Members in Attendance: Mary Duncan, Sherry Alexander, Joan Rosecrans, Ray Williams, Ed Miller, and Harold Alexander.

Absent: None.

District Members in Attendance: Don Rogers, Ken May, Jody Sandquist

Approval of Minutes: A motion was made to accept the minutes from the April meeting. It was seconded and passed. The minutes were accepted as presented.

Additions to the agenda: Sherry added election of officers and Harold added the 800mhz radio system and information on the AED.

Approval of Bills and Appropriations: Joan read the bills. A motion was made to accept the bills and appropriations as read. The motion was seconded and the motion carried.

President's Report: Mary stated that if we wanted anything put on the agenda for the upcoming meetings to call her by the Sunday prior to the meeting. Mary is working on a tax exemption for our vehicle fuel. She also read the amended quote from VFIS. She also stated that we received a $218 rebate from our insurance and a $140 rebate from workman's comp.

Treasurer's Report: The treasurer's report was presented. It was moved, seconded and accepted as presented..

Secretary's Report: None.

Fire Department Report: Chief Don Rogers presented.

	Fire calls: 0
	EMS Calls: 0
	Admin Meeting: 1
	Training: 2

OLD BUSINESS

Grants and Projects: There is not any new information about the grants that Joan and Kate have applied for.

Firewise: Jody sent a letter to Avtec stating intent on the sirens. They say that they should be completed this summer. REA will donate the poles for the sirens. Ed stated that he knows of someone in Red Feather that has a couple of chippers that can be rented for $7.5K for 30 days and wondered if we wanted to make this available for property owners. Don stated that Firewise is already working in the area as well as several other contractors.

Miscellaneous: We discussed the new quote from VFIS insurance. The new quote stated that for accident and sickness coverage would cost $70 for each $10K coverage up to $50K. That to raise the Fidelity bond for the treasurer to $100k would be $51 annually. We decided to raise the General liability to $20K, also to raise the Fidelity to $100K. This will increase our cost by $141 annually. It was moved and seconded and passed.

NEW BUSINESS

Board of directors' Oath of Office.

	Ray Williams took the Oath of Office.
	Sherry Alexander took the Oath of Office.
	Harold Alexander took the Oath of Office.
	Ed Miller took the Oath of Office.

Election of officers for the board of directors that will serve for the next 2 years.

	President: Mary Duncan
	Vice President: Ray Williams
	Treasurer: Sherry Alexander
	Secretary: Harold Alexander

Mary read the resolution for the equipment purchase loans. A copy of that resolution is attached to these minutes. The resolution was signed and will be mailed this week.

There will be a meeting about the 800MHz radio system at the Red Feather fire station at 18:00 on the 21st. The meeting will be by Dave Rowe from LCSO. This meeting will be to answer all of our questions about the system. He will also give an overview of the system.

We discussed a plan by the forest service to have a large controlled burn in our area. There was a meeting on 05/14. No one from Crystal attended. There will be a Pine Beetle seminar on June 6th.

Mary stated that she will attend a meeting on Pine Beetles in Boulder as well.

The Zoll representative will be here to train us on the Zoll AED on June 19th. This is the date of the next board meeting. The training will start at 18:30 and should last about 45 minutes. The board meeting will follow the training. The department training will be next Thursday and will cover the child portion of the ARC training.

Jody stated that their attorney looked over the statutes concerning the AED and advises that we have a written plan.

Public Comments: There was a couple at the meeting to request that the board waive the requirement that any new construction in the Pearl Creek / Pearl Vista install a sprinkler system. He stated that to install a system in their house would cost about $18K. He stated that he has already spent $15K in mitigation and installed a 5000gal tank that could be used for firefighting. He also stated that the roads have been improved. He asked that the requirement for sprinklers be considered on a case by case basis. Mary stated that the board will discuss it and get back with them at the next board meeting.

Next meeting: June, 19th 2008 following the AED training meeting approx 19:15.

It was moved to adjourn and seconded. Meeting adjourned at 20:15.

Harold Alexander
Secretary

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