Regular Board Meeting

Status: Approved September 16, 2026.

Director’s meeting of the MRFPD met on August 19, 2026, at 8:00 PM.

The meeting was called to order by President M Gartner.Director’s in attendance were D Ell, S Gartner, M Gartner, T Gartner, D Hille, J Hopkins, T Kalvoda, K Nelson, C Rebenitsch, P Sweeney and J Thomsen.Also in attendance were L Gustin, T Sheldon, J Leingang, K Gustin and T Bosch.

S Gartner presented the board with the Minutes, Treasurer’s Report and the Monthly Bills.

Motion by D Ell, 2nd by K Nelson to approve the minutes.Motion carried.

Motion by D Ell, 2nd by T Kalvoda to approve the Treasurer’s report.Motion carried.

M Gartner heard from Dawn Rhone the Morton County Auditor that we need to hold a Budget Hearing.It is set for next month.The Auditor’s Office will send out the hearing notices.

For the Webpage we are waiting on the domain name which will be mandanruralfire.org.

Chief’s Report:

• J Leingang has been helping get the reports for fire statistics.
• The truck that is being stored at the chief’s has been used to respond to several calls.
• The County Commissioner’s and the Chief has issued a total burn ban until the end of the year.
• There was an accident at a fire call.The chief will turn into the insurance and hopefully the truck will be back in service within the next week.
• Donations were received from TC Energy for the deck gun.The Forest Service Grant information has been turned in.
• The officers will start specking a replacement for 148 in St Anthony.The truck has never worked right since they got it.The new truck will be a combination grass-rescue truck.
• The new truck on order should be done in November.We need to decide what should be done with the old truck.
• D Hille suggested we actively look at putting trucks in remote areas.Would it be practical to look at buying small buildings and insulating them.D Ell suggested the buildings be mobile so they could be moved if needed.Possibly do leases on parcels of land.The Officers will try and come up with some ideas.

Motion by D Ell, 2nd by T Gartner to pay the monthly bills.Motion carried.

No questions on previous agenda items.

Motion by J Hopkins, 2nd by C Rebenitsch to adjourn.Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted Shelly Gartner, Sec/Treas MRFPD

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