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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-01-18-HSC-min.pdf 1 I Human Services Committee Minutes of the Meeting of January 18, 1982 Present Ruth Nablo, Nancy Zarle, Tom Zarle, Judy Zabin, Roberta Black; Stan Finkelstein, Howard Reynolds, Steve Baran, Ilene White; guest. James Crain; also Bea Phear The meeting began with a brief informal meeting with Jim Crain, liaison from the Board of Selectmen He said that the Selectmen requested that the Committee scrutinize the budget in the area of human services as they had more time to devote to that kind of research than the Selectmen The Selectmen recognized that decisions had to be made on imperfect information, however the Committee was better able to gather this kind of data Stan asked about the outcome of this evening's Selectmen's meeting, whether a vote on specific dollars would be made for the Warrant Jim thought that the vote would not be taken this evening, but rather they would just listen to input Ruth asked about the emergency fund, and if one agency finds itself in need after Town Meeting, would they have access to the emergency fund Jim said the Selectmen would have to go to the Appropriation Committee-, and it is always difficult as the money is set aside for demonstrated emergencies and unforseen events After Jim left the committee discussed the Report to the Board of Selectmen that Steve had prepared The dollar numbers were corrected to reflect ammended requests, and some phrasing was altered in the Council on Aging section The Committee approved the Report unanimously It was decided to submit the report as the consensus of the Committee The question of the CoA Outreach Worker was discussed, in light of the fact that the Town Manager does not want to increase staff The Committee agreed with the Manager's position that the Outreach Worker not be buried in "expenses , but disagreed that the position was unneeded The Committee decided to say merely that there was a need for this service, and put it in their recommendations for. CoA personal services budget Judy said she wanted to emphasize that RePlace had increased utilization Steve said he looked at those figures and felt that it didn' t show great increase in the number of clients. Judy pointed out that the increase was in outreach which is the area the committee is encouraging Roberta was concerned that the Youth Commission chair, Ron Wells, had told her that Replace had no input into the drug education meeting that they are holding She woudl like to emphasize that groups serving the same population coordinate their efforts Steve brought up that the same was true for their planned needs assessment, and hoped they work with others such as Bea and the Human Services Committee who had expertise in that area Ruth said that brought up the ethical question of whether she should have called CMARC to tell them of the Committee's recommendations, ihich she didn't do The agenda for next week will include discussion on continuing relationship with agencies The Committee adjourned at 8 30 pm to go to the Selectmen's meeting Respectfully submitted, Beatrice Beatrice Phear