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, August 10, 2023 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, Marcus Roeder, Dave Kreutz, Bonnie Eisenberg and Peter Pruett.
Others present include: Kathy Steckel, Diane Perry, Marvin Pemberton.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE: No conflict of interest.
PUBLIC COMMENT: No Public Comment.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from the July 13, 2023 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 July were presented and reviewed. Dave Kreutz made a motion to approve the financials for July. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATIONS: Dave Kreutz made a motion to approve the appropriations for July as presented. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
DISTRICT CHIEF REPORT: Kathy Steckel gave an overview of her report (see attached).
Administration: Matt Benitez, our Colorado Retirement Association representative, was here to visit with staff about their investments.
Completed registration for the CMS Medicare ground ambulance data collection program that we are now involved in.
Finance: Awarded a communications grant for handheld radios from the state. It is a matching grant, they pay 50% and we pay 50%. We will be getting 30 to 35 new radios. Dan explained how the radios work and how many channels are required by the state. Also gave an update on how well the new tower in Crawford is working.
HR: Kathy requested PTO policies from 11 other agencies in order to help the HR Committee revise our PTO policy. Has received 5 so far. There is a meeting of the HR committee set for September 5, so they hope to bring information to the board next month.
Operations: Thought we had a line on a grant through DOLA to fund transportation needs in the valley, but that fell through. Bonnie reports that the ride share program through Senior Connections is now up and running. She will provide information that can be distributed through the CP program.
A VIN number has been assigned for the new ambulance, but no other information is available as of yet.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: No unfinished business
NEW BUSINESS: No new business
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Board entered Executive session pursuant to §24-6-402(4)(f), C.R.S. to discuss District Manager contract at 11:30 am.
Board returned to the general meeting at 12:13 pm. Peter Pruett made a motion to approve the District Chief contract as written with an addendum to define benefits. The addendum will be written by Kathy and approved by Dan Miller. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Next Regular Meeting is Thursday, September 14, 2023 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 12:20 pm.