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<br />MINUTES <br /> <br />FUND FOR LEXINGTON BOARD <br />June 11, 2018 <br />4:30 p.m., Dawe’s Room, Town Offices <br /> <br /> <br />Present: Doug Lucente, Chair; Suzie Barry; Norman Cohen; Edmund Grant; Alan Wrigley; Alan <br />Fields and Charlotte Rogers, Director of Human Services; Tony Serio, Assistant Director of <br />Family and Youth Services and Kim Katzenback, Executive Clerk to the Board of Selectmen. <br /> <br />1. Money Available as of 05/31/18 Income $ 13,365.32 <br /> Principal $301,310.47 <br /> <br /> <br />2. Human Services: <br />a. Human Services Report: March 1, 2018 to May 31, 2018 <br /> <br />Charlotte Rodgers reviewed the activity for the period. She indicated that the <br />scholarship fund, which the Board established, has been a great success to enable <br />families in need allowing children to attend summer programs while their parents <br />work. In addition, Charlotte indicated the Human Services Emergency Fund, which <br />is used for approved requests for $500 or less, is getting low in funds. On a motion <br />duly made and seconded, it was voted 6-0 to approve the transfer of $4500 for <br />distribution to the Human Services Emergency Fund as requested by the Human <br />Services Department. <br /> <br />3. Other Issues <br />a. Report on Annual Request for Funds <br />The Fund’s annual letter requesting donations for the Fund was sent in November <br />2017. As of the date this meeting, $30,168 has been deposited. <br /> <br />b. Funding Request from Supportive Living, Inc. for Douglas House Expansion <br />Doug Lucente reviewed the request for the expansion of Supportive Living’s Brain <br />Injury Wellness Center at Douglas House. General discussion ensued, the Board <br />deemed this request falls within the Fund for Lexington’s charge of the human <br />service of assisting those in need. <br /> <br />On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0 with 1 abstention (N. Cohen) <br />to approve $5,000 for Supportive Living, Inc. <br /> <br />4. Next Meeting <br /> The next meetings are scheduled as follows: <br /> September 17, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. <br /> December 10, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />5. Approval of March 12, 2018 Meeting Minutes. <br />On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 6-0 to approve the March 12, 2018 <br />meeting minutes. <br />