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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Tuesday, January 19, 2016 <br />Page 7 <br />ENGINEERING - Tom Canpello <br />There was no report. <br />LEGAL DEPARTMENT - Mr. Diemert <br />There was no report. <br />FIRE - Chief Eugene Carcioppolo <br />Chief Carcioppolo thanked Councilman Williams for coming to the fire station for ride-along <br />time with us. He saw the station, equipment and guys. The deparhnent likes to see that. If <br />anyone else wants to come, you are welcome to come by. I also wanted to touch base with you <br />about the hydrant markers because the question was raised. We looked into purchasing hydrant <br />markers that are bolted to the hydrant. The cheapest model I could find was $16.49 per unit. To <br />purchase the items for all of the hydrants would be about $5,400. We have never had an issue <br />with locating a hydrant to my knowledge. We do paint them and put reflective tape on them <br />when we do our annual service to them. It wouldn't be something we would recommend we <br />need but if that's the direction Council wishes to go, we could purchase them. I would look at a <br />couple different models of hydrant markers which may cost more money. They would be color <br />, coded so we can color code the flows out of each hydrant. That would be a little bit more of an <br />elaborate undertaking. <br />Council President Saponaro asked, Councilwoman Mills; do you have any questions? <br />Mrs. Mills stated, people complained last winter about the snow being piled up on the hydrants, <br />but what you stated in our Caucus, it's up to the residents to keep the fire plugs visible. <br />Chief Carcioppolo stated, whether it's summertime with foliage around your hydrant or in the <br />winter, the homeowner should be minding that to keep it clear if they are concerned about it. We <br />carry equipment so we can remove anything obstructing it if we have to. All of our hydrants are <br />marked on a map so the driver of the apparatus or pump operator looks at the map when we are <br />responding to a call to spot the closest hydrant and the nearby hydrants in case there is an issue <br />with one of them so we have a back-up plan in case one of the hydrants do not work <br />appropriately. <br />Mrs. Mills asked, are you going to put something in the VOV about that? I think it would be <br />wise to do that. <br />Councilman Saponaro asked, about the maintenance of the hydrants? <br />Mrs. Mills replied, yes. Exactly what happens. Because people don't know. <br />Chief Carcioppolo replied, yes, I will put that in there. <br />Council President Saponaro asked, anyone else?