Fire Service Advisory Committee

Meeting Minutes

Thursday, October 14, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Maple Grove Fire Department Station 2

13450 Maple Knoll Way

Maple Grove, MN

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Members/alternates present:

Bob Johnson, Insurance Federation of Minnesota – Chair

Nyle Zikmund, MN State Fire Chief’s Association

Jim Fisher, MN Association of Townships

Tom Thornberg, MN Professional Firefighters Association

Rick Loveland, MN Professional Firefighter’s Association

Mark Kulda, (Alternate) Insurance Federation of Minnesota

Dan Winkel, MN State Fire Department Association

H. Dan Ness, League of Minnesota Cities

Sue Iverson, League of Minnesota Cities

Bob Brown, MN State Fire Chief’s Association

Members/alternates absent:

Steve Zaccard, Fire Marshals Assoc. of MN/International Assoc. of Arson Investigators

Roberta Bartholomew, (Alternate) Fire Marshals Assoc. of MN/International Assoc. of Arson Investigators

Doug Noah, MN State Fire Department Association

Mark Shields, Designee MN Commissioner of Public Safety

Others present:

Barbara Tuccitto Warren, Board of Firefighter Training and Education

Bill Chandler, Department of Public Safety, HSEM

Bruce West, Department of Public Safety, HSEM

Sherry Munyon, Capitol Access

Angela Geraghty, Department of Public Safety – Secretary

The meeting was called to order by Chair Bob Johnson at 10:00 a.m.

The September meeting minutes were approved as written.

New Business:

Recommendations to Commissioner: A motion was made by Nyle Zikmund, seconded by Jim Fisher to further allocate Fire Safety Account funds in FY12 and FY13 as follows:

$200,000 for Shared Services Grants

$400,000 in additional funds to the State Fire Marshal Division to fund the Hotel/Motel Inspection Program and Day Care Licensing Program and to sunset the current fees assessed to owner/operators of said facilities for these two programs.

$1,120,000 in additional funds to HSEM for the following:

$220,000 to each CAT/ERT Team ($20,000 per team)

$500,000 to Task Force 1 for training and operation

$400,000 for the Decontamination Program

All remaining funds in the Fire Safety Account (approximately $2.7 million) to the Minnesota Board of Fire Training and Education for firefighter training.

The motion was approved unanimously by the Fire Service Advisory Committee. Chair Bob Johnson will request a meeting with the Commissioner to discuss the recommendations and Committee Members representing the major fire service groups and local city officials will attend.

Minutes recorded by Angela Geraghty