MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF THE NORTH FORK AMBULANCE HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT
MINUTES FROM THE
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF THE
NORTH FORK AMBULANCE HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT
The Regular Monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the North Fork Ambulance Health Service District located in the Counties of Delta, Montrose and Gunnison, Colorado, was held at 110 E. Hotchkiss Ave, Hotchkiss, Colorado, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 11:00 am.
ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: No additions to the agenda
ROLL CALL: Board members present -- Dan Miller, Dave Kreutz, Marcus Roeder, Peter Pruett Bonnie Eisenberg.
Others present include: Kathy Steckel, Diane Perry, Tanya Applegate, Drew Felix.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE: No conflict of interest.
PUBLIC COMMENT: No public comment.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from the February 19, 2025 Regular Monthly Meeting were reviewed. Marcus Roeder made a motion that the minutes be approved as written. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
REPORTS:
FINANCE REPORT: Financials for February were presented and reviewed. Dave Kreutz made a motion to approve the financials for February. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATIONS: The only unusual expenditure in February were a few expenses related to the remodel of the property at 597 Clock Rd in Paonia. Dave Kreutz made a motion to approve the appropriations for February as presented. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
DISTRICT CHIEF REPORT: Kathy Steckel gave an overview of her report.
Administration: Working on statutory compliance for the election. We have 7 candidates for 3 open seats. Kathy had the county clerk draw names for the order of placement on the ballot. Candidates are able to campaign on their own, but if they spend more than $200, they need to file with the Secretary of State. The election is going to cost us between $14,000 and $20,000 because we are only sharing the ballot with Delta Fire. There will also be additional legal fees.
Finance: The decommissioned ambulance has been sold to St. Mary's for $3,000.
HR: The HR Manual has been distributed to the crew.
COMMUNICATIONS/PR: We are updating the website to provide more information about who we are and what we do. There are now bios for each of the board members, Kathy and Tanya.
911 OPERATIONS: The revised SOP's are at the stations.
Dan asked if we were having problems with dispatch. He is a little worried that not being paged properly will affect response time and could reflect negatively upon the agency.
COMMUNITY HEALTH/PREVENTION:
The Health and Wellness Expo is April 19 from 9am -- 2pm. Kathy encourages all of the board members to attend.
Firearm Safety Initiative has slowed down. We have been reimbursed to date, but are proceeding slowly, in case that changes.
Kathy read a statement in response to Tyrell Clock's complaint from last meeting.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: No unfinished business
NEW BUSINESS: Amended 2025 Budget. We would like to amend the budget at the next board meeting. Kathy would like to have input from the finance committee before the budget is presented to the board. In addition to the expense associated with the new building, there are some additional expenses that were not adequately planned for, such as cybersecurity and election/legal fees, both are costing more than originally budgeted. The budget committee will probably not meet until April some time, as it will take Kathy and Diane some time to go over the numbers.
Dan has some things he would like to see changed in the bylaws. He is proposing that a committee gets together to look at making changes to the bylaws and bring these to the next board meeting. The committee will consist of Dan, Peter and Kathy. Tuesday March 25, 2025 at 11:00 am will be the first meeting.
Kathy informed the group that Ben Leaton is leaving at the end of the month. Ben came into the meeting to give an update on the new Paonia station. All of the contractors are set. It will still be 2-3 weeks before the new garage doors will be ready. And the mini-split heater won't be in until April.
Dan and the board thanked Ben for his service and wished him well in his new endeavors.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Next Regular Meeting is Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11 am.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further matters before the board, Dan Miller made a motion to adjourn. All were in favor. Meeting was adjourned at 12:15 pm.