06-29-88 Council Workshop Minutes

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MIDIUTFS OF TIIE WORKSIIOP MEETING CITX COUNCIL AND FSRE DEPFIRTMENT LITTLE CANADA, f4INNESOTII June 29, 1~E8 Pursu~nt to due call and notice thereoP a o~orkshop meeting of the City Council and the Fire Department of the City of Little Canada, [4innesota was held on the 2~3th day of June, 198II in the Fire Ha11 located at 4~0 Little Can~da Road in said City< COUNCTL P4FP1I3~RS PRGSENT: Severly Scalze k3i.11 Blesener Rick Collova Mayor P~iichael Fahey (arrived 7:45 p.m,) F1L50 PRESENT: Chief Frank Graczylc lst Assistant Chief Diclc Boss 2nd Assistant Chief Jim Morelan Other P7embers of the Little Canada Fire Department The meeting commenced at 7:30 p.m. Chief Graczylc explained the history of the Fire Department's health and 4~elfare plan Fahich was first instituted by the Department in the 1990's long before the modern day Relief Associations were established, The nepartment put moneys earned from £und raisers (bingo, booya, dances, etc,) as u~ell as donltions into this benefit fund. The Fire Department recently took action to freeze the amounts in such fund and is presently earmarking 35T of net gambling proceeds for contribution in~o the Relief Association i'und, The remaining 65~ of net proceeds are being set aside into a capital improvement and truck ~urchase fund. Chiei- Graczyic explained the current condition of the Pire Ilall. and the need to study whether the 20 feet acquired in the past by the City on the east side of the building is sufficient to add a bay in the future due to zoning setbacks, The Chief also stated that the ceiling and doors of the Fire Hall are too lo~a to accommodate full-sized closed cab fire truclcs which are likely to be a NFPA standard in the future, The Department is studying whether it is feasible and cost efficient to raise the ceilinc~ of the E'ire Department and add a bay or whether it would be more practical in tkze long run to study major reconstruction of the fiall or a new fire ~aii, The Fire Chief also reported that the Department had recently receivecl donations from the Servants of C~iary and St. Joseph's >ociety for the purchase of new turnout gear and fire call pagers for each of the firemen, The total cost of these t4~o purchases was about 550,000 and will go a long ~aay to bringing up the Little Canada Pire Depar~ment equipment to ~.he standards present in surrounding communities. The Chief explained that the Department recently purchased video equipment for training purposes and is also purchasing a computer for assistance in the inventory o£ buildings, location of Fire Department hookups and uti.lities on bui~dings, all of which are designed to help the Fire Department do a better job. Pagc 1