Rehabilitation Review Committee

MINUTES OF THE REHAB REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL 13, 2011 8:45 AM Members Present: Jim Troeger, Jim Roberts, Joe East, Kevin Lin, Tucker Braddock, and Gary Evans Others Present: Wayne Sharkey, Susan Goldman, Denise Blake and Linda Lee Smith In the absence of Chairman Rodney Bowie the Rehab Review Committee meeting was called to order by Jim Troeger at 9:00 a.m. A quorum was determined. Motion was made by Joe East and seconded by Gary Evans to accept the minutes of the December 8, 2010. Motion carried unanimously excluding Tucker Braddock who arrived late. Old Business None New Business Ratification of Voice Polls The committee hadn’t met because the CD Office is not accepting any new applications. Three voice polls had been polled in the past and needed to be ratified. On October 12, 2010 application #09-56, project #LP0952 for approval which is owner occupied 2 units requesting $26,000 and they met all the qualifications. Uncas Health had referred this application to the CD office with a poisoned child with an elevated lead level. Rather than wait for the next meeting for approval, a voice poll was done and the vote was unanimous to approve this application. On January 6, 2011 two de-obligations were phone polled as follows: RLP0929 owner occupied: Following HUD audit, it was determined that rental losses cannot be used when determining income; therefore, client is over income to qualify for the programs. Vote was unanimous to de-obligate funding. RLP0936 Owner Occupied: Following HUD audit, it was determined that all military allowances (including housing allowances) must be included as income; therefore, client is over income to qualify for programs. Vote was unanimous to de-obligate funding. A request for additional lead funding for Project LP0952 which was awarded funding for $26,000. The bids came in $4,100 over the allotted amount of lead funding. The property owner wrote a letter to the committee and the voice poll was done March 29, 2011 to increase their lead funding by the $4,100 and all members approved it. 1  Alderman Tucker Braddock arrived. De-obligations RLP0937 this was at the owner’s request to withdraw from the program. They had been approved for $30,000 for rehab funding and $16,000 for lead funding. RP0922 this was at the owner’s request to withdraw from the program. They had been approved for $40,000 for rehab funding only. Jim Troeger made a motion and seconded by Tucker Braddock to de-obligate projects RLP0937 and RP0922 at the owners’ requests. All were in favor. Open Discussions Wayne Sharkey told the committee since the request for additional lead funding for the lead project they needed to discuss if there were any policies that need to be in place for situations where the lead bids come in over the lead funding available to the homeowner. The committee members thought it should be for owner occupied properties with children under the age of 6, with or without elevated lead levels, and they would have to appeal to the committee if they were short on their lead funding. On the new grant they are presently applying for they could write it into the grant whereas if the lead bids came in over the awarded amount, the overage could be a payback at 0%. For the next meeting Wayne Sharkey will present some basic bullet points for comments, discussion and vote. New Applications None Adjournment A motion was made by Jim Troeger and seconded by Tucker Braddock to adjourn. The motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:44 a.m. 2