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Minutes December 1 <br />Shared Fire Service Study Group <br />Minutes from December 1st Meeting <br />Attendees: Matt Hylen (St Francis), Jerry Tveit (St Francis), Rick Juba (Oak Grove), Kevin Robinson (Oak Grove), Curt Hallermann (Oak Grove), <br />Mark Quackenbush (Oak Grove), Sarah Strommen (Ramsey), Kurt Ulrich (Ramsey), Dean Kapler (Ramsey/Nowthen/St Francis), David Arcand <br />(Bethel), Corrie LaDoucer (Nowthen), Bill Schulz (Nowthen) <br />Introductions <br />Introductions were made around the room <br />Detail Memberships and Voting Members <br />Kurt Ulrich reviewed the cities present and the memberships including the members that would be voting on decisions of the group (Elected <br />and Administrative from each city). <br />Nominations for Chair and Vice Chair <br />Jerry Tveit (St Francis) was nominated by Matt Hylen and seconded by Sarah Strommen (Ramsey). Unanimous vote yes. <br />Sarah Strommen (Ramsey) was nominated by Kurt Ulrich (Ramsey) and seconded by Rick Juba (Oak Grove) Unanimous vote yes. <br />Review of Joint Powers Agreements <br />Secretary Dean Kapler passed out packets including documents from the five fire districts. Group directed Secretary to distribute the same <br />information electronically to all members along with minutes from meeting. <br />Budgeting Major Maintenance projects <br />Secretary shared information from the five districts. Basically a mix of city budgeting and district budgeting of major maintenance projects (re- <br />roofing, tuck -pointing, etc.) <br />League of MN Cities Model Agreements <br />Secretary shared the League of MN Cities website has several model agreements for contracted services but not any that deal specifically with <br />fire district agreements. Group was encouraged to visit the League's website. <br />Press Releases <br />Group discussed the press release that was in local papers and TV. Consensus was the current distribution was adequate. <br />Demographics of each Community <br />Representative of each city made short presentation of details of their community. It was agreed each community would use Assessors Office <br />Data and provide to Secretary the following: <br />• Amount of Business/Commercial <br />• Amount of Residential <br />• Amount of Institutional <br />Each community will also provide the following: <br />• Capital plans (fire service) within a 10 yr. plan <br />• List of all vehicles and trailers <br />• Planned future expenditures of $25,000 or more or significant capital plans (ex. Wells) <br />• Any notable issues or other purchases <br />• Current Population and 2030 forecast <br />Grant Recipients for Shared Services <br />Secretary informed group that in January the MN State Fire Marshal's Office will have a list of 8 recipients of grants for the purpose of joint <br />ventures. Secretary was directed to find out details on next round of grants. <br />23 <br />