Human Services

Bernie Blackmore

David Howelman, Chairman

Laura Stanek

Minutes

June 29, 2006

Members present:

Laura Stanek, Bernie Blackmore and Dave Howelman

Members Absent:

None

Others:

Peter Garwood and Laura Sexton

1.         Meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m.

2.         Public Comment

None.

3.         Department of Human Services (DHS)

Fred Harris, Director of DHS joined the meeting.  Mr. Harris requested a $13,000 budget appropriation for the Social Welfare Fund for the DHS/Meadow Brook Governing Board, which is unchanged from last year.

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Motion by Bernard Blackmore, supported by Laura Stanek to approve the requested 2007 Social Welfare Fund budget for submission to the Finance Committee.  Motion carried – unanimous.

4.         Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility (MCF) - Operations

Marna Robertson, Director, and Blair Coutant, Finance Officer for Meadow Brook MCF joined the meeting.  Ms. Robertson and Mr. Coutant presented a revised 2006 budget to the Committee for information purposes.

Ms. Robertson and Mr. Coutant presented a 2007 budget for review and approval.

Motion by Bernard Blackmore, supported by Laura Stanek to approve the Meadow Brook MCF 2007 budget request for submission to the Finance Committee, including the levy of one mill for operations.  Motion carried – unanimous.

5.         Meadow Brook MCF – Capital Budget

Ms. Robertson and Mr. Coutant presented a capital budget request for Meadow Brook MCF for 2007.

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to approve the Meadow Brook MCF capital budget request for 2007 for submission to the Finance Committee.  Motion carried – unanimous.

6.         Meadowview Apartments Budget

Mr. Coutant indicated that, with the rising expenses for running the apartments, a rate increase is advisable.  Mr. Coutant presented a schedule for what a 5% and a 10% rental increase will do.

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve a 5% increase in rent at Meadow View Apartments, beginning January 1, 2007 and review in the middle of the year.  Motion carried – unanimous.

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to approve the Meadow View Apartment budget for 2007  for submission to the Finance Committee.  Motion carried – unanimous.

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to recommend to the Finance Committee and the Board of Commissioners approve a  2006 budget adjustment that would bring the Meadowview Apartments back to a financial position in which they are “in the black”.   Motion carried – unanimous.

7.         Housing Department Budget

Patti Lowery, Housing Director, joined the meeting and presented a budget request for 2007.

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to approve the 2007 Housing Department budget for submission to the Finance Committee.    Motion carried – unanimous.

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to approve a 2007 capital budget of $5,000 for remodeling an area on the second floor for the Housing Department.  Motion carried – unanimous.

Motion by Bernard Blackmore, supported by Laura Stanek to direct the Coordinator/Planner office to advertise for the vacated position on the Housing Committee.  Motion carried – unanimous.

8.         Commission on Aging (COA)

Carol Mitchell, COA Director, joined the meeting and presented the budget request.

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to recommend the Board of Commissioners levy the full millage of .03852 for COA operations for the 2007 budget year.  Motion carried – unanimous.

9.         Mancelona Senior Center Lease Agreement

The Committee and Ms. Mitchell discussed the current situation with a church group leasing the Mancelona Senior Center for serving meals.  The Committee told Ms. Mitchell to take the issue tot the COA Board and come up with rules and policies for who can use the facility.  Ms. Mitchell indicated she believes there should be an amendment to the lease agreement to allow the County to have standards for leasing the facility.  Greg Piaskowski, Director of the Area Agency on Aging, indicated we should check with the Health Department to figure out what types of uses are allowed for the facility, especially regarding food service.

10.       Area Agency on Aging (AAA)

Greg Piaskowski presented a draft “Summary of Services Delivered” on a combined county basis (a ten county region).  Mr. Piaskowski also requested a $3,819 appropriation from Antrim County for our portion of a total of $39,000 from all counties in the ten county region.

Motion by Bernard Blackmore, supported by Laura Stanek to approve for submission to the Finance Committee, a request for an appropriation of $3,819 to the AAA.  Motion carried – unanimous. 

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve the attached resolution regarding the AAA “Multi-Year Plan”.   Motion carried – unanimous. 

11.       Traverse City District Library

Kathy Kelto, from the Traverse City District Library joined the meeting.  Ms. Kelto requested an appropriation of $1,000 for the Traverse City District Library for the visually impaired.

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to approve an appropriation of $1,000 to the Traverse City District Library for submission to the Finance Committee.  Motion carried – unanimous.

12.       Veterans Affairs

Deborah Peters, Veterans Counselor, joined the meeting.  Ms. Peters presented budgets for the Veterans Affairs Department, the Veterans Relief Fund and the Veterans Trust Fund. 

For the Veterans Affairs Department budget, Ms. Peters indicated the Veterans Committee recommended Ms. Peters be budgeted for up to an additional five (5) hours per week.

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to approve the Veterans Affairs Department budget, the Veterans Relief Fund budget and the Veterans Trust Fund budget requests for submission to the Finance Committee.  Motion carried – unanimous.

Ms. Sexton left the meeting at 11:50 a.m.

13.       Family and Probate Court

Bill Hefferan, Probate Court Administrator, joine the meeting.  Mr. Hefferan presented a budget request for 2007 as well as the budget packet that gets submitted to the State which enables the County to get partial reimbursement for services. 

Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Bernard Blackmore to approve the Child Care Fund budget for submission to the Finance Committee and for Chairman Jack White’s signature.  Motion carried – unanimous.

Meeting adjourned at 12:20 p.m.