Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Call to order

President

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

• Mr. Gary G. O’Nesti: Present
• Mrs. Marilee Meloy: Present
• Mrs. Jodi Kale: Present
• Mr. Peter Noll: Present
• Mrs. Andrea Patton: Present
• Mr. Joseph Pecchia: Present
• Mr. Charles Holden: Present

Adopt a motion to excuse absent Board members.

Approval of Minutes

Adopt a motion to approve the minutes of the January 28, 2019 Board Meeting with any additions or deletions.

Approval of Agenda

Adopt a motion to approve the agenda with any additions or deletions.

Financial Business Before the Board

Adopt a motion to acknowledge the payment of bills for the month of January 2019.

Ethics Committee Report

Mr. Pecchia, Chairperson, reported that the committee did meet and reviewed the four contracts on the agenda this evening and are recommending full Board approval.

Adopt a motion to approve the Ethics Committee Report as presented by Chairperson, Mr. Pecchia.

Routine Business Before the Board

Committee Appointments

President O’Nesti makes the following appointments for committees:

Ethics Committee:

Chairperson: Mr. Pecchia

Members: Mr. Noll and Mrs. Patton

Finance Committee:

Chairperson: Mr. Noll

Members: Mrs. Meloy and Mrs. Kale

Board Programs, Personnel and Service Initiatives Committee:

Chairperson: Mr. Holden

Members: Mrs. Patton and Mrs. Meloy

Capital Facilities and Grounds Committee:

Chairperson: Mr. Pecchia

Members: Mr. Holden and Mrs. Kale

Adopt a motion to acknowledge the January 2019 Personnel Report of Superintendent Whitacre.

Correspondence Before the Board

None

Report of the Superintendent

Special Recognition

• Centre at Javit – Matthew Hynes

Human Resources Report

Anniversary Milestones

• Pam Palermo – 30 years
• Colleen Solinger – 10 years
• Lindsey Patrick – 5 years

Administrative Report

• Accreditation – We are scheduled for an accreditation review on March 20 and 21. We have been preparing and will continue to get ready for the review. We have NEON coming in on March 12-14 to complete a mock review.
• DSP wages – County Boards of DD are continuing to work with the DODD to look at ways to increase the base wage for Direct Service Providers who work with clients through private providers.
• DD Awareness month – The month of March is awareness month. We will have radio and television spots highlighting people served, as well as, billboards around the County.
• Veterans of the Valley – will be March 19 at St. Nicks in Struthers.

Board Finance Committee Report

No meeting in February

Board Programs, Service Initiatives & Personnel Committee Report

Met and discussed LKS enrollment and planning, reviewed the two job positions that are agenda items #4 and 5 tonight, discussed the leisure-recreation program, and the Veterans of the Valley.

Board Capital Facilities and Grounds Committee

No meeting in February.

Public Comments

None

Old Business Before the Board

None

New Business Before the Board

Adopt Board Resolution 2019-003, as if fully written herein, authorizing the donation of personal property (copiers) in accordance with Ohio Revised Code § 307.12(D). The following copiers were donated as follows:

Find copiers donated in the first column, followed by the ID#, Serial # & Political Subdivisions of each.

Adopt a motion to approve the following vendor and service contracts with a term of January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019, approved as to form by the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s office.

• Primary Solutions, for computer software and service, estimated costs for the term are not to exceed $53,000.00
• Worklife by Meridian, for Employee Assistance Program, estimated costs for the term are not to exceed $1,000.00
• Worklife by Meridian, for professional services and pre-employment testing, estimated costs for the term are not to exceed $11,000.00

Adopt a motion to approve the following vendor and service contract with a term of March 1, 2019 – May 30, 2019, approved as to form by the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s office and previously reviewed in the Ethics Committee.

• All Abilities Swim, LLC, for swim lessons at LKS, amount not to exceed $1,200.00

Adopt a motion to create, post and fill one Service and Support Administrator position in the Community Services department. The salary range for this position is $19.50 - $33.84 per hour. This position was previously approved by the Board in the 2019 budget.

Adopt a motion to create, post and fill one Developmental Specialist position in the Early Intervention department. The salary range for this position is $18.04 - $33.84 per hour. This position was previously approved by the Board in the 2019 budget.

Executive Session

Adopt a motion to go into Executive Session to discuss:

Possible reasons to go into Executive Session can be found in the first column. Follow the row across to see which reasons the Board is going to go into Executive Session.

Personnel Matters
To consider the appointment of a public employee or official;
To consider the employment of a public employee or official;
To consider the dismissal of a public employee or official;
To consider the discipline of a public employee or official;
To consider the promotion of a public employee or official;
To consider the demotion of a public employee or official;
To consider the compensation of a public employee or official; or
To consider the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee or official.	x
Purchase or Sale of property
Pending or imminent court action	x
Collective Bargaining Matters
Matters required to be kept confidential
Security matters
Hospital trade secrets
Veterans Service Commission Applications

Adopt a motion to reconvene the Board meeting from executive session.

Adjournment

Adopt a motion to adjourn the meeting.

The next Board Meeting will be March 18, 2019 at Leonard Kirtz School at 6:00 p.m.