STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the December 16 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
December 16, 2024
CALL TO ORDER: Ernie Weiler called the regular meeting to order at 5:16 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairperson, Ernie Weiler, Sub-District 1 Vice Chairperson, Don Kuehn, Sub-District 6 Secretary, Nick Werner, Sub-District 3 Treasurer, Carl “CJ” Okenfuss, Sub-District 5 Member, Dennis Jokerst, Sub-District 2 Member, Bill Everett, Sub-District 4
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
EMPLOYEES PRESENT: Kendall Shrum, EMT-P, Administrator Dawn Sevier, EMT-P, Operations Supervisor Emily Berg, EMT-P Mary Grieshaber, Office Manager
RECOGNIZE VISITORS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: None
EMPLOYEES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: None
BOARD MEETING MINUTES:
A motion was made and the November 18th Regular Board Meeting minutes were approved:
APPROVAL OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES:
Made the motion: Dennis Jokerst Seconded the motion: CJ Okenfuss In favor: All Opposed: None A motion was made and the November 25th Work Session Meeting minutes were approved:
APPROVAL OF 11/25/2024 WORK SESSION BOARD MEETING MINUTES:
Made the motion: Bill Everett Seconded the motion: CJ Okenfuss In favor: All Opposed: None
A motion was made and the December 9th Work Session Meeting minutes were approved:
APPROVAL OF 12/9/2024 WORK SESSION BOARD MEETING MINUTES:
Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss Seconded the motion: Dennis Jokerst In favor: All Opposed: None
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Samsara is the GPS tracking on trucks. US Bank is the credit card. United Healthcare is refunds for overpayments on patient accounts.
Citizens Electric cost for electric is low yet due to milder temperatures. Community Access Builders are the grant writers. A motion was made to approve the bills and checks for payment as presented:
APPROVAL OF BILL PAYMENTS AS PRESENTED:
Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss Seconded the motion: Nick Werner 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: Nick Werner Seconded the motion: Bill Everett In favor: All Opposed: None
DIRECTOR ‘S REPORT:
Total Calls 212
Emergency 149
House 1 86
House 2 34
House 3 29
Transfers 61
House 1 15
House 2 23
House 3 23
PR/Standbys 2
House 1 0
House 2 1
House 3 1
November 2023
Total Calls 221
Emergency 160
Transfers 51
PR/Standbys 10
November 2022
Total Calls 240
Emergency 177
Transfers 51
PR/Standbys 10
Equipment
The new WIFIs are in the ambulances. The old devices are getting turned in. The transition made for a higher cell bill this month with FirstNet.
Staff We still have one full-time position open. We have just hired another PRN paramedic.
House 2 Richardet Flooring is scheduled to come look at and bid out the flooring at
House 2. Kendall will also contact Hopkins for a bid. Training The EMT class is finishing the mid-term. Seven students completed the semester. One student is being removed from the class. The class is being treated as vocational program. At the end of the school year, the students will be able to test for state and national EMT licenses. They can be ready to work by June. There are a few that would make good employees here. There are possibly over 30 students interested for next year. Fifteen would likely be the maximum we could do per year.
911 No update.
Patient Care No patient care issues.
Grants The annual GEMT grant has been completed.
Feather Shark IT Feathershark came in and fixed a few issues and mapped out our systems. They will be cleaning up servers and routers and placing in a rack. The process should speed up our systems and get everything running better.
Audit The audit is complete. Nick Werner needs to have a conflict of interest form signed due to doing business with the District. Separation of duties will be done more efficiently with Beth & Dawn in the office now. There were a few purchases with sales tax mentioned. There were no major deficits. The audit has already been filed with the Secretary of State. It can also be emailed out to the Board for review.
Board Election Bill Everett has signed up for re-election already last week. Ernie Weiler will go tomorrow. A motion was made to approve the Director’s Report
APPROVAL OF DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss Seconded the motion: Dennis Jokerst In favor: All Opposed: None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS LAGERS Retirement 2011 – The District signed up for LAGERS at a benefit modifier rate of 1.5 % 2016 – The modifier rate increased to 1.75% 2020 – The modifier rate increased to 2% The Board will re-visit the LAGERS age 55 retirement in six months.
House 3 An estimate on the door card reader systems for House 3 was obtained from FeatherShark. These are with G2 and G2Pro with cameras. The approximate cost would be $300-$400 per door. There are readers that use phones for door access as well. A bid for seeding and landscaping for the new House 3 build needs to be obtained Centermark has reached out if they can help with the changes that need to be submitted to the architect. It needs to be made clear to them that this will be at no additional charge. We do need to come up with a list of additional specifications to be discussed and approved. It was too rushed to have another mock list for tonight’s meeting. Kendall and all of the Board are to be included in email chains concerning any board business with members responding to all to keep everyone in the loop. A copy of the email with Centermark has been shared to all board members as well as a phone photo of the House 3 plans with marked changes made by Kendall. If more in-depth discussion is needed, there will be another work session meeting in January. A list of specifications on the following will be emailed before changes are sent to Centermark:
- Concrete and/or asphalt thickness and specifications need to be decided. This is to be decided with expertise and advice from the builder.
- HVAC – will likely be a propane residential unit for the 1200 sq ft living quarters. The garage area will likely be a hanging propane heater. House 1 garage is heated with one furnace.
- Storm shelter – We need to decide if it will be a concrete block room that will also serve as the supply room. Or if it would be better to install a premade metal bolt down storm shelter that could be installed in the middle of the building by the storage area or at the edge of the inside of the garage.
- Lighting – will likely be specified as all LED.
- Plumbing – needs to be decided it if would be better to use PEX as opposed to copper.
- Septic & well – likely cannot get an exact bid due to the unknowns such as depth to dig until the jobs are completed. The regular meeting adjourned.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting ended: 6:09 p.m. Made the motion: Nick Werner Seconded the motion: Bill Everett In favor: All Opposed: None
NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING: The next regular meeting is on Monday, January 20th at 5:15 p.m. at House 1.
Minutes submitted by Mary Grieshaber 12/18/2024