STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District have been released.
STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT
Regular Open – Board Meeting Minutes
Place: Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District House 1 3 Basler Dr, Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670 February 20, 2024
CALL TO ORDER:
Ernie Weiler called the regular meeting to order at 5:10 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Chairperson, Ernie Weiler, Sub-District 1 Vice Chairperson, Don Kuehn, Sub-District 6 Treasurer, Dennis Jokerst, Sub-District 2 Secretary, Nick Werner, Sub-District 3 Member, Bill Everett, Sub-District 4 Member, Carl “CJ” Okenfuss, Sub-District 5
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
None
EMPLOYEES PRESENT:
Kendall Shrum, EMT-P, Administrator Mary Grieshaber, Office Manager Chad Kiefer, EMT-P, Captain Emily Berg, EMT-P
RECOGNIZE VISITORS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT:
Colin Rogers
Colin Rogers with Brockmiller Construction offered his company’s assistance with the build of House 3 in the development package which is similar to a lease/purchase package. Brockmiller has done other public entity builds in our community as well as other ambulance services in surrounding areas. A motion was made to contact our attorney about this project and to publish for bid of a lease/purchase project. We will also begin working with Brockmiller to get plans and preliminary costs drawn up.
MOTION TO OFFER PUBLIC BID WHILE WORKING WITH BROCKMILLER:
Made the motion: Bill Everett Seconded the motion: Nick Werner In favor: All Opposed: None
EMPLOYEES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD:
None
BOARD MEETING MINUTES:
A motion was made and the and January Regular Board Meeting minutes were approved:
APPROVAL OF BOARD MEETING MINUTES:
Made the motion: Dennis Jokerst Seconded the motion: Nick Werner In favor: All Opposed: None
TREASURER’S REPORT:
There are 2 CD’s maturing this month. Kendall will renew them and get to where we have a CD maturing every calendar quarter. Sales tax for the year is down. County tax is down due to the problems with the Collector’s office not getting all the tax bills out. Hopefully they will resolve the issue by the end of the month. A&W is the radio company. We spent $37,000 to purchase new radios a $20,000 grant for this was recently received. Kendall has applied for another $20,000 grant to purchase the handhelds which will cost approximately $45,000.
A motion was made to approve the bills and checks for payment as presented:
APPROVAL OF BILL PAYMENTS AS PRESENTED:
Made the motion: Bill Everett Seconded the motion: Dennis Jokerst In favor: All Opposed: None
A motion was made to approve the Treasurer’s Report as presented:
APPROVAL OF TREASURER’S REPORT:
Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss Seconded the motion: Don Kuehn In favor: All Opposed: None
A motion was made to approve the write-offs of $23,209.31 as presented:
APPROVAL OF $23,209.31 IN WRITE-OFFS:
Made the motion: Don Kuehn Seconded the motion: CJ Okenfuss In favor: All Opposed: None
DIRECTOR ‘S REPORT:
Total Calls 232
Emergency 168
House 1 81
House 2 45
House 3 42
Transfers 60
House 1 27
House 2 16
House 3 17
PR/Standbys 4
House 1 2
House 2 1
House 3 1
January 2023 Total Calls 250
Emergency 195
Transfers 52
PR/Standbys 3
January 2022 Total Calls 252
Emergency 195
Transfers 53
PR/Standbys 4
Equipment
One of the Chevrolet trucks had a front wheel bearing go out. It has been repaired and is back in-service.
A new powerload and power stretcher has been ordered for the new remount truck. The powerload will get shipped directly to the plant for install and the cot will be shipped here.
Staff
One employee is back from medical leave for a surgery. Another employee is still out due to pregnancy. She is due to deliver in approximately a month and is hoped to be back at work around the end of April.
Employee applications are slow at coming in. We do have a potential paramedic application we may look at to add to our PRN staff.
House Updates
The House 2 floor fix is still holding up.
Training
PALS and ACLS classes have been completed. We will host a driving training class in March or April. Kendall is a registered CEVO instructor. This will include an on-line training as well as a driving simulation.
Property Damage
One of our ambulances clipped a vinyl privacy fence. Our insurance company will work with the resident on the repair.
Cost Reporting
The cost reporting review is getting close to being completed. Submitting our audit to them has made the process much simpler.
Ford
Ford is issuing credit of $300 per ambulance for overstating engine HP. We have the recommended recalls all taken care of. There is no longer a Ford dealer in town. We will have to travel outside of the county for warranty work. A motion was made to approve the Director’s Report
APPROVAL OF DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss
Seconded the motion: Bill Everett In favor:
All Opposed: None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
House 3
House 3 updates was covered in the visitor portion of the meeting.
New Ambulance Pricing
Blake has sent a pricing packet on the smaller Firstar ambulance package. These ambulances do have remountable boxes. This bid for a new ambulance will be for a delivery date in late 2025. It was discussed to sell the old ambulance outright rather than doing a trade to obtain a better value. The board would like to see one of Firstar trucks in person. Kendall will check to see if Blake can bring one to us or if we can go see one in a surrounding area. The last remount truck will be sent to the factory in April and back in-service in July.
Board Policy
Revisions have been made to the board policy and a motion was made to approve it.
APPROVAL OF THE BOARD POLICY:
Made the motion: Nick Werner Seconded the motion: Dennis Jokerst In favor: All Opposed: None
There is a pamphlet from the attorney for the board to look over. Our board members are not required to do any other mandatory training at this time. However, there is an advanced board member training if anyone is interested.
NEW BUSINESS:
None
The regular meeting adjourned.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting ended: 6:30 p.m. Made the motion: Don Kuehn Seconded the motion: Nick Werner In favor: All Opposed: None
NEXT MEETING:
Regular Meeting
The next regular meeting on Monday, March 18, 2024 at 5:15 p.m. at House 1.
Minutes submitted by Mary Grieshaber 2/21/2024