STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District has released the minutes of its Regular Open – Board Meeting held Monday, February 16, 2026 at the Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District House 1, 3 Basler Drive, Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
CALL TO ORDER:
Nick Werner called the regular meeting to order at 5:32 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Secretary Nick Werner, Sub-District 3
Treasurer, Carl “CJ” Okenfuss Sub-District 5 – Remote attendance,
Member Dennis Jokerst Sub-District 2,
Member, Nathan Wolk Sub-District 6
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
Chairperson, Ernie Weiler Sub-District 1
Vice Chairperson Bill Everett, Sub-District 4
EMPLOYEES PRESENT:
Kendall Shrum, EMT-P, Administrator
Dawn Sevier, EMT-P, Operations Supervisor
RECOGNIZE VISITORS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: None
EMPLOYEES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: None
BOARD MEETING MINUTES: A motion was made and the January 19 th Regular Board Meeting minutes were approved:
APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES: Made the motion: Dennis Jokerst Seconded the motion: Nathan Wolk In favor: All Opposed: None
A motion was made and the January 30 th Work Session Board Meeting minutes were approved:
APPROVAL OF THE WORK SESSION BOARD MEETING MINUTES: Made the motion: Nick Werner Seconded the motion: Nathan Wolk In favor: All Opposed: None
TREASURER’S REPORT: 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: Dennis Jokerst In favor: All Opposed: None
A motion was made to approve the Treasurer’s Report as presented:
MOTION TO APPROVE THE TREASURER’S REPORT: Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss Seconded the motion: Dennis Jokerst In favor: All Opposed: None
A motion was made to approve write-offs in the amount of $8,374.46 as presented.
MOTION TO APPROVE $8,374.46 TO BE WRITTEN OFF:
Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss Seconded the motion: Nathan Wolk In favor: All Opposed: None
DIRECTOR ‘S REPORT:
January
Total Calls 219
Emergency 169
House 1 99
House 2 38
House 3 32
Transfers 48
House 1 14
House 2 17
House 3 17
PR/Standbys 2
House 1 0
House 2 1
House 3 1
2026 YTD Calls 219
January 2025 Calls
Emergency 174
Transfers 76
PR/Standbys 1
2025 YTD Calls 251
January 2024 Total Calls
Emergency 168
Transfers 60
PR/Standbys 4
2024 YTD Calls 232
Equipment
Final payment on Zoll monitors was completed on lease agreement. The service agreement on the vents was presented to board and will be completed
Staff
We completed a schedule change to move several employees to different shifts this month. Overall, it went well. This was done to improve overall experience levels to all shifts. We had one crew with three medics and another crew with six medics. This allowed us to get equal experience provided on all shifts. A few employees were upset about having to move shifts which resulted in two resignations for full-time staff. Chad Kiefer is going to Madison County due to being closer to home and better pay. Sten Barber is going to Iron County due to better pay.
Training
The EMT class is going well. In-house education is being completed and seems to be very well accepted by the employees.
911
Plans are moving forward with testing of the new radio frequencies in April and a planned transition to move to the new system in May. This is all pending on the testing phase of the project.
A motion was made to approve the Director’s Report
APPROVAL OF DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
Made the motion: Dennis Jokerst Seconded the motion: CJ Okenfuss In favor: All Opposed: None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
House 3
The kitchen cabinets in new House 3 build were built to ADA specifications. We are unable to install the appliances due to not being the proper height. The cabinets were built to original plans. A proposal was presented to have Dan Parish modify the cabinet bases at a cost of $1200 plus the cost of getting the end panel and fillers from the original cabinet supplier. Dan will also install the shower doors while he is there. A motion was made to hire Dan Parish to modify the kitchen cabinets.
MADE MOTION FOR MODIFICATION OF KITCHEN CABINETS:
Made the motion: Dennis Jokerst Seconded the motion: Nathan Wolk In favor: All Opposed: None
NEW BUSINESS:
None
GENERAL BUSINESS:
None
The regular meeting adjourned.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting ended: 6:39 p.m.
Made the motion: CJ Okenfuss Seconded the motion: Dennis Jokerst In favor: All Opposed: None
NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING:
The next regular meeting is Monday, March 16th at 5:15 p.m. at House 1.
Minutes submitted collectively by Mary Grieshaber, Kendall Shrum and Dawn Sevier 2/17/2026