impressed with Lansing's ceremony. A series of beams were at the memorial that could be signed and will be used in the construction at the Memorial site. Chief Cochran noted that Trent and his division did a phenomenal job organizing the statewide event. The website is: www.national911memorial.org Fire Officer Classes We will be offering Fire Officer I and II classes. Chief Cochran explained the state requirements. We have entered into agreement with our metro partners and will be offering the classes jointly with them beginning in October of 2007. In the past our Fire Officer classes were not recognized by the state. Our program is now recognized by the State of Michigan. There are some prerequisites required for the classes. We will also be offering the prerequisites throughout the year and the Fire Officer classes will be offered again in a year. Trent Atkins, Emergency Management Chief commented on the memorial: 911 memorial — Chief Atkins spoke with one of the producers of the event and reported that by 5:00 p.m. 1000 people had been through the event. Many were school children. It was very impressive. The Honor Guard's from police and fire departments statewide were there. It was quite an honor to be chosen as the only stop in Michigan. Chris Durbin did a lot of the legwork for the event. Also, Lt. Lisa Phillips from LPD worked on the event organization. The speakers were Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Representative Joan Bauer, Congressman Rogers sent a representative, Lansing Fire Chief Cochran, Lansing Police Chief Alley, Michigan State Police Colonel Munoz, FDNY Firefighter, 911 Museum Chairperson. The ceremony lasted about 35 minutes. Trent Atkins gave an overview of the event. He stated that it was a very impressive and emotional event. Emergency Management Division update by Trent Atkins, Emergency Management Chief: State Wide Tactical Inner-operable Communication Plan — This will give us strengths and weaknesses of our communication abilities as well as others around the state. There is a 1.3 million dollar competitive grant for communications that we are looking at doing regionally among 9 counties in Region 1. There is an additional 1.8 Fire Board Minutes of October 10th, 2007 Page 3 of 5 million dollars that we will be getting for sure for communication for the region. That has a little more direction from the state as far as how it is spent. .Completed Capabilities Assessment for the City of Lansing. Lansing has classified 12 of the 36 capabilities that the Feds have identified. We have until Feb of next year to complete the remaining 26 24. Resource Typing. - Working on classifying equipment city wide according to NIMS classifications. Event next Sunday "paws in old town" — (by Do 1 Thing) — The Mayor and Joan Bauer will be speaking. The main goal is to educate citizens regarding pet emergency preparedness. Bob Brown asked how the regions are determined. Trent reported that we are in region 1. There are 7 MSP regions within the state. Yvonne Young McConnell invited Ron Finley to speak. Ron Finley reported that even though open houses are done the crews are still very involved in the school programs. They are doing 3 or so schools per day. The programs are great for the kids. They teach stop drop and roll along with Fire Safety. It is a well received program within the school district and the crew love doing it. Chief Cochran noted the little boy who was in a fire last year who used the stop drop and roll method...when asked he said he learned it from the fireman at his school. Chief Cochran informed the Board that he is chairing the Capital Area United Way program for the City of Lansing along with the Police Department this year. COMMITTEE REPORT none OLD BUSINESS Citi Stat Update — The department has been working on the project. Chief Cochran has a meeting this Friday with the MSU intern who is working with the City of Lansing on the project. LFD's presentation will be Oct 17th in front of other City of Lansing Departments. Chief Cochran will send the final Citi Stat repot to the board prior to the next meeting. NEW BUSINESS Bob Brown asked if there was any word on a new commissioner. Yvonne reported that she hasn't heard anything but she will check with the Mayors office. GENERAL ORDER Carlos talked about the Mt. Hope Cemetery Unknown Fireman Memorial. He asked who maintains the site. Chief Cochran commented that the City's cemetery crews Fire Board Minutes of October 10th, 2007 Page 4 of 5 maintain the site. Carlos reported that he had discussed it with a lady representing an organization that raises money to upkeep the cemetery. Carlos will get more information regarding the organization. They may be able to assist with funds to upkeep the memorial. Frank Ferro apologized for being late. He reported that the open houses were great. He also thanked Captain Deb Pacheco for her work on the open houses. It was a lot of fun and he really enjoyed being a judge for the dessert contest. Carlos Barajas reported that he enjoyed the open houses and they went really well. He learned a lot about the history, of the fire department. Carlos reported that he and Frank Ferro attended the Forestview citizen association meeting on behalf of the Fire Board. The Fire Board is trying to reach out to the neighborhood groups. ADJOURNMENT Yvonne Young McConnell asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Bob Brown made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Louis Vinson supported the motion. Motion carried to adjourn the meeting at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by: December 12th, 2007 Patti Starnes, Fire Board Secretary Date Fire Board Minutes of October 10th, 2007 Page 5 of 5 yP,NSINC i f�RE D4� CITY OF LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS Meeting Agenda Wednesday September 12t,h, 2007 at 6:00 pm Fire Maintenance 3708 Pleasant Grove Rd. Call to Order- Roll Call Request for Commissioners to be excused: Helen Keeney Robert Hudson Additions to the Agenda: Review/Approval of Minutes: August Review of Communications: Lansing State Journal Article: re: Station #3 funds (submitted by Robert Hudson) NOAA Weather Alert Warning Update Presentations: Administrative Comments: Department Update v Committee Reports: co Old Business: C co Citi Stat V eW 150th Celebration r n C"I New Business: General Order: Adjournment. COMMISSIONERS: Yvonne Young McConnell,Chairperson Carlos Barajas, Vice-Chairperson Robert Brown Jr. Frank Ferro Robert Hudson Helen Keeney Louis Vinson III SECRETARY: Patti Starnes Please Contact Patti Starnes in the Fire Administration Office at 483-4564 24 Hours in Advance If You Cannot Attend or if Special Accommodations Are Needed. Lansing Fire Department 'c Q-/VET 120 E. Shiawassee Street �i�u� a �0 ,, 1 Lansing, MI 48933 ` ` t �n n c�• $ (517) 483-4200 J�1,�i7 �f J !� CL .r ��` Fax (517) 483-4488 ��► \ -I ilf� www.lansingfire.com Virg Bernero,Mayor Tom Cochran, Fire Chief OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING September 12, 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on September 12, 2007 at the Lansing Fire Maintenance and Alarm facility at 3708 Pleasant Grove Road, Lansing, MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson Yvonne Young McConnell called the meeting to order at 6:10 P.M. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Yvonne Young McConnell — Chairperson Carlos Barajas, Vice Chairperson Frank Ferro Robert Brown Jr. Louis Vinson III COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED Helen Keeney Robert Hudson OTHER PRESENT Tom Cochran, Fire Chief Tim James, Assistant Fire Chief Trent Atkins, Chief— Emergency Management Bill Oberst, Chief— Maintenance and Alarm Denise Acker, Administrative Specialist INTRODUCTIONS Chief Bill Oberst introduced him self and his staff (Captain Dave Doerr and Lieutenant Jwan Randle) and welcomed every one to the Maintenance and Alarm Division. Chief Oberst gave a brief overview of what the Maintenance and Alarm Division does and how they renovated the old fire station #10 to make it their new home to meet supply and repair requests. Fire Board Minutes of September 12, 2007 Page 1 of 3 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA None REVIEW/APPROVAL OF MINUTES August Minutes —Approved by Robert Brown and Seconded by Frank Ferro with corrections to page 2 (the sentence that starts Page 1 is repeated) and page 5 (the spelling of Murphy). Also noted was that pages were missing from the minutes in the meeting packet. COMMUNICATIONS Chief Cochran addressed the Lansing State Journal article that was submitted by Robert Hudson regarding the issue of funding for the surveillance cameras. The article mentioned using the money from Station #43 repair to help with the purchase of the surveillance cameras. Chief Cochran stated that to date, there has been no decision regarding Station #43. Emergency minor repairs have been done to prevent further damage. Louis Vinson asked about (an outside agency that was to do a second inspection) if there was a report of findings. Chief Cochran was informed that an inspection was to be done but is not aware if this action has been scheduled, happened, or if there is a report. He is still waiting to waiting to receive a report. Chief Atkins explained the NEW way that NOAA's National Weather Service will issue warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flash floods, and marine hazards. When issuing a warning, the National Weather Service will specify areas with a county and refer to commonly known landmarks such as highways or rivers. The decision was made that the City will still sound the sirens if imminent danger is within the City limits. Chief Atkins also made comments regarding the tornado that passed through South Lansing on August 17th. He stated that the 911 Supervisor will be receiving a Home Town Hero Award for making the decision to sound the sirens without a tornado warning. The sirens sounded 5 minutes before the tornado actually hit the Lansing area. Assistant Chief James introduced Steve Babcock who is taking pictures for the upcoming 1501h anniversary; of all the fire fighters, all the personnel, and the Fire Board and will be put into the data base. PRESENTATIONS None ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS Chief Cochran spoke briefly on each topic in the Special Directive SD 2007-8 (Department Up-Dates) that was included in all Fire Board Packets, with emphasis on the 150th Celebration and the 911 "WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIAL". Chief Cochran highlighted on different statistics from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) report that was also included in the Fire Board Packets. Fire Board Minutes of September 12, 2007 Page 2 of 3 OLD BUSINESS Chief Cochran had already commented on the 150th celebration. NEW BUSINESS None General Conversation: Chief Cochran thanked those that made it to the 911 Memorial. He feels the Mayor would like to open up the involvement to increase the attendance. Citizen attendance seemed to be down this year. We do put the information out to the media and try to make people aware of the event. But maybe we need to involve the neighborhood associations etc... to help get the word out to boost attendance and still keep it a somber event. Chief Cochran reiterated on the October 10th "World Trade Center Memorial" event and the fact that Lansing is fortunate to be 1 of the 26 cities that it will be on display. GENERAL ORDER None ADJOURNMENT Yvonne Young McConnell asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion to adjourn made by Frank Ferro, Robert Brown supported the motion. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 PM. Respectfully Submitted by: September 13, 2007 Denise Acker, Acting Fire Board Secretary Date Fire Board Minutes of September 12, 2007 Page 3 of 3 Lansing Fire Department 120 E. Shiawassee Street Lansing MI 48933 ! j (517)483-4200 j Fax (517)483-4488 www.lansingfire.com 'V Virg Bernero,Mayor Tom Cochran,Fire Chief OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING August 8th, 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on August 8th, 2007, at the Fire Training facility located at 3015 Alpha Access St., Lansing, MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson Yvonne Young McConnell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Yvonne Young McConnell - Chairperson Carlos Barajas, Vice Chairperson Frank Ferro Helen Keeney COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED Louis Vinson III Robert Brown Jr. Robert Hudson t j OTHERS PRESENT Tom Cochran, Fire Chief Tim James, Assistant Fire Chief " Patti Starnes, Administrative Secretary Dan Oberst, Training Captain Mr. Keeney ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA Yvonne Young McConnell asked for additions to the agenda. No additions were noted. Helen Keeney made a motion to accept the Agenda as written. Carlos Barajas seconded the motion. Motion carried to approve the Agenda as written. Fire Board Minutes of August 8th, 2007 Page 1 of 8 APPROVAL OF MINUTES Yvonne Young McConnell asked the Board to review the minutes and note any corrections or changes. The following corrections/changes were noted: Page 1 under Commissioners Present: remove title from Carlos Barajas' name or add title to Yvonne Young McConnell's name to make uniform. Chief Cochran noted a change to page 3 referring to Cert volunteers: change the word t-shirts to vests. Corrections were noted. Frank Ferro made a motion to approve the minutes with the changes. Helen Keeney supported the motions. Motion carried to accept the July minutes with the corrections. COMMUNICATIONS LSJ Articles (submitted by Robert Hudson) — Chief Cochran discussed articles that Robert Hudson submitted. LSJ letter to the editor— Probe Fire Dispute Dated Thursday July 12th. Letter from Christopher Johnson. Chief Cochran asked the Board to read the article and feel free to ask questions. Chief Cochran commented on the article regarding Mercy Ambulance. There was also an article in the City Pulse that segue's into this article. The City Pulse article was passed around for the Board's review. The Board can read the article and copies can be made for the Board Members if needed. Chief Cochran gave a history of the issues with Mercy. Chief Cochran believes strongly that private ambulance services have a place in the greater Lansing area, but he also believes that Fire based EMS is truly the way to go for a lot of reasons. Chief Cochran was also on a local radio program discussing the issue. Chief Cochran noted that the Mutual Aid from surrounding Department's along with the Lansing Fire Department provide excellent coverage to our area. LFD and our Local Mutual Aid partners do a tremendous job. Discussion followed. Chief Cochran will be meeting Mr. Palmer from Mercy Ambulance in a couple of weeks. Chief Cochran discussed Lansing Fire Department responses in trench rescue situations, hazardous materials response etc. as an example of the level of rescue training that LFD offers. Currently the 911 CAD system has only the Fire based EMS in the system. Mr. Palmer would like Mercy ambulance to be in the 911 CAD system. Currently they have to be called directly for a response. Discussion followed. Chief Cochran believes that MERCY serves a need in the Lansing area and he has nothing personal against Mr. Palmer or Mercy Ambulance. Discussion followed. Mercy Ambulance offers hospital transports and transfers. They also provide emergency response but are not on the 911 system. Currently they have to be called directly for a response. They are not dispatched by 911. Medically they meet the same standards as the Lansing Fire Department. The standards are set by the Tri-County Emergency Medical Control Authority. Discussion followed. The Board discussed their possible response to the article. Assistant Chief James noted that the most important thing is that the Board is aware of the situation and prepared and/or ready for a response if the Mayor and/or an elected official requests it. Helen noted that if the Board writes a letter it should go through Legal first. Fire Board Minutes of August 8th, 2007 Page 2 of 8 Article regarding: Michigan Millers Robbery. There was some vandalism and items stolen from the display outside of the insurance company. Fill the Boot totals for MDA - Email from Jim Garlitz . LFD collected $9811.76 for Muscular Dystrophy. LFD was involved in Fill-the-Boot fundraiser for Jerry's Kids. Historically it had been done over Labor Day weekend but the IAFF and MDA made a decision to move it up a couple of weekends. Chief Cochran would like to thank publicly, Jim Garlitz and all of the crews involved for making the annual event a success. Carlos asked what other departments in the area participate. Chief Cochran noted that he knows Meridian and East Lansing participated along with some other departments. The Governor and State firefighters union did a kickoff in front of the Capital for the event. Captain Dan Oberst noted that this was Lansing's total only. Fire Departments Statewide usually raise $100,000 plus for the event. PRESENTATIONS None ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS Chief Cochran Graduation Thank You - Chief Cochran thanked Dan Oberst, Acting Chief of Training for his work at the recruit academy. Interim Chief Stafford is currently on a service trip with MSU to Ghana for a couple of weeks. Dan Oberst noted that he was glad to see everyone at the Graduation. Chief Cochran noted that A/Chief Stafford, Captain Oberst and Captain Clemens did an awesome job on the new recruit class and graduation. Chief Cochran thanked the Fire Board who were involved and attended the graduation. Recruits are starting their "3rd" rides on August 20th. They ride as a 3rd person with a Field Training Instructor. After that they will do 2"d rides. Captain Oberst noted that they used every available minute available for training during the Academy. Chief Cochran gave credit to the Training Division and the recruits for getting through the Academy on such a tight schedule. Helen noted that the new recruits were very proud of their accomplishment at their graduation. Fire Board Minutes of August 8th, 2007 Page 3 of 8 DIVISION UPDATES Fire Marshal Division: There have been 20 fires in the last month including 1 fatal fire at 108 Hosmer St. A Press release went out this afternoon regarding the fire. Lansing Fire Department Inspector Drury assisted Lansing Township and the ATF on the arson fire at the Frandor restaurant. Plan Reviews are being done on local hospitals and the stadium district. Working with Ashland chemical for compliance. Working with the proposed Biodeisel site. High rise inspections are ongoing. The Fire Marshal Division is down 2 positions. Currently only 4 are on duty from the division. Chief Cochran gave an update on Fire Marshal Kirt Baker. Training Completed recruit academy. New ladder truck is in. The crews are being broken in on it 4 new medic units are in. One is in service and the remaining 3 should be in service within 4-6 weeks. There is a "break-in" check off sheet to be completed by those operating the medics and rigs. Maintenance Alarm Division City hall security system and entry in downtown garage area is being worked on. Finishing up year end paperwork from the last year's budget year. Working on re stocking supplies. Working on recommendations from the safety committee for new turnout gear. New gear will be purchased. Departmental photos are in the process off being taken. Each employee will take a picture in their turnout gear and their class A uniform. We may do a photo board in each station. The pictures will be kept on file for other uses as well (articles etc. ). Emergency Management Division • Working on the flood mitigation plan. o Now that the river is lowered a light duty person is taking photos of the river. • Working on Grant management. • Resource Inventory - Fema requires resource typing for everything we own. In the process of doing an inventory of all our equipment City wide. The list will be made available to FEMA. MEMAC (Michigan Emergency Management Assistance Compact) would be able to use the information as well for an incident in Michigan. Will be used for Federal and State disaster purposes. Frank Ferro asked about wildfires in the U.P. Assistant Chief James reported that the State Emergency Operations Center has been activated. They are also receiving assistance from Wisconsin and Minnesota. Fire Board Minutes of August 8th, 2007 Page 4 of 8 • Discussed multi-agency responses in disasters such as wildfires and tornadoes. Emergency Management is hosting the required IS300 and IS400 (emergency preparedness) classes to area agencies. Suppression • IS300/400 Classes. The IS300 class is required for Lieutenants and Captains and IS400 is required for Battalion Chiefs, Administration and those involved in the Emergency Operation Center. The classes are a requirement in order to receive grant/homeland security money in the future. The classes are being hosted by the Emergency Management Division. • Run Stats were included in the packet. Discussed figures compared from last year to this year. There has been an increase of 350 runs so far this year. Or from 40 to 42 runs per day. Yvonne had a question regarding the date range used for the report. The dates used compared 1-1-2006 thru 8-1-2006 with 1-1- 2007 thru 8-1-2007 . Helen Keeney asked what a "good intent" call is. That is a call for non-emergency assistance. For instance; someone fell out bed etc. Carlos asked if we charge for those calls. Chief Cochran631 reported that we do not currently charge for those types of calls. Helen Keeney asked about the status of the Citistat reporting. Chief Cochran believes it will be a great management tool. Currently we are using our Sunpro and CAD system for reporting stats for CITISTAT. We are currently in the infancy stage of the program. The Mayor has selected Police, Fire, Public Service and one other department to implement the initial program. Eventually all departments will be using the program. There is a need for the City of Lansing to utilize a reporting system that can be used by all depts. Currently each dept. uses different software systems to track information. There will be some cost involved to get to look like Baltimore's program. But there is a lot information that can be reported on now. Chief Cochran will bring LFD's Citistat progress to the next meeting. Administration • In the process of revising the PIO (public information officer) program. Would like two PIO's from each Suppression shift and Brad Drury from Fire Prevention to act as PIO's for the department. o Lt Margaret Murphy is a PIO from Suppression will be working on Training/Education programs with City TV such as: pool safety, ice safety etc • Captain Deb Pacheco is working on special projects. • Revising department AOG's. • Finishing up 06/07 budget. • Committee meetings — Chief Cochran and Assistant Chief James attend various committee meetings. Fire Board Minutes of August 8th, 2007 Page 5 of 8 • RFQP (request for quote proposal) for medical billing will be out soon. We have used Medical Management for the last 10 years. Contract is up and it will be going out to bid soon. • New computers and furniture have been installed in Administration. Dave Doerr from Fire Maintenance designed the furniture with a local company. Chief Cochran encouraged the Board to tour Administration and check out the new furniture. 9/11 Memorial will be held Sept 11th at 9:00 am at Wentworth park. Chief Cochran asked the Board member to attend if possible. Lansing Fire Department's 150 years Sesquicentennial Celebration / LFD Museum Opening/Fire Prevention Open House will be held October 6th at Station #1. The Department will be putting an emblem ribbon on the side of our vehicles that reads "150 years of service". The celebration will incorporate the e LFD museum opening along with the Fire Prevention open house. The Open House will be at Station #1. Details will follow. More details to follow when they are available. AC James got the idea from the Sault St. Marie Fire Department to have each Station host a small open house each day for eight days to cover all of our stations. Then the big Openhouse would be at Station #1 . It would be a week long celebration. Assistant Chief James asked how the board feels the neighborhoods would respond to the Open Houses. Assistant Chief James shared his Open House ideas with the board and asked for feedback. The Board had very positive comments regarding the idea. Helen suggested notifying neighborhood associations and the schools. Send a flyer home with every Student in Lansing District. ASSISTANT CHIEF James also suggested submitting a flyer to: City TV, newspaper, Council etc. Assistant Chief James noted that the Council could also do a proclamation of the event. October 10th-National 9/11 Traveling Memorial fundraiser. Chief Cochran has been assigned by the Mayor to organize the event for Lansing. The traveling 9/11 memorial is a fundraiser as well for the memorial at ground zero. The event could be very large. He is also working with Emergency Management on the event planning similar to Common Ground. Lansing will be the only stop in Michigan. It is mock plan of the memorial traveling on a semi truck trailer. The event will begin at 9 or 10 am in front of City Hall or the Capitol. The memorial will be in Lansing for 8 hrs. Chief Cochran will be having a teleconference with the event planners in a couple of weeks. . Questions arose re: downtown construction during the event. Chief Cochran noted that the City is making really good progress on the construction. • Chief Cochran talked about the CSO project and the Rain Gardens that are going in. The Rain Garden idea came from Portland Oregon. It is a filtering system Fire Board Minutes of August 8th, 2007 Page 6 of 8 that filters runoff through a green area which makes is cleaner when it goes through the sewer system. It is an environmentally friendly version of a large planter. Dan Oberst noted that the Tower Garden subdivision in East Lansing has a Rain Garden that is about 80 percent complete. The cost savings were enormous. Three million compared to 13 million for a conventional system. COMMITTEE REPORT none OLD BUSINESS none NEW BUSINESS Fire Commissioner Appointment — Neither Chief Cochran or Yvonne Young McConnell have heard anything regarding a new Board Member. Chief Cochran will follow up with the Mayors office. Community Feedback — Assistant Chief James noted that part of the Strategic Plan is getting feedback from the Commissioner from the citizens (positive or negative). Chief James asked the Board to report any comments they have heard regarding LFD from the public. • Yvonne has not heard any negative comments from her neighbors. She has a particular neighbor that credits LFD for saving her life. • Carlos reported that he hasn't heard any negative comments regarding the Fire Department. He noted how well the Opticom system worked. He also noted that Maggie Murphy and her crew did an excellent job on the fire in his neighborhood. • Chief Cochran welcomes any feedback the Board can give. • Helen Keeney believes the fire department Open House should be helpful for LFD. LPD is very well known but LFD is not as visible unless they have an emergency. She also believes local Open Houses are a great idea. People are just unaware of how things operate at LFD. • National Night out kickoff of was last night and our crews were involved. The crews are very involved in the community when asked to participate in events. We will be trying even harder to be out in the community and be more visible. Chief Cochran asked the Commissioners to please let the chief know of events or ideas that LFD can be involved in. Chief Cochran noted that he attends many community events in uniform to be more visible to the community. L. Fire Board Minutes of August 8th, 2007 Page 7 of 8 • Carlos suggested letting public know of everything the department does and is involved and show off the Fire Stations. o Chief Cochran believes that is a great idea and noted that Station "belong" to the Citizens of Lansing. • Helen Keeney noted the importance of getting the children involved. It also very important that the Commissioners show up to the LFD events as well. • Yvonne suggested a video that encompassed all that LFD does. It could rotate through the stations during the Open Houses and be put on City TV. GENERAL ORDER none ADJOURNMENT Yvonne Young McConnell asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Helen Keeney made a motion adjourn the meeting. Carlo Barajas supported the Motion. Motion Carried to adjourn the meeting. Meeting Adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by: r September 12, 2007 Patti Starnes, Fire Board Secretary Date I Fire Board Minutes of August 8th, 2007 Page 8 of 8 Lansing Fire Department \ 120 E. Shiawassee Street Lansing MI 48933 f - a (517)483-4200 Fax (517) 483-4488 www.lansingfire.com Virg Bernero,Mayor Tom Cochran,Fire Chief OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING July 11th, 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on Wednesday June 13th, 2007, at Fire Station #8 located at 815 Marshall St., Lansing, MI. Fire Commissioner Vice- Chairperson Carlos Barajas called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Yvonne Young McConnell, Chairperson Carlos Barajas, Vice Chairperson Robert Brown Jr. Frank Ferro Robert Hudson r; n �"} COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED Louis Vinson Helen Keeney cD OTHERS PRESENT `J Tom Cochran, Fire Chief Tim James, Assistant Fire Chief Trent Atkins, Emergency Management Chief Ronda Oberlin, Emergency Management Specialist Patti Starnes, Administrative Secretary Sam Colegrove, Battalion Chief ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA Carlos Barajas asked for additions to the agenda. No additions were noted. Agenda was accepted as written. Fire Board Minutes of July, 11 th, 2007 Page 1 of 4 APPROVAL OF MINUTES Carlos Barajas asked for any changes or corrections to the minutes. No Changes were noted. Frank Ferro made a motion to accept the June minutes as written. Robert Brown Jr. supported the motion. Motion carried to accept the June Minutes as written. COMMUNICATIONS Committees 2007 list- committee assignment list was reviewed and accepted. Thank you letter from Mr. and Mrs. Curry- Chief Cochran will be contacting them to thank them for the letter. Thank you from Chief Cochran to All Personnel. Chief Cochran thanked Battalion Chief Colegrove for his contributions to the Lansing Fire Department throughout his career. He will be retiring soon. Sam has been a very involved individual as a union officer and training person. He has gone above and beyond throughout his career. Sam will be greatly missed. He has been a tremendous role model for the department. Sam thanked the Board for their service to the Lansing Fire Department. PRESENTATIONS None ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS Chief Cochran Common Ground — Chief Cochran thanked Chief Atkins for all of his work on the event. From it's inception it has been greatly improved the last few years. He also thanked Lisa Phillips from LPD and Eric Tumbarella from IT. Chief Cochran reported that they have taken the event to whole new level. Trent Atkins — noted the highlights of event: They took a proactive approach. This year is the biggest. On Friday they are expecting more than ever in the past. Last year we planned together, for communication, inner-operability. This year has been much better than last year. Within the command center there is: • 2 911 dispatchers • RACES — armature TV - Gives the ability to track problems by live video feed. • 4 fixed TV Cameras at LCC • CERT teams are being used. 3-5 teams of 2 every night. • Live Doppler feed from Channel 6 in the command room • LCC, LPD, LFD, Dispatchers, Common Ground Security, Administration and four private security groups are represented in the command room. • Codespear — can be used w/any kind of communication device to receive messages. It is being used as secondary form of communication. Works well in loud situations where radio calls may not be heard. Fire Board Minutes of July, 11 th, 2007 Page 2 of 4 There have been some issues with public intoxication. Lansing Police rescued 2 people from the river. There was a lost child that was found within 3 minutes thanks to all the agencies responding. BC Colegrove noted that the Command Center allows all agencies to come together and communicate effectively and quickly. Chief Cochran noted that having everyone together in one room allows us the "behind the scenes" control of a large event, allowing people to come downtown and enjoy themselves safely. Chief Cochran invited the Board to come down and view the communication center located at Station #41. Chief Cochran reported that our own LFD personnel have done an outstanding job as well. Trent Atkins noted that Friday and Saturday will be a good test of the system. Robert Hudson asked if the CERT volunteers were properly identified. Chief Cochran reported that they wear vests to identify themselves and have been trained well. Also there is a large student population involved in CERT program. Former Assistant Chief Bouth has been very involved with the program. Robert Hudson asked if there was contingency plan in place in case of a power outage. Chief Atkins reported that there is generator at Station #41. The board thanked Trent Atkins, Emergency Management Chief for his work on the event. NEW FEE SCHEDULE — Chief Cochran discussed the new fees. We are in the process of getting them all up and running. Burn permit fees are being charged at this time. The Fire Marshal Division is getting the word out to contractors regarding the new fee structure. Burn permit fees were discussed. There have been some complaints but so far it is going fairly smooth. Robert Hudson asked if other cities were researched. Chief Cochran reported that there was a lot of research done to come up with the fees. Robert Hudson suggested posting what other cities charge to the public. Chief Cochran will consider it, and would like to be more proactive getting the word out along with an explanation. Carlos asked how the 4th of July went. Chief Cochran noted the holiday went ok. Prior to the 4th of July there were about 8 fires. However the 4th was pretty quiet. No major issues to report. COMMITTEE REPORT Fire Board Minutes of July, 91 th, 2007 Page 3 of 4 none OLD BUSINESS Lansing Fire Department Recruit Graduation Ceremony will take place at 1:00 p.m. at the LCC Dart Auditorium on July 20th , 2007. NOTE LOCATION CHANGE. none NEW BUSINESS none GENERAL ORDER none ADJOURNMENT Robert Brown Jr. made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Frank Ferro supported the motion. Meeting Adjourned at 7 p.m. Board Respectfully Submitted by: August 8th, 2007 Patti Starnes, Fire Secretary Date Fire Board Minutes of July, 11 th, 2007 Page 4 of 4 / Lansing Fire Department 120 E. Shiawassee Street Lansing MI 48933 I` (517) 483-4200 Fax(517)483-4488 www.lansinqfire.com Virg Bernero,Mayor Tom Cochran,Fire Chief OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING June 13fh, 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on Wednesday June 13th, 2007, at Fire Station #7 located at 629 N. Jenison, Lansing, MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson, Yvonne Young McConnell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Jodie Garcia Helen Keeney ' Carlos Barajas A _ Louis Vinson Yvonne Young McConnell ' _ C Robert Hudson Robert Brown Jr C`= co COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED -: Frank Ferro OTHERS PRESENT Tim James, Assistant Fire Chief Patti Starnes, Administrative Secretary Station #7 Crew ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA Yvonne Young McConnell asked for additions to the agenda. No additions were noted. Yvonne Young McConnell asked for a motion to accept the agenda as written. Jodie Garcia moved to accept the agenda as written. Motion carried to accept the Agenda as written. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Yvonne Young McConnell asked for any changes or corrections to the minutes. Changes were noted; Louis Vinson's name was misspelled. Page 3 paragraph 3 change an to and. Helen Keeney made a motion to accept the May minutes with the Fire Board Minutes of June 13th, 2007 Page 1 of 5 corrections made to Louis Vinson's name and page 3 paragraph 3 — change an to and. Louis Vinson supported the motion to accept the May minutes with the corrections made to Louis Vinson's name and page 3 paragraph 3 — change an to and. Motion carried with a unanimous vote. COMMUNICATIONS Station 44 Taking Pride in the South side Award — Chief Cochran reported that Suzy Carter from Greater Lansing Safety Council & South Lansing Business Association contacted the Chief and informed him that Station # 44 is being nominated for the "Take Pride in the South Side" award. The award will be presented on June 27th at 11:30 a.m. at Coscarelli's. Edwards Photography will be taking a picture of Station #44 and crew. If the Board is interested in attending please RSVP with the South Lansing Business Association. Pheasant St. Fire — Chief Cochran noted that the cause is undetermined due to the extent of damage. That is common with fires that burn to that extent. An elderly man and his wife perished in the fire. Lansing's last fatality was December 2005. Firefighter Memorial — email from Trent Atkins, EM Chief. Chief Cochran noted that it was a very nice ceremony. Marine Thank You — BC Mary Helmker. - Chief Cochran was contacted by the Marine Recruiting Post on Saginaw and Marshall. They requested LFD's assistance for their homecoming of the US Charlie Marine Company. The crews from #48 and #41 were involved. LFD crews assisted in raising the US flag over Saginaw St. using the ladder trucks. There was a large turnout for the homecoming. Sinas Dramis Thank You " Heads up for Safety" — This was the 6th or 7th year for the event. The law firm provides free bike helmets to kids. This year there was close to 483 children along with their parents in attendance at the event. The event was terrific and has grown tremendously through the years. Chief Cochran was there and the Mayor attended as well. LSJ Article re: Fire Station "Be a tourist in your own town" Close to 500 people attended the station. The crews gave station tours and showed the fire trucks off to the kids. It was an excellent event. PRESENTATIONS Jodie Garcia was presented with an appreciation clock/plaque, mug and t-shirt for her service to the Lansing Fire Department and the Citizens of Lansing. Her term ends in June and she will not be seeking a reappointment. Chief Cochran noted that he is sorry to see her go. He is very thankful for her time spent supporting the Lansing Fire Department. The Fire Board thanked her for service. She will be greatly missed. Jodie Garcia noted that it was her pleasure serving on the City of Lansing Board of Fire Commissioners for the past 4 years. She has appreciated working with the Board Fire Board Minutes of June 13th, 2007 Page 2 of 5 17� 1 Members and the Fire Department. Carlos Barajas thanked her for the professionalism and knowledge she brought to the Board. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS Chief Cochran New Hire List - Recruit Graduation July 201 , at 1 pm at Hill Education Center Auditorium on Wise Rd. Please RSVP by Monday, July 16th. Chief Cochran invited Yvonne Young McConnell or a Board member to speak at the graduation. We are actually hiring a total of 12 new firefighters. Chief Cochran applauded the City of Lansing Human Resources department along with Joan Clous. They did a phenomenal job of getting the hiring done in such a short time. Joan Clous will be the Fire department's liaison. Also thanks to Terri Singleton the HR director. Also thanks to Lisa Thelen from HR. She does the orientation with the new recruits. They did a great job! Robert Hudson inquired as to the diversity of the new hires. One female was hired. Out of a pool of 44 people there were only 2 females that tested. One female passed and was hired. There is a need to recruit. The Chief is committed to continuing the diversity within the department. Monster.com approached the Chief regarding their expansion to include municipal jobs. The Chief will be talking with Terri Singleton about it. Out of the 12 hired: nine are medics, one is just finishing Med school and the other 2 are an EMT and an EMT Specialist. The Chief is open to any ideas re: recruiting. Also, they are trying to get an Explorer post started. The Chief recently spoke with students at Harry Hill. That was followed by an open house at station #41. Only 3 students attended the open house. There will be another open house this summer. We have also tagged onto a radio ad on 96.5 with LPD. Retirements — There will be five retirements coming up in August /September. Three to four BC's and a Senior Captain. A couple of more retirements are expected at the end of the year . Assistant Chief James and Chief Cochran are working to plan ahead to transition people into the positions. They are working on a mentor program to get officers exposed to the divisions and duties. Budget - The budget was approved. We came in at $250,000 over budget. We actually did better than we anticipated. Citistat — Under the Mayors direction Lansing Fire will be implementing the Citistat program that will be used as a performance management tool. The City of Baltimore has been using the program the longest. There is a link on their website. . Police, Fire and Public Works will be the first city departments to implement Citistat. Chief Cochran explained the highlights and benefits of the program to the Board. We are working with Sam Quon from the IT department to tie GIS mapping into our system. Once online, citizens will be able to view many department statistics regarding response times, fires etc. The Chief will be getting more input from the BC's and Division Heads. Robert Hudson thought that it would be a good tool to target problem areas etc. Helen Keeney noted that the program would be helpful during budget preparation. Louis Vinson asked about the funding for the program. Chief Cochran noted that currently we can pull a lot of the information from our existing Sunpro and Image Trend software. However, there will be costs involved. He believes there is some Capital Improvement money available Fire Board Minutes of June 13th, 2007 Page 3 of 5 to get the program started. Postings - Assistant Chief Tim James reported that in addition to the recent hiring there are 2 Postings out now. One is for a Special Assignment Position and the other is for and Acting position for the Administrative Assistant VB. The Chief of Training test posting will be coming up soon. Hopefully by the end of the week. Potterville fire - Assistant Chief James gave an update of the recent pallet company fire in Potterville. The fire was called in on Sunday evening at 6 p.m. There was a large amount of mulch at the property which was a much larger problem than the pallets. Lansing Fire Department responded to the scene yesterday and today. We used 2200 feet of hose to draft water from a creek. The crews did an excellent job pushing the water 2200 feet. It was a minimal cost to LFD and a tremendous training opportunity for us. The new recruits were there as well to pick up the hose. COMMITTEE REPORT none OLD BUSINESS Burn permit update - Chief Cochran noted that we are going to still issue a 1 day temp permit if called to a residence that does not have a permit. They will be notified of the new policy. They will need to come into the office and apply for and purchase a yearly permit. We need to get the word out to public prior to July 1. Questions arose regarding fire works fees. Chief Cochran reported the Downtown Development Authority is trying to get a fee structure in place for special permits. Carlos Barajas suggested taking pictures of the burn permit site. Chief Cochran will bring a list of LFD's fee increases to the next meeting. NEW BUSINESS Vote on Chair and Vice-chair Yvonne opened up the table for nominations for chairperson. Carlos Barajas nominated Yvonne Young McConnell for chairperson. Jodie Garcia nominated Yvonne Young McConnell for Chairperson. Jodie Garcia made a motion to elect Yvonne Young McConnell to Chairperson. Motion Carried to elect Yvonne Young McConnell to Chairperson. Vice-Chairperson — Yvonne Young McConnell moved to nominate Carlos Barajas to Vice-Chairperson. Jodie Garcia seconded the motion. Motion carried to elect Carlos Barajas to Vice-Chairperson. Committee Assignments: Personnel Robert Brown, Jr. Chairperson Robert Hudson Fire Board Minutes of June 13th, 2007 Page 4 of 5 Yvonne Young McConnell Helen Keeney . Buildings and Equipment Frank Ferro — Chairperson Carlos Barajas Louis Vinson III Planning and Finance Louis Vinson III - Chairperson Frank Ferro Helen Kenney Yvonne Young McConnell will contact the Mayor regarding the new vacancy. GENERAL ORDER Robert Brown apologized for his tardiness. Robert Hudson noted the article in the paper regarding MSU's installation of research fire testing equipment. Chief Cochran is interested in finding out more about the new equipment. Helen asked if the department does any fundraising. Chief Cochran noted that the union does a fundraiser. The Chief feels that department fundraisers are better suited to smaller fire departments. Chili Cookoff—The Union is involved in the chili cook off that is coming up. Chief Cochran reminded the Board of the Blues on the Square on select Thursday nights in the 200 block of S. Washington from 6p.m. — 10 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Helen Keeney made motion to adjourn the meeting. Jodie Garcia seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by. July 11th , 2007 Patti Starnes, Fire Board Secretary Date Fire Board Minutes of June 13th, 2007 Page 5 of 5 _�� (_- �1 ypNSINQ FrllY DL'42 IF CITY OF LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS Meeting Agenda Wednesday July 11th, 2007 a16:00 Pm Fire Station#8 815 Marshall St. Call to Order- Roll Call Request for Commissioners to be excused: Helen Keeney Louis Vinson Additions to the Agenda: " Review/Approval of Minutes: `�- June ti «, i Review of Communications: A 2007 Committee List t~J Thank you note from Mr. & Mrs. Curry Thank you from Chief Cochran to All Personnel Presentations: Administrative Comments: a. Common Ground b. Fee Schedule Committee Reports: Old Business: Reminder: Lansing Fire Department Recruit Graduation Ceremony at 1:00 PM at the LCC Dart Auditorium on July 20, 2007. ****NOTE LOCATION CHANGE**** New Business: General Order: Adjournment. COMMISSIONERS: Yvonne Young McConnell,Chairperson Carlos Barajas, Vice-Chairperson Carlos Barajas Robert Brown Jr. Frank Ferro Robert Hudson Helen Keeney SECRETARY: Patti Starnes Please Contact Patti Starnes in the Fire Administration Office at 483-4564 24 Hours in Advance If You Cannot Attend or if Special Accommodations Are Needed. �?� r Lansing Fire Department 120 E. Shiawassee Street Lansing MI 48933 (517)483-4200 Fax (517) 483-4488 www.lansingfire.com Virg Bernero,Mayor Tom Cochran,Fire Chief OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING June 13th, 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on Wednesday June 13th, 2007, at Fire Station #7 located at 629 N. Jenison, Lansing, MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson, Yvonne Young McConnell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Jodie Garcia Helen Keeney -- �, Carlos Barajas Louis Vinson > -- Yvonne Young McConnell 7` 7 Robert Hudson Robert Brown Jr = - COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED - E ` Frank Ferro r`= Cif OTHERS PRESENT Tim James, Assistant Fire Chief Patti Starnes, Administrative Secretary Station #7 Crew ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA Yvonne Young McConnell asked for additions to the agenda. No additions were noted. Yvonne Young McConnell asked for a motion to accept the agenda as written. Jodie Garcia moved to accept the agenda as written. Motion carried to accept the Agenda as written. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Yvonne Young McConnell asked for any changes or corrections to the minutes. Changes were noted; Louis Vinson's name was misspelled. Page 3 paragraph 3 change an to and. Helen Keeney made a motion to accept the May minutes with the Fire Board Minutes of June 13th, 2007 Page 1 of 5 corrections made to Louis Vinson's name and page 3 paragraph 3 — change an to and. Louis Vinson supported the motion to accept the May minutes with the corrections made to Louis Vinson's name and page 3 paragraph 3 — change an to and. Motion carried with a unanimous vote. COMMUNICATIONS Station 44 Taking Pride in the South side Award — Chief Cochran reported that Suzy Carter from Greater Lansing Safety Council & South Lansing Business Association contacted the Chief and informed him that Station # 44 is being nominated for the "Take Pride in the South Side" award. The award will be presented on June 27th at 11:30 a.m. at Coscarelli's. Edwards Photography will be taking a picture of Station #44 and crew. If the Board is interested in attending please RSVP with the South Lansing Business Association. Pheasant St. Fire — Chief Cochran noted that the cause is undetermined due to the extent of damage. That is common with fires that burn to that extent. An elderly man and his wife perished in the fire. Lansing's last fatality was December 2005. Firefighter Memorial — email from Trent Atkins, EM Chief. Chief Cochran noted that it was a very nice ceremony. Marine Thank You — BC Mary Helmker. - Chief Cochran was contacted by the Marine Recruiting Post on Saginaw and Marshall. They requested LFD's assistance for their homecoming of the US Charlie Marine Company. The crews from #48 and #41 were involved. LFD crews assisted in raising the US flag over Saginaw St. using the ladder trucks. There was a large turnout for the homecoming. Sinas Dramis Thank You " Heads up for Safety" — This was the 6th or 7th year for the event. The law firm provides free bike helmets to kids. This year there was close to 483 children along with their parents in attendance at the event. The event was terrific and has grown tremendously through the years. Chief Cochran was there and the Mayor attended as well. LSJ Article re: Fire Station "Be a tourist in your own town" Close to 500 people attended the station. The crews gave station tours and showed the fire trucks off to the kids. It was an excellent event. PRESENTATIONS Jodie Garcia was presented with an appreciation clock/plaque, mug and t-shirt for her service to the Lansing Fire Department and the Citizens of Lansing. Her term ends in June and she will not be seeking a reappointment. Chief Cochran noted that he is sorry to see her go. He is very thankful for her time spent supporting the Lansing Fire Department. The Fire Board thanked her for service. She will be greatly missed. Jodie Garcia noted that it was her pleasure serving on the City of Lansing Board of Fire Commissioners for the past 4 years. She has appreciated working with the Board Fire Board Minutes of June 13th, 2007 Page 2 of 5 Members and the Fire Department. Carlos Barajas thanked her for the professionalism and knowledge she brought to the Board. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS Chief Cochran New Hire List - Recruit Graduation July 20 , at 1 pm at Hill Education Center Auditorium on Wise Rd. Please RSVP by Monday, July 16th. Chief Cochran invited Yvonne Young McConnell or a Board member to speak at the graduation. We are actually hiring a total of 12 new firefighters. Chief Cochran applauded the City of Lansing Human Resources department along with Joan Clous. They did a phenomenal job of getting the hiring done in such a short time. Joan Clous will be the Fire department's liaison. Also thanks to Terri Singleton the HR director. Also thanks to Lisa Thelen from HR. She does the orientation with the new recruits. They did a great job! Robert Hudson inquired as to the diversity of the new hires. One female was hired. Out of a pool of 44 people there were only 2 females that tested. One female passed and was hired. There is a need to recruit. The Chief is committed to continuing the diversity within the department. Monster.com approached the Chief regarding their expansion to include municipal jobs. The Chief will be talking with Terri Singleton about it. Out of the 12 hired: nine are medics, one is just finishing Med school and the other 2 are an EMT and an EMT Specialist. The Chief is open to any ideas re: recruiting. Also, they are trying to get an Explorer post started. The Chief recently spoke with students at Harry Hill. That was followed by an open house at station #41. Only 3 students attended the open house. There will be another open house this summer. We have also tagged onto a radio ad on 96.5 with LPD. Retirements — There will be five retirements coming up in August /September. Three to four BC's and a Senior Captain. A couple of more retirements are expected at the end of the year . Assistant Chief James and Chief Cochran are working to plan ahead to transition people into the positions. They are working on a mentor program to get officers exposed to the divisions and duties. Budget - The budget was approved. We came in at $250,000 over budget. We actually did better than we anticipated. Citistat — Under the Mayors direction Lansing Fire will be implementing the Citistat program that will be used as a performance management tool. The City of Baltimore has been using the program the longest. There is a link on their website. . Police, Fire and Public Works will be the first city departments to implement Citistat. Chief Cochran explained the highlights and benefits of the program to the Board. We are working with Sam Quon from the IT department to tie GIS mapping into our system. Once online, citizens will be able to view many department statistics regarding response times, fires etc. The Chief will be getting more input from the BC's and Division Heads. Robert Hudson thought that it would be a good tool to target problem areas etc. Helen Keeney noted that the program would be helpful during budget preparation. Louis Vinson asked about the funding for the program. Chief Cochran noted that currently we can pull a lot of the information from our existing Sunpro and Image Trend software. However, there will be costs involved. He believes there is some Capital Improvement money available Fire Board Minutes of June 13th, 2007 Page 3 of 5 to get the program started. Postings -Assistant Chief Tim James reported that in addition to the recent hiring there are 2 Postings out now. One is for a Special Assignment Position and the other is for and Acting position for the Administrative Assistant VB. The Chief of Training test posting will be coming up soon. Hopefully by the end of the week. Potterville fire - Assistant Chief James gave an update of the recent pallet company fire in Potterville. The fire was called in on Sunday evening at 6 p.m. There was a large amount of mulch at the property which was a much larger problem than the pallets. Lansing Fire Department responded to the scene yesterday and today. We used 2200 feet of hose to draft water from a creek. The crews did an excellent job pushing the water 2200 feet. It was a minimal cost to LFD and a tremendous training opportunity for us. The new recruits were there as well to pick up the hose. COMMITTEE REPORT none OLD BUSINESS Burn permit update - Chief Cochran noted that we are going to still issue a 1 day temp permit if called to a residence that does not have a permit. They will be notified of the new policy. They will need to come into the office and apply for and purchase a yearly permit. We need to get the word out to public prior to July 1. Questions arose regarding fire works fees. Chief Cochran reported the Downtown Development Authority is trying to get a fee structure in place for special permits. Carlos Barajas suggested taking pictures of the burn permit site. Chief Cochran will bring a list of LFD's fee increases to the next meeting. NEW BUSINESS Vote on Chair and Vice-chair Yvonne opened up the table for nominations for chairperson. Carlos Barajas nominated Yvonne Young McConnell for chairperson. Jodie Garcia nominated Yvonne Young McConnell for Chairperson. Jodie Garcia made a motion to elect Yvonne Young McConnell to Chairperson. Motion Carried to elect Yvonne Young McConnell to Chairperson. Vice-Chairperson — Yvonne Young McConnell moved to nominate Carlos Barajas to Vice-Chairperson. Jodie Garcia seconded the motion. Motion carried to elect Carlos Barajas to Vice-Chairperson. Committee Assignments: Personnel Robert Brown, Jr. Chairperson Robert Hudson Fire Board Minutes of June 13th, 2007 Page 4 of 5 Yvonne Young McConnell Helen Keeney Buildings and Equipment Frank Ferro — Chairperson Carlos Barajas Louis Vinson III Planning and Finance Louis Vinson III - Chairperson Frank Ferro Helen Kenney Yvonne Young McConnell will contact the Mayor regarding the new vacancy. GENERAL ORDER Robert Brown apologized for his tardiness. Robert Hudson noted the article in the paper regarding MSU's installation of research fire testing equipment. Chief Cochran is interested in finding out more about the new equipment. Helen asked if the department does any fundraising. Chief Cochran noted that the union does a fundraiser. The Chief feels that department fundraisers are better suited to smaller fire departments. Chili Cookoff— The Union is involved in the chili cook off that is coming up. Chief Cochran reminded the Board of the Blues on the Square on select Thursday nights in the 200 block of S. Washington from 6p.m. — 10 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Helen Keeney made motion to adjourn the meeting. Jodie Garcia seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by: r July 11th , 2007 Patti Starnes, Fire Board Secretary Date Fire Board Minutes of June 13th, 2007 Page 5 of 5 * vw#SI�rQ. h ,.�fir-- ,Ni A7it'�' i \t-C E '7• 1_D CITY OF LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISS/ONE)�r Meeting Agenda Wednesday June 13"h, 2007 at 6:00 pm ? j. y v: t., v`-`••,'; ., , Fire Station#7 629 N.Jenison.,Lansing,MI Call to Order-Roll Call Request for Commissioners to be excused: Frank Ferro Additions to the Agenda: Review/Approval of Minutes: May Review of Communications: Station 44 Taking Pride in the South side Award —Chief Cochran Pheasant St. Fire—Chief Cochran Firefighter Memorial—Trent Atkins, EM Chief Marine Thank You— BC Mary Helmker Sinas Dramis Thank You " Heads up for Safety" LSJ Article re: Fire Station "Be a tourist in your own town" Presentations: Jodie Garcia Administrative Comments: a. New Hire List - Graduation July 20th, at 1 pm at Hill Edu Center Auditorium on Wise Rd. b. Retirements—five in July C. Budget d. Citistat Committee Reports: Old Business: New Business: Voting—Chair, Vice-Chair, Committee Assignments General Order: Adjournment. COMMISSIONERS: Yvonne Young McConnell,Chairperson Louis Vinson III, Vice-Chairperson Carlos Barajas Robert Brown Jr. Frank Ferro Jodie Garcia Robert Hudson Helen Keeney SECRETARY: Patti Starnes Please Contact Patti Starnes in the Fire Administration Office at 483-4564 24 Hours in Advance If You Cannot Attend or if Special Accommodations Are Needed. Lansing Fire Departm�ntF�,E' 120 E. Shiawassee Street Lansing MI 48933 (517)483-4200 i Fax 517 483-4488( ) www..lansingfire.com Virg Bernero,Mayor Tom Cochran,Fire Chief OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING May 9, 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on Wednesday, May 9th, 2007, at Fire Station #6 located at 5135 Pleasant Grove Rd, Lansing, MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson, Yvonne Young McConnell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Carlos Barajas Yvonne Young McConnell Jodie Garcia Frank Ferro Helen Keeney Robert Hudson Louis Vinson III Robert Brown Jr. COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED none OTHERS PRESENT Tim James, Assistant Fire Chief Ron Finley, IAFF Patti Starnes, Administrative Secretary ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA none APPROVAL OF MINUTES Yvonne Young McConnell asked for any changes or corrections to the minutes. No changes or corrections were noted. Frank Ferro moved to approve the April Minutes as written. Bob Brown supported the motion. A unanimous vote was taken to approve the April Minutes as written. COMMUNICATIONS TCEMCA Golf Outing —AC James noted that the golf outing is for a great cause. If anyone would like to participate please refer to info on the flyer. Fire Board Minutes of May 9t" ,2007 Page 1 of 5 Two LFD employees: Brent Johsnon and Lisa McCrae received thanks from a citizen for the great service they provided to her. The two had checked on her later in the day at the hospital to see how she doing. She was very impressed with their compassion and taking the time to check on her. PRESENTATIONS none ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS , Assistant Chief James Hiring Update - Ten people along with five alternates have been selected and the names forwarded to Personnel and then to the Mayors office for final approval. There is an anticipated start date of May 21st 2007. It is very important that they start on that day in order to be in the Stations by July 2"d. The 10 selected will be wonderful Firefighters here on the Lansing Fire Department. Budget update—The budget was presented to City Council last week. The Board of Fire Commissioners Planning and Finance committee met on Monday to discuss the proposed budget. The proposed budget will be discussed during Committee Reports. Department Update The new ladder truck has arrived. It will be located at Station #46. The old Ladder#46 will be utilized in front line service for one year and then will be placed in reserve status. Four(4) new Ambulances are near completion. We have an expected delivery date of early June 2007. Maintenance Division: • Civil Defense Siren testing has been completed. There are some repairs to be made. Plans are in place to repair them in early June once the ground is dry. • Security Gates-Working on the security gates leading to the basement of City Hall. • Ladder Truck— Preparing the new Ladder Truck to be placed in service. • New Recruits— Preparing equipment/gear for the new recruits. Emergency Operation Center—Office of Emergency Management MEMAC (Michigan Emergency Management Assistance Compact) has been presented to Jerry Ambrose and is awaiting Mayor Bernero's signature. Assistant Chief James gave an overview of the Compact: MEMAC creates an organized process and structure spelled out in advance for jurisdictions large and small across the state to render or receive assistance in times of crisis. It addresses problematic issues concerning workmen's compensation insurance, expense reimbursement and liability coverage, before assistance is needed and requested. Designed to be flexible, MEMAC is also intended to supplement rather than replace existing, local mutual aid agreements already in place to handle "routine" public safety services among neighboring jurisdictions and fire departments. It is important to note that the implementation of MEMAC helps to facilitate the receipt of state or federal disaster funds through the Public Assistance Program. PIO (Public Information Officer) Symposium -Was hosted by the City of Lansing Office of Emergency Management. The event was well attended by approximately 60 people. Assistant Chief James has heard many positive comments about the event. Federal Homeland Security fund Fiduciary - Emergency Management is the Fiduciary for 3.5 million dollars of Federal Homeland Security funds that covers 9 Michigan Counties. Fire Marshall Division There were 11 fires investigated in April. Three fires were arson and are under investigation. Other causes were (6) accidental, (2)juvenile set fires and (2)that were found to be suspicious. Fire Board Minutes of May 9th ,2007 Page 2 of 5 Plan reviews are coming in fast. New projects include the Stadium district, Sparrow Hospital and Ingham Regional Medical Center. Burn permits are being issued at a steady pace. The Inspectors are busy doing burn permit inspections. It costs LFD about 2 hrs of pay per permit. Currently permits are free. This will be discussed further during the Budget discussion. There have been 2 fires in May so far. They were both accidental. One of these, the fire on Ottawa resulted in (2) firefighter injuries and (1) civilian injury. All were minor injuries. Training Division Training calendar was distributed and discussed. In order to stay current with continuing education and training LFD maintains a very aggressive calendar. Our training Includes metro response with partnering departments. This month, for instance, we are working on Structure Collapse training with the area Metro departments. Suppression Division There have been three-(3) major gas leaks in the downtown area recently. The Mayor has met with Public Service, Consumers Energy and the contractors to reduce the gas leaks. Mutual Aid assistance was given to East Lansing for an apartment fire. Last Friday morning there were two fires and gas leak. Chief Purchase of Norton Shores Fire Department was teaching the Fire Officer III Class for LFD which had to be postponed due to the fires and gas leak. Chief Purchase was extremely impressed with the high level of competency and professionalism that the Fire Department maintained during the very hectic incident in which several large downtown buildings were evacuated. Assistant Chief James extended his compliment to LFD's personnel as well. Run Stats for January 1st—April 31st for the years of 2005, 2006 and 2007. This year there has been an increase of 2 runs per day compared to last year. Our responders are making 41 runs per day. That is a tremendous pace to keep up with along with ongoing training, station maintenance etc. Administration update— Patti Starnes and the other secretaries are busy organizing the new filing room. Chief Cochran testified before the House Appropriations Committee. He discussed Revenue Sharing and the State Funding Formula. Assistant Chief James spoke with the Homeland Security Senate Committee. It ended up being a great 2 hour meeting. The State Police along with Fire discussed RRTN funding and Federal Guidelines which are not currently being met in Michigan. A letter has been drafted to the State asking that Michigan follow the Federal Guidelines. Station #3 — Boerner Restoration evaluated roof. The Evaluation and Bid should be back in the next couple of days. Questions: Frank Ferro asked who requested the roof evaluation. Tim James noted that the request came from the Mayors Office. L.. Fire Board Minutes of May 9th ,2007 Page 3 of 5 i COMMITTEE REPORT Planninq and Finance Committee meeting May 7th1 2007. Louis Vinson and Helen Keeney attended the meeting. Frank Ferro was unable to attend. Louis Vinson noted some highlights of the budget: • AC James and Chief Cochran's position is now funded in the upcoming budget. • AC James noted that the biggest change is in Overtime Cost. We are trying to operate with no more than 15 vacancies at a time. This will cut down on the OT cost dramatically. • Working to have the Training Division fully staffed, including a new Chief of Training. • Fees—Trying to implement reasonable fees for services. Such as Burn Permits and Plan Review fees. • Plan on hiring 5 more firefighters in December to maintain the proper ratio. • Fire Hydrant fee is now in LFD's budget. The fee from BWL last year was 1.1 Million dollars. This year's fee is 1.475 Million. Currently we are negotiating with the BWL for a fee closer to 1.1 Million dollars. • Equipment funding of$35,000 doesn't go very far considering the size of the Department. Questions arose regarding grant money. AC James explained the department is pursuing grant monies. Federal grants have moved to regional funding. That is why we are acting as Fiduciary for the Homeland Security money. The funds are now given to 9 counties with a Board of Directors making the decision on purchases. The Board only meets once a month and the money is being spent more regionally now. Chief James believes that this will be a good process but since it is in it's first year there is a lot of politics involved. Some of the money has been approved for Training purposes. Burn Permit and Plan Review fees were discussed. —A proposed fee schedule was sent to the Mayors and office and to City Council. Tim doesn't believe the fees have been discussed yet. Currently, we do not charge a burn permit fee and the Commercial Plan Review fee is $70. Helen Keeney reported that the fees were discussed at the Planning and Finance committee meeting and they do not believe that the fee is a "tax", but a "user fee". Tim James noted that we would also like to recoup some of the fees associated with Fireworks. The Committee noted that they are in favor of charging a fee for burn permits. AC Tim James discussed the ambulance fees. There has been 5 million dollars in revenue created. However we typically only collect 2.5 million of the 5 mil. $990,000 was wrote off as uncollectible. AC Tim James noted that we need to recognize that the City as whole needs to determine how to collect the fees. Discussion followed. OLD BUSINESS none NEW BUSINESS Louis Vinson recommended approval of the budget with the recommendation that the user fees be looked at. Discussion followed regarding the hydrant fee. Louis will create a letter detailing the Boards position and recommendations. It will be emailed to Board members by Friday May 11th . Responses are to be emailed back by Monday, May 14th, 2007. Yvonne Young McConnell asked that it be completed and voted on by the end of this week. Louis Vinson will draft the letter and send to all Commissioners via email to be voted on. Fire Board Minutes of May 9"' ,2007 Page 4 of 5 Yvonne Young McConnell thanked Helen Keeney and Louis Vinson for attending the Planning and Finance Committee meeting, Firefighter Memorial Service will be held on Saturday May 26th at 1 lam at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Chairperson McConnell was invited to speak at the annual event. Chief Cochran will be unable to attend the ceremony this year. Yvonne Young McConnell , Louis Vinson , Carlos Barajas and Helen Keeney plan on attending the event. Yvonne Young McConnell will speaking on behalf of the Fire Board of Commissioners. Safety Patrol Picnic - The Board is invited to attend. The event draws approximately 3000 kids. We owe a thank you to Sparrow Hospital and their foundation for donating a tool used for vehicle extrication. We are working with the Mayors office to set up an official thank you to Sparrow. During the picnic we are planning to do a demonstration of the new equipment by cutting up a car. The Board will be notified of the details. GENERAL ORDER none ADJOURNMENT Yvonne Young McConnell asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Helen Keeney made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Louis Vinson seconded the Motion. Motion carried with a unanimous vote to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by: pr affic June 13'h , 2007 Patti Starnes, Fire Board Secretary Date Board Minutes of May 9th ,2007 Fire 7 Page 5 of 5 Lansing Fire Department `ECc _� �` 120 E. Shiawassee Street Ziii�l �j i1 _ FF�tF 1: L". r f'`1 i i Lansing MI 48933 I� 517 483-4200 1 Fax (517)483-4488 r www.lansingfire.com Virg Bernero,Mayor Tom Cochran,Fire Chief OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING April 111h, 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on Wednesday, April 11th, 2007, at Fire Station #5 located at 1821 Todd Ave, Lansing, MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson, Yvonne Young McConnell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Carlos Barajas Yvonne Young McConnell Jodie Garcia Frank Ferro Helen Keeney Robert Hudson Louis Vinson COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED Robert Brown Jr. OTHERS PRESENT Tom Cochran, Fire Chief Brian Epling, IAFF ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA Brian Epling requested to be added to the Agenda to present a Power Point presentation to the Board regarding Fire Station #43. Yvonne Young McConnell asked for a Motion to accept the Agenda as written with the addition of a Power Point Presentation by Brian Epling regarding Station #43 added under Presentations. Jodie Garcia made a motion to accept the Agenda as written with the addition of a Power Point Presentation by Brian Epling regarding Station#43 added under Presentations. Motion Carried. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Yvonne Young McConnell asked for any changes or corrections to the minutes. Jodie Garcia moved to approve the March Minutes with the correction made to Bob Brown. A unanimous vote was taken to approve the March Minutes with the correction made to Bob Brown. COMM UN/CA TONS NONE Fire Board Minutes of April 11", 2007 Page 1 of 4 PRESENTATIONS PEM Certificate - Emergency Management Chief Trent Atkins spoke regarding the PEM (Professional Emergency Manager) Certification. It is about a 2-3 year process to attain the certification. Chris Waier and Ignacio Centeno have both received their Certification. Chris Waier was unable to attend the meeting. Chief Cochran and Chief Atkins presented Ignacio Centeno with his PEM Certificate. Station #43 Power Point Presentation — Bryan Epling noted that this was a joint effort between Labor, Administration and Chief Cochran. Station 43 has been deteriorating for some time. In October of 2006 the station was temporarily closed for repairs. The presentation included a timeline of Station #43 building issues. Today Engine 43 is still in service operating out of station 41. We still have very good coverage and very adequate response time to the downtown area. As we venture farther out into the district there is a decrease in response times. We would like to see the station open and the repairs done. The money for the roof repair has been encumbered through the Building Maintenance division. The Union has experienced a positive response from Administration and the Mayors office. Discussion followed regarding response times, community needs, budgeting, Fire Administration, City Administration, staffing and building concerns. Jodie Garcia asked for the position of the Union and Fire Administration on the Station 43 repair issues. It was suggested that the Fire Board contact the Mayors office regarding this issue. Bryan Epling believes that Station 43 is a valuable asset. He stressed that our citizens, metro partners and staff rely on adequate response times for our safety for not only the 1st tier response but to 2"d and 3`d tier response. The Unions fear is that if the Station was closed where would we go from here regarding budget and staffing levels. The question is raised as to where we are at with the progress of Station 43 repairs. Bryan would like to see the funds released and the roof repaired. From a Union standpoint representing the membership we see Engine 43 as a very valuable asset and would like to see it return to Station 43. There was further discussion regarding response times and having a backup plan in place in case it does remain closed. Jodie Garcia would like to be proactive with the future of the station. Bryan noted that many creative ideas have been discussed. The Chief is very optimistic about Lansing. Lansing is the only City in the State that has seen job growth recently. The reality is that cuts are taking place State wide. With the limited funds we have we try to get repairs made. Repairs have definitely been neglected during the last few years. It is the Chief's understanding that there will be a temporary fix to the roof to prevent further damage. Then a study will be done to see what the additional costs are. Regardless if the station remains open or closed the repairs need to made because the building is an asset to the City of Lansing. Jodie Garcia suggested looking at a millage proposal to get the repairs made. She believes that the Lansing citizens would be sympathetic to Fire as well as Police to accept a millage proposal to pay for the needed building repairs. Discussion followed regarding Station 43 funding, repairs and response times. Yvonne Young McConnell requested that a meeting be set with the Fire Board Building & Equipment Committee and Fire Administration ASAP to have a round table discussion regarding the Station #43. Yvonne moved to table the discussion regarding Station 43 and move on to Budget discussion. Chief Cochran added that he is very concerned about response times along with the Mayor. The response times are still well within the standards. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS Chief Cochran Town Hall Meeting at Trinity AME Church on March 315t. Chief Cochran thanked Yvonne Young McConnell for attending the meeting with him. It was a good meeting relating to some homeless issues. Holmatro Cutters —were donated by Sparrow Hospital. The Chief thanked Ira Ginsburg, father of Aaron Ginsburg for making the $5000 donation happen. The Crew will show the Board the new equipment after the meeting. A press conference will also be setup to showcase the new equipment. Stabbing - On Friday March 30th, Engine 49 and medic 41, Acting Captain Dan Kriegbaum, Engineer Jerome Tolbert, Firefighter Shawn McKinley, Paramedic Carl Pawluk and EMT/Paramedic Gilbert Torrez Fire Board Minutes of April 11', 2007 Page 2 of 4 responded to 6743 Millwheel Dr. in Millpond Village for a stabbing. This crew's total on-scene time was 4 minutes after arriving to stabilize and get the woman in the ambulance to be transported. It can't be done much better that that. It speaks well for our people. We had three Paramedics and two EMT's on scene. The lady was stabilized and survived the attack. BUDGET— Chief Cochran updated the board regarding the budget. LFD was approved for $400,000 for the following Capital Improvement Projects: 1 Fire Rig, Station 48 Overhead Doors and some smaller projects. We had requested 1 million worth of CIP project money. Our budget came in at a 3.1 percent increase. We are doing very well in overtime usage. We received the increase with the assumption of decreasing the Overtime Usage by $500.000 for next year's budget. We also are selling 2 rigs. We will have an increase in revenues for treatment/no transport calls. We will have a $50 fee for an annual burn permit. Some other the highlights are: Reducing fuel/maintenance cost on our apparatus by 5 hours for Engines and 3 hrs for Trucks. There will be an impact on our operational expense. We will now be responding with a 3 engine 2 truck response with the idea being that the 1st company on scene would make a determination if the 4th engine needed to be dispatch. Total cost for truck replacement is $200 per hour. The budget timeline was discussed. Committee of the Whole meeting is May 2"d at 10:30 am. The Chief would like to meet with Finance Committee meeting before that to discuss the budget. Yvonne would like to have the Finance and the Building Committee meetings to be 2 separate meetings. Robert Hudson asked about the City's fuel contract. Are they locked in? Chief Cochran noted that the City currently buys bulk fuel. Parks is also burning Bio Diesel fuel in their trucks. Carlos Barajas asked about line items for the roof repairs. Chief Cochran noted that the repair will be in the Building Maintenance budget. Carlos requested that line item repairs for other stations be included in the budget. The Chief agrees that something needs to be done to get a better handle on repairs. The Chief discussed the CIP's and the City's procedure for allocating funds for building repairs. Chief Cochran would like to keep carry-overs to be put in a maintenance fund. Helen Keeney asked about the Safety Committee. Chief Cochran noted that it is a joint Labor & Management Committee that has been in place for over 20 years. They do a yearly inspection on all of the stations and meet on a monthly basis. Bryan Epling noted that this year the committee has been extremely proactive regarding the station inspections. Bryan Epling also noted that this Mayor has inherited many City buildings that are in disrepair. Hiring Update — The Training Division just completed the physical ability test. Fifty six (56) people took the test. There were six (6) no shows. One (1) failure. We are moving forward to the next process. We are looking to hire 10 people. That is in our budget. The Chief is "guardedly" optimistic that we are moving forward. However, the Chief is very disappointed in the number of people in the pool to hire from (56). In the past we would have 100's of applicants. The written test will be next week. Then shortly after that the Interview process will begin. Assistant Chief James, Joan Clous and Chief Cochran will be conducting the Interviews. We are hoping to hire by May 21st. We would like to have the new recruits in the Stations by July 1st. The Chief has met with Terri Singleton, Human Resources Director on better ways to get the word out to possible candidates. The Chief asked for suggestions from the Board on ways to get a larger"pool" of applicants. COMMITTEE REPORTS none OLD BUSINESS none Fire Board Minutes of April 11 tr', 2007 Page 3 of 4 i NEW BUSINESS Robert Hudson asked for info regarding a Fire Department presentation to his neighborhood group. The Chief asked him to contact him with the details of his request. There are many presentation options that can be accommodated for our citizens. Chief Cochran noted the he would like our Department to be even more involved in our neighborhood events. Firefighter Memorial Service will be held on Saturday May 26th at 1 lam at t Mt. Hope Cemetery. Chairperson McConnell was invited to speak at the annual event. Chief Cochran will be unable to attend the ceremony this year. GENERAL ORDER none ADJOURNMENT Yvonne Young McConnell asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Jodie Garcia made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Res c ully ubmitte y: May 91h , 2007 Pafti Starnes, Fi Board Secretary Date Fire Board Minutes of April 111h 2007 Page 4 of 4 , Lansing Fire Department 120 E. Shiawassee Street 1 Lansing MI 48933 j (517)483-4200 F+r t p+,: 1 Fax(517) 483-4488 - a+��i�uI I 'i u�r✓ , www.lansingfire.com Virg Bernero,Mayor Tom Cochran,Fire Chief OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING March 14th, 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on Wednesday, March 14th, 2007, at Fire Station #4 located at 1435 E. Miller, Lansing, MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson, Yvonne Young McConnell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRES ENT Carlos Barajas Yvonne Young McConnell Robert Brown Jr. Jodie Garcia Frank Ferro COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED Helen Keeney Robert Hudson Louis Vinson OTHERS PRESENT Tom Cochran, Fire Chief Patti Starnes, Administrative Secretary Tim James , Assistant Fire Chief Bill Oberst, Maintenance Chief ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA A motion was made by Bob Brown to accept the Agenda as written. The Motion was supported by Jodie Garcia. The Motion carried to accept the Agenda as written. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Bob Brown moved to approve the February Minutes with the correction made to Jodie Garcia's name. Frank Ferro supported the motion. The motion was moved and seconded to approve the February minutes with the correction to Jodie Garcia's name. COMMUNICATIONS Chess Tournament - Michael Williams is a City of Lansing resident who has been involved in the Lansing School District teaching chess for over 20 years. He is hosting a week long tournament at City Hall the week of March 26th. Lansing Fire is matched up against Lansing Police. The Fire vs. Police matches are March 271h from 12 p.m. — 1 p.m. in front of City Hall. Fire Board Minutes of March 14', 2007 page 1 of 3 i I Basketball Game Fundraiser — Local 421 President, Brian Epling reported that the Union is partnering with a production company for a fundraiser basketball game between the current players of the Detroit Lions football team and the Lansing Fire Dept. The game will be held May 14`h at 7:30 p.m. at Lansing Catholic Central. Jodie Garcia requested 16 copies of the flyer. Chief Cochran noted that LFD AND UNION wants this to be a very professional event. If anyone hears of any negative comments or problems regarding the telemarketing portion of the fundraiser, please make the Chief or Bryan Epling aware of it. Living Strong Wellness Program - Assistant Chief James reported on the new program. Jenny Petrovich from Helpnet is working with the Lansing Fire Department to coordinate the Living Strong program for LFD and their families. The project began a couple of years ago with education. We realized that we don't do enough for the health and wellbeing of the employee and the family as a whole. We wanted to take a proactive approach and offer a full variety of programs to meet the needs of the employees and their families. We wanted to not only reach out to the Employee but to the family as well. There will be a full variety of programs to meet the need of the health and wellbeing of the employees and their families. We will be setting up a network of employees within the dept. to support and mentor each other. We will also open the evenings up a couple of times a year for sessions for the entire family. Hopefully, this program will strengthen the department as well as cut down on sick leave. Our overall goal is to have strong bodies, strong minds and strong families. The financial support for the program will come out of our budget. Helpnet is working with us to overcome some of the financial obstacles that have been created. This was given to the City a couple of years ago to be run city-wide. LFD will be running the pilot program first before implementing it city wide. Chief Cochran sent out the announcement to Fire Personnel today asking for volunteers to assist Captain Pacheco and Jenny Petrovich with the program. Carlos Barajas thanked Assistant Chief James for his report and for implementing the program. Chief Cochran is very excited about the program and believes this will be an all-encompassing approach to the health and wellbeing of the employees. PRESENTATIONS None ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS Chief Cochran "Branding LFD" Email regarding a car fire in which LFD was on scene and confused with ELFD by the Lansing Police Dept. This is an example of our need to "brand" the Lansing Fire Dept. We are addressing these issues in our Public Education Program and the LFD Strategic Plan. Budget update Chief Cochran would like to meet with the Finance committee next week to discuss the budget. The Chief apologizes for the short notice. The chief will be meeting with the union as well. We are looking at close to a 5% budget cut in the Fire Dept. We have identified some revenue areas that can be utilized such as: charging for treatment non-transport calls. (Such as Diabetic calls.) They are labor intensive calls where the patient is treated on scene and never transported to a hospital. Currently, those calls do not generate revenue. We could also improve on collecting money for the ambulance bills that go unpaid. Fire Board Minutes of March 14fh, 2007 page 2 of 3 Chief Cochran thanked Tim James, Bill Oberst, Deb Pacheco and Mike Lewis for the time they have spent on working on the budget. We believe we can make the cuts and not affect our service to the Citizens of Lansing. Bob Brown asked if he would be speaking with the Union. Chief Cochran intends on speaking with the Union, Fire Board Finance Committee and the Stations. We are also looking at utility controls to save energy and money. Carlos Barajas inquired as to whether the energy audit would help conserve energy in the future. The Chief believes it will definitely help. The newer stations are in pretty good shape. However, the older stations will require money to upgrade. Mike Lewis is tracking the utility costs. We may not use Chevron for the audit. The City of Lansing is looking at other companies as well. LEPFA has completed and RFQ. The energy audit will be city-wide. Carlos noted that the State of Michigan has a free program through Energy Star. Discussion followed regarding the city policy/process on the energy audit. We are focusing on three areas.- Product/Commodity Purchasing, Employee Education, Infrastructure of the Buildings. COMMITTEE REPORTS Year End Report — The Board received copies of the report that was submitted by Yvonne Young McConnell on behalf of the Fire Board. Yvonne Young McConnell noted that the report has been submitted to Mayor Bernero. Bob Brown noted that is was a "good" report. The Board members and Chief Cochran thanked Yvonne for the excellent report. OLD BUSINESS none NEW BUSINESS none GENERAL ORDER none ADJOURNMENT Yvonne Young McConnell moved to adjourn the meeting. Jodie Garcia supported the motion. The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m. I Res pec lI ub ed by: i r f .� April 111h, 2007 Patti Starnes, Fir oard Secretary Date I I I Fire Board Minutes of March 14th, 2007 page 3 of 3 tv'?� < ` Lansing Fire Department ':3 120 E. Shiawassee Street c? Lansing MI 48933 j (517) 483-4200 _ f Fax (517)483-4488 J , c'. www.lansingf!re.com Virg Bernero,Mayor Tom Cochran,Fire Chief I OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING February 14t", 2007 The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on Wednesday, February 14th, 2007, at Fire Station #8 located at 815 Marshall, Lansing, MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson, Yvonne Young McConnell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Carlos Barajas Yvonne Young McConnell Robert Brown Jr. Louis Vinson Robert Hudson Jodie Garcia Frank Ferro j COMMISSIONERS EXCUSED Helen Keeney I OTHERS PRESENT Tom Cochran, Fire Chief Patti Starnes, Administrative Secretary ECC Chief Trent Atkins Ronda Oberlin, Emergency Management Specialist Ron Finley, IAFF ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA Chairperson Yvonne Young-McConnell asked for additions to the agenda. There were none. A unanimous vote was taken to accept the Agenda as written. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Jodie Garcia made a motion to accept the December Minutes as written. Robert Brown Jr. supported the motion. Motion carried with a unanimous vote to accept the December minutes as written. COMMUNICATIONS I I Fire Board Minutes of February 14', 2007 I - -- --— -- page 1 of 3 —� i PRESENTATIONS Trent Atkins — Emergency Management Presentation- Trent Atkins presented a video overview and discussion of the operations and responsibilities of the City of Lansing Emergency Management Division • Technology • Satellite GPS Mapping • Video conferencing • White board technology LCD Projector • New copiers city wide that will have print, scan and fax capability • Satellite phone capability • 98% of the funds came from homeland security money. • Video cameras at intersection should be complete by the end of the Ronda Oberlin gave an overview on SPECIAL POPULATIONS TASKFORCE and FLOOD PLANNING The Board was given several handouts on: Animal Disasters, Flooding, Do One Thing, 7 signs of terrorism, Basic Plan, Ordinance, Business Plan, Older Population, CERT Discussed Public Act 235, 390 and 207 Working on public/private partnership 1"workshop on April 121h. Which focuses on 2 principals: Personal preparedness and Community Partnerships Portable Welder -Frank Ferro The Board and the Chief's were presented with information on a portable welder from an inventor from Howell, MI. Frank asked the board to read the info. He would like to set up a demo for LFD . There is no cost for the demo. Chief Cochran is interested in a demo of the welder. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS Chief Cochran New hires are doing well. They are almost done with "rides" . This has been a terrific group and he has received many positive comments about the recruits. I Budget—The Mayors Cabinet has been meeting every Friday to discuss the budget. Department heads were asked to submit three budget scenarios. Each with a 5%, 10% and 15% cut. One positive request that the chief was pleased about was "what was the cost of EMS?" Compared revenues between what was billed and received. The cost came out to $4300 per fire fighter. We are anticipating a 3-5% cut. Mike Lewis, Deb Pacheco, Bill Oberst Tim James and Chief Cochran are working on it. They are trying to adjust budget with no layoffs. Energy Audit - looking at Chevron Engineering Branch to do a feasibility study at no cost. A more comprehensive audit will cost money. Mayor Bernero is working on an executive order regarding energy conservation. Regional Fire EMS Study — With MSU. Working with LPD, LFD and Public Works department on a complete inventory of our assets. I I I Fire Board Minutes of February 14th, 2007 page 2 of 3 City Stat— management resource tool. City of Baltimore uses it. The Chief will have further information for the Board in the future. Public Education meeting was Monday Feb was 19th @ 1 pm at the ECC. We have met as a group twice. Chief Cochran is very excited about the plan. LFD is working on goals and a plan. Commissioner ! Ferro attended the meeting and reported that it was a very good brainstorming meeting on promoting the Lansing Fire Department. ! Donovan Smith Public Relations Firm. The Chief met with them regarding Public Relation opportunities for LFD. He will be discussing the meeting with the Mayor. This ties in with our Strategic Plan. COMMITTEE REPORTS NONE OLD BUSINESS Strategic Plan. Chief Cochran asked the board to review the final plan. I NEW BUSINESS GENERAL ORDER Stress management unit discussion — "Moving Strong" Chief Cochran discussed the new program. Deb Pacheco is heading up the new program. The plan will include LFD family members as well. I ADJOURNMENT Bob Brown made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Carlos Barajas seconded the motion. Motion carried with a unanimous vote to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Re ectfully Submitted by: Ir � March 14th , 2007 Patti Starnes, Fire Board Secretary Date I ! Fire Board Minutes of February 14th, 2007 page 3 of 3 i (5/8/2007) Patti Starnes- PLEASE POST= Fire Ard Meeting Canceled Page 1 From: Patti Starnes 1 CEI r- To: GREKO, michelle Subject: PLEASE POST= Fire Board Meeting Canceled 6J7ir�= to 35 The Fire Board Meeting scheduled for January 10th, 2007 at 6 p.m. at Station'#1l-(120.E. !;J 'i +� F,r. Shiawassee) has been canceled. �'�- ��+ If you have any questions please contact Patti Starnes in Lansing Fire Admin at 483-4564. Patti Starnes Administrative Secretary Lansing Fire Department phone 517-483-4564 fax 517-483-4488 CC: Cochran, William; Council, City; Fulger, Charles; Gaukel, Brian; Hayes, Ratana; Lewis, Michael; Mares, Rosamaria; Mayor; Oberst, Daniel; Stafford, John; Starnes, Patti; Station Mail