Board of Directors

Regular AFPD Board Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM at Station One (except December).  See the Calendar on this website for specific days.  Dates are subject to change for extenuating circumstances and will be noted on the calendar at least three days in advance.  Members of the public are welcome at all open Board Meetings.  Time is provided for public comment at the end of the meeting, but can be taken at any time during the meeting with approval by the Board.

Concerns, Complaints, Compliments

Volunteers should feel free to express any concerns or complaints they may have to the Board by writing or emailing directly to the Board President.  Such communication will be held in confidence.  

Also, it is important that  volunteers follow the Standard Operating Procedures for Grievances before contacting the Board.

If you would like a copy of any open documentation, costs are $33.58 per hour after the first hour of research and retrieval of our public records, plus $.25 per page for printed material.   §24-72-205(6)(a)(b), C.R.S 

Requests for open documentation can be sent to BoardSec@allensparkfire.com.

Meeting minutes are preliminary. They will be reviewed and either changed or approved by the Board at the next meeting.

MINUTES OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING

March 18th, 2026 

Call to Order -  17:07

President Mark Ingram called the meeting to order. Paul Rekow (VP), Rachel Barkworth (Treasurer), Mike Cousineau (Chief), Leo Touzjian (Assistant Chief), Rainia Derrington - Remote (Secretary), Jen Cook (Accountant), Jesse Beightol (Battalion Chief) Board Members: Jim Hocker, Ilse Gayl.

Public: Logan Derrington, Alicia Paddock,Teresa Hoffman, Gene Mackey, Chris Rich, Stu Boulter, Erle Collom

Minutes from Previous Meeting:

●      Jim Hocker stated that the board does not approve the Treasurer's Report and asked for that to be removed from last month's meeting minutes and fix the names at the end of the report.

●      Paul Rekow motions to approve the amended minutes, Rachel Barkworth seconds the motion - Motion Passed

Submission of Bills 

●      Paul Rekow motioned to approve Submission of Bills, Rachel Barkworth seconds the motion - Motion Passed

Treasurers Report

●      Rachel Barkworth presented the Treasurers Report

●      Rachel Barkworthinformed the board that the Resolution needs to be signed for the audit. Once resolution is signed it will be uploaded to the DOLA website

 Chief’s Report:

●  Incidents: Medical – 3, Smoke/Campfire - 1, False Alarm - 1, Odor Investigation - 5, Tree on Powerline - 1

Total for March=11 (29 for 2026)

Operations:

●      There were many high wind/Red Flag days in March. There is a limited ability to staff on high wind.red flag days, especially for out of district response.

●      AFPD had a propane tank leak on Washington Street that caused multiple calls on subsequent days.

●      WRC - State Wildfire Code adoption: Paul Rekow motioned to adopt Resolution 2603 with Isle Gayl seconding the motion officially adopting the Wildfire Resiliency Code - Motion Passed

●      Intergovernmental Agreement Approvals (IGA) - Paul Rekow motions to area to have Mark Ingram (BP) and the Fire Chief sign the Larimer County amendments to the state wildfire code, Isle Gayl seconds the motion - Motion Passed

●      It is the intent of the AFPD to update all IGA s and Mutual Aid agreements in 2026

Training:

●      A recent CPR call reinforced the need for “Crew CPR” practice

●      AFPD currently has four new rookies in our Rookie Class, three of them are EMT’s. Part of their training will include: a search and rescue field day scenario,  and upcoming structure fire and engineering training.

●      April's focus will be on wildland fire training starting with our RT130 Wildland refresher training.

Grants:

●      SAFER Grant –  No Updates

●      1B Grant - Most of the gear has been ordered/delivered and department is currently working on getting it into service

●      Fire Fighter Safety & Disease Prevention Grant (FFSDP) - Submitted request for $19,948 for Swift Water gear on Feb 11, 2026

●      Truck Plan 2026 was presented to the board by Mike Cousineauand Rachel Barkworth

Updates:

Training Facility:

●      Mike Daley is updating and drafting updated blueprints 

Stations and Grounds:

●      Station 1: No Updates

●      Station 2: Power back up for RT has been installed and was used for Raymond/Riverside for 78 hours during the last windstorm and power outage to keep 911 system up and running

●      Station 3 & 4: No Updates

●      Station 5: No Updates 

Apparatus/Equipment:

●      5241 is back in service after pump repairs

Upcoming Events:

●      Open House – June 6, 11-2

●      Community Event: How to stop the Bleed Mar 19, 2026

●      Beetle Talk @ Highlands Camp Tue April 7th, 2026 5:30pm to 7pm

●      Allenspark Fire Mitigation Volunteer Day  - July 11th

Old Business:

●      The Proposed Budget & Mill Levy for November 2026 was discussed in depth the board tabled this decision to the April meeting

●      Audit Exemption has been signed and mailed

●      Paul Rekow motioned to open a Colo Trust account and transfer $100,000 from the truck fund to the new Colo Trust account, Jim Hocker seconded the motion - Motion passed.

●      Survey Responses - PIO shared survey responses with the board.The Board discussed responses and will resume discussion during the April board meeting

●      Red Flag department staffing

●      Pay Board Pension ($21,666) - Tabled until April

●      Pension board meeting will be held directly after the April Board meeting - Alicia Paddock was asked to replace Linda’s position on the Pension Board, Alicia accepted.

●      Rachel Barkworth motioned to open a Wildland Account through the Bank of Colorado with a starting amount of $20,000, Paul Rekow seconded the motion - Motion Passed

●      Bank of Colorado signature cards updated for current membership.

New Business:

●      The AFPD insurance broker Deb Barone will be attending the board meeting virtually to present coverage details and answer board questions.

●      Applications for use of the Community Room - 2 New Applications

●      Forming a Mill Levy Committee

●      Fire Fighter deployment pay timeline discussed.

Public comments: None

Fire Fighter Comments:None

Meeting was adjourned at 20:16 

Respectfully Submitted,                                                April 6th,  2026

Rainia K. Derrington

AFPD Board Secretary

These minutes have not been approved by the AFPD Board