Mental Health Board

708 GENEVA COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH BOARD August 12, 2014 The Geneva Community Mental Health Board met at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, in the Geneva City Hall Chambers, 109 James Street, Geneva, Illinois 60134. Present: Chairman Ford, Members Goc, Goldstein, Hamilton, Wagner. Absent: Shogren, Johnson. Also present Recording Secretary Celeste Weilandt. 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Chairman Ford called the meeting of the Mental Health Board to order at 7:05 p.m. A quorum was present with five voting members. The Chairman also noted that actor, Robin Williams, passed away today. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA - None. 3. OMNIBUS AGENDA ( OMNIBUS VOTE ) All items listed with an asterisk ( * ) are considered to be routine by the Mental Health Board and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a board member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Omnibus (Consent) Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the Regular Agenda. Motion by Wagner, seconded by Goc to approve the omnibus agenda. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote of 5-0. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES/PAYMENTS *A. Regular Meeting Minutes of July 8, 2014 - Passed by Omnibus Agenda. *B. Approve Payment to Recording Secretary for Services - Passed by Omnibus Agenda. 5. NEW BUSINESS A. Introduce and Discuss All Annual Funding Documents - Chairman Ford referenced the funding documents that will be sent to the agencies prior to the board’s next meeting. He explained the funding document process, stating that October 31, 2014 will be the cut-off date for the agencies to submit their applications. Wagner inquired as to whether the agencies were required to spend their grant funds within the year or could funds be carried over, wherein the chairman indicated that the funding documents did not cover that topic but it could be addressed by the city attorney, at a fee. Ford explained some of the challenges that arise if the board were to require the agencies to spend their funding within a calendar/fiscal year, i.e., it would require the agencies to provide the board with an accounting report proving how the funds were spent. Ford continued to explain how he uses the Summary Application form to calculate the money that goes toward each Geneva resident the agency serves and how he reviews the packets in general. The funding documents were reviewed. B. Discuss On-Site Visit to One of Our Agencies - Ford recalled this subject was raised by member Shogren. The committee discussed visiting the Geneva group home on South Street and Goldstein would follow up with AID. Asked if there was another agency that members wanted to visit, Member Goc mentioned there was a transitional living home in downtown Geneva but could not recall the name. She would follow up. The committee agreed that visiting the agencies was something they wanted to do and it would be an objective for the committee. 6. OLD BUSINESS A. Review Mission Statement – Wagner had questions regarding education and whether this board should be doing the education versus having the agencies provide their own individual education. Hamilton described what steps would be taken to educate the public and explained that the question the board needed to ask was whether “this was an important role for the board to follow” with specifics to follow and also with the understanding that the mission statement can be revised. Hamilton moved to adopt the mission statement, as discussed, seconded by Goldstein. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote of 5-0. B. Discuss Goals - Hamilton reviewed each of the three goals with Ford having some wording changes to Goal 1 and indicating he will contact Phyllis Russell at ACMHAI confirming the wording as it relates to government agencies not being 501c3 businesses. He would invite her to the October meeting. Goal 2 wording was revised to “advocate for sufficient/effective DD, mental illness, and substance abuse services.” (Wagner steps away) Goal 3 was also revised to “collaboratively encourage community education and awareness in DD, mental illness and substance abuse.” Goldstein moved to accept the goal statements, as revised, seconded by Goc. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote of 4-0. 708 Geneva Community Mental Health Board - 2- August 12, 2014 C. Identify Objectives - (Wagner returns). Deferred to next month. However, general discussion moved toward the actions steps and how those steps could eventually be applied to the board’s goals. Hamilton reminded the members that it was good policy for the board to review annually the mission statement, goals and objectives. Hamilton also summarized Shogren’s notes for the chairman, basically reviewing each action step to see what goal it would fit under. The committee agreed to review Shogren’s list next month. As a side note, Goldstein mentioned the Belleview group home commenting that if there is a future need for a group home in Geneva, it would be an advocacy item for this board to consider by writing a letter to the editor in support of the group home, etc. Hamilton asked members to email their with ideas for the action items to attach to one of the three goals. She would forward those to the recording secretary for distribution. 7. OTHER BUSINESS A. Countywide DD Housing (Goldstein) - Goldstein will provide input next month on the Advocates Network group which is meeting next week. 8. PUBLIC COMMENTS/MAIL Correspondence – Chairman Ford mentioned that AID is holding its annual benefit auction on September 26, 2014 at Eagle Brook Country Club, starting at 6:30 p.m. 9. ADJOURNMENT The Geneva Mental Health Board was adjourned at 8:12 p.m. on motion by Goc, seconded by Goldstein. Motion carried unanimously. Recording Secretary, Celeste K. Weilandt