Minutes of the April 2nd, 2008
Meeting
The April Meeting was called to order at 7:33
PM by President Mike Pellek. There were
16 members present.
The Secretary’s Report was given
by Secretary Craig Babcock. He checked
to see if all present were receiving the minutes and notifications via
email. They are. Craig noted that he had received notification
from the State Association at 2 PM this afternoon that tomorrow’s meeting has
been rescheduled to the 29th of April with no location noted. Craig also clarified that our five NJFPPA
members are the officers and Rich Heimbach.
Their applications and a check have long since been submitted to the
State Association.
The Treasure’s report was given by
Treasurer Marty Reynolds as follows:
The
checking account began March with a balance of $2763.50
Minus 165.00 in expenses and
Plus 405.00 in deposits
For an ending balance of $3003.50
The
savings account began March with a balance of
$18,858.61
Plus 4.79 in
interest
For an ending balance of $18,863.40
Marty also noted that The Bank of
New York has started to charge $16 per month for services. He will meet with them tomorrow. A motion was made by Rich Heimbach and
seconded by Ian Bell to accept the Treasurer’s Report which passed.
The County Fire Marshall’s Report
was given by Dave Barter. He stated that
the County will provide duel Knox Boxes for all county buildings with one key
for the county and one key for the municipality. If you have questions about this program for
county buildings in your jurisdiction you should contact Craig Goss at
973-829-8199 at the County Fire Marshall’s Office or leave a message at OEM at
973-829-8600.
The Master Planning Report was
given by Rich Heimbach who stated that they are pursuing three initiatives:
state web site access for fire officials, sprinklers in one and two family
homes, and the renaming of “non-life hazard” to something else so they will get
inspected annually. The latter raised many
questions from the members present.
Vinnie Corsaro reported on
Mike Pellek reported that, with
regards to the MCFPA Fire Safety Trailer, golf outing information packets will
be available at the May meeting. Help
from the membership with the event will be greatly appreciated.
Ian Bell asked that members stay
after the meeting to judge posters. It
was agreed that the June 4th meeting would serve to honor the poster
award winners. That meeting is to be
held at the Public Service Training Academy at 7:30 PM. President Pellek asked that Secretary Babcock
get this information to Barry Howard so this special meeting can be placed on
the web site. Mike also asked that
members attend the June meeting in uniform.
There was no OLD BUSINESS.
Under NEW BUSINESS Rich Heimbach
made a motion seconded by Joe Serecchia that Phil Wilk be provided with a budget
of up to $700 for the purchase of fire safety handouts for the 4 H fair this
year. The motion passed.
Dave Barter, from the County Fire
Marshall’s Office was reminded by Rich Heimbach that the County Fire Marshall
had stated that they would not be able to provide financial support for this
event but that they could provide manpower.
Under GOOD AND WELFARE Craig
Babcock regretted to announce the passing of Rockaway Township Fire Marshall
Jim Miller’s mother. President Pellek
asked Secretary Babcock to send a card to Jim Miller expressing the
Association’s condolences.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:08
PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Craig Babcock
MCFPA Secretary
The next meeting is at 10:00 AM on Wednesday May 7th
at the
FYI: Craig Bellamy reports that information about
fire official access to the DCA/DFS web site can be obtained from karen.luckie@dca.state.nj.us.