‘You need to step down’: Canyon Creek fire board criticized during special meeting

Sonny Tapia

The Canyon Creek Rural Fire District board of trustees held a special meeting to reaffirm votes from a June meeting appointing members to their positions, but faced criticism for a “conflict of interest.”

During the roughly 20-minute Zoom-only meeting Tuesday, board chair Richard Grady was a man of few words when he replied to public comments.

Members of the public were worried about a possible conflict of interest due to husband and wife Max and Ellen Eskildsen serving on the board.

Ellen serves as the board secretary, while Max is a trustee.

During the public comment portion of the meeting, Kai Bauer, a former trustee who resigned said he believed that either Max or Ellen should resign due to a conflict of interest in board processes.

Another member of the public agreed with that, saying that there does not seem to be an independently thought-out vote coming from the two in previous voting scenarios.

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Dale Hudec, a community member, asked why Grady’s video was turned off during the meeting, but the other trustees had their cameras on.

Grady replied saying “Because I choose to do that per my attorney’s direction,

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