BFCESD SEPT 14, 2023 MEETING MINUTES (APPROVAL OCT 12,2023)

1. PledgeofAllegiance
2. RollCall—SeeAbove
3. Scott Spaeth made a motion to approve the Aug 10, 2023 Meeting Minutes, 2nd by Rick Oswalt, carried 4-0
4. Public Input-Linda Zilmer- Edgewater’s meeting regarding Sawyer Cty Ambulance, WTA meeting in Cable if anyone is interested on Contracting for EMS on Sept 20th.
5. Scott Spaeth made a motion to accept the 2022 Audit-Two Rivers Accounting LLC as presented, 2nd by Rick Oswalt, carried 4-0
6. Fire Department Report-see attached; Fire department will no longer be doing hydrant testing for the Village of Birchwood
7. AmbulanceServiceReport-see attached
8. Friends of the BFCESD Report-see attached
9. Building/FundRaisingCommitteereport
   Scott Spaeth made a motion approve purchase of laptop and Microsoft Office for meeting/conference/trainings for the Mosaic program for zoom and for the Active 911 in the bay, 2nd by Rick Oswalt, carried 4-0
10. Tabled add to Oct Meeting-Presentation on BFCESD Logo and approval
11. Tabled add to Oct Meeting-Long Term Capital Plan for Fire and Ambulance Department
12. Scott Spaeth made a motion to approve the proposal from Advance Cleaning Service, 2nd by Rick Oswalt, carried 4-0 Cindy will contact them to set up cleaning schedule.
13. Tabled add to Oct Meeting-Discussion on Social Media sites
14. New Business
    TOB—Nothing, TOD—Nothing, TOE—Nothing, TOLL-Absent, TOW-nothing, TOCL—Absent, VOB-Absent
15. Scott Spaeth made a motion to approve donations of $100 to the Building Fund and the amount of $1971.00 to the Auxiliary acct from cookbooks and the open house rec’d since Aug 10th 2023, 2nd by Rick Oswalt, carried 4-0
16. Scott Spaeth made a motion to approve the Bookkeepers report as presented, 2nd by Rick Oswalt, carried 4-0
17. Scott Spaeth made a motion to approve the checks presented for payment
    Main Acct checks-# 8579-8625 (8580 replaced 8549–7/8 Industrial Safety)
    Main Acct EFT’s-226-233
    Building Fund Acct Checks-1061-1066 (1061 replaced #1048–7/8 Industrial Safety) 2nd by Rick Oswalt, carried 4-0
18. Review Correspondence- Water information from Village of Birchwood
19. Commissioners Input
    TOB-Rick Oswalt—Town of Birchwood is dropping Sawyer Cty EMS as of Dec 31,2023 and will be using BFCESD EMS as of Jan 1, 2024. Bylaws will need updated with this change.
    TOD-Al Dirkes—Nothing
    TOE-Scott Spaeth—Nothing
    TOLL-Bob Moulette—Absent
    TOW-Cindy Fairchild—Nothing
    VOB-Dan Wichser-Absent
    TOCL-Mike Hessling–Absent
20. Rick Oswalt made a motion to adjourn @ 8:12 p.m., 2nd by Scott Spaeth, carried 4-0