Board Meeting Minutes - January 12, 2009

January 12, 2009
5:00 PM
502-A Old Lynchburg Rd
Charlottesville, VA

Members Present
Joe Szakos, Chair
Angela Hammond, Secretary
Barbara Barrett, Vice-Chair
William Hale
Steven Stern
Clyde Gouldman
Julie Dickey
Carol Johnston
Weston Mathews
Neal Walters
Albert LaFave

Members Absent
Michael Kelley

Others Present
Robert Johnson, Executive Director
Caruso Brown, Deputy Executive Director
Jessica Shaw, Executive Assistant
Charlie Harris
Stefano Siciliano

I. Call to Order
Mr. Szakos called the meeting to order at 5:07 PM.

II. Welcome
Mr. Szakos welcomed everyone to the meeting.

III. Comments from the Public
There were no comments at this time.

IV. Specification of Other Items to be added to the Agenda
Action on the Alliance for Community will be added to the VACSB.

V. Presentation
The Budget Presentation will be held during the February meeting. There has not been a Finance Committee Meeting since the last Board Meeting. There will be no further reductions from the Governor's Budget. The General Assembly may try to cut Medicaid dollars. The Leadership Team will present options to protect the Board if the General Assembly does make cuts.

Mr. Szakos asked that all Board members speak to their legislators. He will provide a copy of his speech from the Hearings to each Board member for their use.

VI. Approval of the December 8, 2008 Minutes
Mr. Szakos asked for corrections to the minutes. On page 3, "Mr. Weston" should be "Mr. Mathews".

On a motion made by Ms. Barrett and seconded by Ms. Johnston, the December 8, 2008 Board Minutes were unanimously approved as corrected.

VII. Boxwood
Mr. Johnson explained the request to help fund Boxwood, as well as giving a brief background for Board members. He is asking for consideration of Mr. Duncan's (Executive Director of Rappahanock-Rapidan CSB) request of support in the way of $5,000 being sent by June 30, 2010 to help fund the construction of a new facility.

On a motion made by Ms. Johnston and seconded by Ms. Hammond, Region Ten Community Services Board will commit $5,000 to Boxwood. The motion was approved with two nays from Mr. Walters and Mr. LaFave.

VIII. Executive Director's Report
See previous month's packet.

The full Performance Contract Draft will be sent to the Board. All red highlighted areas are changes. We have a 60-day response period. All comments must be submitted by March 2, 2009 for consideration. The Leadership Team will provide their comments to the Board and the Board will add their comments before sending the comments in.

IX. Executive Committee
Mr. Kelley and Mr. Mathews will accompany Mr. Szakos to speak to individuals in Nelson about raising funds to help cover the costs of the Nelson Clinic. Mr. Mathews will speak with Ms. Johnston before speaking to both Nelson's and Albemarle/Charlottesville's Community Foundations about possible funding.

When the Executive Committee comes to the Board with a final decision for approval regarding Nelson, the committee will also include information about all other Region Ten debts, loans, etc.

Committee Assignments:

• Strategic Committee: Mr. Kelley, Mr. Mathews, and Mr. LaFave.
• Executive Committee: Mr. Szakos, Ms. Barrett, Ms. Hammond, Mr. Stern, and Mr. Kelley.
• Personnel Committee: Ms. Hammond, Ms. Johnston, and Mr. Kelley.
• Finance Committee: Mr. Stern, Mr. Walters, Mr. Gouldman, and Ms. Dickey.
• Public Policy & Advocacy Committee: Ms. Barrett, Mr. Hale, Mr. Mathews, and Mr. LaFave.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be on January 28th at 6:00pm.

X. Personnel Committee
There was no Personnel Committee meeting held before this Board Meeting.

XI. Finance Committee
The next meeting will be held on January 26th at 5:00pm.

XII. Public Policy & Advocacy Committee
The committee will meet on February 2nd at 6:00pm to discuss what the committee will be working on.

XIII. VACSB Update
The Legislative Conference is coming up January 20-21. The VACSB has stated it's concerns about the proposed closing of the Commonwealth Children's Center because there is no detailed plan to address what happens and no suggestions on what to do with the children being displaced. Similar concerns were expressed about the, closing the Southeastern Virginia Training Center.

The VACSB Public Policy Committee is recommending to the VACSB full Board to endorse the position of the Alliance for Community.

On a motion made by Ms. Barrett and seconded by Ms. Johnston, the Region Ten Community Services Board will endorse the Alliance and to have the $43 million slated to be used for renovations of the Central Virginia Training Center instead be used for community homes for individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. The motion was approved with one abstention from Mr. Hale.

XIV. Other Business
Legal counsel will review Pine Ridge Inc. By-laws at a later date.

A group consisting of three board members, the Executive Director and the Deputy met to begin the process of formulating an RFP for legal representation. It is expected that the RFP, interviewing and final selection process can be completed by the end of March

Region Ten is currently recruiting for the position of Fiscal Director.

XV. Recess
The Region Ten Community Services Board called a recess at 6:42 PM.

XVI. Reconvene
The Region Ten Community Services Board meeting reconvened at 6:47 PM after a five-minute break.

XVII. Discussion
The Board held a discussion about values they will use in considering any further budget reductions.

XVIII. Adjournment
The Region Ten Community Services Board meeting adjourned at 7:35 PM.