Minutes

MINUTES OF THE

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF

GENOA FIRE PROTECTION District
HELD
January 10^th 2024

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An Organizational Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Genoa Fire Protection District was held on January 10, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. The Meeting was held in person at 305 Main Street, Genoa, Colorado.

Attendance:

Board member in Attendance:

Chester Ewing, Mark McHone, Garson Thompson, Shawn Boyd

Others in attendance:

Aimee Bailey, Chief Tim Patton, Will Garlow, Carla Weeks

Call to order: The meeting was called to order by President Chester Ewing at 7:00pm

Approval of the Agenda: Shawn Boyd moved to approve the agenda and Mark McHone seconded.

Approval of the minutes: Minutes were updated to show that board member Shawn Boyd was in attendance of the meeting, Mark McHone moved to accept the minutes with the corrections and Chester Ewing seconded the motion.

Public Comment: No comments currently.

Treasures Report: Will Garlow reported that the district balance is $8457.29. Amiee Bailey then gave a report for the fire department, they had a balance of $1890.00. Garson Thompson moved to accept the Treasures report and Mark McHone seconded.

Unfinished business: Fire dept bylaws: tabled till next meeting, Chester Ewing stated that he would like all board members to be in attendance before voting on bylaws.

Mutual Aid: Chief Tim Patton informed the board that all Mutual Aid agreements had been signed and that he had drove up and met with the Washington County Fire Chief and got the agreement signed with them.

Chiefs Report: Chief Patton stated that the department had 3 calls since the last report. The department did not have medical training this month and the mass casualty event had also been postponed till February 17^th. Tim informed the board about upcoming trainings. One being a TIMMS training that Arriba Fire was hosting on January 20^th, and the other being a CPR class in Rush put on by Tri County Fire. The county had an EMS council meeting in which Chief Patton is the rep for. At the meeting Hugo Fire brought up a need for each department to have a Public Information Officer to speak on behalf of the department during a major event. Chief Patton informed the board of the loss of a former firefighter Cricket Hulstine, he stated the want to do something for the family and a want for a memorial for fire fighters of the department.

Approval of disbursements: Chief Tim Patton presented a bill for fuel to visit the Washington County Chief.

Tim Patton $16.50 Fuel

Chester Ewing moved to approve these disbursements and Garson Thompson seconded. Motion Passed.

New Business: The possible need for a district credit/debit card was brought before the board and was discussed and tabled till next meeting.

Chief Tim Patton gave a presentation to the board about some issues coming down from the state about burning trash in the district and controlled burns. He gave some insight to the board on the current procedure on how the department receives control burn requests.

Next meeting will be held on 2-7-2024 at 7pm

Adjournment: Mark McHone moved to adjourn the meeting and Chester Ewing second, Chester Ewing adjourned the meeting at 8:04pm.

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MINUTES OF THE

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF

GENOA FIRE PROTECTION District
HELD
December 6^th 2023

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An Organizational Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Genoa Fire Protection District was held on December 6, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. The Meeting was held in person at 305 Main Street, Genoa, Colorado.

Attendance:

Board member in Attendance:

Chester Ewing, Luke Ewing, Mark McHone, Garson Thompson

Others in attendance:

Aimee Bailey, Chief Tim Patton, Will Garlow, Carla Weeks, Assistant Chief Carl Martin, Captain Brenden Houder

Call to order: The meeting was called to order by President Chester Ewing at 7:00pm

Approval of the Agenda: Shawn Boyd moved to approve the agenda and Chester Ewing seconded.

Approval of the minutes: Board members read thought the minutes and Mark McHone moved to accept the minutes and Chester Ewing seconded.

Treasures Report: Will Garlow gave a report that after donations the district balance is $4308.98. Amiee Bailey then gave a report for the fire department they had a balance of $1890.00. she also informed the board that the chili supper made $3210.00 with $1500.00 being from donations, these funds were deposited into the district account.

Unfinished business: Fire dept bylaws: Chief Patton presented the board with a copy of their bylaws for the board to review, after a short discussion Chester Ewing moved to table till next meeting to allow time for board members to read the bylaws.

Mutual aid, Chief Tim Patton informed the board that Limon and Karvel districts had signed agreements and the only one remaining was Washington County.

Chiefs Report: Chief Patton Stated that the department had 4 calls since the last report 3 of which were medical and 1 lift assist. On November 10^th they had medical training where they worked on taking vitals, no medical training will be held in December due to the holidays. The fire deptment meeting was putting on the chili supper. Tim stated that the deptment leadership would be partaking in a mass casualty training with the county on January 9^th. Chief Patton informed the board that they had lost 1 member and the deptment needed to preform some minor repairs on trucks.

Approval of disbursements:

$144.87 Farm Gas for fuel

$231.82 Law office of Colins Cole and Flynn

$80.00 Will Garlow

Chester Ewing moved to approve all disbursements and Shawn Boyd Seconded; motion passed.

New Business: Garson Thompson presented to the board with the new valuations of the district and stated that the changes will affect the budget and will need to correct the budget when the final valuations are done.

Carla Weeks asked the board to start thinking about what policies are needed so that she could start preparing them.

The next meeting was moved to January 10^th due to conflicts with the holidays.

Chester Ewing moved to adjourn and Shawn Boyd Seconded, and the meeting adjourned at 7:47pm

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Genoa FPD Board Meeting

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