By Don Ireland
PAGE 10 | WEEKLY REGISTER-CALL • April 13, 2023
A herd of more than 60 elk were spotted
feeding near I-70 recently. This photo,
captured with a zoom lens on a DJI
Mavic Air 2S drone, caught a few
members of the herd ignoring traffic.
Drone photo by Don Ireland
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Control of Timberline Fire board
at stake in May 2 election
There isn’t a regular mu-
nicipal election this spring in
Gilpin County because there
are no races for commissioner
or county offices. However
,
the May 2 election scheduled
for the Timberline Fire Protec-
tion District Board of Directors
could generate local conversa-
tions in the weeks ahead.
T
imberline Fire Protection
District (TPFD) is a special
governing district that oper-
ates in unincorporated Gilpin
County and a part of Boulder
County near the
Town of Ned-
erland. Under Colorado law,
TPFD has the legal authority
to levy property taxes to help
fund the or
ganization.
Under normal circumstances,
the fire department’s election
may pass with little local inter-
est, possibly attracting only a
few hundred voters.
This year,
however, a contested cam-
paign could result in a greater
turnout.
TFPD is governed by a
five-member board of directors
elected by registered voters
living within the district.
This
year, eligible residents will
elect three board members. The
path for Timberline’s future
could change depending on the
election’s outcome.
Incumbents Rick Wenzel,
John Bushey and Mary Kate
McKenna said they want to be
re-elected to continue to make
improvements for the depart-
ment and Timberline residents.
They are being challenged by
Scott Matthews, R
yan Roberts
and Rachel Stanton, who could
shift Timberline’s priorities if
they become the new board
majority.
Wenzel, the board president;
Bushey, Timberline’s vice
president; and McKenna, a
director-at-large, are taking
the challengers seriously. They
have filed with the state to cre-
ate a political action committee
to help raise funds to launch
their re-election bid.
The or
ganization, called the
Committee to Elect John Bush-
ey, Mary Kate McKenna and
Rick
Wenzel to the Timberline
Fire Protection District, was
filed earlier this month with the
Colorado Secretary of State’s
office, which oversees elections
and political committees. “We
haven’t taken any money or
made any expenditures yet,”
said Wenzel, who said the
group is working on its cam-
paign plans for the election.
Matthews, Roberts and
Stanton aren’
t current Tim-
berline volunteer firefighters,
although Matthews and Rob-
erts formerly spent time with
TPFD.
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