STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the April 15 meeting 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
April 15, 2024
CALL TO ORDER:
Don Kuehn called the regular meeting to order at 5:15 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Vice Chairperson, Don Kuehn, Sub-District 6
Treasurer, Dennis Jokerst, Sub-District 2
Secretary, Nick Werner, Sub-District 3
Member, Carl “CJ” Okenfuss, Sub-District 5
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
Chairperson, Ernie Weiler, Sub-District 1
Member, Bill Everett, Sub-District 4
EMPLOYEES PRESENT:
Kendall Shrum, EMT-P, Administrator
Mary Grieshaber, Office Manager
Jessica Ochs, EMT-P, Captain
RECOGNIZE VISITORS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: None
EMPLOYEES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: None
BOARD MEETING MINUTES:
A motion was made and the March Work Session Board Meeting minutes were approved:
APPROVAL OF WORK SESSION BOARD MEETING MINUTES:
Made the motion: Dennis Jokerst
Seconded the motion: CJ Okenfuss
In favor: All
Opposed: None
A motion was made and the March Regular Board Meeting minutes were approved:
APPROVAL OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES:
Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss
Seconded the motion: Nick Werner
In favor: All
Opposed: None
TREASURER’S REPORT: |
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The check to Ste Genevieve County is for dispatching fees.
A motion was made to approve the bills and checks for payment as presented:
APPROVAL OF BILL PAYMENTS AS PRESENTED:
Made the motion: Nick Werner
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: Nick Werner
In favor: All
Opposed: None
A motion was made to approve the write-offs of $21,267.65 as presented:
APPROVAL OF $21,267.65 IN WRITE-OFFS:
Made the motion: Nick Werner
Seconded the motion: CJ Okenfuss
In favor: All
Opposed: None
DIRECTOR ‘S REPORT:
Total Calls 205
Emergency 153
House 1 83
House 2 40
House 3 30
Transfers 52
House 1 19
House 2 16
House 3 17
PR/Standbys 0
House 1 0
House 2 0
House 3 0
March 2023 Total Calls 224
Emergency 171
Transfers 50
PR/Standbys 3
March 2022 Total Calls 224
Emergency 169
Transfers 51
PR/Standbys 4
Equipment
2025 Ambulance Purchase Agreement
The agreement to purchase the ambulance for a 2025 delivery was signed and sent over to Blake with American Response. He will bring by one of the smaller ambulances when he has one in-stock again for us to view.
Staff
Operations Supervisor & Education Officer
Kendall is working on job descriptions to add 2 possible positions which are an Operations Supervisor and an Education Officer. We will review these job descriptions to justify adding the positions.
The Operations Supervisor will assist the Administrator in day-to-day duties. Ste Genevieve School is adding an EMT program this fall. The Education Officer will teach that class at school as well as possibly teaching an EMT class for Mississippi Lime or MLC mine rescue team. The Education Officer will also offer community paramedic services in the community.
Training
Training Entity
The application has been filed with the State for us to become a training entity.
CEUs
We have been pushing out more CEUs this year than ever before through our medical director.
911
Sites are secured and 911 will be moving forward with tower updates this summer.
Patient Care Issues
NA
House Updates
House 2
We will remove the overgrown bushes at House 2 and replace with something smaller. This will make the appearance of our building to look better.
General Business
Our insurance paid the property damage fence repair.
Grants
We were not approved for the 2024 DPS grant for the handheld radios. We will look for other options of grants to apply for.
A motion was made to approve the Director’s Report
APPROVAL OF DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
Made the motion: Nick
Seconded the motion: Dennis
In favor: All
Opposed: None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
House 3
Kendall has met with Centermark Construction twice regarding specifics in drawing up plans to submit for bidding purposes. Discussions were on flooring, cabinetry, additional power in the garage, and floor drains. Kendall expressed we want to go middle of the road for quality and that we want a building that will last at least 25-30 years. Last month’s minutes did show to create plans and move forward. We started out with engineering cut out and & then it was added back in which increased the cost of the plans. A metal building cost was comparable due to no need to have engineering. The cost of a metal building was submitted by Donze Construction in August of 2023.
The priority is to go out for bid as soon as possible so it can be enclosed by fall weather. It is hoped to have something for next board meeting to approve. Hopefully we can be ready to have someone hired to begin construction by June or July. Adding any changes could add time to that timeframe. These same plans can be used to add a house in Ozora or St Mary in the future but that house need be only a 2-bay house.
Supervisor Vehicle
Everyone was in agreement to go for a lower mileage vehicle under $30,000 to replace the current Chevrolet trailblazer.
NEW BUSINESS:
Election of Officers
The Board elected to table the election of officers until next the next meeting due to the absence of two of our members.
The regular meeting adjourned.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting ended: 5:53
Made the motion: Dennis Jokerst
Seconded the motion: CJ Okenfuss
In favor: All
Opposed: None
NEXT MEETING:
Regular Meeting
The next regular meeting on Monday, May 20, 2024 at 5:15 p.m. at House 1.