Members Present: Fire Chief Mark DuCharme, City Administrators Myles McGrath/Excelsior; Dana Young/Deephaven; Nancy Kelm/Greenwood; Sara Irvine/Tonka Bay and Craig Dawson/Shorewood.

The agenda was approved as submitted.

Fire Chief DuCharme pointed out the Dance on July 25^th is put on by the Fire Relief Association although the advertising states it is the Fire District.

He reported that there has been 344 fire calls for the year to date (through June 2003) and those are split at about a 50/50 fire/medical.

Kelm questioned if we should consider raising the fee for false alarms attributed to mechanical failure of alarms. DuCharme stated that the EFD staff is working on getting notice to cities in order for them to bill residents. Irvine suggested that we wait until staff gets the tracking on course and then review the number of false alarms after six months and address the topic again.

The committee reviewed the fire calls and pointed out that the duty officer handled four calls and this cut down on fire fighter hours.

West Side – DuCharme reported that the construction is about two weeks behind schedule due to weather conflicts. There have been no financial surprises for the past month. The emergency flashers will cost about $25,000.

Dawson reported that all site visits could be coordinated with Fire Chief. There will be on going site visits one hour prior to the monthly board meetings.

Dawson also reported that the Moody’s rating is now AA3 due to fund balance, financial practices and expanding tax base.

East Side – DuCharme reported that the architect may want to increase his fee due to the changes that are taking place with the design. The plan is to have something in place soon for a timeline of the project. It would be preferable to award the bid in August. The district cost for the demolition and relocation of the salt shed may be about $30,000 due to Xcel wires and neighbor concerns for aesthetics of the area according to Young.

Young also reported that there are no final info on the well as the contractor has not received all his information from subcontractors yet. The well will be placed next to the warming house. All bid proposal work will be done by City of Deephaven and billed back to the district. According to Young, the City of Deephaven will cover maintenance on the well and there should be no charge to the district for use of water. He was unclear if there would be electrical costs.

Dawson motion to approve bills as submitted; second by Young. All voted in favor of the motion.

DuCharme reported that the Fire Relief Association is up by $100,000.

Irvine motion to adjourn; seconded by Kelm. All voted aye to adjourn the meeting at 1:45.

Submitted by:

Sara Irvine

City of Tonka Bay

Clarify the difference between the payment by the District to Deephaven for demolition and relocation of sand shed and the Lease Payment owed by the District to Deephaven for the use of the Land for the Station …