The August meeting of the Bayfield-Ashland Counties EMS Council was called to order by Dean Hambrecht, President of the Council. The meeting was held in the Board Room of MMC/Ashland.

Motion made by Teresa Gunderson, seconded by Tam Hofman, to approve the minutes of the July meeting as printed. Motion carried.

TREASURER REPORT Chuck Elton reported that we have a balance of $4400.77 in the treasury including the $2750 set aside for medical director fees. He will be invoicing Bayfield, Iron River and South Shore for the website scheduling development at $150 per service.

OLD BUSINESS:

SPINAL CLEARANCE FORM Merrilee Carlson encouraged all services to fill out the spinal clearance form on both boarded and unboarded patients. She also encouraged services to place the form on the doctors desk at MMC not give the form to the ER nurse.

ANNUAL MEETING Mary Ross reported that she had made arrangements with The Pub on Madeline Island for our annual meeting and dinner September 30th. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 PM with the meal to follow. The choices were discussed with a price of $16.75 per person that will include tax and tip. The notice will be mailed through Bayfield County Emergency Management. Jan Victorson requested services to send updated rosters and mailing addresses.

NEW BUSINESS:

MEDICAL DIRECTOR John Schulz has given us notice that he will not be able to continue as medical director as he is accepting a position in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He will continue to be medical director on paper until the new one is in place. Discussion about need for separate medical directors for ALS and BLS. Strong consensus to pursue medical direction for all Basic services in the Council as a single physician.

Motion made by Teresa Gunderson, seconded by Del Jerome, that the officers take action on the medical director vacancy, including advertising, screening and interviewing, and bring recommendations to the Council. Motion carried.

MELLEN TANKER Ron Brendalen of Mellen announced that Mellen has received a Fire Grant for $166,000 to purchase a tanker. Congratulations!

KAYAKING EVENT Problems were identified in a critique held after the kayak rescue event end of July. Agreement to hold a tabletop exercise with a heavy emphasis on resolving communications issues.

BILLABLE RESPONSE Discussion about coming to agreement for a consistent hourly rate for ambulance standby at billable events. Standardized figure of $110 per hour was discussed. No action taken.

COMMUNICATIONS Use of ALS 400 was discussed. Some agencies report hearing but not being able to transmit, etc. on ALS 400. Further discussion and programming research required.

NEXT MEETING The next meeting of the Council is scheduled for September 30th at 5:30 PM at The Pub on Madeline Island.

Motion made by Teresa Gunderson, seconded by Tam Hofman to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned.

IN ATTENDANCE

Bill Andresen Bayfield Ron Brendalen Mellen Merrilee Carlson MMC Tim Ciembronowicz Ashland Dan Clark Washburn Chuck Elton Washburn Teresa Gunderson Mason Dean Hambrecht Great Divide John Harding Glidden Tam Hofman South Shore Rick Huber Mellen Del Jerome Barnes Frank Koehn South Shore Mary Ross Madeline Island Marcia Swanson South Shore Gary Victorson Iron River and Mason Jan Victorson Bayfield County EM