Roll call- Present Paul Dick; Patrick Endres; Sarah Finnell; Marylee Bates. Absent: Dave Miller
Open in prayer by Patrick
Mission Review (Review ED Directives and Short Term Goals):
A question came up- for how many of our youth is family reunification a possibility?
Accept minutes from February (MSP: Patrick, Sarah)
Unfinished Business
Discuss creative transportation options.
As of now, staff and/or volunteers are using their vehicles for necessary transport, but the board encouraged Marylee to consider Uber or Lyft when reasonable to reduce additional responsibility on staff.
Front porch and boiler replacement for the brown house:
Next Step Ministries will help with the porch this summer. Table this for next meeting- ask Dave for his perspective and to help with a plan. No resolution for the boiler repair.
Discussion about marijuana industry donating to nonprofits in town. Does this present a concern for us?
Some points from our conversation: We need to decide as a board where we stand on accepting large donations from places that may not agree with our mission statement- or whose products might inadvertently harm our kids. One idea is to draw a line for age-restricted industries (marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, strip clubs, etc). We will create a policy when we are all together when Dave is present (next meeting?), and/or when it comes up and we are offered a donation from such a business.
Outside camera usage:
From Dave Miller: From all I can tell, it is legal and proper to do what we are doing, using security cameras in a “public space”. We can’t record conversations without the consent of both parties but we aren’t doing that anyway. Paul will look into whether we need to put up signs to inform the public that we are surveilling the park.
ED Report
Food Pantry: West Valley H.S. request
Michelle Kougl, Student Body President at Hutchison High School and President of Hutch’s student-led group, Students For Change. Students For Change promotes progressive change and students’ interests to strengthen our community through service projects, public awareness, and advocacy.
We believe this project fits well with your organization and hope you will consider this. The board is in favor. Marylee will move forward with finding a good location that is accessible year-round.
Update on ACF Funds status:
final paperwork will be signed on Thursday! After the initial deposit for the Yochem Fund, the remaining amount will be transferred from the CD in Wedbush when that comes up for renewal in April of 2018.
Other:
Healthcare for employees: We brainstormed many different creative options for healthcare and ended up wondering what our employees want/need with regards to health insurance/care. Marylee will ask if they are willing to answer questions about their healthcare needs so we can come up with a survey to see what they already have and what they are most interested in accessing (naturopathy; vision; dental; massage; chiropractor; general health).
Conflict of Interest Policy (disclosure and review)- will bring to next meeting to sign.
We discussed this verbally and no board members expressed any noteworthy conflicts of interest.
Discuss Evaluations for ED and Board Members-
We will not do a board evaluation this year, but we will do an ED evaluation that is similar to last year’s evaluation.
Committee Reports
Public Information
Brochure
Newsletter
Sunshine
Volunteer Appreciation Month is April- Sarah will contact Hannah and put something together for our current volunteers
