GOLD HILL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Agenda- Monday, April 21, 2024

7:00pm

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MEETING BUSINESS:

CALL TO ORDER-
ATTENDANCE- ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES- Approval of February minutes- March meeting was cancelled.

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FIRE CHIEF’S MINUTES: Chief Caudill

• ●  OPERATIONAL NEEDS:
  ● Current workload with Boco grant disbursement? How are hours lining up?
• ●  OPERATIONAL UPDATES:

● Lumen communications update

● TRAINING:
● Red Cards- How many volunteers do we anticipate are or will be fully red carded this year

● MAINTENANCE:

● Generator updates- installation estimate?

● EQUIPMENT NEEDS:
● With the current list of purchases and budget already in place for 2025, I recommend we hold off on any major purchases that can wait until 2026 and be frugal, even on small purchases. Unless new funding comes available

● RECRUITMENT

• ●  New Recruits?
• ●  Final consensus from FD overhead on minimum standards?
  ● Possibly creating different levels of volunteering? Those able

  to respond for larger scale events/wildfires vs. those able to respond full time

• ●  INFRASTRUCTURE
  • ●  Ten Mile Cistern updates- with weather improving, when could we

    have the hydrant installed?

  • ●  Replacing the old water tank in the back of the firehouse?
  • ●  Estimated timeframe for work on making garage doors larger?

      OPERATIONAL READINESS:

• ●  STRATEGIC PLANNING

● Waiting on moving forward with new FD station #1 committee until

station upgrades are concluded.

● CAPITAL REPLACEMENT PLAN
● Goal for new station committee is to have committee formed by end

of summer, and be prepared to make a 2026 Boco grant request to pay for introductory bills associated with station building (ie. architect, engineer, material costs)- With the goal of applying for the Boco grant 3-4 times for costs associated with station building.

• ●  BUDGET
  • ●  Do we need signatures from board members for exemption from audit?
  • ●  Is Rich now officially a signer on the account?
  • ●  Tax ID- Boyd/Jess
• ●  VEHICLES:
  • ●  Engine 5404- Fully back in service?
  • ●  5402, 5439 and UTV
  • ●  New Fouts engine- next steps? Estimated delivery? Do we need

    drivers for pickup?

● Do we have the radios ready, or ready to be ordered, and can

we move forward with maltese mockups to be voted on by volunteers?

• ●  INVENTORY: ●
• ●  GENERAL:
  • ●  DEO/Election- Chris and Boyd both reelected, no one else submitted

    interest. Election has been cancelled. All filings and announcements

    have been made, and need to swear Chris and Boyd back in in May.

  • ●  Evacuation plan updates?-Boyd
  • ●  Ashram and community free wood opportunities- Boyd

• ●  Tone property mitigation update- Boyd
• ●  Clarificaton on ISO rating?

● ADMINISTRATIVE:

OTHER BUSINESS:

● GRANTS-

• ●  Grant opportunities for replacing the water tank in the back of the firehouse?
• ●  April firehouse subs grant for ipads/GIS?

• ●  MITIGATION- BLM mitigation in town. Estimated time to completion? Where are they working? What’s the prescription
• ●  COLLABORATION- CWPP- Dirolf
• ●  WEBSITE- N/A
• ●  COMMUNITY EVENTS/FUNDRAISING-
  • ●  Mitigation Festival- June- Boyd
  • ●  Fourth of July Festival- Does anyone want to take lead on getting this

    planned?

• ●  PARKING-

  NEW BUSINESS:

ADJOURNMENT: