Firewise Meeting                                                                                                                                 March 11, 2026

LCMC Board Room

Meeting was called to order by President Alec Pennington at 10:00 a.m.

Present were board members:  Alec Pennington, Gary Nelson, Paul Bogacz. Vicki Knox excused absence.

Ray Menard, Uriel Hansen, Cheryl Allagree and Linda Breitzke attended in person. There were no Zoom attendees.

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Review of Previous Minutes

Several minor edits under Old Business were made to the February 11, 2026, Firewise Meeting Minutes.  

Paul made a motion to approve meeting minutes with edits noted.  Gary seconded the motion and the minutes were approved unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report

Financial report was distributed prior to the meeting.

• No February transactions.
• $16,049.34 – total assets. 

Paul moved to approve the financial report.  Gary seconded and the financial report was approved unanimously.

OLD BUSINESS

Address Marker/Assessment Update:

One new address marker request was received.

There are a total of 5 pending and 2 on hold.

No Assessments are pending.

Google Workspace Site:

Google Workspace and Website – Uriel gave a progress report of her work and provided documentation of the progress so far.  She asked for clarification as to how we would like data presented – separate databases for each activity or one database from which we would query specific information to create forms as needed.  We chose one database using ‘hover-over’ items to create pop-ups with specific information about each category/form. 

Annual DNR Grant:

Still awaiting results for Grant Application. Original notice date of March 6 has passed.

Wildfire Preparedness Day:

The date for the event has been confirmed with Fire Department.

CERT and Block Watch have been invited to present and have accepted.

Fire Marshal Randy Collins was invited to speak about Mason County efforts to write a CWPP and its importance to all residents of Mason County.

The Hi-Viz vests have been printed with logo and Firewise and will be available for use by volunteers at event.

Gary has been in communication with the nursery, and they are working on sourcing plants for the giveaway.

Gary asked for input on Raffle items and it was agreed to the same items as last year and to procure gift certificates from local businesses.

Volunteer Recruitment Activities:

A follow up email was sent to all who expressed an interest in serving on the Board. No responses were received. Both of today’s guests came to the meeting to find out more and expressed continuing interest.

Other:

Shed repair – waiting for the weather to get warmer and drier.

Website expenses – waiting for when new website is ready so make changes all at the same time.

Gary moved to adjourn the meeting at 11:50.  Paul seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

Next regular meeting will be on April 8, 2026, at 10:00 am in the LCMC Boardroom.