Captiva fire commissioners approve resolutions
The Captiva Island Fire Control District’s commission approved three resolutions at its meeting.
On Oct. 9, the board voted unanimously 3-0 in support of disposing of the fire district’s old monitor/defibrillator, updating the fees for non-routine services and increasing the value of the maintenance contract for the new monitor-defibrillator, which keeps it functioning properly.
Fire Chief Jeff Pawul explained that the first resolution called for disposing of the LifePak 15 by trading it in – for $8,000 – on the purchase of a new Zoll X-series monitor-defibrillator.
“We bought a new cardiac monitor-defibrillator that we use on our calls,” he said, adding that the intention was to have two of the same brands so crews could switch seamlessly between them.
“We’ve just been trying to get it uniform,” Pawul said.
By trading in the old one, they received the value of it taken off the new device’s price.
The second resolution addressed increasing fees charged by the district.
“That’s essentially fees for services we provide outside of normal day-to-day operations,” he said, citing business inspections and inspections of fireworks displays as two examples.
“We’ve always followed, in the past, Lee County and their uniform fee schedule,” Pawul said.
However, the district had not revisited its fees for several years.
“So a lot of those numbers were outdated,” he said.
The third resolution dealt with the maintenance of the district’s new monitor-defibrillator. Pawul explained that the previously approved contact came in under the actual cost and had to be adjusted.
IN OTHER NEWS
– Pawul reported that the district’s new fire boat is nearly finished.
“The boat is basically on schedule to be completed in the next couple of weeks,” he said. “We’re waiting on one or two things.”