Beckwourth Peak Fire Protection District
Agenda

Regular Meeting
June 05, 2024 05:00 PM
180 Main St, Beckwourth, CA 96129
https://bpfpd.ca.gov/

Board of Directors
President Richard McLaughlin • Vice-President Daniel Smith • Director Cary Curtis • Director Melissa Klundby • Director Larry Smith

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

The meeting location is accessible to people with disabilities. Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate participation of the disabled in all of the District's public meetings. If particular accommodations for the disabled are needed (i.e. disability-related aids, or other services), please contact the District at (530) 832-1008 or chiefrosevear@beckpeakfpd.com , at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Any person with a disability may submit a request for reasonable modification or accommodation to the above-described means for accessing and offering comment at the meeting to chiefrosevear@beckpeakfpd.com


  1. Call to Order
    • Pledge of Allegiance

    • Roll Call

  2. Public Comments
    DiscussionDiscussion CommentComment
    Members of the public are invited to address the District on any matter of interest to the public that is not on the agenda for a period of time not to exceed 3 minutes. Pursuant to the Brown Act, the District cannot discuss or take any action on items not listed on the posted agenda but may add to a future agenda matters brought up under public comments for appropriate action at a future meeting
  3. Consent Agenda
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    These items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. The Board of Directors will act upon them at one time without discussion. Any board members, staff member or interested party may request that an item be removed from the consent agenda for discussion.
    • Approval of Minutes from May 8th, 2024, Regular Meeting.

      Approval of Minutes from May 22nd, 2024 Special Meeting.

      District Financial Reports


  4. 2024-2025 Budget 
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    Final review and possible adoption of the 2024/2025 Budget

    • Special Tax Ordinance 2024.01
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      Final reading and possible adoption of Ordinance 2024.01 To Administer Special Tax on Real Property.

      Special exemptions are available for contiguous parcels and low income property owners. 

      A letter was posted in the Sierra Sun and on Beckwourth Fire's Website detailing those exemptions and how to apply.

      • Committee Progress Update
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        Board will receive updates from each committee lead on progress/ tasks completed.

        • Finance Committee

          -Accounts Payable consolidation for involved districts.

        • Operations Committee

          Asset Transfer

          DMV Title Actions


        • Admin Committee

          Website & Email

        • Personnel Committee

          Blanket letter for current Beckwourth staff.

        • Annexation Committee

          ~Discussion on annexation to be held during line item 9, discussion with possible action.

      • District Policies
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        Policy review and possible adoption.


        • Second review of policies issued at the last regular board meeting. Possible adoption if approved. Policies in this packet are:

          1010 Basis of Authority, 1015 The Board Clerk, 1020 Board and Staff Communications, 1030 Code of Ethics, 1040 Correspondence to the Board, 1045 Legal Counsel and Auditor, 1055 Legislative Advocacy, 4100 Attendance at Meetings, 4105 Committees of the Board, 4110 Duties of the Board President, 4115 Ethics Training, 4120 Members of the Board of Directors, 4125 Training, Education, and Conferences,  4200 Board Actions and Decisions, 4205 Board Meeting Agenda, 4210 Board Meeting Conduct, 4215 Brown Act Compliance, 4220 Minutes of the Board, 4225 Review of Administrative Decisions, 4230 Rules of Order for Board Meeting Conduct

      • Eastern Plumas Rural FPD Annexation
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        Board to determine stance on annexation of Eastern Plumas Rural FPD. Review and possible adoption of materials presented.

        • : Board to vote on support for or against annexation of Eastern Plumas Rural FPD

        • : Review of terms and conditions with captured edits, Possible action to approve

        • : Review of Annexation Resolution, possible action to adopt.

        • : Schedule a public hearing to consider annexation

      • Contract with Eastern Plumas Health
        DiscussionDiscussion Possible ActionPossible Action CommentComment

        Eastern Plumas is no longer willing to contract with the new district.

        • Board/ Staff Communications.
          DiscussionDiscussion CommentComment

          Update on any communications of interest to BPFPD.

          • Future Agenda Items
            DiscussionDiscussion CommentComment

            Any items requested to be included on the next meetings agenda.

            • Next Board Meeting
              DiscussionDiscussion CommentComment

              The next meeting is scheduled for July 3rd  2024 at 5:00 pm.

              • Closed Session
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                • Public Employee Appointment
                  Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 – Public Employee Appointment

                  Chief Fire Officer
              • Report out on close session.
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                • Adjournment

                  A copy of the agenda packet is available for public review, during normal business hours, at the district administrative office located at 180 Main St., Beckwourth, CA 96129. Public participation is encouraged.