June 28, 2012
Second Congregational Church, Palmer
DRAFT Minutes
(Minutes are not official until approved by the Board)
Board Members Present: (8) Paula Dubord, Barbara Harrington, Lori Stacy, Linda Lloyd, Emma Ladd Shepherd, Robert Price, Mary Roy, and Ian Lynch
Board Members Absent: (3) Liz O’Connor, Suzanne Billings, Gina Lynch
Others Present: Kristen Jerome (MEMA), Judy Whitcher (MEMA), Mary Martin (HAP),
Katie Halliday (FEMA), Johanna Jackson (Mass Support), Shaylin Deigan (Mass Support)
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Ian Lynch at 12:35 p.m.
Moved second, and voted that the Meeting Minutes for June 14, 2012 are to be posted to the website
Ian Lynch is to contact Brenda Lenox.
Treasure, Paula Dubord needs information on the financial reports.
Assessors update is unknown at the present time.
There is a group from Littleton Mass that will be here July 28th. There will be 20 teens and 5 adults no skills. Call Lori Stacy (Monson) to set up if interested.
Case Management:
There are 5 open cases
1 Completed
1 New Assessment
Every second meeting of the month there will be a write up on the cases.
As of today there are no cases prepared for the Allocations Committee.
For the next meeting there will be Allocation Applicants and will be preparing cases for July.
All cases are to go to Joy. Also, a release form needs to be signed by the homeowner before it can be presented to Pathway.
Brimfield has approximately $24,000 left
Monson has had fundraisers and has approximately $26,000/$27,000
Wilbraham has no money left in assistance fund
Pathway has approximately $4,000
Mary Martin is looking for volunteers to go door to door with them in Southbridge
July 16th 3-6 p.m. The flyers will be English/Spanish.
Mass Support reports that they have been to Southbridge door to door. There are many apartments and is very difficult to enter the building without being let in.
MEMA has a grant review in Agawam on July 9th from 2-4 p.m. Suffield Street Rte. 75 Agawam Mass. Ian will not be attending. Robert Price has volunteered to sit in.
Tri-County has not released any monies as of yet. They are making sure that all of the proper paperwork is filled out before disbursing monies. FEMA is requesting a meeting this week or before the Holiday.
The Committee needs to set up guidelines about the same as Craft Money. All of the Boards need to come to an agreement one from each LTRG Allocation group
The leaders from the LTRG’s should meet to come to a discussion on how the money is allocated.
Craft money is still not yet ready to fund out
Would LTRG’s like Tri County to follow the same rules as the Allocations Guidelines or should it be first come first serve. What would need to be approved by the Boards is if the money can be divided into 3 separate pools instead of first come first serve.
FEMA has a basic number of people affected and set into individual groups. They will be broken down to a % of funds to the LTRG’s
Website
Emmy is having a difficult time making the Yola site work for her. Emmy to find out how much a package price on the domain/host for the web site.
Motion to lose the Yola site
Moved Second, and voted to lose the Yola site and Go Daddy is to be used.
Meeting Adjourned at 2:40 p.m.
Next Meeting will be July 12, 2012 at 12:30. Second Cong. Church, 1080 Pleasant Street
Palmer, Ma