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East Moline Foreign Fire Board discusses purchase requests

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The East Moline Foreign Fire Board met Tuesday, March 22.

Illinois Compiled Statue states that a company, corporation or association outside of Illinois that sells fire insurance to property owners in the City of East Moline must pay 2 percent of the gross receipts to the Illinois Municipal League, which then distributes the funds to the Foreign Fire Insurance Board of East Moline.

Here are the meeting minutes as provided by the East Moline Foreign Fire Board:

FOREIGN FIRE MEETING MINUTES

EAST MOLINE FIRE DEPARTMENT

March 22, 2016 @ 9:00 A.M.

Call to Order - Meeting called to order by President Jim Szymborski. Those in attendance:

Joe DeBlieck, Ken Boris, Mark Loy, Robert DeFrance, Ben Houtekier. Absent. Joe Swan.

REPORTS

Approval of Minutes from meeting on February 23, 2016. Motion to approve by Ben

Houtekier 2

nd by Ken Boris. Motion carried

Approval of the Treasurer’s Report for February 1, 2016 – February 29, 2016(Ken Boris) –

Balance on hand 23,458.10. Special Fund Balance 7,500. Pending Balance 22,170.44. Motion

to approve treasurer’s report made by Ben Houtekier with 2nd by Ken Boris. Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS

 Update on station 23 table purchase

o Purchased and in progress

 Update on fireman’s ball funding

o Issue resolved

 Update on hose tester purchase

o Purchased

 Update on cookware set for station 22

o Purchased

 Update on knife set for station 22

o Not purchased yet

 Update on name tapes for EMS jackets

o Chief to follow up on

 Status on TV for station 23

o Purchased and in use

 Status on Mediacom cable/internet

o Looking into Geneseo internet

NEW BUSINESS

 Current purchase request forms

o Ice rescue system by Chris Martin

 Tabled

o Door chalks by Tom Cassidy

 Approved

o Aerobic stepper by Joe DeBlieck

 Approved

o Sound bar for station 23 by Joe DeBlieck

 Approved

OTHER BUSINESS

 Station Beds

o Possible replacement rotation

ADJOURN – Motion made by Ken Boris, 2

nd by Joe DeBlieck to adjourn at 1000hrs.

NEXT MEETING: Tuesday April 26, 2016 at 0900hrs

Respectfully Submitted By:

Joseph F. DeBlieck ______

Joseph F. DeBlieck, Secretary

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