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 Thursday, April 18, 2024 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 and Peter Pruett. Bonnie Eisenberg attended by phone.
Others present include: Kathy Steckel, Diane Perry.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE: No conflict of interest.
PUBLIC COMMENT: No Public Comment
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from the March 21, 2024 Regular Monthly Meeting were reviewed. Peter Pruett made a motion that the minutes be approved as written. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
REPORTS:
FINANCE REPORT: Financials for March were presented and reviewed. Marcus Roeder requested a quarterly balance sheet with comparison to last year be sent out as part of the board packet. A payment was made for insurance last month that made Dan wonder if we should be comparing insurance companies. He suggested the Colorado State fund insurance pool. Kathy said she will check with WRETC members to get names of other possible insurance companies. Would be good to get an estimate before budget season in October. Marcus suggested a three-year review cycle for reevaluating insurance coverage. While on the topic of insurance, Dan thinks it would be a good idea to have automatic patient loaders in all of our ambulances, to help minimize possible worker’s comp claims. Kathy said that they had severe drawbacks on uneven surfaces, but would look into them again at the upcoming conferences. Dave Kreutz made a motion to approve the financials for March. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATIONS: Marcus Roeder made a motion to approve the appropriations for March as presented. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
DISTRICT CHIEF REPORT: Kathy Steckel gave an overview of her report (see attached).
Administration: Kathy is working on web accessibility with a local web designer, completing the CMS data collection reporting, and the Strategic Plan. She will be contacting the board members for their input.
Finance: The Auditor was here at the end of March. Still waiting for monies from the FY22 and FY 24 Provider Grants.
PR: We are up to 10 SAIL classes per week, with about 15-20 participants in each class. The 2nd Annual Wellness Expo was well received with about 200 attendees.
OPERATION: Kathy attended the Delta County Mutual Aid group meeting. Tanya attended the regional pediatric conference and Steve attended the regional communications workshop. Kathy has a meeting with the USDA next week to discuss a grant for backup power at the Crawford and Paonia stations. She will have more information at next months meeting.
We got information from CEGR (our lawyers) to let us know that we will be receiving about $133,000 in back fill monies from the state. This is money we had not budgeted to receive. Kathy would like to think about earmarking this money for CP, but we can wait until July to see if any other grant monies come through.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: No unfinished business
NEW BUSINESS: Resolution 2024-07 – Resolution to Spend Designated Funds.
Bonnie Eisenberg made a motion to adopt the Resolution to spend designated funds as presented to the board. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Next Regular Meeting is Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 11 am.
Peter Pruett will need a ZOOM connection to the meeting in May.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further matters before the board, Dan Miller made a motion to adjourn. All were in favor. Meeting was adjourned at 12:00 pm.