Region Ten - Board Meeting Minutes

Board Meeting Minutes - December 8, 2008

December 8, 2008
6:00 PM
500-A Old Lynchburg Rd
Charlottesville, VA

Members Present
Joe Szakos, Chair
Angela Hammond, Secretary
Barbara Barrett, Vice-Chair
Michael Kelley
William Hale
Albert LaFave, Jr.
Clyde Gouldman
Julie Dickey
Weston Mathews
Neal Walters

Members Absent
Steven Stern
Carol Johnston

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

I. Call to Order
Mr. Szakos called the meeting to order at 6:05 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
There were no new items at this time.

V. Approval of the November 10, 2008 Minutes
Mr. Szakos asked for corrections to the minutes. There were none.

On a motion made by Ms. Barrett and seconded by Mr. Walters, the November 10, 2008 Board Minutes were approved with abstentions from Mr. Hale and Mr. LaFave.

VI. Executive Director's Report
See previous month’s packet. On page 4 in the 7th line, "precede" should be corrected as "proceed".

VII. Executive Committee
A motion was made to approve the Region Ten Community Services Board By-Laws by Mr. Kelley and seconded by Ms. Hammond. The motion was unanimously approved.

There will be a budget hearing on January 8th at noon in the Dickenson Building at PVCC. Mr. Szakos will speak at the hearing on behalf of the board with direction from Mr. Johnson.

$43 million in renovation at Central VA, the ARC and Alliance is requesting flexibility with this money.
Concerns that the General Assembly (GA) may eliminate reimbursement for SA Medicaid Money.
Concerns the GA may reduce Medicaid down to 64-65%, which will cut even more people out of eligibility for Medicaid; a general statement needs to be made that this is in total opposition to us becoming a system of transformation.
Important to have testimony from the CAC present to speak about services being cut.

An end of the year fund raising letter will be sent out very soon. The list will be reviewed and edited. Mr. Szakos asked that everyone provide suggestions for possible donors.

VIII. Finance Committee
On a motion made by Mr. Hale and seconded by Ms. Hammond the Virginia Retirement System Resolution was unanimously approved.

Further items will be tabled until Mr. Stern returns. The Finance Committee will review these items again before presenting them to the board.

IX. Personnel Committee
The committee recommends a mini contract extending Mr. Johnson’s current contract from the dates April 23, 2009 to September 30, 2009. A new full contract will begin October 1, 2009. Mr. Johnson will put in writing a self-evaluation by January 30th and do so quarterly. Further discussion will continue on Wednesday, December 10, 2008. The Board will work with Mr. Johnson so that his FY10 work plan and the Board goals coincide. The recommendation was unanimously approved.

X. Task Force
The committee discussed one out of three items. The committee recommends that the Board create a Strategic Planning Committee to review the strategic plan and decide where the Board should be involved and how. The committee will bring this to the Executive Committee in a report. The committee members are Mr. Kelley, Mr. Mathews, Ms. Hammond and Mr. LaFave.

XI. Recess
The Region Ten Community Services Board called a recess and moved into the Region Ten Inc. Meeting at 7:13 PM.

XII. Reconvene
The Region Ten Community Services Board meeting reconvened at 7:30 PM.

XIII. Nomination of Region Ten Community Services Board Inc. Members
On a motion made by Mr. Walters and seconded by Mr. Gouldman, all existing Region Ten Community Services Board Members will serve as the Region Ten Community Services Board Inc. Members. The motion was unanimously approved.

XIV. Adjournment
The December 8, 2008 Region Ten Board Meeting was adjourned.