Call to Order / Roll Call
The Regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Red, White & Blue Fire District was called to order by Director Griffin at 0700. In attendance were Directors Perkins, Griffin and Gothard. President Greenly and Director Randall were excused. Chief Green, Deputy Chief Miller, Carmen Modglin and Captain Scott were in attendance. Captain Scott served as Recording Secretary.

Approval of Minutes
M/S Perkins/Gothard to approve the minutes from the June 21, 2007 Board meeting. Voice vote unanimous. Motion carried.

Citizens Comments, Matters for Public Hearing, and Other Communications
None.

Approval of Changes to the Agenda
None.

Chief’s Report and Discussion Topics
Emergency Response Data—Chief Green stated that last month was another record for the respective month regarding emergency response. The month of June saw an irregular increase in Service Calls which drove the record numbers while EMS Calls dropped off from June ‘06. He stated that there were no fireworks in Breckenridge on July 4 due to the "Very High" fire danger.

Wildland deployment-
Chief Green stated a crew was deployed to Oregon earlier this week to fight numerous wildland fires. He stated that the fire danger is currently at "High" and rain is expected, which will likely push the conditions to "Moderate" very soon. He stated that we will keep resources local when the fire danger begins to creep up again.

Budget/Finance Update- Chief Green stated that the budget-to-actual report has been updated and reflects the collection of nearly all budgeted property tax revenue. Other revenue figures represent a very positive trend this year with Specific Ownership tax receipts up $30,000 over year-to-date budget projections and plan review/permit revenue is in excess of what we budgeted for the entire year by $75,000. Green said that planning for the 2008 budget has already started with Senior Staff. Carmen has contacted the Assessor’s Office to get a preliminary report; early projections indicate that property values will be up 25%, however, additional reports are due out in August and the final report won’t be out until the end of November. Discussion followed with clarification about individual budget lines. Chief Green stated that we are at a very manageable 54% of overall expenditures with six months remaining. Perkins asked for a comparison with last year’s budget, with the actuals for the full year. Carmen and Chief Green will address that request. Green stated that we received a $117,000 reimbursement from the Town of Breckenridge for the water line bore at Tiger Road. Chief Green and Carmen met with Wells Fargo and got details concerning our debt services. He said that we are currently paying 3.85% interest on the majority of our debt and are earning well over 5% on investments. Green stated that the subject debt service arrangement offers no financial benefits for early payoff.

Board members discussed and agreed to put the $117,000 in reserves. Director Griffin reiterated that even though it appears RWB will see an increase in revenues due to the property tax assessment, he still recommends we remain conservative with our planned expenditures.

Director Gothard stated he would like to see a report on how much money the squads are saving us. Chief Green will begin calculating realized savings once we’ve experienced a few more months of utilization. Chief Green stated that with the move of Truck 4 to Station 6 due to ISO ratings criteria, we may need to modify our replacement schedule. Running out of Station 6 will shorten the truck’s life and the estimated life of a ladder truck is 12-15 years; we’ll probably be closer to the 12-year mark.

There was discussion about ISO and how it is used in the insurance realm, with suggestions to investigate how many companies in our state actually use ISO. Chief Green said that he can only recommend RWB address certain ISO criteria, otherwise the community could face property tax increases that far outweigh any fire insurance savings they might realize.

Other Business
Carmen stated that we went to an HRA for dental and vision and it is written broadly enough, it can be used for medical. It is now in place but need a Board resolution to do this.

M/S Perkins, Gothard to approve Resolution2007-05 adding "the Chief or his assigned designee" to act in place of the plan administrator. Voice vote, unanimous. Motion passed.

June 2007 Bills-
M/S Gothard, Perkins to approve June, 2007 bills list as submitted. Voice vote, unanimous.

Board Meeting Schedule—Because of a lack of a quorum in August, there will be no August meeting. The Board retreat is tentatively scheduled for September 5-7; location TBA.

Adjournment
M/S to adjourn Perkins, Gothard. Voice vote, unanimous. Motion passed.

Respectfully Submitted:

Wayne Randall, Secretary/Treasurer
Kim Scott, Recording Secretary