Call to Order 1520
Attendance – President Graves, Secretary/Treasurer Sims, Dave Rains, Greg Bailey, Tim Logozzo, Reed Gracie, Jacob Weigley.
Minutes from last meeting were read by Secretary Sims. No questions, motion to approve Greg Bailey, 2nd Dave Rains, motion passed.
Treasurers Report was given by Secretary Sims, she reviewed the account balances and profit and loss. Checking balance is $ 64,732, Savings balance is $97.836, PayPal balance is $5,810, QuickBooks Checking balance is $11,587. Total account balances are $179,966. No questions.
Secretary Sims shared that the 990 filing was complete and the profit margins annually is $3-4k. No questions.
P&L Income as of May 20, 2026 is $107,282, Expenses are $40,922, Net profit is $66,360, no questions. Motion to pass Treasurer’s report Greg Bailey, 2nd Reed Gracie, motion passed.
President’s pay is approved for $8000. Secretary Sims will send a check to him soon.
Training Committee report…S-230 and S-290 classes were restructured so new curriculum was prepared and sent to the instructors. Danielle used 48 hr books to produce the workbooks needed. More math needs to be done to figure out where we would be price wise. The class fee was set before we knew the actual cost of all the training materials needed for the class. TC Sims will get all the numbers together in the fall so we’ll know next year how much we really need to charge for these classes.
Next year there’s going to be a requirement for engine bosses to take the S-231 class S-211 pump class. The S-131 class for the coming year has been updated and they’re getting rid of the sand table. There will be new curriculum and materials that will need to be put together. Danielle explained the process for creating the curriculum from the files that are provided by the NWCG training catalog. We hope to stay close to our current class fees but there is a possibility that some of them may cost more with the new training materials that are going to be required.
Danielle also shared that the training policy on the website is not presented the same way that the original document that we used in 2023, so she needs to talk to Dan and find out why there is a difference and get it updated. This will be done so we can vote on it in the fall and get it posted on the website.
Old business:
Danielle explained about the changes to the database there are several things that aren’t working the way that Dan expected them to be working and there are a lot of things that need to be addressed. In order to address the security of the cards that are made by our database the board had approved earlier to have the person’s name that’s on the front of the card also appear on the back of the card and that’s something that we need to get done sooner than later so Danielle will be working on that as well. President Graves shared with the members that Danielle did a great job working through the issues that came up with the database.
President Graves shared about the Fire Defense Committee, DNR and State Fire Marshall’s office. He will go over all this at the General Meeting later today.
No other Old Business
New Business:
Reed Gracie asked if the WCFA Instructor’s could do packtests like the other trainers? Much discussion on liability. Topic tabled for further discussion later.
Reed Gracie asked if we could afford to have more instructor so we would have some on call. More discussion followed.
Reed Gracie asked about Danielle retiring soon and if we need to start looking for her replacement. Danielle said she was planning to work for at least 2 more years and would work on guide books that would assist someone in those positions.
Reed brought up fallers using 1099 employees. Much discussion and a suggestion on getting a speaker to talk about it at our spring meeting.
Danielle was asked to share the note about the Use of Chainsaws in the Water Handling agreement at the later meeting.
Danielle was asked to share about the region’s request to update employee’s records. She will explain it to the members at the later meeting.
Election of Officers will be reviewed at the later meeting:
- President Graves – 2-yr term
- Tim Logozzo, Sr – EB #1 – 3-yr term
- Reed Gracie – EB #3 – 3-yr term
- Vacant – EB #5 – 1 yr remaining of 3-yr term (2024-2027)
Members will be informed of their probation ending.
New Members will be voted on:
Other new business: Discussion on discipline action against EWO and Aaron Burkhart and how it will be presented at the later meeting.
Fall Board Meeting TBD
Meeting Adjourned at 1730. Motion by Greg Bailey, 2nd by Dave Rains, meeting adjourned.