Board Meeting June 2025
MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF THE NORTH FORK AMBULANCE HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT
Meeting minutes for: June 18, 2025
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, June 18, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 11:01 am.
ROLL CALL
Board members present: Dave Kreutz, Peter Pruett, Bonnie Eisenberg, Blake Kinser and Tyrell Clock.
Others present include: Kathy Steckel, Diane Perry, Brett Anderson, Marvin Pemberton, Tanya Applegate, Mychaela Belden.
ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA
No additions to the agenda.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE
Conflict of Interest forms were filed with the Secretary of State.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Mychaela Belden had a letter to read to the board. She spoke for 13 minutes and 30 seconds.
Marvin Pemberton had two questions that Kathy will answer at a later date.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes from the May 21, 2025 Regular Monthly Meeting were reviewed. Peter Pruett made a motion that the minutes be approved. The motion was seconded. In the discussion that followed, Blake Kinser moved to amend the minutes to reflect changes under Executive session to reflect that the 2/3 vote of board members did not occur. The motion was seconded. The motion carried. Dave Kreutz made a motion to add more wording under the public comment section to reflect that Mychaela Belden is interested in providing the OWL to make board meetings virtually accessible. The motion was seconded. The motion carried. The original motion to approve the minutes was amended to approval with the aforementioned changes. The motion was brought to a vote. The motion carried.
REPORTS
FINANCE REPORT
Financials for May were presented and reviewed.
DISTRICT CHIEF REPORT
Kathy Steckel gave an overview of her report.
In addition to the items on her written report, Kathy Steckel mentioned that the 2024 audit must be filed with DOLA by the end of July. That the signs for Crawford and Paonia had been installed on June 13, 2025 and that the move into the new Paonia station should be complete in less than a week.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Election of Vice President: Peter Pruett nominated Blake Kinser as vice president. Blake Kinser did not decline. Dave Kreutz asked for any other nominations for vice president three times. There were no other nominations. The nomination carried.
Update of CORA policy: Blake Kinser moved that this be taken off the table from last month. The motion was seconded. With discussion open, Blake Kinser made a motion to adopt the CORA Policy as presented. The motion was seconded. The motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
Notice of Appointment: Dave Kreutz moves that we adopt the Notice of Appointments for Tyrell Clock, Blake Kinser and Peter Pruett. The motion was seconded. The motion carried.
2024 Audit: Bonnie Eisenberg moved to approve the 2024 audit, the motion was seconded and discussion ensued. Blake Kinser made a motion to table this decision until next month to allow more time to review it. The motion was seconded. The motion carried.
Virtual Meetings: Blake Kinser moved to have a discussion about the policy regarding possible public participation in board meetings. The motion was seconded and discussion ensued. Blake Kinser would like to have an executive session with the attorney at the next meeting to have them reiterate the answer to the question: If a board meeting has one or two board members attending virtually or telephonically, must the public be allowed to attend in the same way? Dave Kreutz would like to have Jake Dahlman at the next meeting as well to discuss the cybersecurity issues that might arise by allowing the general public to attend. Bonnie Eisenberg moved to table this discussion until next meeting. The motion was seconded. The motion carried with Blake Kinser abstaining.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There will be a ceremony at 11:00 on July 1, 2025 to thank our retiring board members for their service.
Next Regular Meeting is Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11 am.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further matters before the board, Dave Kreutz moved to adjourn. The motion carried. Meeting was adjourned at 12:45 pm.