{"id":1273,"date":"2016-10-01T09:26:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T13:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2021-02-06T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T16:12:52","slug":"first-meeting-wcfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/first-meeting-wcfc\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Meeting of the Wake County Fire Commission &#8211; November 24, 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digging through the early years of the Wake County Fire Commission this morning. They were created as an advisory board in 1998, as a recommendation of a 1994 fire service study, and supplanted the Wake Council Fire Chief\u2019s Council, which previously served that role.<\/p>\n<p>They discussed such things as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meeting dates, time, and location.<\/li>\n<li>Role of the commission.<\/li>\n<li>Contract and contracts.<\/li>\n<li>Personnel retention and recruitment programs.<\/li>\n<li>ISO and consultant reports.<\/li>\n<li>Appointed subcommittees for Capital Improvement Projects, Budget Review, Contract and Performance Requirements, and Planning.<\/li>\n<li>The planned 800MHz radio system.<\/li>\n<li>Current priority issues of the commission.<\/li>\n<li>Funding distribution\/service district budget development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read the entire minutes of that first meeting by drilling down into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legeros.com\/ralwake\/docs\/wcfc\">www.legeros.com\/ralwake\/docs\/wcfc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve conveniently downloaded as both individual and compiled files from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wakegov.com\/fire\/commission\/minutes\/\">official site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who\u2019s Who<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Present and accounted for were these familiar names:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blaine Parks, Citizen\/Consumer (Alternate) Mitchell, South Region\/Primary [GFD]<\/li>\n<li>Rodney Privette, East Region\/Alternate [RRFD]<\/li>\n<li>George Mills, North Region\/Primary [BLFD]<\/li>\n<li>Ned Perry, Citizen\/Consumer [Retired CFD]<\/li>\n<li>Bonnie Woodruff, Citizen\/Consumer<\/li>\n<li>Bill Stevenson, President of Firemen&#8217;s Association<\/li>\n<li>Cloyce Anders, External Facilitator (Non-voting)<\/li>\n<li>Ray Echevarria, Interim Director-Fire\/Rescue Division<\/li>\n<li>Ed Brinson, West Region\/Primary [SCFD]<\/li>\n<li>Max Ashworth, Citizen\/Consumer<\/li>\n<li>Tom Vaughan, East Region\/Primary [WFD]<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Sannipoli, Citizen\/Consumer<\/li>\n<li>Tony Chiotakis, West Region\/Alternate [MFD]<\/li>\n<li>A. C. Rich, North Region\/Alternate [SHFD]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Absent were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ken Farmer, South Region\/Alternate [FVFD]<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Schwarm, Citizen\/Consumer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recognized were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Cooke, Deputy County Manager<\/li>\n<li>Tim Lanier, Interim Public Safety Director<\/li>\n<li>Chris Perry, Shift Supervisor-Fire\/Rescue Division<\/li>\n<li>Sherry Scoggins, Executive Secretary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More History<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the fire commission you ask? Read this handy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legeros.com\/ralwake\/photos\/weblog\/pivot\/entry.php?id=4660\">blog-post-as-FAQ <\/a>from 2011.<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s the broader context? 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