Rich Civic Times
GARDEN
CITY, Utah. June 20, 2013. Garden City
Fire District Board Meeting. Chief Dan Kurek stated that Tender 40 has been
repaired and is now operational. Repairs
on the Brush 4 pump will be completed this week. Many items have needed repair. Chief Kurek will have the Fireboat ready to
go within the next few days.
To
limit potential liability to the Garden City Fire District, Chief Kurek
recommended that a file containing drug test results, as well as driving
records obtained from the Utah Division of Motor Vehicles, be maintained for
each fire fighter. Since Fire Board
member Ben Negus participated in last month’s board meeting via telephone, he
said he did not have time to read the minutes and review this issue. Therefore,
he asked that the proposed new drug testing policy be tabled until next month’s
meeting.
The board is considering the approval
of a policy that will allow electronic meetings, meaning that one or more
members of the board may participate via speaker phone or other electronic
means. Since not all of the board
members were present, it was determined to table this issue until next month’s
meeting when, hopefully, the entire board will be in attendance.
A policy to assess a $50 fee
against short term rentals on the third and subsequent visits by the Fire Chief
is under consideration.
A short term rental property
has experienced carbon monoxide issues at least twice. Consequently, Garden City Ordinance Officer
Andy Stokes has suspended the short term rental license for the property until
a technician certifies that the problem has been resolved.
Equipment to fight wild fires
purchased using government wildland grant funds is District property, and is
not owned by any individual fire fighter.
Chief Kurek will notify all present and former fire fighters of this
policy and of the requirement to return all equipment to the fire station.
There were no purchase
requisitions this month. All vehicle/equipment/and
station service requests were checked, serviced, and fixed by Chief Dan Kurek.
Responses:
10 short term inspections
14 fire pits
6 business inspections
6 medical assists
1 fire alarm (school)
1 CO
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