A recruitment banner and a possible department video were among the initiatives discussed at the June 30 Croton Fire Council meeting, while chiefs urged members to strengthen cross-training, report apparatus problems and improve communication. The minutes also distinguished the response expected for a Fast team relocation from ordinary relocation assignments. This account was prepared solely from the Fire Council's June 30 meeting minutes. Croton News did not attend the meeting. Village Manager Healy reported working with a trustee on a recruitment banner whose QR code directed readers to the fire department website. He had also sent the chiefs an example of a Pleasantville Fire Department video. The minutes recorded the option of local production: “the village has a crew that can make a video like that if it is something that the FD would like to do to help with recruitment.” The record described a discussion of that option, rather than a completed video. Chief Colombo reported that a recent drill had gone well and urged members to know their own apparatus and learn other rigs. The report described members moving between rigs and helping one another during the drill. Colombo also explained why a chief might assign a rig to stand by elsewhere when calls overlapped within the district. The same report addressed requests from other departments for a Fast team to relocate closer to an incident. The minutes described that type of relocation as a lights-and-sirens response, while expressly preserving a distinction: “Regular Relocates will remain with no lights, no sirens.” The explanation concerned different assignments, not a change announced for every relocation. Chief Caterino called for better communication within the department and thanked the members responding to overnight calls. Captains had been asked for lists of repairs their rigs needed. In the minutes' account of that report, the request remained direct: “if you have not replied please get back to me with a list.” Caterino reported help from the village on repairs and work by a Hendrickson mechanic. Caterino also encouraged continued participation in training and asked members to tell the training committee what they wanted or considered a poor fit. A question about training on the UTV received a conditional answer: training would be planned after the vehicle returned from the outfitter. The minutes did not describe that training as already completed. Chief Streany reported completed maintenance at the firehouses, including work on sinks and a hot-water heater at Grand Street, air-conditioning service at Washington Engine and service to Harmon's ice machine. Streany also reported a request for another meeting concerning the development at 425 South Riverside Avenue to address fire-prevention matters. Including the village fire inspector was proposed subject to Manager Healy's agreement. The treasurer reported a balance of $92,201.79 following receipt of the 2% money. The minutes stated: “we received the 2% money which was $67,717.66 which will be split 5 ways $13,543.53”. Those were the amounts and per-share figure listed in the report, which the council accepted on a carried motion. No separate spending authorization for that balance was recorded in this item. The council accepted amended April minutes but held the May minutes pending corrections. Membership business included one application held until the July council meeting and another carried pending an arson background check. Those conditions were part of the recorded actions. The June 30 record also listed plans for participation in National Night Out at Senasqua Park on August 4, a department inspection at Harmon Firehouse on September 19 and a December 5 holiday party at Hudson National Golf Club. These were the dates recorded at this meeting; the minutes did not establish what subsequently occurred at those events. Fire-prevention preparations were also underway, with another committee meeting identified for July 7.