Saint Louis County Housing Resources Commission Meeting Minutes – August 15, 2014

Saint Louis County Housing Resources Commission

Meeting Minutes – August 15, 2014

The meeting of the Saint Louis County Housing Resources Commission was called to order at 3:20 p.m. by Kathy Schweitzer, at 9666 Olive Blvd., Ste. 510, St. Louis, Missouri.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: No Executive Committee meeting on this date.
COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE: Ellen O'Brien; Mike Harris; Kathy Schweitzer
DHS STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Andrea Jackson-Jennings; Tom Fee; Randee Fendelman, Onnie Green; Chaunceia Mayfield, Pamela Neal
Roll Call: Onnie Green
MINUTES:
Motion was made to accept the minutes from the meeting of April 22, 2014.

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  MADE BY: Kathy Schweitzer
  
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  SECONDED BY: Ellen O'Brien
  

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  VOTE: Motion Carried
  

COMMITTEE REPORTS TO CHAIR
PROGRAM
OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY ISSUES

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  Shana Eubanks has resigned.
  
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  Left with one permanent Homeless Services Program employee only.
  
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  New Program Manager has been hired. Andrea Holak will start on Monday, August 18, 2014.
  
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  Tom Fee stated that there are 3 vacancies that are to be filled in the Homeless Services Program and two of those are new positions that were provided under initiatives proposed for 2014.
  
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  Homeless Services Program will be fully staffed before year-end.
  
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  Chaunceia Mayfield, Homeless Services temporary employee, was introduced to the Commissioners.
  
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  Tom Fee stated that with new staff on board, the program is building the capacity to be more aggressive in providing assistance to the agencies, monitoring, and completing invoices on time.
  

REIMBURSEMENT SUBMITTALS

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  Reimbursement submittals will be reviewed at least quarterly by staff to ensure that agencies are spending funds appropriately and within the guidelines of their contracts.
  

FINANCE
YTD Revenue and Expense Reports were submitted.
YTD Expense Report (expenses through July 31, 2014)

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  Rapid Re-housing – 0%
  
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  Catholic Charities has been slow to submit in the past.
  

YTD Revenue through 07/31/14 is $282,155 which is $145,491 under for same period last year.

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   710,768 - 2012 Revenue obligated for 2014
   
2. 
   143,481 - Additional obligated for 2014
   
3. 
   282,155 - 2014 Revenue to date
   
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   531,297- Reserve Balance
   
5. 
   356,297- Excess over minimum reserve
   

Six Year Comparison of Revenues and Reserve Utilization

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  It was asked why revenue is still going down. Andrea Jackson-Jennings stated that revenue is derived from a portion of tax dollars generated through the Recorder of Deeds office from the selling of houses and marriage licenses and both are down.
  

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  Mike Harris asked if a projection through year 2017 could be done. Randee Fendelman agreed to provide this.
  

OTHER BUSINESS

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  A tour of Salvation Army’s new 58 unit apartment complex has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. The Committee meeting will be held immediately after at E. M. Harris Construction, 2600 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103, at 4:00 p.m.
  

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  Another meeting of the committee has been scheduled for Thursday, November 20, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. and will be a working RFP meeting.
  

Meeting adjourned at 4:13 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Onnie D. Green, Department of Human Services