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CONTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 5, 2006
2 FAIRGROUNDS ROAD
TIME- 10 - 01 A-W'\
Attending: Christy Kickham, Dirk Roggeveen, John Belash, Jack Garullt:l, O//an
Chadwick, Rachel Rosen, Alice McWade, Maryanne Wortl1flaU<Ann Medina LM6
Meeting called to order, the minutes of May 25th were approved; Brian Chadwick
abstained from voting on the minutes because he was not at that meeting.
Two new CRC members were present: Brian Chadwick the BOS representative
and Rachel Rosen CHS member.
Chairman for FY08. Jack nominated Christy, John seconded the motion. The
motion carried unaminously.
The FY08 budget requests have been sent out and are due back in the office on
October 30th. We need to decide on times to meet. We have been meeting on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 to 1:00 the last few years and everyone
present is okay with those times. Jack will be away the first 2 weeks of
November and John will be away until November 3rd. Disclosure statements were
handed out. It was explained that you only need to fill this out if you feel you
can sit in without conflict however if you have questions it is best to call the
State Ethics Commission. John's wife is on A Safe Place's board so he filled one
out.
Maryanne handed out a description of her duties to the CRC as the Coordinator
of Human Services, Maryanne just offers administrative support to the
committee, and she does not make any decisions concerning the applications.
The reason for this meeting is to talk about increasing the CRC funding. We have
been level funded for at least 10 years. Maryanne spoke to Libby about this and
Libby suggested filling out a supplemental budget. What about a 10% increase
or $50,000 every year? A 5 year projection is a good idea. One committee
member stated that he was not sure of the conversation. The FinCom will still be
critical of the requests and will not just give out money because they have it;
and it still comes down to the Annual Town Meeting vote. The BOS has not
discussed the supplemental budget this year. It will be helpful to work on a
number that is consistent however it is difficult to tell until we go through the
process. We should request $50,000 to $100,000; potential supplemental budget
is for 5 years. Is there any way we can work in funding for the Human
Condition? Too soon to do it again. Is there any information we can derive from
the survey? We can ask for supplemental funds for these needs. We can add to
our criteria, this is for the needs of our community. Substance abuse is no longer
the number one need; workforce housing is the number one need now.
Jack suggested asking for $50,000 this year and then a 10% increase of total
budget every year for 5 years. Every year people ask for more and more and the
agencies are doing more for less money. This is a good way to start, the
numbers have to be justified, the 10% should be based on what is required; we
don't have the information for this number. We have to justify what is going to
be spent. We have a chart showing the past 10 years. The cost of everything has
gone up and the budget has gone down.
Still vague as to why you are requesting more funding. Do you have a defined
purpose? Maryanne answered that it is based on needs. The numbers are going
up with the Food Pantry, Family & Children's and A Safe Place and these
agencies haven't had an increase to match their growth. The supplemental
budget request is due October 1ih and the CRC budget requests are due
October 30th. It was suggested that a request be put in then when we know the
amount requested we can file an amended request.
When the results of the Needs Assessment survey results come out will these
agencies look at reports and try to adjust their requests? We will base our
priorities on the needs.
It was suggested that Maryanne ask for a 20% increase this year then 10% for
the following years. Jack motioned for the 20% increase and Alice seconded.
Everyone was in favor. Maryanne mentioned that Lucille Giddings called Libby
and made changes in scope of services. The Hospital will report twice a year
instead of filling out a quarterly report; also the Hospital is supposed to be
coming to the CRC this year with their request. The next meeting will be after
October 30th. Jack will be gone the first two weeks of November and John will be
gone until November 3rd. There will be three public forums on the Needs
Assessment Survey. The first one is Saturday October 28th at 10:00 am.
The meeting adjourned at 12:30
Respectfully submitted
Ann Medina