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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-05-14-HSC-min.pdf d HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE ( Minutes of the Meeting of May 14, 1984 Present Steve Baran, Marion Shepp, Roberta Black, Ed Foley, Stan Finkelstein, Howard Reynolds, Zudy Zabin, Thea Sheveloff Bea Phear Minutes The minutes of the meeting of April 23 were approved as amended Paragraph 3 of the section on Selectmen's Liaison final sentance should read. "Roberta suggested looking at other part time positions, for example in the school department" Chairmanship & Continuation of Committee Steve telephone some of the people who had been interested in serving last year Eva Gill, Lenora Zola, and Sheila Martin are all interested again this year Bea spoke to Monique Doelling who is also interested in serving The Committee also thinks it is important to open up the application process, and Steve will talk to Paul Marshall about writing a letter to the editor of the Minuteman Roberta has agreed to continue on the committee, and is willing to be chairman Judy and Stan have also agreed to continue, with one year appointments Roberta would like to be involved in interviewing any prospective candidates Schedule There will be an end of the year party at Judy's house (1 Page Road) on June 11 at 7 00 pm. Spouses and friends are invited. Costs will be shared Roberta - lasagna, Bea - salad, Skip - dessert & beer Ed - dessert & beer; Judy - paper & coffee Thea - dessert, Steve & Marion - wine Classification Steve reported that he had spoken with Paul Marshall, who will talk with the Manager Steve is concerned that the timing of the issue, during Town Meeting, will lead to it getting dropped. Roberta will assume responsibility of follow-up FY85 Budget Steve reported that he had spoken at Town Meeting The budget was passed as presented with no discussion. Copies of the committee report were on the back table Public Trusts Steve reported that he had made the decision not to introduce funding for the Adult Day Health program into the operating budget at the last minute, based on Bea's discovery that there is only one current user of Lexington funds Bea recommends requesting that the Trustees continue funding at the current level There was concern about stting precedent, but also not to preclude future funding, especially as this program is so tailored to the constraints of the trusts 0 There is approximately $11,000 in accumulated interest, and $2,000 in annual interest from those trusts that deal specifically with human services There is an additional trust "Gilmore" that is general and requires Town Meeting approval It has a balance of $26,000 it was decided to suggest that Cooperative Elder Services ask for funding directly from the Trustees, and the committee write a letter supporting that request and also suggesting discussion about use of other funding through an RFP There is tension between the Trustees mandate to assist poor people and the committee's interest in furthering programs and planning Bea will draft two letters for discussion on June 11 Roberta suggested asking the Trustees about changing some of the restrictive language to open the trusts up to people and programs in need that don' t exclusively address poverty issues Providers Council Bea reported that the participants at the Needs meeting expressed satisfaction with the process She distributed summaries of the voting The committee will use the information for future planning Marion suggested sending the report to non-participants as well, with a new cover letter that also invites them to the final Providers meeting on June 11 Steve wondered if there was any way of tying the various groups' needs together for an RFP, for example in the areas of housing, support services, or case management The June 11 meeting will be on self help. Parents Anonymous, AA, and a specialist on eating disorders will make presentations Roberta suggested asking if any of them has a video or other method of presenting a demonstration. She also suggested inviting the public through the newspaper Steve suggested Parents United (incest) Roberta asked if this meeting would also be a good time to start planning for next year Bea wants to take a break, as attendance is slipping and one of the main purposes has been met that of introducing them to each other Perhaps there should be meetings for the general public next year, at a dmore convenient time Marion mentioned that Grace Chapel has many different groups Lexington Friends Marion and Steve visited them and were very impressed by the quality of the residence The residence is in bad financial trouble, as its rents are below the average $1,350/month of similar sites Marion thinks the President, Brian Halckl should be included in any planning for Housing Authority funding applications The house parents invited the committee to use their space for any future meeting, and Steve suggested using this as a jumping off point for meeting in a variety of locations Special Needs Art Fund Marilyn Able has put together a directory of resources for handicapped recreation resources on the computer at the High School It will go to press June 1 Roberta mentioned a possible conflict of interest, since she is now on the Board of the Special Needs Art Fund. It was felt that she could abstain if there was discussion on the Respectfully Submitted, Bea Phear