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Present: Committee Members Lauter, Seelen, Asher, Cavoores, Eldredge, Ellison, Farrell, Innis, Johnson, Manning, Marwill, Mooradian
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1. Call to order
Chair Irma Lauter called the Advisory Committee meeting to order at 7:15 PM.
2. Approval of minutes for September 16, 2008
The Committee reviewed and approved the minutes from the September 16th meeting.
3. General Business
The Committee reviewed two FY09 Reserve Fund Transfer requests presented by HFD Chief Mark Duff.
a. $19,231.60 to purchase a computerized Patient Transport Reporting System and associated PC hardware from AmbuPro EMS. Total cost of the system is $58,393.60, $39,162 of which would be funded from HFD’s unused FY08 encumbered Capital Outlay funds.
Chief Duff indicated that the State Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) has instituted new reporting requirements, necessitating the manual entry of over 140 data fields for each patient. HFD currently generates 1800 such patient transfer report forms annually.
The OEMS compliance timetable dictated the need for a Reserve Fund Transfer.
The Committee voted to approve a Reserve Fund transfer of $19,232.
b. $21,475 to fund an in-frame engine rebuild for Engine 1, a 1993 pumping engine with 114,434 road miles. The engine is experiencing a serious power loss, and there is evidence of internal component failures. The rebuild is being requested to forestall the higher costs associated with a total engine replacement.
HFD is funding an additional $6,500 from its Vehicle Maintenance Account to replace the Engine 1 radiator.
Chief Duff estimates that the rebuild will enable Engine 1 to function for an additional 7 years as a back-up vehicle, meeting its Capital Outlay replacement-schedule date of 2015.
The Committee voted to approve a Reserve Fund transfer of $21,475.
Chief Duff also informed the Committee that HFD has appointed 8 new firefighters, 5 of whom are Hingham residents.
4. Lincoln School Apartments – Joint Session with Selectmen
The Committee joined the Board of Selectmen meeting in progress for a presentation and question-and-answer session with representatives of the Hingham
Affordable Housing Trust.
Selectman Laura Burns, HAHT Chairman Jim O’Brien, and HAFT Trustee Christopher Burns presented the rationale for and highlights of the proposed LSA acquisition.
Selectman Burns and HAHT then fielded questions both from the Committee and the public.
5. Adjourn
The joint meeting was adjourned at 9:20 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jonathan Asher, Secretary