Meeting Notes for December 4, 2009 4:30
• Members Present: Dave Bates, Kathie Gettinger, Lyle Gresehover, Barry Berner, Marylee Bates, Patrick Endres
• Meeting began 4:50 (Lyle!!!)
Financial Report :
• Month of August appeared to be low in income – due to bulk write offs from previous year.
• Arlene K., CPA, has provided assistance to Kathie and will help with 990- Easy form for filing taxes.
• Arlene K. reported to Kathie that after looking at the books and our account that Clearwater was in good shape and our situation was simple and straightforward.
• Dave’s salary is underpaid at this time, for about $10,500.00
Director’s Report:
• Work is brisk, best month, best week yet.
• Dave will try to be more proactive regarding talking to clients about payments.
• Dave did get relicensed – LPC – Licensed Professional Counselor
• Dave should be getting his supervisors license in the mail too.
• He is also waiting for certification from the American Association of Christian Sex Therapists.
Other items:
• Rent Increase: Clearwater received an updated rental contract from the DOH finance committee. Rent is currently 500.00 but DOH is asking for $650.00 starting in January 2010. The board agreed that Dave needed to decide whether this space was working or not; and 2) Clearwater needs to inform DOH finance committee exactly what we are about and why we exist. Dave agreed to draft a letter and send it to Pat, as president. As a board, we thought it should come from him.
• Ministry Proposal: the board gave permission for the focus group to explore the possibilities.
• Youth Outreach – timeline: Lyle suggested and it was agreed – that Sarah Finnell, FCA, would come and talk to the board at a meeting primarily focused on learning more about the street youth population and their needs.
Next meeting: Monday, February 8, 2010. Focus: Street Youth
Meeting was done at 6:20 p.m.
