STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District board meeting held Monday, November 17th 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 November 17, 2025
CALL TO ORDER:
Ernie Weiler called the regular meeting to order at 5:17 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Chairperson, Ernie Weiler, Sub-District 1 Secretary,
Nick Werner, Sub-District 3 Treasurer,
Carl “CJ” Okenfuss, Sub-District 5 Member
Dennis Jokerst, Sub-District 2 Member
Nathan Wolk, Sub-District 6
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
Vice Chairperson, Bill Everett, Sub-District 4
EMPLOYEES PRESENT:
Kendall Shrum, EMT-P, Administrator
Dawn Sevier, EMT-P, Operations Supervisor
Tanner Hughes, EMT-P
Aaron Ernst, EMT-P
Sten Barber, EMT-P
RECOGNIZE VISITORS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: None
EMPLOYEES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: None
BOARD MEETING MINUTES: A motion was made and the October 20th Regular Board Meeting minutes were approved:
APPROVAL OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES:
Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss
Seconded the motion: Dennis Jokerst
In favor: All
Opposed: None
TREASURER’S REPORT We ended fiscal year with 5% over on ambulance revenue, 10% over in county taxes, sales tax is 4% over. We were 99.5% within our budgeted revenue which was within $15,000. Expenses were over due to capital outlay due to the House 3 building project. Payroll is 8% over due to overtime. Everything is paid out so far on House 3. We are at approximately $500,000 so far for the build. It is expected we will spend $800,000 total. Bloomsdale Bank has the loan for the building.
Feathershark is installing the door access, security cameras, servers, routers and paging system at the new House 3 building. EMS Management is our billing company. US Bank is our credit card. The accountant is working on our annual audit. 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: CJ Okenfuss
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: Dennis Jokerst
Seconded the motion: Nathan Wolk
In favor: All
Opposed: None
Collections returned accounts that are past the four-year statute of limitations. A motion was made to approve these write-offs in the amount of $57,427.42 as presented:
APPROVAL OF WRITE-OFFS OF $57,427.42:
Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss
Seconded the motion: Nathan Wolk
In favor: All
Opposed: None
DIRECTOR ‘S REPORT:
October
Total Calls 261
Emergency 191
House 1 109
House 2 56
House 3 26
Transfers 58
House 1 19
House 2 21
House 3 18
PR/Standbys 12
House 1 3
House 2 7
House 3 2
2025 YTD Calls 2386
October 2024 Calls 224
Emergency 153
Transfers 47
PR/Standbys 11
2024 YTD Calls 2239
October 2023 Total Calls 245
Emergency 160
Transfers 51
PR/Standbys 10
2023 YTD Calls 2205
Run numbers are trending up for the year.
House 1 is still the busiest house. Standbys are mostly the football games. House 1 boundaries go out past Flieg’s Equipment on Highway 32 and out to Highway A in Zell on 61. Lake Forest is House 2 & Grayhawk is House 3. Kinsey is House 2 and House 2 has most of I-55.
Equipment
Trucks
Our new truck is here. The radio is ready to be installed. The powerload and powerstretcher are ready to be installed into it as well.
There are intermittent problems with the transit trucks that we are unable to resolve. Both trucks have close to 100,000 miles. If we sold these 2 trucks and they are/were eliminated, the difference would pay the insurance on the new truck. It is about $12,000 year to insure an ambulance. The transits were only used 4 times in the last month. It is believed we could get around $35,000 per truck if we sold them. The transit trucks are fully insured.
A motion was made to auction the Ford Transit trucks with a $30,000 each reserve amount with the stipulation that the reserve amount is been researched prior to listing.
MOTION TO AUCTION THE TWO FORD TRANSIT TRUCKS:
Made the motion: Nathan Wolk
Seconded the motion:
Nick Werner In favor: All
Opposed: None
Monitors
One of the Zoll monitors is having problems and will be sent in. There will be a loaner monitor on-site.
Staff
We are fully staffed right now.
House Updates
Richardet Flooring assessed the House 2 tile flooring issues. The tiles are popping up. The best option is to tear out the existing flooring and replace with vinyl plank flooring. We will contact him back to see if we can do a vinyl sheet flooring to see if would be more economical.
Training
The high school EMT class is going well. There is in-house training that is scheduled for the year with three to four classes per month. Training includes IVs, driving, codes and TXA in service. All full-time employees are to complete these training sessions each week while they are on-duty. The goal is to keep all employees trained on procedures and equipment.
911
It will be the 2nd quarter of 2026 until the digital changes will be implemented. The radio in the new truck is compatible with the new system. Towers have been updated as well.
Patient Care Issues
None
Grants
There is a meeting set between Kendall, Ste Genevieve Hospital and the grant company. There is a grant coming out to help with implementing the community paramedicine program with a max of $200,000 per year for five years. We are hoping we can implement the program and obtain the grant. 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
House 3 The driveway and helipad are getting poured after last week’s rain. The cabinets are in. It is framed out for fuel tank and generator.
There are problems with some of the outlets with the opening being too large. Conduit needs to be added. There are areas where the data line is pulled through the tin and not through the conduit which cause wires to be cut or down to bare wire. The water pressure tank is to be put in the next week or two. Septic, water, propane tank and generator have to be set yet. Other contractors are noticing the issues as well. Wall on the inside needs to be replaced. There is a hole popped in the drywall by the spigot. Framing of the windows is really off. The window is straight but it is the frame and drywall that are off. The 2x4s is maybe what is off. If the window is operating properly, we possibly do not want to address it as an issue. It was decided to have a meeting with board members on Monday at House 3 at noon to review any issues and make a list for the contractor to fix.
We do not want to list and sell the old house until we can move out and clean it up cosmetically. The sump pump and water heater have been fixed.
NEW BUSINESS:
None
GENERAL BUSINESS:
None
The regular meeting adjourned.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting ended: 6:40 p.m.
Made the motion: Nathan Wolk
Seconded the motion: CJ Okenfuss
In favor: All
Opposed: None
NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING:
Special Meeting, Monday, November 24th at Noon – Building Issues at House 3
The next regular meeting is Monday, December 15 th at 5:15 p.m. at House 1.
Minutes submitted by Dawn Sevier & Mary Grieshaber 11/20/2025