October 9, 2025 Minutes

October 10, 2025

Opening Prayer: Jim Deuel called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. The opening prayer was offered by Nile Hall. In attendance were Commissioners Jim Deuel, Mike Miller, and Dallin Gamble. Fire Chiefs Nic White, Jared Giannini, Joe Schimanski, BC Mitch Bingham. Attorney Dennis Wilkinson, Secretary Nile Hall, and Office Manager Amanda Albertson took minutes. Roger is running late; he apologized he may not make the meeting. Kyle Jacobs was excused from the meeting.

Pledge of Allegiance Led by Mike.

Reading of Agenda: Mike motioned to accept the agenda as prepared. Dallin seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Mike, and Dallin in the affirmative.

Approval of Minutes: Mike made a motion to approve the minutes for the September meeting. Dallin seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Mike, and Dallin in the affirmative.

Budget Review: Nile reports we are closing out the budget for the fiscal year 24-25. Pleased to report that we will be ending the year within budget.

Approval of Expenditures: Dallin motioned to accept the expenditures of $56,087.80 and $137,616.74 for payroll for a total of $193,704.54. Mike seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Mike, and Dallin in the affirmative.

OLD BUSINESS:

New Fire Commissioner for Zone 3: Discussion as to when Zone 3 seat needs to be vacated and replacement needs to be named. Jim discussed that we need to post the position opening in the Jefferson Star. Once we have a notice of the vacancy, we have 60 days to fill the vacancy. We will need a letter of resignation from Roger, so we have his intend of vacating the seat on file. Jim motioned to have Nile post Central Fire District Ririe Zone 3 opening in the Jefferson Star, Mike seconded, and voting was unanimous by Jim, Mike, and Dallin in the affirmative.
1. Jim addressed the CFD leadership and public attending. If anyone knows someone who is interested in the commissioner seat, please encourage them to inquire about the position and apply.

NEW BUSINESS:

Bateman Hall Contractor Payment Request: Chief White asked for clarification as to who should be signing for payment requests and change orders; commissioners in attendance all agree Chief White is authorized to sign change orders and payment requests as they are requested by Bateman Hall. The project has already been approved by the commissioners, just provide updates as we have them.
Fee Schedule Update: Chief White explained that we had 2 fees we just needed to update as a correction. We would also like to implement a fee for service due to the amount of requests we are getting to cover events both as EMS and Fire personnel. Mike approved posting the proposed fee schedule in the Jefferson Star and scheduling a public meeting in November to take place prior to commissioners’ meeting, Dallin seconded, and voting was unanimous by Jim, Mike, and Dallin in the affirmative.
Turnouts and Helmets: We had budgeted for ordering 10 turnouts and 15 structure fire helmets during this new fiscal budget. Due to anticipated pricing changes, we went ahead and ordered both the helmets and turnouts to secure the quoted prices. The turnout quote came in at $42,761.76, and the helmets quote came in at $6,849.45. Anticipated arrival for the items is still a couple months out.
Urban Renewal Donation, Equipment Ladder Truck: Urban Renewal approved the purchase of $27,000.00 in equipment for the ladder truck. We have to make the purchase, and they will reimburse us once it has been received. We will be moving forward with that purchase the quote we obtained from L.N Curtis for $27,790.23. We just wanted to let you know the funds will be reimbursed.
Radios: Chief White explained the need for 10 handheld radios and 2 mobile radios, the quote is in the amount of $33,082.80. We would also like to purchase 3 dual band radios that quote came in at $15,135.00. We would like to utilize funds budgeted in the communications budget. As you know we have a drone that was donated to us a few years ago, we are using it a lot more than we anticipated we would. We would like to also utilize some of the communication budget to purchase a new drone. We are working on a quote, but the price for a new drone is about $10,000. Mike motions to approve the purchase of 10 new handheld radios, 2 new mobile radios and a new drone, Jim seconded, and voting was unanimous by Jim, Mike, and Dallin in the affirmative.

FIRE CHIEF REPORT:

With the government shut down we still have not gotten a response on the SAFER grant submission. Regardless of what happens with the grant, we will need to discuss hiring additional personnel this next year. We are not exactly sure what that looks like right now, it could be 3 additional personnel, or 12. Please keep this in mind for the next few months as we discuss needs and purchases.

Battalion Chief input: Nothing.

ASSISTANT CHIEF REPORT: 54 transports last month, we were busy

DEPUTY CHIEF REPORT:

Everything is going well; I have been busy with plans. We have sprinkler plans and fire plan reviews coming in consistently.

Floor opened to the public if they would like to comment by Jim Deule:

No one from the

COMMISSIONER REPORTS:

Roger – EMS & Training

Kyle Jacobs – Budget

Dallin – Facilities

Jim – Equipment

Mike – PR