Nor Cal Fire Prevention Officers Association
Executive Board Meeting
May 21, 2004
University of California at Davis, CA.
Roll Call - The meeting was called to order at 1050 hours.
The following individuals were present: Wes Arvin, Dennis Mathisen, Angela Giuliani, Bruce Lecair and Darren Drake. Past Presidents Forrest Craig, Mike Stewart and Tonya Hoover, Chiefs Joe Perry and Doug Williams, Kate Dargan, Gene Gantt, John Haberek, Leslie Haberek and Rodney Slaughter
Review of Minutes
The board reviewed and approved the April 23, 2004 Executive Board Meeting Minutes.
Consent Calendar
The board briefly discussed California Fire Chiefs Sprinkler Resolution, which was forwarded to Cal Chiefs.
Open Time for Member Expression
Leslie Haberek provided information on progress of the proposed International Residential Code and asked for input on the amount of regulatory information desired by the NorCal Board for review and information.
Leslie reported on marine oil terminal legislation that was returned by the Building Standards Commission because it had building standard issues contained within the proposed document and the State Fire Marshal’s Office had not reviewed it.
Leslie provided a status report on the code process and reported that the SFM Office is still working toward the next code cycle and through some difficult copyright issues.
Written Communications
No written correspondence has been received since the last executive board meeting.
Unfinished business
NFPA Technical committees
To date, not all of the committees have responded to the board’s request for input on priority committees. The board will review the list of committees and seek input from Cal Chiefs before selecting members to the individual NFPA committees. Dennis Mathisen will prepare a draft master list of the committees.
Review of 2004-5 Website Budget
The website budget estimate submitted by Fort Hartsfield was reviewed and approved by the board. The budget is revised from the 03-04 budget due to the joint site, host and maintenance changes.
Review of Northern FPO 04-05 Proposed Budget
The draft was reviewed and will be submitted to the membership during the afternoon meeting.
Fire Protection and Devices Co-chairs
The board discussed the status of the committee co-chairs and the nomination of Ed Tubbs to the vacant co-chair position.
Fire Service Education
The board discussed Rick Carpenter’s nomination as committee co-chair.
New Business
UWI Resolution
Kate Dargan and Tonya Hoover provided a report of a resolution rafted by Forrest Craig seeking NorCal FPO board of director support for a Fire Safe Specialist series of training and certification classes and an understanding SB 1369 Defensible Space Certification for new construction. Kate and Tonya provided a progress report and detailed the training curriculum and plans for development, marketing, funding and support of the certification program from educational, insurance and fire service institutions. The board voted to support the resolution.
Financial Plan
Forrest Craig provided a report and a matrix detailing a proposed draft financial plan. The board voted to approve the draft and proceed with implementation of the plan.
Monthly Treasurers Report
Darren Drake provided the board with the May Financial report, which was approved by the board.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 1218 hours
Respectfully submitted,
Bruce Lecair, Secretary