WISCONSIN FIRE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL BOARD MEETING
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2004
PLAZA HOTEL AND SUITES, WAUSAU, WI
Call to Order at 1645 hoursRoll Call
President Bob Vajgrt present
1st Vice President Dave Lind present
2nd Vice President Steve Koback present
Exec. Sec. Treasurer Gil Hucek present
Recording Secretary Tim Rasmussen present
Past President Janet Harter present
Parliamentarian Jeff Pollard present
Area 1 Bob Gower absent
Area 2 Tom Weber absent
Area 3 vacant
Area 4 Mike Boehmer present
Area 5 Tod Doebler present
Area 6 Paul Voigt present
Area 7 Dick Trilling present
Area 8 Bill Becker absent
Area 9 Ron Omernick present
Area 10 Paul Wirth absent
Area 11 Jerry Paulson present
Area 12 Gary Puljas present
Area 13 Dave Krupich present
Area 14 Ed Jeffries present
Area 15 Arthur Gil de Lamadrid present
Area 16 Mark Hoppenjan present
Dept. of Commerce Dan Menequin absent
SECRETARIES REPORT
Motion by Ed Jeffries, seconded by Arthur Gil de Lamadrid to accept the secretaries minutes as posted. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Gil Hucek reported that we currently have:
$ 2,453.95 checking
45,530.96 savings
$47,948.91 total
All outstanding bills have been paid at this time. An outside audit is being done at this time.
Motion by Jim Binkowski, seconded by Mark Hoppenjan to accept the treasurer’s report as read. Motion carried.
BY-LAWS AND SOG’S
Mike Boehmer introduced changes to the by-laws that were posted. Changes in the reference of a fall and spring conference to reflect an annual conference. Changes to reflect the charter membership in the International Fire Marshals Association (IFMA) and a clarification on different types of memberships to the Association were explained. The types of memberships were Regular Membership, Contributing Membership, Associate Membership, Corporate Membership and Affiliate Membership.
Motion by Dave Lind, seconded by Steve Koback to accept the by-laws as amended and posted. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
Bob Vajgrt introduced the dates for upcoming conferences. These are Spring Conference March 15 - 17, 2005 at the Holiday Inn in Manitowoc, Fall Conference October 23 - 27, 2005 at the Plaza Hotel and Suites in Wausau and a combined conference at the Holiday Inn in Manitowoc with the proposed dates of March 8 - 12, 2006.
NEW BUSINESS
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Janet Harter representing the Nominations Committee nominated Dave Lind for President. No other nominations were brought from the floor. Nominations were closed and a
Motion by Janet Harter, seconded by Dave Krupich to close the nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Dave Lind for President. Motion carried.
Janet Harter then nominated Steve Koback for the office of 1st Vice President. No other nominations were brought from the floor. Nominations were closed and a Motion by Janet Harter, seconded by Mark Hoppenjan to close nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Steve Koback for 1st Vice President. Motion carried.
Janet Harter introduced three candidates for 2nd Vice President. Mike Boehmer, Tod Doebler and Mark Hoppenjan. The nominations were then opened to the floor and no others were received. Each nominee gave a short speech and then ballots were distributed. A tie vote was received for Mike Boehmer and Tod Doebler for the position. A second ballot was distributed and Tod Doebler was the winner of the vote.
Motion by Paul Voigt, seconded by Mark Hoppenjan to destroy the ballots. Motion carried.
CONFERENCE IDEAS
After much discussion on the idea of one conference. Motion by Dave Lind, seconded by Guy Sintelli to keep the schedule as read for one conference in 2006 and re-vote on that at that time. Motion amended to keep one conference for two years as a trial and then re-vote. Motion carried. One opposed.
AREA CHAIRS
Dave Lind requested that area chairs send him the area schedules so he can attend board meetings in different areas of the State. He also requested that area chairs contact corporations in their area to seek corporate memberships. He requested that all board members make the board meetings or send an alternate.
Dave Lind requested that all conference chairs make sure that the information from the presenters is available at least 2 weeks in advance of each conference so it can be reproduced by the Association if necessary.
AWARDS COMMITTEE
Steve Koback reported that the Awards Committee will accept awards nominations at any time for Fire Inspector of the Year, Fire Educator of the Year and Fire Chief of the Year.
Motion by Dave Lind, seconded by Dave Krupich to adjourn.
Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned: 1752 hours
Respectfully submitted,
Tim Rasmussen
Recording Secretary