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, January 12, 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. Peter Pruett was attending via ZOOM
Others present include: Kathy Steckel, Diane Perry, Marvin Pemberton, Steve Simpson and Marie Stucker.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE: No conflict of interest.
PUBLIC COMMENT: No public comment
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from the December 8, 2022 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.
Minutes from the December 8, 2022 Budget Hearing/Special Meeting were reviewed. Dave Kreutz made a motion that the minutes be approved as written. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
REPORTS:
FINANCE REPORT: Financials for December were presented and reviewed. Dave Kreutz made a motion that the financials for December be approved as presented. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATIONS: Marcus Roeder made a motion to approve the appropriations for December as presented. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
DISTRICT CHIEF REPORT: Kathy Steckel presented an overview of her report (see attached).
Administration: Submitted year-end budget DOLA requirements for the district and sent mill levies to the three counties. Reviewing DOLA requirements for the upcoming election.
Finance: working on the provider grant for new radios.
HR: Distributed end of year crew gifts and bonuses. All were appreciative!
PR: Safe Sitter class was held during winter break. Six students participated.
Operations: Working on needed SOP revisions, particularly for non-emergent transports. Peter would like to have some input into the SOP’s for these non-emergent transports, at least for the medically necessary trips. He will get with Kathy when he returns from his trip.
Bonnie reports that Senior Connections is working on the transportation issue as well.
Peter wanted to know how having added another ALS shift supervisor was working out. It seems to be working well. Everyone has a little more time off. Steve was slightly concerned about keeping up skills, since he only had two calls in his last shift.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: - No Unfinished business
NEW BUSINESS:
Resolution Designating Location to Post Notice– Dave Kreutz made a motion to adopt Resolution 2023-01 A resolution designating 110 E Hotchkiss Ave as the designated posting place for notices of meetings of the Board. The motion was seconded and all were in favor. The resolution passed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Next Regular Meeting is Thursday, February 9, 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 11:25 am.