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Council for Human Services
July 1, 2010
2 Fairgrounds Road
Minutes of the meeting of July L 2010: The meeting took place at Ipm
at 2 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket, MA 02554
I. Members Present: Dorothy Hertz, Linda Barrett, John Belash, Augie
Ramos, Mary Wawro, Linda Williams
Members Absent: Maria Pena, Rachel Rosen, Sue Marques
Public present: Whitey Willauer BOS
Staff Present: Maryanne Worth
II. Quorum: The meeting was called to order at 1: 15pm: a quorum was
established.
III. Approval of the Agenda: The agenda was unanimously approved. The
charge of the CHS was read.
IV. Action / Discussion: Nominations of Chairm / Vice Chair: Linda W.
nominated Dorothy Hertz as chair; all were in favor except Mary W. who
opposed Dorothy's appointment. Linda W. nominated John Belash as co-
chair, unanimous agreement. Motion made to appoint Dorothy and John
was voted in favor and they accepted positions.
V. Other Business: The council hopes to have Diane O'Neil Procuremente
officer for the Town and Greg Tivnan, Assistant Town Manager at the next
meeting. The council would like to ask Diane about what Bob Martin
(former Brockton Procurement Officer and Human Services Director) talked
about at the RFP workshop.
. Plan of Action: CHS needs samples ofRFP's by town; The council will
send a letter to human service providers, all who have ever applied.
Maryanne will put a packet together. A public hearing will come next.
Timeline: September 15,2010 CHS recommendations are due to the BOS.
The letter should be sent by Tuesday July 6th. We should advertise for
comment in the newspaper that comes out on July 8th and July 15th. A
motion was made by Linda W. to do this, the vote was unanimous in favor.
A motion made by Linda W. to set Monday, July 26th as the deadline by
electronic format for the questionnaires to be received also passed
unanimously. A motion made by Mary W. to have a public hearing on July
28th from 2-4pm with all agencies invited in regard to the questionnaires was
also unanimously voted in favor. CHS will collate information and publish
draft on website.
Mary Wawro suggested we should send a summary of accomplishments so
far to the BOS. BOS has many things going on with Human Services now. It
was agreed to send the BOS a letter stating the things we thought they were
trying to do, as we want to be sure we understood correctly. Mary W.
volunteered to draft a list. Whitey Willauer (BOS member) was notified of
questions and unnecessary RFP' s. CHS feels like they would like to meet
with Diane O'Neil the Procurement Officer verses sending written
questions. The Council also agreed to make a request to Libby to get
answers from Paul DeRensis (town counsel). Whitey stated he wants a
positive approach to these issues. Mary Wawro volunteered to write a draft
letter to the BOS concerning all these issues, the Council ws in unanimous
agreement to have her do it. The council will reconvene to review the draft
before sending it. Whitey left at 2: 10pm
VI. Approval of Minutes: May 26, 2010 minutes were approved by
unanimous consent with typo fixed.
VII:Public comments: Dorothy H., speaking as a private citizen, stated that
baby changing tables are needed for community pool at the High School.
Ms. Hertz will write a grant to ReMain Nantucket and to the Community
Foundation for Nantucket. Motion made by Sue M. to allow Dorothy to
write grant for changing tables for pool, was voted unanimously.
VIII. Information sharing: Maryanne told us that Allan Trebat, Coordinator
for Cape & Island Regional Network to End Homelessness was contacted to
facilitate a workshop for housing stakeholders / homeless policy for
Nantucket. CHS office has been charged with making a Homeless Policy
for Nantucket. There is a regional 1 0 year plan to end homelessness.
Motion to Adlourn: Meeting adjourned at 2:27 pm
Respectfully submitted by,
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