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Council for Human Services
August 3, 2010
2 Fain!rounds Road
Minutes of the meeting of August 3,2010: The meeting took place at 4:30pm at 2
Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket, MA 02554
I. Members Present: Dorothy Hertz, chair., Linda Barrett, sec., Sue Marques,
Augie Ramos, Mary Wawro
Members Absent: John Belash, Maria Pena, Rachel Rosen, Linda Williams
Staff Present: Maryanne Worth, Anne Medina
Members of the Public: Michael Kopko(BOS)
Meeting called to order: Meeting was called to order at 4:33pm.
II. Quorum: A quorum was established.
III. Approval of Agenda: Agenda was approved with unanimous consent.
IV. Review of Minutes/Approval: Minutes of July 28, 2010, were reviewed and
unanimously approved.
V. Public Comment: There was no public comment.
VI. Action/Discussion: We reviewed the public meeting of July 28, 2010. The
council used a "dot system exercise" to determine the criteria that would be used to
determine the priorities of need. The council chose the following list to determine
the priorities: Size of the Problem (Quantitative)
. Size/Magnitude of the problem (How many people it affects
based on quantitative data)
. Trends (Is the problem increasing?)
Populations Affected
. The issue affects the community as a whole
. The issue affects particularly vulnerable populations (most needy
citizens)
Population of Need (Qualitative)
. The priorities of the members of the Council based on 2006
community survey
. People in the community see this as a problem
. Key decision makers see this as a problem
. The issue will get worse if we don't address it
Capacity
. There are already resources in the community that we could build
on to address the issue
Michael Kopko left the room at 4:51 pm while we were placing the dots during the
prioritizing process and returned at 4:56pm. Upon his return, he was asked ifhe would
like to participate in the prioritizing process and his smiling response was; "No thanks,
I'm all dotted out."
The top two priorities from this exercise revealed that the size/magnitude of the
issue affects a large number of citizens and the issues affect the community as a
whole. The next priorities were that the issues affect the most needy, the problem
is increasing and will get worse if not addressed.
Michael Kopko left the meeting at 5:07pm.
Using the priorities chosen, the number one seems to be Basic Needs. Sue
Marques stated "we need to get back to basics." Five main categories were
chosen: Basic Needs, Health & Safety, Developmental Disabilities, Legal and
Disaster Preparedness. Subcategories were placed under the main categories
(please see addendum-August 3,2010). Of these individual categories we started
to identify the services that are done solely through the human services office.
VII. Other Business: Maryanne reported that she will have a facilitator work with
the Housing Stakeholders to develop a homeless policy for the island.
Dorothy will be representing us at a meeting on Thursday with Libby and Patty
Roggeveen, their response to our letter to the BOS on July 16, 2010. It has come
to our attention that the town's Procurement Officer has informed a private board
(not a town board) that there have been changes made in the law.
Our members would like copies of the changes and have the Procurement Officer
speak to us. Maryanne will contact the procurement officer Diane O'Neil about
this issue.
After speaking with the Ethics Committee it was agreed that we could send a
representative to CFNan from our board with the understanding that that person
represents the town - by the BOS declining to have their members on the
committee, they are delegating representation to other town members. Augie
Ramos was suggested to be the representative but he declined. A motion was then
made by Augie Ramos and unanimously voted to have Linda Barrett be the
representative. Linda's name will be submitted to the BOS for approval.
Next Meeting: August 11,2010 at 4:30pm at 2 Fairgrounds Road.
Agenda: Methods for determining levels of funding, monitoring contracts, and
RFP comparative criteria.
Motion to Adjourn: Unanimously voted to adjourn at 6:27pm
Respectfully submitted by fil[Jlc/a, r!:ikl}//}'e!t Secretary Approved 8-11-2010 (m6
Addendum - August 3, 2010
"BACK TO BASICS"
Based on the information received from the questionnaires, current data, public
hearing on July 28,2010, and the 2006 Community Survey, the Council chose the
following needs.
BASIC NEEDS
Nutrition/F ood
. Food Pantry - Hunger
. Meals on Wheels
. Food Stamps
Shelter
. Affordable Housing
. Emergency/ Homelessness
. Rental Assistance
Utilities
. Fuel Assistance
. Water
. Phone
. Sewer
. Electric
. Enrollment in State and Federal Programs(Ex:TAFDC,
Disability, etc)
HEAL TH & SAFETY
. Access to care: Insurance Enrollment/Dental Care
. Domestic Violence
. Substance Abuse and Prevention
. Mental Health
DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS - TRANSPORTAION
EMERGENCY NEEDS - DISASTER PREPAREDNESS (Red Cross)
LEGAL
. Access to legal Services