At a recent meeting, the Jackson County Mental Health (708) Board approved the board's fiscal 2017 budget request and forwarded it to the Finance and Administration Committee.
Below are the minutes from this meeting, as provided by the board.
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Call to Order (5:33 PM)
Members Present: Clark, Flowers, Hunter, Scales, Thomas, Williamson and Willis
Also Present: Holly Cormier, Shannon Odom, Kathryn Sime
Approval of Minutes
I. 16-0595 July 18, 2016 Public Hearing Minutes
Suggested Actions: Other
A motion was made by Secretary Willis, seconded by Clark, to approve the July 18, 2016 Public
Hearing Minutes and the July 18, 2016 Regular Meeting Minutes as presented. The motion
carried by unanimous vote.
II. 16-0596 July 18, 2016 Minutes
Suggested Actions: Other
See motion above.
Agency Reports
Representatives from Archway and Centerstone gave updates on what their organizations have been doing in the past month and
some of their upcoming activities.
III. 16-0597 Authorization to distribute 3rd Quarter Payments
Suggested Actions: Other
A motion was made by Secretary Willis, seconded by Clark, to approve allowing the Accounting
Coordinator to release the FY16 3rd quarter payments at the beginning of October provided the
agencies have submitted their 3rd quarter reports. The motion carried by unanimous vote.
IV. 16-0614 Southern Illinoisan Bill
Suggested Actions: Other
A motion was made by Thomas, seconded by Vice-Chair Williamson, to approve the accounting
coordinator to pay the Southern Illiniosan bill from the public hearing notice. The motion
carried by unanimous vote.
V. 16-0598 Review of Onsite Walk-thru
Suggested Actions: Other
The Board reviewed the completed forms from the SIU Clinical Center walk-thru. Scales asked
Ms. Cormier to give a description of the SIU Clinical Center and the program that will use the
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requested funds. Then Ms. Cormier answered questions from the Board members about the
program and the facility.
VI. 16-0599 FY17 Budget
Suggested Actions: Other
The budget committee discussed their decision on funding amounts for the agencies and total
budget for the 708 Board.
A motion was made by Clark, seconded by Secretary Willis, to forward the 708 Mental Health
Board budget request of $318,369 to the Finance & Administration Committee. The motion
carried by unanimous vote.
VII. 16-0600 Election of Officers
Suggested Actions: Other
A motion was made by Secretary Willis, seconded by Thomas, to approve the election of Scales
as Chair, Williamson as Vice-Chair, Willis as Secretary, and Flowers as Treasurer for the next
year. Scales abstained. The motion carried by unanimous vote.
Old Business
New Business
The committee discussed when the next meeting will be and decided to hold it on November 21, 2016 at 5:30pm.
Adjourn
Thomas moved and Clark seconded to adjourn, motion carried.
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