Story Mill Rural Fire District Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes May 11, 2021 ‘The Board of Trustees meeting of the Story Mill Rural Fire District was called to order at 6:10 pm at Room 337 of the Norm Asbjornson Hall on the MSU Campus ~ Bozeman, Montana. Persons present: Trustees Dan Archer, Linda Willmuth, Kathy Campbell, Tom Moore and Andy Epple Notice of the meeting was made by the Districts website (storymillfire.weebly.com), ‘Agenda Items: 1) The Board unanimously approved the minutes from the meeting on May 21, 2019, with no changes, based on a motion of approval made by Kathy with Andy seconding 2) Treasurer's Report: a. Insurance cost for Board liability coverage increased $34 from last year. Linda (treasurer) will mail the payment. b. An Oath of Office was distributed for Kathy & Dan to sign and take to the County Elections Office for notarization and submittal. ©. Budget passed to Board for signatures — Treasurer will take to County Finance Department, ‘When finalized it will be posted on the Story Mill Rural Fire District website i. Discussion — the District is paying the maximum mill levy allowable by State statute. ii, Discussion — the Trustees also discussed possible levy increases or decreases and that potential future City annexation of district properties may affect payments 3) Public Comment ~ no members of the public were present and no comments were received. 4) Elections: Andy made a motion to nominate, elect and keep all current board positions the same as previously elected. Kathy seconded. All Board members agreed they were comfortable with current positions, so no changes were made to Board duties, which are: a. Dan Archer ~ Chair b. Kathy Campbell ~ Vice Chair ¢. Linda Willmuth - Treasurer 4. Tom Moore - Secretary 5) Other Business: a. Chris Gray, Attorney, told the Chair he will no longer be able to represent the Board in future activities. He is actively seeking a replacement who may be willing to do work pro-bono as he did. But even if no one is found a County Attomey should be able to assist the Board if needed. Our thanks go to Chris for his previous work. b. Future meetings will be as necessary and posted on the website. 6) Adjournment: Tom moved, and Dan seconded, with unanimous consent, that the Board meeting be adjourned. The meeting was adjourned about 7:00 pm. Wuuten writta. by (or0 Wiicore