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CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 2:0pm David Robison, Chair
ROLL CALL AND INTRODUCTIONS:
Members Present
Dave Robison
Patrick Kenneally
Gary Engelking
Jean Newfarmer
Annie Lucq
Mary Tucker
Nikki Bowden (via Speaker Pone)
Members Absent
Viola Lewis-excused
County Employees Present:
Public Present
Barbara Hoff, UDW
Molly Hilis, UDW
Staff Present
Kathy DiMaggio
Victoria Whistler
Tony Sauer
Tish Buti
APPOINTMENT OF TIME KEEPER: Gary Engelking
MOTION TO ACCEPT MINUTES FROM April 23, 2004 MTG:
MOTION: made by: Gary to accept minutes
SECONDED: Annie
MOTION was passed unanimously.
MOTIONS TO EXCUSE ABSENT BOARD MEMBERS:
Motion: Patrick
Second-Gary
MOTION was passed unanimously.
REVIEW OF THE AGENDA:
AGENDA ITEMS:
1. ACTION: Finance Committee Update Dave R. & Tony S.
No action is required today. After discussion, decided it was wiser to wait for Nevada County to complete their budget process first.
a. Tentatively Approve Annual Budget for FY 04-05
b. Nevada County has not received their budget approval, so we must wait to see if their numbers align with ours
Motion: Jean made a motion to accept the proposed budget at this time to be finalized after the state and feds finalize their budgets.
Seconded: Gary
MOTION was carried unanimously.
2. ACTION: Town Hall Event on IHSS Tony
Park is unavailable for the week of June 7th. This would produce a conflict with FREED event the previous weekend. The event had been tentatively planned for June 17, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM—Memorial Park in Grass Valley. These plans have been tabled until further notice due to progress with the state budget.
3. Update – Update Nevada County IHSS Staff County IHSS Staff
With no Nevada County personnel present, no update was given.
4. Update – Sierra County Items & Advisory Board Jean Newfarmer
No change
5. Update on Plumas Advisory Council Plumas Advisory Board
(Plumas was not able to join us today). No updates to report.
6. Update on Truckee Office-combined with #7 below Victoria & Tony
7. Registry Report / Program Committee Update Victoria
Victoria handed out the following written report:
Western Nevada County
· 177 Consumers have been on the Registry to-date
· 273 Matches through the Registry to-date
· 126 Providers have been on the Registry to-date
· Provider Recruitment
o 11 new Providers to the Registry in May
o Will continue to run ad in The Union
o Will run an ad in The Trader and in The Auburn Journal
o “Job Hunting?” flyer in your packet for distribution
Registry Stories
· “Difficult” Consumer
· “Resistant” Consumer
· “Hospital Release” Consumer
· “Resistant” Consumer
· “Unreliable” Provider
Outreach
· Board of Supervisors presentation:
o 2 family members of Registry Consumers and 1 Registry Provider spoke
· Victoria and Tammy visited and toured Interfaith Food Ministries on May 5.
Registry Specialist
· Completed first and second interviews
Truckee Office – Trish Sims
Plumas County
· 49 Consumers are on the Registry to-date
· 29 Matches through the Registry to-date
· 13 Consumers are needing referrals or have recently been sent referrals
· 37 Providers have registered for work
Sierra County
· 6 Consumers are on the Registry to-date
· 2 Matches through the Registry to-date
· 2 Consumers are needing referrals or have recently been sent referrals
· 2 Providers have registered for work
Truckee Area
· 7 Consumers are on the Registry to-date
· 3 Matches through the Registry to-date
· 3 Consumers are needing referrals or have recently been sent referrals
· 5 Providers have registered for work
Training/Outreach
· DEL ORO FAMILY CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER HELD TRAININGS IN DOWNIEVILLE AND LOYALTON ON MAY 26 AND 27. TRISH PROVIDED OUTREACH AT TRAININGS ON THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY.
· TRISH ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE.
Staff Positions
· First and second round interviews have been held for Registry Specialist position.
· Filing deadline for Office Assistant position is June 4.
A Registry Report was included in each board packet. We are trying a new approach to advertising for consumers and providers. We have developed a flyer with tear-off phone number slips. Recruitment flyers are in each board packet. Board members were asked to help post and recruit.
Victoria relayed some actual stories as examples of services we provide.
A presentation was made at the Nevada County Board of Supervisors meeting and it was well received.
Interviews for the position of Registry Training Specialist in the Grass Valley Office hopefully will hopefully have someone new placed soon.
Trish was not present to report on Truckee. She is taking a well deserved day off. Stats were presented by Victoria. Trish had done 2 outreach presentations in Downieville and Loyalton – both well attended. Hopefully will have another Registry Training Specialist placement in the Truckee office soon
8. Update on UDW/Union Plans Issues Tony S.
Another formal request for Provider names has been received.
Art Ramirez (U.D.W. organizer) has been contacting Tony. Molly Hilis, in attendance, expressed concerns on the structure of the PA representing 3 counties and how U.D.W. should proceed with organizing.
When the union organizes, do they need to approach the potential members in each county or as one group through this PA ? They will be contacting the workforce in the next few weeks. UDW has specific requirements before they can formalize their organization to represent this entity. Further information is going to be required from County Council. There is the possibility of representing 3 different bargaining units – treating each county separately.
Molly stated that the union can bargain for only 3 things really:
· Wages
· Hours
· Other terms of employment
But there are other things possible. Discussion followed.
9. Update on CAPA & State Budget Issues Dave R. & Tony S.
There is support in the State Senate & Assembly to prevent any cuts for the program offered. Discussion followed including stats on the Residual progam.
The decision was made not to have Town Hall Meeting. But we are doing more public service announcements on cable television.
The Care-A-Van is slated for June 8 & 9. There could be hundreds if not a couple of thousands in attendance. If you’re going to be in attendance, please let the contact in your area know so U.D.W. can reimburse mileage and accommodations. A flyer and schedules was included in each Board member’s packet.
The unity chain that was rolled out at the rally on May 20 was really quite impressive.
There will be a press conference on Tuesday for the Rally and events in conjunction with the Care-a-van.
There was discussion about the Legislature adding quality assurance for IHSS. Jean expressed a need for updated procedures for Social Workers. Good to see that there is interest in getting things upgraded. Stakeholders call every Friday morning that Tony is on. Discussion followed.
Mary commented that Public Transportation is a very hot topic – A lot of cutbacks going in to this coming fiscal year and there is a lot of talk regarding reducing services. The final public hearing will be this coming Wed. June 2 at the Rood Center.
10. Set Next Meeting Date – June 18, 2004 2:00 PM Board
A reminder that this is different than the normal meeting schedule.
11.Public Comment-None
12.Executive Session: Not necessary.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
None.
Adjourned at 3:07PM
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