HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/11/1978 FC MinutesMount Prospect Finance Commission
Minutes of the meeting of March 11, 1978
Attending: Chairman Ronchetto, Commissioners Bachhuber, Beier, Clauser, Haase
Chairman Ronchetto called the meeting to order at 9:40 A.M.
Following a discussion by Commission members with Fire Chief Pairitz and other
Fire Department personnel in attendance, Commissioner Haase moved the adoption
of the following recommendations to the Mayor and Board of Trustees:
1. The Fire Department should develop a staffing plan for
the next two years, which has as its objective the re-
duction of cost of fire prevention and other non -fire
suppression activities by substituting, to the extent
possible, properly qualified civilian personnel for
firefighters and officers.
2. The Fire Department should continue to explore ways to
reduce the expenditure for medical examinations.
Seconded by Commissioner Bachhuber and carried unanimously.
on motion made'by Mr. Haase, seconded by Mr. Clauser and carried unanimously,
the Chairman was directed to write the trustees and Mayor objecting to certain
staff comments regarding the Commission generally and Mr. Bachhuber specifically
and requesting that the attacks be stopped.
Mr. Bachhuber moved adoption of the following recommendations to the Mayor and
Trustees:
1. We again recommend that the Board of Trustees meet
with its independent auditors at least annually on a
timely basis to review the results of the audit, in-
cluding the management letter.
2. The gasoline shortage problem mentioned above actually
occurred in the fiscal years ended April 30, 1977; and
it seems probable that the problem will have continued
at least through some part of the 1978 fiscal year.
Therefore, we recommend that:
a. The Village Management should take immediate steps,
if it hasn't already done so, to adequately control
the dispensing of gasoline through daily or weekly
reconciliations of usage and inventory records.
b. Before purchasing expensive equipment, the Village
Management should thoroughly explore alternatives,
including a review of what other municipalities and
vehicle fleet managers do.
Seconded by Mr. Beier and carried unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 P.M.