Municipal Building Conference Room

Board Members Present: Chairman Josh Herring, Ervin Brock, Roy Campbell,

Ricky Smith, Earl Williams

Executive Director: Jack Smith

Staff: Tommy Layton, E911 Director; Fire Chief Joe Cole, EMS Shift Captains Tim Coram, Derrick Ogletree, & Debbie Carver, Julie Stripling, Secretary

News Media: Mark Brannan, WPAX, Laura Cassels, Times Enterprise

Chairman Josh Herring called the meeting to order. Earl Williams opened with prayer.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Ricky Smith made a motion to approve the minutes from the November 14th, 2000 Budget meeting with a correction of the excess revenue total to $6,507.36. The motion was seconded by Ervin Brock. With all in favor, the minutes were approved.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Jack Smith noted that Board Attorney Keith Allen is in the process of preparing legal documents on the real estate transfers from the City of Thomasville and Thomas County.

E.D. Smith has been in contact with a grant writer regarding the Fire Act. This involves a grant with a $750,000.00 limit per department with a 10% match from recipient.

The two new ambulances are expected to be delivered the week after Christmas.

We are continuing to experience problems with communications at E911. There will be a

Proposal on equipment at the December Board meeting. There was a brief discussion about the location of the new E911 center. More information about specifications and costs will be presented at the next Board meeting.

Mr. Smith recommended that the Board consider seeking bids for the Line of Credit for next year.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

E-911

Tommy Layton reported approximately 100,000 calls to date. There are some problems with the consoles.

Five dispatchers are in currently in the First Responder program and are doing very well. Moral is up.

Fire

Chief Cole reported 1,430 calls to date. We have 6 new recruits in training.

EMS

Shift Captain Tim Coram reported 4,000 calls to date with an expected total of 5,000 by year-end.

The new CPAP procedure for congestive heart failure patients is now on the trucks. This is the first Department in the state of Georgia to implement this on the units.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Mayor Roy Campbell made a motion to close the meeting to discuss future acquisition of real estate and to discuss personnel matters. Earl Williams seconded the motion.

MEETING OPENED

Earl Williams made a motion to require that all new employees in EMS or Fire Rescue from this day forward within 6 months of hire date agree to be cross-trained Fire/EMS.

Ervin Brock seconded the motion. With all in favor, the motion carried.

With no further business to discuss, Earl Williams made a motion to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Ricky Smith.

The meeting adjourned.