TRUMAN–The Truman City Council on Monday heard from Fire Chief Brandon Mosloski who provided a quarterly update.

He said that to date they’ve had calls for one carbon monoxide alarm, one motor vehicle accident, one assist to the Truman Ambulance, one rescue standby, two gas leaks, three structure fires, one hay bale fire, one mutual aid call and a kitchen fire for a total of 12 runs.

“That’s pretty much inline with where we’ve been in the past,” Mosloski said.

He said there are 24 active members on the department and that they’re technically full at 26 so they’re looking for a few more members.

In April Mosloski said that a company came down to test the department’s hose and that of the 6,750 feet, 450 of it failed. He said that percentage of failure was considered normal.

“Overall we were really pleased with what they did for us and we’re hoping to continue to use their service in the future,” Mosloski said.

He also shared that in April the department had a breakfast fundraiser in which about 390 people were served. He said the third annual side by side ride took place in May and that there were 100 registered riders.

“From our 50-50 raffle, we ended up donating $1,736 back to the Truman Lions Club,” Mosloski said.

Finally, Mosloski said he had been asked by Federated Rural Electric if the department had any needs and that Mosloski said they have some gear that needs to be replaced. He said that Federated and some other groups each gave $2,500 for a total of $7,500.

Profinium Financial also selected the department as a recipient of some funds and presented a check for $10,000 which was used to purchase new radios.

Josh Kitzerow with the Truman Ambulance Department also spoke about funding for some radios. He said that the department is currently sitting with a $13,000 profit and that while it was going to use the radio budget to purchase them, he’d like to use the emergency fund.

“It will save us in the long run,” he said.

The cost of 10 radios is just over $43,000. He said the computers they’re using are from 2012 and that the department would like to update those and two iPads for about $2,200.

“The emergency budget has $73,922 so it would leave us about $25,000 for the remainder and it needs to be used up before the end of December,” Kitzerow said.

He also shared that the department is at 115 runs for the year, which is down about 20 from last year.

“I guess that’s kind of a good thing,” Kitzerow said. “I’m seeing a lot less transfers recently.”

He said that they’ve had as many ambulance calls in the Fairmont area as they have in the Lewisville area. He noted that Fairmont’s department has changed its staffing, which he thinks has helped.

The council approved the purchase of the raiders and other technology using the emergency funds.

In other business:

— Kathy Sorenson and Lynn Brownlee from the Spruce Up Committee shared that there is money left in their account and they would like to put a sign up under the water tower that says, “In this world you can be anything, be kind.” The council didn’t express concerns with the idea but said that it would need to pass it by utility foreman, Brent Brown.

— Michael Anderson with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office read an update from Deputy Tietje that said 25 of 30 properties that had an ordinance violation are now in compliance and that the other five have been cited.

— The council approved an amendment to a task order with Bolton & Menk regarding the Highway 15 sidewalk project. Troy Nemmers with Bolton & Menk said the state will be covering the additional cost of $12,000 for the design.

— The council approved hiring Vaedah Werner and Alexis Fuller as lifeguards.