Tuesday, November 16, 1999

(Adopted Thursday, February 10, 2000)

The Wake County Fire Commission met Tuesday, November 16, 1999, at 4:42 p.m. at the Wake County Public Safety Center, Room C170, 330 South Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Members Present: Cloyce Anders, External Facilitator
Yevonne Brannon, Wake County Commissioner
Ed Brinson, West Region/Primary
Tony Chiotakis, West Region/Alternate
Ray Echevarria, Director-Fire/Rescue Division
George Mills, North Region/Primary
Phil Mitchell, South Region/Primary
Ned Perry, Citizen/Consumer
Sidney Perry, President of Fireman's Association
Charles Sannipoli, Citizen/Consumer
Buddy Scarboro, Wendell Town Representative
Tom Vaughan, East Region/Primary

Members Absent: Max Ashworth, Citizen/Consumer
Blaine Parks, Citizen/Consumer(Alternate)
Donald Pierce, South Region/Alternate
Rodney Privette, East Region/Alternate
A.C. Rich, North Region/Alternate
Nancy Schwarm, Citizen/Consumer
Bonnie Woodruff, Citizen/Consumer

Staff Present: David Cooke, Deputy County Manager
Tim Lanier, Interim Public Safety Director
Chris Perry, Chief Deputy Fire Marshal
Ricky Dorsey, Public Safety Shift Supervisor
Sherry Scoggins, Executive Secretary

Facilitator Cloyce Anders called the meeting to order at 4:42 p.m.

Approval of Minutes:
Upon motion of Mr. Charles Sannipoli, seconded by Mr. Ned Perry, the Wake County Fire Commission unanimously approved the minutes of the October 5, 1999, meeting.

Prior to the evening break, Chief Robert Pearce, of Wake-New Hope Fire Department, requested his public comments be heard. He stressed concern about having paid career personnel only versus combination paid and volunteer personnel staffing the fire station. Chief Pearce also suggested moving the Public Comments to the end of the agenda.

NEW BUSINESS
Rules of Procedure:
Upon motion of Chief Tom Vaughan, seconded by Mr. Ned Perry, the Wake County Fire Commission unanimously approved the Rules of Procedures.

Subcommittee Reports:
Planning Subcommittee:
Mr. Ned Perry advised that the Planning Subcommittee was unable to meet due to lack of committee member attendance, and does not have a report for the Wake County Fire Commission.

Subcommittee Structure:
Currently there are four subcommittees:

• Budget Review Subcommittee
• Capital Improvement Project Subcommittee
• Contract and Performance Subcommittee
• Planning Subcommittee

After group discussion, Mr. Anders restructured the subcommittees to:

1. Man-power and Staffing, and the needs associated with man-power.
2. Apparatus and Facilities

Mr. Anders also suggested to have people in place to function with the County Staff in developing a Master Plan.

FY 2000-2001 Budget Presentation (by Staff):
Raymond Echevarria distributed the following hand-outs prior to the start of FY 2000-2001 Budget Presentation:

1. What Does "Revenue Neutral" Mean
2. What's Your Property Worth? A look at Wake County's 2000 Property Revaluation Project

Raymond Echevarria presented Power Point FY 2000-2001 Budget Presentation.

Mr. Echevarria stated he would provide a copy of the presentation to all the Wake County Fire Commission members.

It was suggested that to accurately complete the budget forms, to be specific through example, by providing a guidelines book on how to do the budget.

No comments or suggestions were received on the budget forms for FY 2000-2001.

Future Wake County Fire Commission Meetings - Survey Results:
By simple majority, the time for Wake County Fire Commission meetings will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Chief Phil Mitchell motioned the Wake County Fire Commission meet on the third Thursday, motion seconded by Chief Ed Brinson. Motion passed.

Looking for a meeting site for the Thursday, January 20, 2000, Wake County Fire Commission meeting.

Adjournment:
With no other business, Facilitator Cloyce Anders declared the meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.