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Board Meeting Minutes - October 12, 2009
October 12, 2009
6:00 PM
502-A Old Lynchburg Rd
Charlottesville, VA
Members Present
Angela Hammond, Secretary
Barbara Barrett, Chair
Michael Kelley
William Hale
Steven Stern
Clyde Gouldman
Carol Johnston
Weston Mathews, Vice-Chair
Neal Walters
Albert LaFave
Christopher Dumler
Aaron Laushway
Members Absent
Julie Dickey
Others Present
Robert Johnson, Executive Director
Caruso Brown, Deputy Executive Director
Jessica Shaw, Executive Assistant
David Moody, Medical Director
John Beghtol, Western State Hospital
Heather Peck, VOCAL
Carolyn Shears, CBRE
I. Call to Order
Ms. Barrett called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.
II. Welcome
Ms. Barrett welcomed everyone to the meeting.
III. Comments from the Public
Heather Peck, from VOCAL, summarized for the Board what VOCAL is.
IV. Specification of Other Items to be added to the Agenda
An article by the Daily Progress will be read later in the meeting. A letter from a parent was read to Board members. A handout was provided about Community for All. October is Disability History and Awareness Month. There will be an upcoming PBS special “Body and Soul” that was suggested for viewing.
V. Western State Hospital Presentation
John Beghtol presented information about Region Ten’s use of Western State Hospital’s services, as well as information regarding recent budget cuts and the upcoming new hospital.
VI. Community Resource Pharmacy Presentation
David Moody presented information regarding the budget cuts to this program and the potential impact it will have on Region Ten. The department will allocate the pharmacy dollars to each individual CSB beginning in a month or two and it will be their respective responsibilities to negotiate purchase costs from pharmacies. The negotiating power of CRP is unlikely to be met by individual boards thus resulting in higher costs and less individuals served. R-Ten’s plan is to contact several pharmacies and negotiate the best price in anticipation of the CRP’s closing in November.
VII. Approval of the September 14, 2009 Minutes
Ms. Barrett asked for corrections to the minutes. On page two, item XI second sentence the word “it” should be “if”. Also, change “You Tube” to “Youtube”, no space. On page two item X third paragraph, change the reference of the line of credit not being there to say “the line of credit is no longer available”.
On a motion made by Mr. Stern and seconded by Mr. Kelley, the September 14, 2009 Board Minutes were approved with abstentions from Mr. LaFave, Mr. Walters, Mr. Hale and Ms. Hammond.
VIII. Executive Director’s Report
See previous month’s packet.
IX. Personnel Committee
Ms. Hammond summarized the committee’s minutes. The Leadership Team will conduct the internal job study. Mr. Johnson met with the Directors in August to discuss their concerns.
At the October 20th committee meeting Mr. Johnson will provide his first quarterly evaluation.
X. Finance Committee
The committee met in August to begin preparing to work on the locality appropriations for the next fiscal budget. Because of the new PCE billing system, an additional month was required to close out FY09. Region Ten has been in contact with PCE to hammer out changes that need to be made in the system. In FY09 there was $334,000 more in expenses than in revenue. The committee projected a surplus of $400,000 for FY10 and FY11. We have realized a significant positive increase in other fees due to efficiencies in PCE. Also, there are new services in Crozet Clubhouse and expansion in ESS. The committee will meet again to discuss how to proceed with locality fund requests.
XI. Public Policy & Advocacy Committee
The next meeting will be October 20th at 5pm. Ms. Maltais is currently working on the media project.
XII. VACSB Update
The committee will celebrate Region Ten’s 40 years in an anniversary celebration that will honor select individuals who have made significant contributions to our agency. The committee is headed by Ms. Maltais and the celebration will be December 4th from 4:30-7:00pm.
The committee asks that the Board:
- Be there.
- Provide names for those to be invited
- Provide voluntary donations towards food
- Join an event committee
XIII. VACSB Update
The Conference was discussed earlier in this meeting with much of the discussion focused on how behavioral health will fare under the new health initiative in Congress. A panel of experts spoke well to the potentials of this initiative to expand Medicaid and other coverage to populations we serve. The issue of the closing of the state pharmacy (CRP) was covered in the executive Directors forum.
XIV. Other Business
On Sunday the Daily Progress printed an article about the SRO project. Part of the article was read to the Board members.
October 22nd at 6pm is the Firewalkers Book release at City Space on the Downtown Mall. The Board was asked to attend. Myra Anderson is featured in the book and Ken Moore was an editor on the project.
XV. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 8:14 pm.
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