3 June 2020
Moon Township Board of Supervisors and its boards · 40 subject tags
The Moon Township Board of Supervisors held a special meeting on June 3, 2020, devoted entirely to a presentation from the Volunteer Fire Company Sustainability Focus Group. The chairman called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. with all five supervisors present. No public comments were offered. The president of the Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company introduced a consultant, the Mt. Lebanon fire chief, who detailed a dramatic 50% decline in active membership since 1985, from 96 to 42 members, with average call attendance dropping from 24 to 7. The focus group presented three strategic goals: recruit and retain volunteers, generate revenue, and replace the fire station. For recruitment, they outlined existing incentives totaling $133,200 annually, including a 20% real estate tax credit, pay-per-call, LOSAP program, and tuition credits. Revenue proposals included applying for SAFER grant funding, negotiating service fees with high-volume nonprofits, implementing permit fees, directing false alarm fee revenue to the fire department, billing insurance for vehicle accidents and structure fires, and adopting a fire tax for apparatus and station replacements. The centerpiece of the presentation was a proposal to replace the current Public Safety Building, described as nearly 50 years old and requiring $4.06 million in renovations, with a new station at the Downes site estimated at $3 million. The fire company would downsize from four stations to three—Downes, Carnot, and Boggs—saving an estimated $134,000 annually in fleet and utility costs. The township manager requested the fire company review existing engineering plans from Lennon, Smith, Souleret. The board thanked the consultant, and the meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.The Moon Township Board of Supervisors held a special meeting on June 3, 2020, devoted entirely to a presentation from the Volunteer Fire Company Sustainability Focus Group. The chairman called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. with all five supervisors present. No public comments were offered.
The president of the Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company introduced a consultant, the Mt. Lebanon fire chief, who detailed a dramatic 50% decline in active membership since 1985, from 96 to 42 members, with average call attendance dropping from 24 to 7. The focus group presented three strategic goals: recruit and retain volunteers, generate revenue, and replace the fire station. For recruitment, they outlined existing incentives totaling $133,200 annually, including a 20% real estate tax credit, pay-per-call, LOSAP program, and tuition credits. Revenue proposals included applying for SAFER grant funding, negotiating service fees with high-volume nonprofits, implementing permit fees, directing false alarm fee revenue to the fire department, billing insurance for vehicle accidents and structure fires, and adopting a fire tax for apparatus and station replacements.
The centerpiece of the presentation was a proposal to replace the current Public Safety Building, described as nearly 50 years old and requiring $4.06 million in renovations, with a new station at the Downes site estimated at $3 million. The fire company would downsize from four stations to three—Downes, Carnot, and Boggs—saving an estimated $134,000 annually in fleet and utility costs. The township manager requested the fire company review existing engineering plans from Lennon, Smith, Souleret. The board thanked the consultant, and the meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
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