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Orleans Northern Essex Community Partnership

Regional Advisory Group

April 8, 2008

Meeting Minutes

 

Welcome

  1. Welcome –

The meeting was called to order at 11:04 am.  The members present: Chair-Rever Kennedy, Co-Chair-Tin Barton-Caplin, Board Members-Ghislaine Girouard, Sharon Hennault, Julie Mulroy-Evans and Fiscal Agent Bill Crenshaw and Michelle Tarryk.

Julie Lague was present to take the minutes.

 

  1. ONECP Budget report – Michelle Tarryk, NEKLS

Michelle reported that everything was on target.  She said there may be a shift from the refreshment line item to cover office expenses.  There is enough in the salary line item to support about 20 hours per week for the remainder of the fiscal year.  There have been three Youth Initiative Grants awarded (IROC, Charleston, Albany).  June 30th is the deadline for the funds to be expended.  Tin will meet with Carla to discuss the status of the other applications submitted (Canaan, Glover).  Bill suggested calling the Principals to alert them to the opportunity for funding.  Due to the time restraints, Bill suggested having Julie Lague help Carla.  Tin thought Carla was working on reopening the application and sending out emails.  Tin wanted to know if it would be allowed to spend funds after the June 30th deadline.  Michelle advised Carla to contact the funding source.  Tin will follow-up with Carla and determine the status.  Julie stated that Canaan may be interested in parent education and wondered if this could be funded by the YIG.  This could be a possibility.  Tin stated that there are no restrictions regarding refunding organizations that have already been funded.  IROC, Charleston and Albany are eligible for additional funding.  Bill asked about assistance for writing and completing this application.  Julie said that John did provide assistance in the past but she wasn’t aware of the current process.  Tin said the transition has been tough.  Carla’s focus has been completing the Report Card.  Tin and Rever will follow up with the youth groups and get regular meetings back into place.  Sharon asked about the YIG decisions; she thought the Youth Council made those decisions.  Tin confirmed that the Youth Council does determine who receives funding for the YIG.  Due to vacations and time constraints, Tin pulled as many members together as he could to review and approve/deny the applications that had been submitted.  Tin moved to approve the budget.  Josh seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

  1. Minutes – The minutes from last month were distributed to the members.  Rever allowed time for the minutes to be read.  Tin moved to accept the minutes.  Ghislaine seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

  1. An agenda item for next meeting will be the election of the Vice Chair.  The slate should be ready in May and voting should take place in June.  Nominations should be submitted to the Vice Chair.  Tin will work with Carla regarding the nomination process.

 

  1.   Housing Now Event – There were 55 attendants, 4 of which were landlords.  April 23rd will be a follow-up meeting.  Outreach needs to be conducted to bring key players and landlords to the meetings.  Resources need to be identified in the ONE District.  Landlords need to have an AHS point of contact in case there is a problem with a tenant that receives services.  A community plan needs to be developed (Middlebury, Franklin and Lamoille have pilots in progress). Ghislaine thought their pilots were based on emergency.  We already have an emergency shelter, we need an ongoing plan.  Ghislaine wants to see the landlords that rent to AHS clients get paid or at the very least notified if the rent money will be delayed.  Ghislaine  did want to make clear that there are only a few clients that spoil it for everyone; the majority are current with their rent and are good tenants.  Unfortunately, when clients miss their appointments, rent money is delayed and landlords suffer.  If there could be a process in which landlords could know if the rent money will be delayed, Ghislaine feels that this would foster better relationships.  Sharon asked about case management.  Ghislaine said you can only help those that want to be helped.  Bill and Tin discussed the bill in front of the legislation to make it easier to evict tenants.  Sharon asked about making a second option with stipulation of case management.  Rever suggested bringing this issue to the next Housing Now meeting.  The next Housing meeting will be May 13th at 9:30 am in Room 250.

 

  1. Report Card – Tin presented the working draft of the Report Card and asked for volunteers to facilitate the completion of a section.  Julie and Ghislaine were completed with their section but will review.  Tin will be in charge of housing.  Sharon will help with decreasing the rate of delinquents in custody.  Tin will email the grid to get input.

 

  1. Other – Bill completed a draft of the Appearance-of-Impropriety and Conflict-of-Interest procedures.  This will focus on a method to resolve issues prior to the event.  If problems are presented, listen and consult the Field Services Director.  Bill has given this to Carla and we are waiting for her response.

 

  1. Adjourn – Julie moved to adjourn.  Sharon seconded and the meeting adjourned at 11:40 am.