Board of Directors

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

MINUTES OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING

April 15th, 2026 

Call to Order -  17:01

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

Public: Logan Derrington, Alicia Paddock, Chris Rich, Stu Bolter, Erle Collom, Les Male

Agenda:

●       Approved

Minutes from Previous Meeting:

●      Approved

Submission of Bills 

●      Approved

Treasurers Report

●      Jen cook supplied Treasures Report to board

 Chief’s Report:

●  Incidents: Medical – 5, Smoke/Campfire - 1, Cancelled Enroute - 1, Standby/Assist - 1. Total = 8 (37 for 2026)

Operations:

●      Tracks are off of 5228 - Ready for summer

●      SCBA Testing being set up. Approx $100/pack

●      Working on “Lateral Orientation" Taskbook for Wildland Fire Operations

●      IB Grant items are currently being put into service

Training:

●      Structure training on 3/28 included PPE, Fire Ext, Ladders and Vehicle Fires

●      Yearly Wild Land Pack testing completed on 4/8

●      Yearly Wildland Refresher on 4/25

●      4/22 Medical training & Dinner (Child Birth & Neonate Care)

●      Battalion Chief Beightol takes Live Fire Instructor class

Grants:

●      Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant – No Updates

●      Boulder County 1B Grant - Working on getting gear into service

●      Fire Fighter Safety & Disease Prevention Grant (FFSDP) - No Update

Updates:

●      Emergency MURS Radios - More info on AFPD website

Stations and Grounds:

●  No Updates

Apparatus/Equipment:

●      No Updates

Upcoming Events:

●      Open House – June 6th, 11-2

●      Disaster Preparedness: Thursday Apr 16, 2026

●      Allenspark Fire Mitigation Volunteer Day  - July 11th

Old Business:

●      Mill Levy Committee - Tabled to May

●      Mill Levy Resolution to add Mill Levy to the November Ballot - Motioned to accept by Jim Hocker, Second by Isle - Passed

●      Colo Trust Resolution allowing the AFPD to open a Colo Trust account  - Motioned by Paul Rekow, Second by Jim Hocker - Passed

●      Wildland account waiting on board signatures

New Business:

●      Cell Tower presentation - Tabled until after next election

●      Insurance Broker Presentation - Tabled

Public comments:

●      Chris Rich suggests “Action Items” in the agendas

●      Stu Bolter feels the cell tower will be a divisive issue in the community

●      Erle Colum states that the public should be made aware of the cell phone tower proposal

Fire Fighter Comments:None

Board Member Comments:

●      Isle agrees with Chris Rich about “Action items”

●      Paul Rekow opened discussion about the use of a credit card in lieu of a debit card for the department and has asked for this to be added to “New Business” for the next month's meeting.

Meeting was adjourned at 19:18

Respectfully Submitted, 

                                                                                                 April 18,  2026

Rainia K. Derrington  - AFPD Board Secretary