Western Coventry Fire District

4661 Flat River Road

Greene, RI  02827

(401) 397-7520

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11-20-08            

Board of Directors Meeting

Present:

Chairman Kent Novak                 Depty Ch Donald Hall

                                                     Mod. Charles Smith

Members:                                     Tax Coll. Joan Smith

Robert Guastini                            Tres. Glenn Underwood

Richard Holt                                Bldg .Comm.Ch. John Humble

Jon Mitchell                                 F/F Steven Autieri

                                                     Skip Mays

Absent Peter Beauchaine

The first half of the meeting was not tape due to mal function of recorder, however, all reports are file with the meeting minutes.

Motion was made and seconded to accept the minutes of the Oct 2008 meeting as give. Discussion. Unanimous vote to approve.

Ch. Kent Novak requested a moment of silence in memory of Retired Fire Chief and Board Member Chief Thomas Haynes who had recently passed away.

There was no open forum.

Kent Novak announced that the ground breaking for the new fire station would be on 11-22-08 at 2:00PM.

Mod. Chuck Smith recommended to the board of directors that Mr. Richard Holt be accepted to the board to replace Chief Haynes till the April 2009 annual meeting where there position would be placed on the ballot.

This was approved by the Board of Directors.

Chief Report Joel Pomfret

The Chief’s report included a report from Capt. Mann about the update for the firefighters grant,(attached).

Also included in the Chief’s  report was updates on the RTV/ATV, RI EMA RADIO and Woodlands Grant .

Tres. Report: Glenn Underwood

Glenn Spoke of budget concerns of the spending for the new station and again cautioned on bill being paid.

Glenn also handed out the Audit that was completed as is done every year, and commented that even with the new station we are still on pretty good grounds but we still have to be frugal.

Tax Collector’s Report: Joan Smith

Report attached to minutes.

At this point in the meeting, Kent Novak noticed that the reports given so far had not been approved as being accepted by the board.

Motion made by Robert Guastini seconded by Jon Mitchell that the Chief’s report, Treasurer’s report, and Tax Collector’s report be accepted as presented. Discussion.

Unanimous vote to  accept all reports as given.

District Clerk’s Report Denis F. Fournier

 The notice for letters of intent to hold public office in the fire district was posted in Nov 2008, and appeared in the news paper for the entire month of December to give everyone ample time to make their intentions known.

Motion: Made by Robert Guastini seconded by Richard Holt to accept report as given. Discussion. Unanimous to accept as given.

Building Committee: John Humble (report attached)

John stated that the committee has held five meetings since that last board meeting, and things are going well.

Motion: Made by Jon Mitchell, seconded by Robert Guastini to accept the building report as presented. Discussion. Unanimous vote to accept.

OLD BUSINESS

There is no SAP/SOP committee report.

ISO update Kent Novak mentioned of the briefing by Mark Shelly last week.

Members are getting a survey together for the taxpayers about ISO.

Discussion continued about ISO and water points and this will continue in the coming months.

New Business:

For Dec. 2008 forming committees for things that have to be done.

Motion made  by Robert Guastini seconded by Jon Mitchell to adjoujrn. So Voted.

Denis F. Fournier

WCFD Clerk