Board of Directors

Regular AFPD Board Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM at Station One.  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

July 16, 2025

Ø  Call to Order

President Jill Allington called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm, with board members), Bill Ellis, and Paul Rekow (remote) Jim Hocker (remote). Also present; Board Secretary, Natalie Gould, Mike Cousineau, Lucy Kephart, Kevin Kephart, Gene Mackey, Erle Collom, Les Male, Gary McGuire, Mark Ingram, and Chris Rich.

Ø  Minutes from Previous Meeting

Bill Ellis made a motion to approve minutes for May 21, 2025, seconded by Paul Rekow, motion passed.

Ø  Submission of Bills

Paul Rekow made a motion to pay the bills, seconded by Jim Hocker, motion passed.

Ø  Treasurers Report

The Treasurer’s Report was given by President Jill Allington and Paul Rekow, and reviewed by the Board and Mike in the absence of Treasurer Rachel Barkworth.

Ø  Chief’s Report

Incidents—17: 4 Medical, 3 Motor Vehicle Accident, 2 Smoke Report, 3 Seach, 5 Fire.

·        Fire Fighters

o   Volunteer Firefighters would rather have a membership to an association or less expensive insurance than higher call pay.

o   Lieutenant Filoramo has resigned. His duties have been assigned to the remaining officers.

·        Grants

o   Safer Grant- Teresa is working on a grant for a full-time chief salary.

·        CWPP Update

o   The next meeting is on July 22nd.

·        Miscellaneous

o   Deployment: We were available for a couple weeks, however, right now we are not.

o   Alpine Acres work will tentatively begin in August.

·        Stations/Land

o   Station One (Main; 14861 Hwy 7; Osmun)- Remodel going well. New bay doors are being installed. The crew discussed future updates and priorities for Station One.

o   Station Two (2770 Riverside Drive; Heathermeade)- Nothing new.

o   Station Three (4 County Rd. 113 E; Meeker Park)- Nothing new.

o   Station Four (7400 Hwy 7; The Heights)- Nothing new.

o   Station Five (32 Bunce School Rd; McCulloch)- There was a security issue. Video camera was installed.

o   Land at 23 Business Route 7- Nothing new.

·        Apparatus

o   5234 (Brush Truck)- Ready for pick up.

o   5225- Logan is working on getting quotes for a power supply system.

o   5222- No update.

o   5232- The party that was interested in buying it is no longer interested. Mike will have someone haul it away and sell it for $500 in scrap metal.

o   Boulder County Sheriff’s Trucks- No update.

Ø  Old Business

·        Nothing New.

Ø  New Business

·       New Board Member opening: A notice to the public was put in. We are hoping to have this vacancy filled by the August or September Board Meeting. Bill is anticipating three letters of interest for this opening.

·        Annual Performance Review for the Chief and the Board Secretary will be coming up. Bill is working on editing the forms for the volunteers to fill out to make them more applicable for them. He also discussed adding a portion to the form that would allow the Chief to provide input for the Board.

·        Jill suggested that public board meetings all be live-streamed for the public and/or recorded for transparency. It was discussed that the recording by made available on the website. This was agreed upon moving forward for future meetings.

Ø  Public Comments

·        Lucy Kephart shared her thanks with Jill for serving the Allenspark Community for the past five years.

Ø  Fire Fighter Comments

·        Les Male shared that the crew deserved praise for responding quickly to the fire this past week.

·        Erle Collom thanked Jill for her service to the Allenspark Community.

Ø  Board Member Comments

·        Paul will be remote during the August Board Meeting.

Ø  Executive Session (as needed)

·       N/A

Ø  Adjournment

The board meeting was adjourned at 9:08 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Natalie Gould                                                                                  July 16, 2025

Board Secretary