Bert Nash

Your Community Mental Health Center

MINUTES

Governing Board of Directors

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Directors Present:         David Johnson              David Ambler               Barbara Ballard           

                                    Elizabeth Sheils Erv Hodges                  Bonnie Lowe

                                    Ken McGovern            Carol Hatton                Judy Anderson

                                    Rick Spano                  Doug Stephens

Directors Absent:          Jean Milstead, notified  Jane Eldredge, notified             

Staff Present:                Pat Roach Smith, Chief Operations Officer

Tracy Kihm, Finance Director

Jerry Bottenfield, Community Development Director

                                    Marilyn Sell, Recording Secretary

Others Present: Elinor Tourtellot, Observer from the League of Women Voters             

I           David Ambler called the meeting to order at 7:35 a.m. with a quorum present.  He welcomed new board members Ken McGovern and Barbara Ballard. 

II          Public Comment:  No. 

III        Consent Agenda:  July 31, 2007 Minutes, July 2007 Financials, and CEO Report made up the Consent Agenda. 

ERV HODGES MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED; RICK SPANO SECONDED THE MOTION.  MOTION CARRIED.

IV        Quality Management Report, Pat Roach Smith.

Pat reported that the Quality Management Team meets monthly to address client satisfaction surveys, suggestion box contents, access standards, client and staff feedback and our risk management program.  The Risk Management Team meets monthly to identify, manage and analyze unanticipated events which present a risk of harm to consumers, staff, others or creates a risk of financial loss to the Center.  Pat then fielded questions from the Board.

V         Consider for Action:  Financial Statements for Year Ended December 31, 2006.

Tom Singleton, CPA with Lowenthal Singleton Webb & Wilson reviewed the financial statements with the Board at the July 31 meeting.  Giving the Board a month to review the reports on their own a motion was requested at the meeting today. 

BARBARA BALLARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS PRESENTED; DOUG STEPHENS SECONDED THE MOTION.  MOTION CARRIED.

VI        Review & Comment:  Budget.  David reported that after one month of operation under Kansas Health Solutions there is still a lot we don’t know in order to move forward with the budget.  We hope to have a budget for the Board’s review in September.

WRAP. The School and BNC are working together on a plan to provide stable funding for WRAP.  Several WRAP workers have left the Center for employment elsewhere and the Center will not replace them until such time as the size of the future WRAP program is known.

Medicaid Update.  We are several weeks into this new plan and still feeling our way.  David distributed the CMHC Service Delivery Data Report for the Board’s review.

Other:  Jerry Bottenfield met with Topeka Mayor Bill Bunton about our October 11 fund raising event, An Evening With Nancy Kassebaum Baker and Fiends.  Bill is a possible speaker for that evening.  It is Jerry’s plan to have the speakers lined up by weeks end.

VII  Adjourn:  The meeting adjourned at 8:55 a.m.  The next meeting of the Governing Board is scheduled for Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 7:30 a.m. 

Approved:  ______________________________     Date:  ___________________