April 9, 2026 Minutes

April 10, 2026

Opening Prayer – Dallin called the meeting to order at 7:17 PM. The opening prayer was offered by Wynn. In attendance were Commissioners Jim Deuel, Wynn Whitmeyer, Kyle Jacobs, and Dallin Gamble. Mike Miller is excused; he is on an active fire. Fire Chief Nic White. Chief’s Jared Giannini and Joe Schimanski are both excused, also on the same fire. BC Mitch Bingham and Corey Albertson. Office Manager Amanda Albertson took minutes.

Pledge of Allegiance – Lead by Dallin Gamble.

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

Approval of Minutes – Kyle motioned to approve the meeting minutes from March. Wynn seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Wynn, Kyle, and Dallin in the affirmative.

Budget Review: Amanda reviewed the budget, as Nile is not in attendance. For being halfway through the fiscal year, we are on target with the budget. The Station 2 rebuilding expenses coming in are starting to add up, we are still corresponding back and forth with ICRMP waiting for a decision. Wynn motioned to approve Payroll in the amount of $165,813.55 and Expenses in the amount of $112,169.88 for a total of $277,983.43. Kyle seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Wynn, Kyle, and Dallin in the affirmative.

OLD BUSINESS:

Ririe Station Update: We are still waiting on the State for permit approval. There has been some back and forth on the plans requesting some clarification on specs. The project is still on track. We are hoping to have the permit approved within a couple weeks. Dennis received another reply from ICRMP now asking for the permit application and bid package for the building. Dennis will be working on drafting a reply and setting a time limit for a response.
Station Security Door Locks: OMNI was able to update the bid package to accurately reflect all the equipment and subscriptions comparable to the D&D Electric bid. Looking over the bids, the Chief would recommend using D&D Electric. The equipment and installation are slightly more, however annual subscription and application fee is less. In addition, the equipment and monitoring will integrate seamlessly with the district’s new hardware and monitoring system. Jim motions to go forward with the station security upgrade using D&D Electric. Kyle seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Wynn, Kyle and Dallin in the affirmative.

NEW BUSINESS:

Employee Assistance Program: As you are all aware, we recently had a death within our district personnel. Hunter was one of our full-time personnel. The unfortunate situation has brought to our attention that we need to investigate some employee assistance program options for our personnel. The commissioners agree that the employees, full-time and volunteer, are a high priority for the district. The administrative staff will be looking for some options to bring back to the Commissioners for discussion.
Employee Life Insurance Policy: We would like to check into some insurance and life insurance coverage. The current accidental death policy we have only covers on-duty death. As many of you are aware, first responders take what happens home with them and it can cause emotional and mental health issues. With the growth of the district and the increase in calls each year, we need to investigate better overall coverage for the full-time personnel. The Commissioners agree and encourage the administrative staff to inquire about coverage. Discussion to table this item until next month and have administrative staff bring some quotes and information back to the commissioners.
SCBA Upgrade, financing option: Chief Giannini and Nile have been talking to Zion’s Bank. The current quote for upgrading the SCBA packs and masks is good until April 30^th, as of May 1^st there will be a 6% increase. We are proposing to accept the quote and starting the order, delivery will not be until mid-October. The purchase will be placed in next fiscal year’s budget. Kyle motions to accept the proposal for SCBA replacement quote to lock in the price quoted and the district reserves the right to finance or pay in full the invoice closer to deliver. Wynn seconded and voted was unanimous by Jim, Wynn, Kyle and Dallin.

FIRE CHIEF REPORT:

We have been busy, as you have seen and heard we are already in fire season.
Discussion of tracking fire apparatus replacement. On that note, we still need to plan to replace the fire engines at Station 3 and for E5. Pierce has a list they put out every six months of the stock builds that will be available, we may want to think about getting on the list to receive a stock truck. It has been beneficial making payments on trucks in production, so they are paid off by the time we receive them.
- Kyle would like to see a list of all the trucks to create a sheet of replacement plan for the vehicles. Chief will get the updated list of trucks to Kyle.
Mike isn’t here but he asked me to bring up we might want to put on our radar to look for some property around County Line and 3900 E. With the growth south of town, we need to be planning for a future station in that area to help with coverage.

– Battalion Chief input – Nothing to report this month.

ASSISTANT CHIEF REPORT:

Amanda has report: We had 147 EMS reports for March, 54 of those were billable.

DEPUTY CHIEF REPORT:

Chief report: We have already had 7 plan reviews for the month. We have firework display applications and firework stand applications coming in. The prevention bureau is picking up and not slowing down anytime soon.

COMMISSIONER REPORTS:

Wynn – EMS & Training

Jim – Equipment

Dallin – Facilities

Kyle – Budget

Mike – PR

Jim motioned to adjourn the meeting, Kyle seconded and voting was unanimous by Jim, Wynn, Kyle, and Dallin in the affirmative.