Prudential Committee Present: John Haran, Jeff Costa, Joe Sylvia The Chairman called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm on May 12, 2017 at Fire District 1 Present: Members of the Fire District and concerned neighbors. Election of Officers Chairman John Haran opened the meeting at 6:00 and the first item on the agenda was election of officers. Joe Sylvia made the motion to make Jeff Costa chairman and John Haran clerk. John Haran seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. Vendor Warrant Vendor warrant V-11 was for $21,435.09. Jeff Costa made a motion to accept. John Haran seconded the motion. It passed 3 0. John Foster said the auditors would like to stay on and review bills and would do it for $100 a month which they would split amongst themselves. John Foster said he had no problem with it and they have caught mistakes in bills in the past. John Foster said he would prefer mistakes get caught before we sign the warrant. Jeff Costa said it is our job and now we will take more time to review bills. Payroll Warrant Payroll warrant P-11 was for $36,039.44 was signed at the annual meeting. Jeff Costa made a motion to accept. John Haran seconded the motion. It passed 3 0. Building Maintenance The Deputy Chief Jake Bettencourt said the only issue is the plumbing down stairs. He said they now have the tiles to replace the damaged tiles and duty guys will install them. Chairman Costa asked if we had the report from Servpro, Jake said yes. John Haran said it appears that the insurance will not pay for the plumbing
because it was fatigue and old age. Chairman Costa asked for a copy of all bills. Chairman Costa asked if Servpro indicated that there was a bigger issue with mold downstairs. Jake Bettencourt replied no. John Foster asked what the deductable was and John Haran replied, $1,000. Jake Bettencourt also said they checked the ceiling tiles which were okay. Chairman Costa asked John Haran if he had checked with the board of health, to which John Haran replied that he had an they had no issue with the plumbing problem in the cellar. Equipment Maintenance Jake Bettencourt told the committee that Engine One was sent to Minuteman on Monday to fix the packing on the pump and it was back by noontime. Tower One has a generator issue and we will be using R.A. Mitchell, who repaired it last time. The generator is not generating enough power. The aerial tests will be done at the end of the month. John Haran asked how old the tower was, to which Jake Bettencourt replied it s a 2002. Jake Bettencourt informed the committee that the new gear had arrived. Health Insurance for chief; Mayflower, Blue Cross John Haran informed the committee that the District would have to adopt 32B in order to have insurance from Mayflower. He went on to say that its not in the best interest to join because it would open us up to liabilities after employment. The Town of Dartmouth has a liability of over $40 million and the City of New Bedford is over $220 million. Chairman Costa said he will have to talk to Attorney Savastano about this because he believes his insurance stops after employment and that it s in his contract. John Foster said you would have to go to a special meeting to adopt it. John Haran said he found two plans at Blue Cross/Blue Shield; HMO Blue Basic and Access Blue Basic. Chairman Costa asked if we adopted 32B did it cancel out his contract. John Foster said they (Mayflower and MIIA) do not want you to join without accepting 32 B. John Foster said they person he talked to about adopting 32 B without section 9 would not put it in
writing for fear of getting sued. Joe Sylvia asked if the Blue Cross was equivalent to what he has now. John Haran gave copies of both plans to Jake Bettencourt for Jake to give to the chief. Chairman Costa asked what we pay now for his insurance. John Haran replied 52%/48% like the town. Chairman Costa said he wanted to give him something he can afford. John Foster said you have to offer insurance no matter what just by the number of hours he works here. Chairman Costa said we can offer him this, he can refuse it and we can go from there. Chairman Costa made a motion that we offer him these two, John Haran seconded it. Motion passed 3-0. Chairman Costa said he looked them over and they looked like decent plans. Compensation time for chief; new compensation time sheet for chief No action taken, chief not present. 10 A Bridge Street lawsuit meeting minutes; February 11,2015, March 11, 2015, April 8, 2015 John Haran informed the committee that chief Ellis asked that they be put on the agenda. Chairman Costa said he was not on the committee at that time and has not reviewed them yet. John Haran said he would send them to the chairman. John Haran said he could ask Mr. Rheaume, the engineer on the project to come in and answer questions. Chairman Costa asked if he would come in for nothing to which John Haran replied yes. Old Fire Station on Bridge Street John Haran told the committee that there is a lot of interest in the property and that a lot of people want to be involved in the process. The chairman said it is crazy to hold a meeting until we get procession of the building. Joe Sylvia asked if anyone checked out the condition of the porch over at the Old Fire Station. John Foster said you can check it out from the street. The property is still in the hands of the Town. John Haran informed the committee that a lady had call him about the safety of the porch and that he was going to place two pieces of wood to stop
access to the porch. The chairman said if you do do it, you are doing it on your own, not part of this board. Ms. Avila asked if the Stat ambulance contract be on the next agenda. Adjourn A motion was made by Jeff Costa to adjourn, seconded by John Haran. It was voted unanimously to adjourn.