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Taylor County EMS Association  (TCEMSA) Quarterly Meeting
Minutes

April 6, 2010

Present: Jan Beach-Sickels, Michelle Hobbick, Mike Fisher, Diana Fisher, Lanny Ross, Al Rusk, Tom Mothershed, and Kandi Wichman

      President Jan Beach-Sickels called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM.  Since minutes weren’t printed off from the last meeting, Jan read notes from previous meeting.  She had e-mailed the minutes after the last meeting for everyone to read.  Michelle made a motion to approve the minutes.  Tom seconded the motion.  There was a unanimous vote to approve minutes.
       Treasurer, Mike Fisher read the treasurer’s report.  Bills were submitted.  Tom made a motion to approve the treasurer’s report.  Treasurer’s report was seconded by Lanny and unanimous approval by members.
      Under old business, Jan brought up the discussion from last meeting about updating   radios.  Diana reported that she had gotten a phone call from Mary Weaver, director of Blockton ambulance advising their radios were up to date, so no new radios or pagers are needed.  Lanny Ross, New Market director advised they need one mobile and one portable.  Gravity director, Tom Mothershed requested four pagers and one portable.  Al Rusk advised he needed four pagers.  Lenox director, Jan Beach-Sickles requested six portable and one mobile for Lenox and three portables for Clearfield.  The requests added up to $36.00 more than grant allowed after taking one portable off of Lenox’s request.  It was decided to prioritize the ordering.  Kandi made the motion to approve the order as listed New Market 1 mobile and 1 portable; Gravity 1 portable and 4 pagers; Bedford 4 pagers; Clearfield three portables; and Lenox five portables and 1 mobile for $8856.  The motion was seconded by Michelle Hobbick and approved by all.
      EMS frequency was discussed.  The group discussed regional EMS frequency. It was decided to discuss again at the next meeting.  It was also discussed having a communication drill.  It was agreed it was a good idea because in any disaster drill, communication is the biggest problem.
         For new business, Mike Fisher presented a survey by John Hopkins Hospital that the board of supervisor had passed to him.  President, Jan Beach-Sickles will complete and return the survey.
          The next meeting will be in Bedford on June 8th at 7 PM.
          A fundraiser was brought up to be discussed at the next meeting.
          Michelle made a motion to adjourn. Kandi seconded the motion.  All were in favor.


Secretary, Diana Fisher

 

Currently, the officers of the Association are:

Jan Beach-Sickels, Lenox,
        President
Michelle Hobbick, New Market,
        Vice-President
Diana Fisher, Bedford, Secretary
Mike Fisher, Bedford, Treasurer

 

Members of the Council are:

Erik Peterson, Bedford
Mary Weaver, Blockton
Deb England, Clearfield
Tom Mothershead, Gravity
Stephanie Marshall, Lenox
Lanny Ross, New Market

 

As stated in the TCEMSA By-Laws, each department in the county has one voting representative on the Council. Since the President of the Council does not vote, except to break a tie, the department that the President represents can have another person act and vote on behalf of that department.

 

Click HERE for a PDF version of the By-Laws of TCEMSA.

 

Click HERE for a PDF version of the April 2010 minutes.

 

Meetings are held the second Tuesday of January, April, June, and October, alternating between the EMS departments in Taylor County, in alphabetical order.

Dues are $15 per service per year.

 

Meeting scheduled for 2011:

June 27 - Gravity

October 11 - Lenox