September 11, 2025 Minutes
Jim Deuel called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Opening recognizing the importance of today and its history. Moment of silence.
Pledge of Allegiance Led by Jim.
Opening Prayer: The opening prayer was offered by Dallin Gamble. In attendance were Commissioners Jim Deuel, Roger Anderson, Mike Miller, Dallin Gamble and Kyle Jacobs. Fire Chiefs Nic White, Jared Giannini, Joe Schimanski, BC Corey Albertson. Attorney Dennis Wilkinson, Secretary Nile Hall, and Office Manager Amanda Albertson took minutes.
Reading of Agenda: Kyle motioned to accept the agenda as prepared. Dallin seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Roger, Mike, Dallin and Kyle in the affirmative.
Approval of Minutes: Roger made a motion to approve the minutes for the August meeting. Kyle seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Roger, Mike, Dallin and Kyle in the affirmative.
Budget Review: Nile reports we are going to make our budget, right in line with where we need to be.
Approval of Expenditures: Jim motioned to accept the expenditures of $406,475.91 and $141,405.34 for payroll for a total of $547,881.25. A large portion of the expenditure was the purchase of the ladder truck from Pocatello Fire and the ambulance from Clark County. The district did receive the ARPA dollars for the ambulance purchase from Jefferson County. Kyle seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Mike, Roger, Dallin and Kyle in the affirmative.
Executive Session as per Idaho Code 74-206 (1) (a) Personnel Issues: Action item
Commissioners excused for executive session 1907.
Commissioners returned from executive session 1921.
OLD BUSINESS:
- Swearing in New Firefighters: Austin Frandsen, Ty Whitmeyer, and Jacob Bohman sworn in.
- Engine 166: Chief White reviewed that last month we talked about what to do with the truck. We can ask for about $45,000. Looking on the website online, several other similar vehicles have been listed for several months at lower prices. Chief White proposed donating 166 to Clark County. They have been good to us and gave us a good deal on the new ambulance. Their truck is really old, and they could really use it. Roger motions to donate the truck to Clark County Fire, Kyle seconded, and voting was unanimous by Jim, Mike, Roger, Dallin and Kyle in the affirmative.
- Resin Architecture: Received clarification that the State of Idaho will be reviewing the plans for the new Ririe building. There are some of our schedule milestones that will be affected. State of Idaho reviews are 2 months out. The former building was in the utility easement, so the new building will be moved further to the East to accommodate utilities access. Boundary surveys were done independently last year. ALTA survey was not done, but there are topographic surveys being done now. October 3rd, October 24th, submitting for permit the end of October. Bateman Hall is going to put the building build out to bid within the same time as the plans are submitted to the state. Discussion about how to deal with water on the site, we will be directing the drainage to the south of the building. Information was collected and given to Dennis, he will be following up with the insurance company in the next 3 days. Metal building has been ordered and is secured.
NEW BUSINESS:
- FY25-26 Personnel Pay: Pay increases for Chief, Assistant Chief, Deputy Chief, Lieutenants to bring them more inline with where they should be. Jim motioned to approve the proposed pay increases outlined in the attached pay proposal, Kyle seconded, and voting was unanimous by Jim, Mike, Roger, Dallin and Kyle in the affirmative.
- New Fire Commissioner: Roger Anderson has accepted a position with the Jefferson Central Ambulance District. We will need to post the opening for his current fire district seat. Discussion about posting the upcoming opening now and then posting the position for applications after the elections in November. On that note, Jim Deule and Mike Miller both registered to run again in November for their seats, they were unopposed.
FIRE CHIEF REPORT:
In discussion about implementing impact fees to the individual cities within Jefferson County. The cities could simply implement our ordinance once we propose it to them. Will follow back up as we continue to work through the process.
Battalion Chief input: Nothing.
ASSISTANT CHIEF REPORT: 68 transports last month.
DEPUTY CHIEF REPORT:
Everything is going well.
Chief and I have completed some flow tests that were requested for the new school and field house. Discussion about any liability for doing the flow test. We give them the numbers of 2 different hydrants showing what pressure is available in the area. The companies completing the work on the fire systems are responsible for the rest. No liability concerns for the fire district.
Been conduction testing in Ririe for new construction and is going well.
Plan reviews are coming in steadily; we are currently caught up.
Working on an ordinance that we will be proposing here shortly.
COMMISSIONER REPORTS:
Roger – EMS & Training
Kyle Jacobs – Budget
Dallin – Facilities
Jim – Equipment
Mike – PR
Dallin makes a motion to end the meeting. Roger seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Mike, Roger, Dallin and Kyle in the affirmative.
Meeting adjourned 2000
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Pay Increase proposal
Chief $110 K
Assistant Chief $95K
Deputy Chief $90K
Medical Director $1,000 Monthly
District Treasurer $1,155 Monthly
Lieutenant
Ashton Davis $52K
Baylee Majors $52K
Matt Brockbank $52K
5% Increase
Office Manager $63,000
Samuel Corey $50,612
Hannah Simmons $47,687
Ember Edwards $47,687
4 % Increase
Hunter Jensen $47,233
Russell Overfield $47,233
Ben Schimanski $47,233
New Hires
Austin Frandsen $45,417
Ty Whitmeyer $45,417
Jacob Bohman $45,417+ 10% Medic=$49,958