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 Thursday, June 20, 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, Peter Pruett
and Bonnie Eisenberg.
Others present include: Kathy Steckel, Diane Perry, Tanya Applegate and Marie Stucker.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE: No conflict of interest.

PUBLIC COMMENT: Marie wanted to let the board know that the wasp at the Hotchkiss Station
have been dealt with.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from the May 16, 2024 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 May were presented and reviewed. It is time to move
money from our bank account to the Colorado Core account. Diane will start the process of
moving $500,000.00 to Colorado Core. Marcus will have to finalize the transfer with Bank of
Colorado. This is the last month we will receive significant tax monies. No unusual
expenditures in May. Dave Kreutz made a motion to approve the financials for May. The
motion was seconded. All were in favor.

APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATIONS: Bonnie Eisenberg made a motion to approve the
appropriations for May 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 still working on web accessibility with a local web designer, It doesn’t
seem like it will be completed by the July 1 deadline, but shortly thereafter. Still working on the
Strategic Plan.

Finance: Will file the audit with DOLA once the board approves it. Received the money from
the FY 24 Provider Grant for the radios. Have submitted for reimbursement for the ambulance,
they needed some more pictures to be able to finalize the request. The next ambulance
replacement is not scheduled until 2027. Vehicles must be at least 10 years old with 150,000
miles to qualify for the Provider Grant. Our vehicles are 10 years old, but do not have the
required mileage.

HR: Kathy has been revising the HR Job Family/Classification/Title document to accommodate
MIH-CP-CARES more formally. This led to a discussion about the MIH program, how it relates to our mission, how it is implemented and by whom. Dan would like to see a 1, 5, 10-year plan
for the program and the anticipated budgets. Peter feels that it might be necessary to defend
our spending money on these non-income generating programs. It is hard to get quality data,
when most of the feedback is anecdotal. Bonnie points out that these safety programs affect
more taxpayers than the average ambulance run.
PR: Kathy ordered a new challenge coin to commemorate our 5-year anniversary coming up
July 1 st . The proceeds of the Thursday night performance of the Melodrama at Pioneer Days
raised $911 for SAIL.

OPERATION: We were the second organization to receive its ambulance license from the
State of Colorado. Have licenses from the counties as well. Working with Jeff Moffat again to
update the Community Health Needs Assessment. Handing out surveys at local events,
working on a collection box system so surveys can be left at senior centers, etc. Hope to have
the needs assessment done by the end of October or early November. We did not get the large
CDPHE grant, so Kathy is working on other grants to help fund the MIH programs. Still waiting
to hear about the SCIP Grant for gun safes.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Approval of the 2023 Audit. Marcus Roeder made a motion that the
board approve the 2023 Audit as presented. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
NEW BUSINESS: COLA increase for payroll starting June 26, 2024. Based on the anticipated
CPI the board decided that a 3% COLA increase would be appropriate. Marcus Roeder made a
motion that effective June 26, 2024 a COLA increase of 3% be place in effect. The motion was
seconded. All were in favor.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Next Regular Meeting is Thursday, July 18, 2024 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.