1/19/2012 HUMAN SERVICES Minutes

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e (Neer Business, cont1d) Leila Botsford summarized the priority assistance list as follows: - ##11: veterans #2: Mashpee residents who work in Mashpee ##3: Mashpee residents Leila Botsford stated that the commmunity Preservation Fund hes about $450,0001 10% goes to Affordable Housing, 10% to Historic, and 10% to Environmental. Distr'butron of the remaining 70% is at the discretion of the CPC, which conceivably could be set aside for Affordable Housing. . review of 12/16/11 Meeting with Gail Wilson, Joyce Mason, Torn Mayo, John cahalane Janice Walford Gail Wilson.reported the following: Transfer of$1,750 to the St. Vincent DePaul food pantry was approved for disbursement to Mashpee residents in cases where the person has already used the fund and it has been less than 18 months, and that invoice has been submitted for payment Towyn Manager approved Human Services coordinator volunteer clerical support from the Mashpee Senior Center. Gail Wilson is proposing volunteer assistance in her office for three hours two mornings per week. The volunteer may possibly tale minutes at the monthly Mashpee Human Services Council meetings. Town Manager was persuaded by SelectmanJohn cahalane that the Human Services Coordinator's office should be maintained in a location away from Town Hall, for clientp rivac . .. Town Manager approved establishment of a task force to loop into a multi-purpose service center similar to the Falmouth Service center. Town Manager assigned Gail Wilson and Toni o a � y to draw up a proposal for a multi-purpose service center for Human Services needs to present to the Capital Improvement Committee. - In her report to the committee, Janice Walford added that the Torn Manager had also approved . the establishment of an emergency fund, to be used at the discretion of the committee by majority vote. 4. Town Meeting Graft Article re: Funding for an Analysis of Needs fora Multi-Purpose Human p Services center The committee agreed that the sura requested in the draft article should be Worded not to exceed' the reasonable amount to be recommended by the consultant. Mary Scanlan made a motion that the Committee approve the draft article as follows: "To see if the Towyn will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, a sum not to exceed F to the Mashpee Hunan Services Facilities Consultant Account to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, or tale any other action relating thereto." Ruth Elias seconded the notion. The motion was unanimously approved. The committee agreed that a professional consultant should be hired first, before turning project ject a over to a task force appointed by the Human Services council committee. . Review of 1/05112 VNA Meeting with Kathy Berry, Kathy Gainey,i , M a Devlin,r�� y J o ce Mason, Y Tom Mayo, Gail Wilson. . Gail Wilson reported the following: - Immunizations and communicable diseases would be billed to the Board of Health Home visits, town nursing and maternal child would fall under Mashpee Human, Services p . 2