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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992 03-12 HHSCMINUTES OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION Administration Building/Mayor Conference Room March 12,1992 7:00 P.M. ROLL CALL Present: Co -Chairman Ed Barker Commissioner Carmen Huerta Commissioner Angela Shoemaker Commissioner Joy McNulty Absent: Chairman Virginia Seeman Council Liaison Robin Barker City Clerk Kathy Connelly Asst City Manager George Hoffman CONSENT AGENDA Approval of February 27,1992 meeting minutes: Minutes of the February 27,1992 meeting were unavailable for approval. Co -Chairman Ed Barker opened the meeting at 7:25 p.m.. He then asked for a report on the interagency luncheon. Commissioner McNulty said she had not received a notice advising of when and where the meeting was to be held. Co -Chairman Barker said that the meeting dates are on the second Thursday of the month at the Winchester Restaurant.He further suggested that she contact Kaye Fisher at the Superstition Mountain Mental Health Center to assure that her name is on the mailing list to receive notice of the meetings. Mr. Barker asked Commissioner Huerta to report on the Interagency luncheon. Mrs. Huerta said the meeting this month was quite informal.All the participants were introduced and gave a summary of their agencies, the services and projects they were involved with.She said that the next meeting is supposed to be more business.The "brag meeting" will be held each year at which the representatives can tell of their accomplishments and goals. MINUTES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MARCH 12,1992 PAGE 1 OF 3 In response to a question from Co -Chairman Barker, Mrs. McNulty said she had not received any information on this meeting.Mrs. Huerta said she would call the Interagency chairman to request that Mrs. McNulty's name be included on the mailing list. On the next agenda item, Co-chairman Barker reported that for the past few years, he had been encouraging that the Council allocate a certain percentage, hopefully 1%, of the City's budget to health and human services funding.He had been conducting a survey of the Valley cities to determine what their policies were in this regard. He said that in contacting various cities, he was surprised to find out that staff couldn't give him percentages of their city's budget which went to health and human services funding, so he is unable at this time to point to a 1% figure as what other cities were allocating.He said the other option was to attempt to convince the City Council to advance the 1% figure as the "avant-garde" of the western cities on funding allocations. He said he was aware that some cities in the East do set aside a certain percentage of the budget for health and human services. However,in Arizona, cities such as Mesa, Casa Grande, Coolidge, Eloy, Chandler, and Gilbert do not know what percentage of their City budget is earmarked for these services.Other than the City of Mesa, Apache Junction is the only city which has a Health and Human Services Commission.Other cities funding and services are handled through community service departments. M/S -Commissioners McNulty/Shoemaker "I move that upon the conclusion of this year's funding process, that the Commission submit a paper to the Council suggesting that 1% of the city's budget be allocated to health and human services for the budget 1993-1994." Motion approved.Vote was unanimous. Commissioner McNulty suggested that work continue on the paper through the summer and a deadline be set for presenting it to the Council,She suggested the month of September for the submittal to Council. Commissioner Huerta suggested that a $60,000 figure be submitted to the Council, and then if it has to be cut, there may be the same amount allocated as last year which is the "cut -to -the -bone" figure. The review of the funding applications took place as the next agenda item.There was discussion about each agency, their requests of the city and their programs for city residents.There was a request that the Salvation Army be notified that a breakdown of the figures on "support services" will be a question the Commission will request an answer to at the interviews. MINUTES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MARCH 12,1992 PAGE 2 OF 3 Commissioner McNulty also questioned why there were four quarterly reports included in some applications, and not in all of them.She said she felt it was important to have the quarterly reports included in the applications the Commission is using to rank the applications. The discussion on the funding for the Abuse Prevention Council's Youth Center culminated with the decision that their request for monies to pay their mortgage and utilities does not qualify as direct services as the City ordinance and Commission requires.This would need to be clarified by the applicant during the interview process. Co -Chair Barker requested that the format as formerly used for the interviews be furnished. The Commissioners determined that the next meeting date had already been selected at the last meeting.Upon consulting a calendar the date of March 26th at 7:00 p.m., with the final decision on location to be determined by Mr. Hoffman. Commissioner McNulty asked if the Commission could meet thirty minutes early before the interviews to go over how the meeting and interviews would be conducted.Co -Chair Barker then suggested meeting at 6:30 p.m. on that date. Commissioner Shoemaker asked if she and Mr. Barker could receive a packet of the applicant's submittals prior to the meeting? Acting Secretary Sharon Holton said she would attempt to get that material to them upon approval of Mr. Hoffman and/or Ms. Connelly. M/S -Commissioners Huerta/Shoemaker "I move the meeting be adjourned." Motion approved.Vote was unanimous. Co -Chairman Barker adjourned the meeting at 8:46 p.m.. Virginia Seeman Chairman George Hoffman Staff Liaison MINUTES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MARCH 12,1992 PAGE 3 OF 3