Manton Firesafe Council Community Meeting Notes from November 29, 2021 at MVFD

Manton Fire Safe Council Meeting Notes

Nov. 29, 2021, 6:00 p.m.

Manton Volunteer Fire Station

Meeting was called to order by Janet Jensen.

I. Round table introductions of all in room- there were 15 community members in

attendance, including Bob Cords (Manton Assistant Fire Chief).

II. Establishment of norms/guidelines:

!. Be on time

2. Respect other people’s views

3. Be brief/mindful of time

4. Stay on subject/on point

5. Active listening, not talking over others

6. No cell phones

7. Commitment

III. Discussion:

~Discussion about committees- what types of committees.

~Michelle Heino brought up having committee chairs: elected/defined

~Discussion about projects being clear

~Education-Marlo Meyer talked about Resource Development District and oral

histories

~Discussion about communications and outreach

~Jadian Fredricks brought up definition of “community” - where fire travels

~Bob Cords talked about definition of our split down county lines

~Question of being in “96059”?

~Bob Cords brought up it is an inclusive as we want it to be.

~Michelle Heino- ~discussion of communication, outreach and education, led

to

~Projects

~Fundraising

IV. Board of Directors and Committee Members

~Members’ discussion of officers positions:

-Chairperson

-Co-chair (Vice)

-Secretary

-Treasurer

Members vote on positions:

-Chair- Janet Jensen

-Vice Chair- Joanne Paquin Sproul

- Secretary- Heather Boone

-Treasurer- Renee Timmons

Addition after discussion to encompass one Chair as Committee Projects Chair:

Members vote- Elliott Proffitt

V. Mission Statement

Members discussion and vote:

Our mission is “to protect the people and property of the Manton

Community from the catastrophic effects of fire through preventive, education,

cooperation, innovation, and action.”.

VI. Discussion about legal structure/ 501c3

-Pat Dwyer brought up direction with regards to funding & organization

- lead into to Powerpoint from Janet Jensen about the differences in 501c3,

Association and non-profit pros and cons:

- Also lead to discussion about need for insurance and costs

-Bob Cords spoke about Fuel Reduction and Education (big items)

-Associaton not way to go

-Discussion about volunteers and requirements (remember #4 of norms!)

-Vote called: Majority vote to go 501c3

-Vote called: Majority vote to go non-profit

VII. Action Items

-Janet to invite BCWC to next meeting to ask them what they have done so far

towards Manton Fire Safe Council and about “residual funds”

- Suggestions that we start our own gmail account- “.org”

-Elliott will set up .org account

- Michelle Heino assed that a page can be accessed without having an

account (i.e. Facebook)

- Board members to have a special meeting to work on Bylaws- Dec. 13,

10:00am at Fire Station.

- Next Community meeting- January 10, agreed and voted on to have meetings

aver 2nd Monday of the month at 6:00 pm.

-Two missions for Board before next meeting: Bylaws & domain name

Meeting adjourned at approx. 7:40p.m.