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Council for Human Services
March 15, 2010
2 Fairgrounds Road
Minutes of the meeting of March 15, 2010. The meeting took place at 4:30 pm in the
town building at 2 Fairgrounds Road Nantucket, MA 02554. Members of the Board
present were: Linda Barrett, Dorothy Hertz, Rachel Rosen, Linda Williams.
Absent: Susan Marques, Jackie McGrady and Maria Pena.
Meeting was called to order at 5:10 pm when a quorum was established. The
minutes of January 11th and January 15th were approved by unanimous consent.
The Council for Human Services oversees two separate committees, The
Contract Review Committee (established in 1993) and the Human Services
Council. The CRC deals with finances/contracts with Human Services agencies
and the Council members deal with the delivery of human services. The CRC was
created by a request from the FinCom to the BOS so that there would be a better
understanding and accountability of town funds. Who will be the lead agency for
this funding if CRC no longer exists? That is unknown at this time.
Town meeting: who will speak for the CHS/CRC at town meeting? Linda Williams
will speak at town meeting on article 33; if article 8 is not called it will go
through as is.
BOS meeting: Dorothy will go to BOS meeting, she would like a group letter
drafted, that she would present in open forum, to address the treatment and
integrity of members of both committees. She will put a letter in the paper first,
to speak to the article that was in the paper inferring that two members of the
CRC whose husbands are on FinCom influence their husbands to vote a certain
way.
Updates and Information Sharing: Dental Health program- B.L. Hathaway is
coming to the island in April; B.L. is the coordinator for the Cape & Islands Oral
Health Initiative. Dr. Dienard, from Michigan, came to the island to meet with
dentists and Bob Gardner from the water company, he has offered to come and
work with them about fluoride at no charge. Maryanne and B.L. Hathaway are
working together with this doctor.
Dorothy is looking for volunteers, once a week, to package up snacks for the
snack program, for first graders. The newspaper has a list of volunteer
opportunities maybe something can be put there.
Other Business: The Local Officials Human Services Council (LOHSC), (a council
that is an affiliate of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, that is comprised
of human services directors across the state) is having a workshop on Youth
Suicide Prevention on April 9th from 9:30 to 2:00 at the Coonamessett Inn in
Falmouth. Cost is $35 and if anyone is interested in going please let Maryanne
know. Also there is a communication workshop, "Health Speak Cape Cod" on the
same day, April 9th from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm at Cape Cod Community College.
This workshop is for anyone working or volunteering in Human Services. The
cost is $22 per person. For more information call 508-375-4083.
The meeting adjourned at 6: 10 pm. The time and date of the next meeting TBD.
Respectfully submitted by
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