Minutes Board of Directors Meeting - 2/23/05


General board meeting called to order at 3:32 p.m. by President Mr. Stonebraker. Present were Directors Mr. Stonebraker, Mr. Schloss and Mr. Bettag, Chief Svetanics and Ms. Vincent. There was one Citizen from the District present, Board Candidate Al Klein.

The purpose of this meeting was to discuss and approve monthly expenses. Checks were reviewed and signed.

Motion by Mr. Bettag to transfer $150,000 from the District Pension Fund to the General Fund for the purpose of wire transferring pension allotment to Principal Financial Group, 2nd by Mr. Stonebraker, roll call vote, all ayes.

Motion by Mr. Schloss to schedule a closed meeting on Monday, March 9, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. to review amendments to the District Rules and Regulations with Local #2677 Secretary, Captain Jegel, 2nd by Mr. Bettag, roll call vote, all ayes.

Mr. Bettag reported that on February 18, due to a reduction in lockbox receipts, he, Chief Svetanics, Lt. Michalski and Ms. Vincent all met with Leslie Adams of Mediclaims, which is the company that bills for our ambulance calls. Ms. Adams reported that we are seeing reduced receipts since our largest source of revenue, Medicare, started using a clearinghouse to handle all claims, and now United Health Care first turns down every bill as ineligible until they receive an emergency room bill to go with the claim, all adding to the length of time to receive payment. Ms. Adams stated that we should start to see a turnaround in collections since Medicare is catching up with their backlog.

Mr. Bettag recommended that the Mediclaims report with 30-60-90 day outstanding claims be added to the monthly reports read at the general board meetings.

Motion by Mr. Schloss to adjourn the general meeting at 4:23 p.m., 2nd by Mr. Bettag, roll call vote, all ayes.

Respectfully submitted,



Jerry G. Schloss, Secretary
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