SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

PROTECTION COMMITTEE MINUTES

Minutes Prepared by: Gail Nichols

Note: These minutes are subject to further editing.  Once approved by the Protection Committee the official minutes will be on file at the police department.

APPROVED: ______________________

Call to Order:  The Protection Committee was called to order by President Pollitt at 5:05 P.M. on Monday September 15, 2008.

Roll Call: Present were; President Pollitt, Bob Allen, Michelle Teale and Gene Dymek.  Also present were Police Chief Steve Olson and Tom Westphal representing the Fire and Rescue.

Arriving at 5:15 p.m. were George Spadoni and Fire Chief Jon Kemmett.  Trustee O’Connell also arrived at approximately 5:15 p.m.

Absent were; Mike Van Dyke and Patricia Goff.

MOTION by Teale / 2^nd Allen to approve the August 2008 minutes.  Motion carried.

No visitors to be heard.

General Business for Consideration:

1. October Protection Committee meeting was set for OCTOBER 20^TH AT 5:00 PM.
2. Background Checks for Fontana Fire and EMS Personnel:  Chief Olson explained that all new hires for the Village require a back ground check for employment. Cost to the village is $5.00 per check.  No background checks have been done in the past for Fire and EMS persons.

***MOTION Pollitt / 2^nd  Teale to make a recommendation to the Village Board that would require all new hire members of the FFD and EMS to submit to a background check.  Motion carried.

3. Water Safety Patrol Notification to Emergency Services:  President Pollitt explained that this summer there was a life-saving incident on the beach and the emergency services of Fontana were never notified.  Therefore the patient was never checked out, which could have had some negative results to the patient. 

***MOTION Teale / 2^nd Allen, to make a recommendation to the Board that would require the Water Safety Patrol, to always notify the Fontana Police and EMS of any life saving incident when it occurs on Fontana beach.  Motion carried.  

FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT

Tom Westphall said the Fire Department election, which is held yearly, is scheduled for this evening, Monday September 15^th.  Running for Fire Chief is Jon Kemmett, Wolf Nitch, and Scott Peterson. 

Jon Kemmett reported to Westphal that the ISO person will be coming soon to examine the books for ISO reading.  No date has been set.  Fontana ISO rating is presently at 4. 

Jon Kemmett said he is presently meeting with the Finance Committee regarding the 2009 budget.

EMS REPORT

Approve New Pay for EMS for Board Approval: EMS is asking for $15.00 per hour for each EMS call they respond to instead of $15.00 per call.  Chief Kemmett said they presently get about $20,000 from the Village to offset meeting costs, training and call costs.  The increase of $15.00 per call would come from those same funds and would not impact the village budget in any other way.  Should all of these costs go over the $20,000 the overage would come from the billing monies collected by EMS.  The EMS budget would not change.