Mental Health Board

708 GENEVA COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH BOARD June 9, 2015 The Geneva Community Mental Health Board met at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at Geneva City Hall, Council Chambers conference room, 109 James Street, Geneva, Illinois 60134. Present: Chairman Ford, Members Hamilton, Johnson, Shogren, Wagner. Absent: McCollister. Also present: Christine Kautz and Lauren Buckley. 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL/GUESTS Chairman Ford called the meeting of the Mental Health Board to order at 7:00 p.m. A quorum was present with five (5) voting members. 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 Johnson, seconded by Wagner to approve the Omnibus Agenda. Motion carried by voice vote of 5-0. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES/PAYMENTS. A. *Regular Meeting Minutes of May 12, 2015 – approved by Omnibus Agenda. B. *Approve Payment to Recording Secretary for Services – approved by Omnibus Agenda. 5. ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS, COMMITTEE Chairman Ford invited comments from the board relating to the election process and he reminded the board that he would be passing on the chairmanship. Members thanked Chairman Ford for his leadership. A. President (Chairman) – Hamilton moved to nominate Shogren for Chairman, seconded by Johnson. Hearing no further nominations, motion carried unanimously by 5-0. B. Vice President (Vice Chairman) – Ford moved to nominate Hamilton for Vice Chairman, seconded by Johnson. Hearing no further nomination, motion carried unanimously by 5-0. C. Secretary – Shogren moved to nominate Johnson for Secretary, seconded by Wagner. Hearing no further nominations, motion carried unanimously 5-0. Because member McCollister was absent and a seventh board member was needed to fill a board vacancy, the chairman suggested tabling the structuring of the three committees. Motion by Chairman Ford, seconded by Shogren to table Agenda Items D, E, and F to the July 2015 meeting. Motion carried by voice vote of 5-0. A brief dialog followed regarding the structure of the committees. The board reached a consensus to not meet in the month of August. D. Funding Committee, Third Member – Tabled to July. E. Advocacy Committee, Two Members – Tabled to July. F. Education Committee, Two Members - Tabled to July. 6. OLD BUSINESS A. Mission & Goals, Committee Reports – Ford recalled that Appendix 1 was completed and that Johnson and McCollister forwarded to him Appendix 2. A short conversation followed on how the committee would determine the needs of the community. Johnson strongly recommended that the board take an active part in legislation, seeing that much of it was affecting mental health in Illinois. Conversation was raised by Wagner on how the Affordable Care Act was affecting patients at the Free Clinic in St. Charles. Minor changes were noted to Appendix 2. Reviewing Appendix 3, Geneva 708 Education Committee – Members reviewed Appendix 3 in more detail and Shogren suggested deleting the last paragraph. Hamilton moved that Appendices 1, 2, and 3, as revised, be added to the board’s Mission and Goals Statement, seconded by Johnson. Motion carried by voice vote of 5-0. B. Grant Application – Final Review – Chairman Ford reported the grant application was complete and it remained unchanged from last month. He explained how applicants would obtain a copy of the application. 708 Geneva Community Mental Health Board - 2- June 9, 2015 Motion by Johnson to approve and implement the application, seconded by Shogren. Motion carried by vote 5-0. C. Discuss Capital Reserve Future – Members discussed concerns about losing the money in the reserve fund, seeing that the state was cutting funding for various areas and the reserve money could be in jeopardy. Johnson recommended using the funds sooner than later. Ford concurred and explained that the board could send a letter to the agencies a head of time explaining that the board will be dispensing the board’s reserve funds. As to a previous comment about extending the November grant meeting to two days, the chairman suggested meeting only on the one day but meeting earlier to discuss the applications first followed by the applicants arriving at 6:00 p.m. Members inquired as to where the reserve funds were held (Certificate of Deposit) and Ford suggested that the new chairman email the city administrator to explain the retrieval process for those funds. (Shogren and Ford would work together on this matter.) Per the chairman, this process would then require the board to create a resolution rescinding the board’s old resolution and revising it so that the reserve funds are to be made available based on the legal outcome of the November funding meeting. (This matter was placed on next month’s agenda) D. Report on Mental Health Month – Shogren summarized the positive comments she received from the two middle school librarians regarding the Mental Health Month initiative. For the high school, if the same activities take place next year, she recommended that the green ribbons be put up after post-prom activities. Shogren proceeded to read an email received from Susan Wisniewski, dated June 8, 2015, from the Geneva Township Library, thanking the board for sharing in the Mental Health Month “cause.” Shogren agreed that Mental Health Month was a very positive step and she recommended the same for next year. Costs for the green ribbons totaled $175.00 (for next year’s budget). Wagner said she would speak to the middle school nurse to add something about Mental Health Month next year in their school newsletter or annual calendar. E. ACMHAI Report – Ford referenced ACMHAI’s report that was emailed to him and asked members to review it at their leisure. 7. NEW BUSINESS A. City E-mail Address – Ford stated that members will now have to use the city’s email address for use outside of the committee. 8. PUBLIC COMMENTS/MAIL Visitor Christine Kautz shared her professional background with the board which included being a nurse for 30 years with a specialty in emergency medicine. Visitor Lauren Buckley also shared that she is a licensed social worker and recently completed grad school last year. Her background includes social work, working with the adult homeless with severe mental illness and finding them permanent housing. Johnson spoke about House Bill 239, where Springfield wants county board chairmen who appoint the majority of members of the different government units to reduce the members of those boards. She explained how Kane County was an anomaly with appointed board members as their own public health department but that the majority of the other counties surrounding Kane County were referendum counties. She believes this bill could be a thinly veiled attempt to get at the AFSCME union which employs many county workers. The bill would reduce the scope and cost of government. Johnson described the various standing funds that have already been cut to date by the governor and used for other shortfalls. And this was being done especially at a time when so many individuals need mental health assistance. Lastly, Chairman Ford stated that the ACMHAI emails he has received appear to be based on lobbying or tracking legislation. 9. ADJOURNMENT The Geneva Mental Health Board meeting was adjourned at 7:57 p.m. on motion by Johnson, seconded by Shogren. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote 5-0. Recording Secretary, Celeste Weilandt