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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-09-07-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE MINUTES 9/7/99 Present: Nancy Bartlett; Barbara Ciampa; Helen Cravis; Roz Gittleman; Eva Glick; Khalil Khatri, M.D Gregory Kotonias-Payne, M.D Christine Yedica, Nancy Freed, Director, Social Services Department; Tom Blumenthal, visitor; Steve Baran, Staff and Human Services Coordinator; Absent: Cathy Abbott, Selectmen Liaison 1 Name of Fair Housing and Human Relations Committee creates confusion for some with Human Services Committee leading possibly to Betty Eddison s question to Human Services Committee Chair, Barbara Ciampa, as to what the Human Services Committee was doing about affirmative action. 2. Khalil Khatri and Gregory Kotonias-Payne to be listed with M.D titles. 3 RePlace to be on agenda for next meeting. They are in last year of a three-year cycle with respect to possibility of Town Manager electing to initiate a Request for Proposal process. To be addressed at meeting: review of performance, goals, expectations and does the town wish to continue its relationship with RePlace. Does the Town wish to recommend maintaining RePlace at the same level of appropriation when there may be other needs to be considered, e.g., education for parents ofchallenged preschoolers? — - ( 4 RePlace issues: drop-in center; communication; levels of staff competence and iaauca „f liatmily - 5 Jodi Wilensky Hill, M.ED of Parenting Resource Associates reviewed what her program was doing for Lexington's parents of challenged preschoolers and the program's needs for funding. 6 Tom Blumenthal was introduced and spoke about his background and reasons to be interested in becoming a Committee member AGENDA 10/6/99 Chair Helen Cravis 1 Minutes 9/7/99 2. RePlace 3 Liaison reports 4 Committee composition 5 Future agenda items 6 Other Attachment: Committee member assignments