Southwestern NH District Fire Mutual Aid
Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday April 23, 2025
Meeting Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order by President March at 1901 hours
Directors Present:
President Ken March, Vice President Jay Wilson, Directors Thomas Goddard, Real Bazin,
Thomas Bates, Harry Nelson, Harry Boynton, John Manning, Dan Eaton, Chris Liller
Administration Present:
Chief Joe Sangermano
Deputy Chief Kassie Lunderville
Guests: None Present
Meeting Minutes Approval – April 9, 2025:
Motion was made, seconded, and unanimously passed by voice vote, accepting into record the minutes of the April 9, 2025 meeting, as presented
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer’s Report presented by Chief Sangermano with no questions or discussion
Treasurer’s Report approval motioned, seconded, and approved unanimously by voice vote
Coordinator’s Report
Coordinator’s Activity Report presented by Chief Sangermano with accompanying specific explanations
Approval of Activity Report moved, seconded and approved unanimously via voice vote
Committee Reports:
By-Laws Committee: No Report
Regional Training Committee: No Report
Public Relations Committee: No Report
Nominating Committee:
Director Boynton, as Chair of the Nominating Committee, confirmed there to be four Board vacancies, with six individuals expressing interest in the positions, and having submitted their interest and required resume (Phil Tirrell, Greg Seymour, Josh Brooks, Mark Howard, Shawn McGinnis, and Michael Burke); Much discussion ensued regarding the proper and most appropriate means to forward this slate of candidates to the Annual Meeting floor for voting purposes; Director Goddard questioned the true validity of the Board voting on which interested persons to move forward as a slate of candidates via the Nominating Committee; Other Directors indicated the history and past practice of doing so, coupled with the fact that nominations from the floor of Annual Meeting are also possible; After all discussion, via paper ballot, the Board voted to provide the Nominating Committee with a slate of four individuals (Shawn McGinnis and Phil Tirrell as new Board members, and Harry Nelson and Thomas Goddard as returning Board members
Old Business:
Door Lock Security System:
Chief Sangermano advised the door lock system, as originally quoted, has been installed and is complete; An additional quote has been requested from Amer Electric for possible additional work to performed for doors presently not protected
New Recorder: No Update
New CAD System:
Deputy Lunderville advised she, along with Lt. Matt Yeatman, and retired Lt. David Whipple will begin contacting fire departments in order to confirm their respective apparatus and equipment inventories, and will begin the data entry process in preparation for development of the new CAD; Their work will commence within the next week
Dispatch Consoles: No Update
Accounting Clerk:
Kathryn Putney has been working, has settled into her now role very well, and is already proving to be a significant asset to the System and our operations
IamResponding :
Deputy Lunderville advised education and training for dispatchers is being coordinated
Grievances:
Chief Sangermano advised the Board that several Union grievances have been filed and are pending, with no progression of them at this time
Dispatch Chairs:
Deputy Chief Lunderville advised the Board that four chairs have been purchased, with two presently in service within Dispatch; Additional vendors are being contacted and considered
New Business:
The Board reviewed planning for upcoming Annual Meeting, and finalized the
planned presentations
Director Bazin requested to discuss the recently presented MRI preliminary report; A brief amount of discussion ensued with next actions options also discussed; No specific actions followed
Personnel Issues: None
Non-Public Session:
The Board of Directors, via confirmation of approval by each individual Board member, entered into Non-Public Session at 2001 hours, inviting Chief Sangermano and Deputy Chief Lunderville to attend; Due to the topics of the Non-Public Session, Director Goddard recused himself, and was not included in this portion of the meeting
Correspondence: None warned
Open Discussion: Unknown
NOTE:
At the time the Board meeting transitioned into Non-Public session, Director Goddard (acting as Secretary for this meeting) left the meeting and did not return upon it’s returning to normal session; As such, no additional meeting minutes were documented
Meeting Adjournment:
Meeting adjourned at unknown time
Respectfully submitted
Director/Acting Secretary Thomas Goddard