Boyceville ambulance district approves job description, salary and hiring schedule for clerk-treasurer
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By LeAnn R. Ralph
BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Ambulance Service Board of Directors has approved a job description, salary and a hiring schedule for a clerk-treasurer.
The Boyceville ambulance board unanimously approved the job description at the December 11 meeting.
The clerk-treasurer will need a photocopy machine, a fax machine and access to Quickbooks, noted Gilbert Krueger, chair of the ambulance district board and Boyceville village president.
A copy machine, fax and a computer to access Quickbooks are all available in the office at the ambulance station, said Andrew Kissh, interim director of the Boyceville ambulance service.
The clerk-treasurer could work out of the office at the ambulance station, Kissh said.
Kissh was appointed as interim director at the November meeting after Matt Feeney, director of the Boyceville ambulance service, was placed on paid administrative leave.
Paying the district’s bills and doing the payroll shifted to Feeney after the late Cindy Swanepoel, Boyceville clerk-treasurer, said she no longer wished to do the work.
Swanepoel died in February of 2016.
Members of the ambulance district are the Towns of Hay River, New Haven, Stanton, Tiffany, Sherman, Sheridan and the Village of Boyceville.
Salary
The Boyceville ambulance district board approved a salary of $6,000 per year for the clerk-treasurer.
The hours needed for the clerk-treasurer to do the work are expected to be 16 to 17 hours per month or 200 hours per year.
The Boyceville ambulance board unanimously approved a motion to pay the clerk-treasurer $6,000 per year.
The new clerk-treasurer will probably keep track of the hours and “let us know if we are out of line, one way or the other,” Krueger said.
In a related matter, the Boyceville ambulance district board also approved a motion to reduce the ambulance chief’s salary by $4,800 per year since the chief will not be paying the bills or doing the payroll.
The reduction in the chief’s pay will become effective when a clerk-treasurer is hired.
Hiring schedule
Bob Anderson, representative for the Town of Stanton who served on the personnel committee for writing the clerk-treasurer job description, reported that the committee is recommending the position be advertised for two weeks with the applications due on January 1.
Interviews for the position can be held on January 5, and the ambulance district board can hire a clerk-treasurer at the January 15 meeting, he said.
The start date for the position would be determined after someone has been hired as clerk-treasurer, Anderson said.
Members of the ambulance district board unanimously approved the timeline presented by Anderson.
Compensation
The Boyceville ambulance district board also approved paying Kissh and Shanna Knops, a captain at the Boyceville ambulance service, $2,000 each for November and December and $1,000 each for January for their work of paying the bills and doing the payroll.
Kissh said because of the extra workload in Boyceville, he had “lost out” on six 24-hour overtime shifts at the Menomonie fire department at $720 per shift.
Kissh said he “couldn’t afford to keep doing” the chief’s work without extra compensation.
“It’s a lot of money, but this month has been stressful to say the least,” he said.
Kissh said he and Knops had been working as co-chiefs to keep the ambulance service running.
The Boyceville ambulance district board unanimously approved paying Kissh and Knops $2,000 each for November and December and $1,000 each for January.
Debit card
The members of the ambulance district board also approved a debit card purchasing policy that includes the provision that if a purchase is over $2,000, it requires the approval of the ambulance district chair, and if the purchase is over $5,000, it requires the approval of the ambulance district board.
The policy initially capped the purchasing ability of the ambulance service director at $1,000, but board members thought $1,000 seemed too low.
EMS supplies are usually larger invoices rather than smaller, but EMS supplies can generally be invoiced to the ambulance service and can be approved by the board before they are paid, Kissh said.
On the other hand, if an ambulance needs a repair, and the cost is $2,000 or more, the ambulance service cannot wait until the next board meeting to repair the ambulance, he said.
The Boyceville ambulance district board meets next on January 15 immediately following the fire district meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Correction
Following the adjournment of the meeting, Marv Prestrud, representative for the Town of New Haven, asked if a correction could be printed in the newspaper.
Following the November 13 meeting, the Tribune Press Reporter reported that the members of the Boyceville ambulance district board approved hiring Carlson Highland & Co. LLP of Amery to conduct an audit for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Carlson no longer is Carlson Highland, but rather, is known as CarlsonSV, Prestrud said.
The Tribune regrets the error.
