Meeting Minutes
January 4, 2012
** NOT APPROVED
Committee Members
Attending
The following members were in attendance Doug Burdick, Karl Graves, Don Cady, Kevin LaForge, Fred Sinclair and Curt Crandall.
Others Attending
Others in attendance were Vicki Grant, Kim Toot, Lori Ballengee, John Margeson, Mitch Alger, Brenda Riehle, Tom Miner, Tom Hull, Ellen Ruckle, Dwight Fanton, Ted Hopkins, and Mike Healy.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by committee chairman Doug Burdick at 10:05am.
Approval of
Minutes
The minutes from the December 7, 2011, December 21, 2011 and December 27, 2011 were approved by a motion from Fred Sinclair and seconded by Karl Graves. Motion carried.
Office for the
Aging
Kim Toot, Director of the Office for the Aging,
disseminated her monthly report for November 2011. She responded to questions by the legislators
regarding her report. Kim requested permission
to hire a temporary full-time typist or 2 part- time temporary typists. This vacancy is due to an Aging Services
Technician who is out on disability. It
is anticipated that several current employees will move up to fill vacant
positions leaving the typist position vacant.
Don Cady made a motion to fill one full-time or two part-time typist
positions. This motion was seconded by
Fred Sinclair. Motion carried. Refer
to Ways and Means
Social Services
Vicki Grant, Commission of Social Services, disseminated
her monthly report for November 2011.
Vicki requested permission to fill a Social Welfare Examiner position
due to a termination. Fred Sinclair made
a motion to fill the vacant Social Welfare Examiner position and Karl Graves
seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Refer
to Ways and Means
Fred Sinclair asked if Vicki had any plans for the usage of space vacated by the court system. Vicki indicated the space will be dedicated to the Foster Care System and eight staff and one supervisor will occupy the space and possibly a visitation room will be created.
Health
Lori Ballengee, Public Health Director, reported to the committee she did some research on the cost of the Medical Examiner Contract with Erie County versus Monroe County and found Monroe County to be much less expensive.
Lori reported to the committee the Health Department’s public health technician will be taking a leave of absence to enter the reserves and officer training school and will return to work in approximately seven months.
Lori requested permission to approve and renew the Inter-municipal
agreement between Allegany County and Cattaraugus County for the Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program. Karl Graves made a
motion to approve the renewal of the agreement between Allegany County and
Cattaraugus County for the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. This motion was seconded by Don Cady. Motion carried.
Refer
to Ways and Means
Old Business
There was no old business to discuss.
New Business
Doug Burdick, chairman of the committee, asked the committee members if they would like to continue to ask Social Services, Office for the Aging and the Health Department to present information to the committee to educate them on how various programs in the county are run and how they benefit the taxpayers of Allegany County. Doug asked Janet Norris to redistribute the information given to them on Food Stamps. Doug indicated he would like the Health Department to discuss Environmental Health, septic systems, wells and etc and what a buyer needs to do when purchasing a home.
A motion was made by Karl Graves to adjourn the meeting. This motion was seconded by Kevin LaForge. The meeting was adjourned at 10:33am.
Respectfully submitted,
Janet Norris