The meeting was called to order by President Harold Hoover at 1930 hours. There was a pledge to the flag and roll call of officers – 9 present.

The August 2006 minutes were read and approved.

Report of vice-presidents – Levi Freeburn – absent

Julie Erdman - 15 members

Membership – Christopher Gast has been granted temporary membership.

Financial Secretary – The fund drive letter should be mailed in early October.

Secretary – Correspondence for the month was read. The LCFA survey asking the Company to support or oppose the construction of the County morgue at the training center was discussed. A motion was made to respond with a vote of opposition to the construction of the morgue at the center. The motion was seconded and approved.

New Business – Flowers were sent to Bev Stoltzfus ad Leon Fry upon the deaths of relatives.

A nominating committee of Zach Dennis and Julie Erdman was appointed by President Hoover.

Due to the New Holland Fair on the first Wednesday of October, the next meeting will be Monday, October 9, 2006.

Alerting – Ten Motorola Minitor 5 pagers were ordered and they have arrived.

Fire Prevention – Fire prevention activities will be the week of October 9, 2006. The committee will post dates once they’re finalized with the schools. A motion was made to allow the committee to use the apparatus for these activities. The motion was seconded and approved.

Ways and Means – Ted Burkhart has agreed to chair the sauerkraut committee.

The financial outcome of the carnival has not been determined due to outstanding bills that need submitted to the committee.

Zone 3 sub sale, Saturday, September 30, 2006.

Cabbage cutting will be Saturday, September 30 and October 7, 2006.

Grants – The State check has been deposited into the Chief’s account. The Bank or Lancaster County check has arrived. Chief Miller will transfer $12,900 to the general fund.

AFG dispersal should begin within about four weeks.

The fire prevention grant application period will be opening shortly. We may write a grant for smoke detectors for the community.

War Memorial – Designs of the new sign were shown to the members. They have no issues with our plans.

Sign and Floor – The committee was appropriated $23,000 last month to install a 28"- 35mm red LED spaced sign. After a follow-up meeting with the sign company, there are more options that the Company should discuss because the committee was unable to reach a consensus recommendation. The committee presented the following choices:

1 37" high res color without electric, post holes, cable, or bullards $33,405

2 37" std. res color without electric, post holes, cable, or bullards $24,384

3 30" 19mm red LED spacing without electric, post holes, cable, or bullards $23,705

4 37" 34mm red LED spacing without electric, post holes, cable, or bullards $21,165

5 28" high res color without electric, post holes, cable, or bullards $15,000

A lengthy discussion was held over the various options. The general consensus of the membership was that the contractor should complete the entire project and ULFC members be responsible for none of the process. A motion was made to use the previous quote and build the sign proposed last month. The motion was seconded. A voice vote was extremely close, so President Hoover called for a show of hands. Those in favor of the motion-3, those opposed to the motion-5. The motion was defeated.

A motion was made to install the 37" high res color sign with entire installation to be completed by the contractor at a price of approximately $35,000. There was discussion on the motion. A call for a second to the motion failed, and the motion died.

A motion was made to purchase a 30" 19mm red LED spaced sign with the entire installation to be completed by the contractor at a price of approximately $25,000. The motion was seconded and approved.

President Hoover suggested the sign should be dedicated to Warren Wolf. The members felt this discussion can be held at a later date.

The contractor that we thought could oversee the floor replacement project has decided they do not want to manage this project. Their recommendation is to add 4" of leveling concrete to the existing floor or jack-hammer the existing concrete out and re-pour the entire floor.

There was extensive discussion about options and costs. Nothing can be done prior to New Year’s Day, so the floor can be recovered with cardboard for that day.

Zone 3 – The meeting was at Bowmansville. Zone 3 has been facilitating training classes and the county training center is getting credit for the classes. The zone is looking at the companies pooling their allotments at the training center at a zone level. The is due to some of the challenges around equipment usage at the fire school.

Larry Martin is looking for someone to fill his position on the standards committee. Next meeting is at Churchtown.

Engineer – The batteries in the Saber have been replaced.

Fire Chief – 10 incidents for August. Training will be posted on the bulletin board.

General Remarks – Nelson Dagen has purchased the laptop for the Saber. Some additional software needs loaded before the PC can be put on the apparatus.

The next meeting will be Monday, October 9, 2006 at 1930 hours.

A motion was made to adjourn. Seconded and approved at 2120 hours.

Respectfully Submitted by:

Samuel A. Huber, Secretary

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