Wallingford Fire District No. 1

 MINUTES OF THE PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE MEETING
April 8, 2009

Called to Order: Scott Sendra called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.   Also present was Charlie Baker, Dennis Stocker and Maureen Duchesne/Clerk-Treasurer.  

Visitors: Alicia Sharp, Jeff Duchesne, Bill Brooks, Zoltan Horvath and Justus Cameron from McKernon Group, Ron Bess and Chris Kieper from World Claim  

Bill Brooks said it was brought up at last Select board meeting about a possibility of going forward with getting the voting to be able to happen both between district 1 and 3 residents that they might have to do is tweak the contract a little.  Will check with VLCT for legal issue on adding this to the contract.  

Zollie gave us a presentation as to where things are with the boys camp. He introduced Justus who is the project engineer. The demolition is complete. Showed us the updated plans for construction.  Went over all the code upgrades and has been working up some numbers for Ron to go to the insurance with.  Zollie is in the process of getting plans for the sprinkler system that we do have to do.  Zollie said that he is working at getting some numbers for Ron to give insurance to get an upfront check.  We went over the contract that needs to be signed.  

Ron went over that he is getting information from Zollie and dealing with the insurance and getting us up front money to start with. Ron also said that we need to get a list as to what we lost in the kitchen for utensils and pots and pans.    

Approval for Minutes:  Scott S said we had a couple of lines that were repeated in the minutes.   Charlie B made the motion to accept minutes with the correction.  Seconded by Dennis S.  Motion passed with no further discussion  (3/0).  

Approval for the Fire District Pay Order:  Charlie B made the motion to accept the pay orders. Seconded by Dennis S.  Motion passed (3/0).

Old Business:  The blow-off issue was again tabled as we had a lot of other business.  Dennis said that he would like us to take procession of the fire hydrant that we have paid for.  I did tell them that Dale is in contact with the company and it will be delivered shortly.  We need to get the hydrant replaced that is at the end of the bridge to a 4 inch connection. Will need to schedule this with Dale and Mark after we check with Charlie Woods about the guardrail next to the bridge.  

New Business:  Motion  made by Scott to propose to the construction crew for the bridge that they buy a shed from Garden Time or Home Depot  and the Fire Dept will run the phone and power and then when they are done they leave the shed. It was seconded by Dennis.  No discussion motion carried 3/0.  

Motion made by Charlie B to reduce the rate for Wildwood Co-Op to $90 for rental of lodge in August. It was seconded by Dennis S.  No discussion  motion carried 3/0.  

Jeff  let the board know that the lock to the gas tank had been cut again.  It was said that we could sell what gas was left in the tank to the fire fighters for what it cost us which is $1.60 a gallon. The department will then switch to diesel for the trucks.  Scott made motion to sell the gas and it was seconded by Dennis. Motion carried 3/0.   Jeff  then asked about getting signs to put in the parking for unauthorized vehicles.  Scott made motion to buy signs and it was seconded by Charlie.  No further discussion motion carried 3/0.   

Public Comments: None.  

Other Business/Announcements:  None.  

Executive Session: None.

Next Meeting: The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Prudential Committee will be on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at 6:00 P.M. at the Wallingford Fire Station on Railroad Street.  

Adjournment:  Scott S made the motion that the meeting be adjourned.  Dennis Stocker seconded the motion.  No further discussion.  Motion carried (3/0).  The meeting adjourned at 9:02 P.M.  

Respectfully Submitted:

Maureen Duchesne - Clerk/Treasurer                                            Date Approved:  5/13/09

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