November meeting minutes

Meeting minutes for: November 21, 2024

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, November 21, 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, Bonnie Eisenberg, Dave Kreutz, Peter Pruett, and Marcus Roeder.
Others present include: Kathy Steckel, Diane Perry, Tanya Applegate, Marvin Pemberton, Sandy Brown, Ralph Clark, and Mykaela Beldin.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE: No conflict of interest.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Mykaela had a few comments. She suggested that the meeting time of 11:00 am makes it hard for anyone in the general community to make the meetings due to work schedules. She suggested posting the meeting times on Facebook and making sure to keep the minutes up to date on the website.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from the October 17, 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 October were presented and reviewed. No unusual expenditures in October. Marcus would like to see the 10 yr / Strategic Plan amended to show the goal of $3 million in reserves. Dave Kreutz made a motion to approve the financials for October. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATIONS: Marcus Roeder made a motion to approve the appropriations for October as presented. The motion was seconded. All were in favor.
DISTRICT CHIEF REPORT: Kathy Steckel gave an overview of her report (see attached).
Administration: The DEA license has been renewed. Like everything else, there were a few more hoops to jump through this time.
Finance: Working on the 2025 budget. It is an active document and will likely be changing right up until the meeting on December 12th.
HR: The HR Manual is being reviewed by the Employer’s Council and should be ready to be discussed at the December Meeting.
Hired Tanya Applegate for the Assistant District Chief position and this has opened up an ALS Shift Supervisor position. We would like to hire in house, if possible, but have applications from outside as well. Tanya has begun training for her new position while doing her ALS Shift Supervisor job.
COMMUNICATIONS/PR: Should be getting the Community Health Needs Assessment in the next week or two. This will be used to help us decide what the priorities for the Mobile Integrated Health program should be.
911 OPERATIONS: Eight crew members attended the State EMS Conference. Kathy was awarded EMS Executive of the Year.
COMMUNITY HEALTH/PREVENTION: 10 senior exercise classes per week. Sandy Brown asked where they were and how they were advertised - 4/week at Crawford Town Hall; 4/week at the Senior Center in Paonia and 2/week at Memorial Hall in Hotchkiss. Schedule posted here, on Facebook, in Senior Connections monthly Newsletter, and occasionally in the Shopper.
Firearm Safety Initiative started November 1, 2024. Kathy explained the program. Last week was the first giveaway of safes, ammo boxes and gun locks. At the moment, they are scheduled every Friday from noon to 2pm.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Decommissioned Ambulance – no news, no actionable items yet.
NEW BUSINESS: No new business
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Public Hearing for the revised 2024 budget – December 2 at 10:00 am.
Special Meeting to Adopt the 2025 Budget, Set Mill Levies and Appropriate Funds – December 12, 2024. After some discussion, it was decided that the meeting should be held at 3:00 pm
Next Regular Meeting is Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 11 am.
Ralph Clark requested that the Board look into what happened in Crawford a few weeks ago. Marvin seconded his concern. Stating the there was a difference between managing a budget and managing people. Mykaela also urged us to work hard to keep our crew happy. She is aware of some rumblings in the community.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further matters before the board, Dan Miller made a motion to adjourn. All were in favor. Meeting was adjourned at 11:42 pm.