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CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT MERIT COMMISSION
Thursday, May 3, 2012
7:00 PM
The Jeffersonville Fire Department Merit Commission held a Regular Meeting on
Thursday, May 3, 2012 in the Second Floor Conference Room, 500 Quartermaster Court,
Jeffersonville, IN. The following were present:
David Martin — President
Bobby Ervin- Vice President
Jeff Frey — Secretary
Lyn Akerman — Board Member
Patricia Barrow — Board Member
Drew Adams - Attorney
Connie Conen — Recording Secretary t;
GUESTS
CALL TO ORDER:
Mr. Martin called the meeting to order at 7:OOPM. All Members were in attendance.
MINUTES:
Mr. Akerman noted a correction to the minutes of the April 5 meeting. Mr. Frey made a
motion to approve the corrected minutes and Mr. Ervin seconded. Motion passed.
NEW BUSINESS:
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Chief Hedrick spoke regarding a Pension Board designed for 1937 Pension Fund. When
processing new fire fighters, the cost is approximately $800. Historically the 37 Pension
Fund was used to pay for these charges. Monica Harmon, Finance Officer, felt that these
charges should not be paid out of this fund and perhaps they should be paid by the Fire
Merit Commission. Per the accepted rules /laws of the Fire Merit Commission, "The
commission would pay for % of the costs of a new hire and the applicant will pay for 1/2".
A discussion ensued regarding New Hire Letters stating that there would only be one
attempt at the CPAT and that applicants would have to pay for '/2 of the testing costs.
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Chief Hedrick said that training for the three recently hired fire fighters is going very well
and the y should be on line right after Derby Weekend. The chief invited all board
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members to the fire house to observe PT in the morning — during which many of the
current fire fighters are joining in.
Chief Hedrick passed out a letter dated May 3, 2012 requesting certain promotions.
Clark Miles is retiring and is currently holding rank of Lt. — request to move Dave Kaskie
from Sgt to Lt. and Tony Decker to Capt. There was an ongoing discussion regarding
promotions and who is working and getting paid in a rank. To be eligible to test for the
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next rank the requirement is 2 years in present department and 2 years in rank (in on -line
service).
Mr. Ervin made the motion to promote these two off the eligibility list. Mr. Frey
seconded. Motion passed
With the 2012 fire fighter applications,' the question came up regarding when an applicant
must be 21 years of age. Per Mr. Adams, an applicant must be 21 at the time of testing.
The current Fire Marshals have done over 300 inspections during the first four months of
2012. All commercial buildings will be inspected which may take approximately 18
months. The Marshals are using a new computer program- once the information is
loaded — it will be available to all stations.
Boat Rescue Operations — Contractor Felix Hensley is a lead Water rescue Operation for
the state. He is currently working with JFD as a Water Rescue Trainer and is working on
obtaining a grant to obtain a Public Education Trailer so that visits to schools and other
organizations can take place. Two other grants totally over $900,000 have been been
obtained.
OLD BUSINESS:
Thunder of Louisville: All preparations for Thunder went well. An evaluator from
Homeland Security thought our plans and preparations were very well done. This is the
biggest event in Indiana with over 250,000 participants.
Henryville — the questions arose as to why JFD assets didn't get moved to assist faster.
The Fire Department had people in place on standby. Initially, 6 fire fighters were
dispatched to Henryville and once the threat to Jeffersonville had passed — another 20 fire
fighters were dispatched. JFD was the first outside agency to respond. Communications
were an issue due to towers being done. JFD is looking at working with New Albany and
perhaps Clarksville in obtaining their own repeater.
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The next Executive Session of the Fire Merit Commission meeting will be May 10,
2012 at 6:OOpm in the Mayor' Conference Room and the next regular meeting of the
Fire Merit Commission will be on June 7, 2012.
ADJOURNMENT:
Mr. Ervin made a motion to adjourn; Ms. Barrow seconded. Motion passed. The meeting
was adjourned at 8:35 PM.
APPROVED: :,
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