Directors Present: President Ken March, Vice President Phil Tirrell, Directors Thomas Goddard, Thomas Bates, Dan Eaton, Greg Seymour, Real Bazin, Jay Wilson, Harry Boynton, John Manning

The meeting was called to order at 1900 hours by President March

Administration Present: None

Guests In Person: None

Guests Via Zoom: None; Not available

Headquarters Lighting Upgrades – Vice President Tirrell presented a project which Ret. Chief Sangermano had initiated regarding the replacement of all lighting at Headquarters, with a final proposal having been submitted; This project is through Eversource, who has hired contractors to perform the work; VP Tirrell advised the total cost to be assumed by FMA is $2500.00, with the balance of the cost to be paid for via grant funding; A motion was made by Vice President Tirrell and seconded by Director Boynton to move forward with the project and schedule to work to be completed, via Tom Powers

IamResponding – Directors raised concerns over the many frustrations being heard from departments relative to IAR; Director Goddard put forth an idea from Lt. Foote, which would involve holding a system wide meeting, both in person and virtual, in order to discuss the new CAD/IAR and air the issues and the things that are being worked on for improvement, and identifying any additional issues/concerns; Follow up will take place

Staffing & Operations Manager Position – A significant amount of discussion took place regarding staffing and the creation of an Operations Manager position; After discussion, a motion was made by Director Eaton and seconded by Director Bazin to hire 2 new full time dispatchers, and fill 2 full time dispatcher positions currently vacant; The motion passed unanimously vis voice vote; A motion was made by Director Eaton and seconded by Vice President Tirrell to table further action regarding the Operations Manager position; The motion passed unanimously via voice vote

Deputy Chief Lunderville Resignation – President March advised the Board that Deputy Chief Lunderville had resigned from FMA effective October 17, 2025

Consultant Contracts - Vice President Tirrell confirmed draft contracts had been received from our attorney for the two consultant positions that are required for the system communications upgrade; One consultant will be charged with the administration of the upgrade funding and site engineering oversight, while the second will be charged with functioning as a technical consultant working directly with our internal communications staff; These contracts will be reviewed and solidified for action at our next Board meeting

IT Upgrades – Considering actions taken at the previous Board meeting of 10/8/2025 regarding the purchase and installation of the required hardware, equipment, and software to provide remote interactive access for meetings and training purposes at Headquarters, a motion was made by Director Manning and seconded by Director Bazin to allocated and expend no more that $5000.00 for this project; The motion passed via voice vote with Director Eaton opposed

Next Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday November 12, 2025 @ 1900 hours, to be held at Cheshire County Building w/ remote access accommodations available

Motion made by Director Manning and seconded Director Seymour to adjourn; Motion passed

Meeting adjourned at 2050 hours

Respectfully submitted

Director Thomas Goddard