Skip to content

Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Board Meeting

Date: January 28, 2019
Place: Leonard Kirtz School

Call to order

President

Roll Call

Taken during the Annual Organizational Meeting

Adopt a motion to excuse absent Board members.

Motion:

Mrs. Kale

Second:

Mrs. Patton

Discussion:

None

Roll Call:

  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Approval of Minutes

Adopt a motion to approve the minutes of the December 17, 2018 Board Meeting with any additions or deletions.

Motion:

Mrs. Patton

Second:

Mrs. Kale

Discussion:

None

Roll Call:

  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Approval of Agenda

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

Motion:

Mr. Pecchia

Second:

Mrs. Patton

Discussion:

None

Roll Call:

  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Financial Business Before the Board

Adopt a motion to acknowledge the payment of bills for the month of December 2018.

Motion:

Mrs. Kale

Second:

Mr. Holden

Discussion:

None

Roll Call:

  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Monthly Reconciliation:

Mr. Kern, Business Manager, reported that the reconciliation of the activity accounts was performed and was sent to the County Auditors office.

Ethics Committee Report

Mr. Pecchia, Chairperson, reported that the committee did meet prior to the Board meeting and reviewed the contracts that are on the Board agenda as item 2 under New Business and are recommending full Board approval.

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

Motion:

Mrs. Patton

Second:

Mrs. Kale

Discussion:

None

Roll Call:

  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Routine Business Before the Board

Adopt a motion to acknowledge the December 2018 Personnel Report of Superintendent Whitacre.

Motion:

Mrs. Patton

Second:

Mr. Holden

Discussion:

None

Roll Call:

  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Correspondence Before the Board

None

Report of the Superintendent

Special Recognition

  • Centre at Javit - Cynthia Gilchrist

Human Resources Report

Welcome New Staff

  • Jessica Fenstermaker, Executive Assistant Accounting

Anniversary Milestones

  • Frank Dietz – 10 years
  • Carolyn Brown – 10 years

Administrative Report

  • New DODD Director: Jeff Davis has been appointed by Governor DeWine. He has many years of experience working in the system and understands the needs of the system going forward.
  • DODD Budget requests: A request of a budget increase is being sought to allow for a raise to $13.00 an hour for Direct Care staff. This is in hopes of attracting more people and better quality candidates.
  • Non-Medical Transportation rule revision: there is a push for smaller vehicles for transporting people for non-medical transportation needs. There is a potential increase of $140,000 to the County Board for this.

Board Finance Committee Report

No meeting was held.

Board Programs, Service Initiatives & Personnel Committee Report

No meeting was held.

Board Capital Facilities and Grounds Committee

The committee met prior to the Board meeting and discussed the suggested renovations and walked through the building to understand what is being planned. Mr. Pecchia reported that the committee is recommending that the Superintendent move forward with negotiations with GDP (a OSC verified vendor) for the renovation process.

Public Comments

Phil Miller, MASCO-PI Inc., wanted to thank Mr. Pecchia for being Santa Claus for the MASCO holiday party at Meshel.

James West, AFSCME Chair-MCBDD, requested information about the YDC property. Superintendent Whitacre explained that there is still a plan to move forward with a multi-agency project to provide services.

Old Business Before the Board

None

New Business Before the Board

Adopt a motion to approve the fee schedule with the addition of Business Manager Certification effective January 1, 2019, as:

Find types of certifications in the first column followed by the fees associated with them.

MCBDD Certification Fee Schedule
Effective 07/04/2013:
Adult Services Worker$15.00
Adult Services Supervisor$30.00
Service and Support Administrator$30.00
Service and Support Administration Supervisor$40.00
Effective 01/01/2019:
Business Manager (1 year)$10.00
Business Manager (5 year)$40.00

Motion:

Mr. Holden

Second:

Mr. Pecchia

Discussion:

Roll Call:

  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye

The President declares the motion:

Approved

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 and previously reviewed in the Ethics Committee.

  • Behavior Intervention Training Services, LLC, for training, amount not to exceed $3,000.00
  • O.C.C.H.A., Inc., for interpretation services, amount not to exceed $2,000.00
  • Turning Point, for transportation services, amount not to exceed $21,000.00

Motion:

Mrs. Patton

Second:

Mrs. Kale

Discussion:

Superintendent Whitacre highlighted any changes from the previous contract. The Turning Point contract covers services for non-medical transportation for individuals not receiving a waiver.

Roll Call:

  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Adopt Board Resolution 2019-001 as if fully written herein, authorizing the Superintendent to participate in the Ohio Schools Council 2019/2020 Cooperative School Bus Purchasing Program for the purpose of acquiring school buses amounts of each to be determined and approved by the Board at a future date.

Motion:

Mr. Pecchia

Second:

Mr. Patton

Discussion:

This allows MCBDD to purchase vehicles at a discount due to being part of a larger council.

Roll Call:

  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Adopt Board Resolution 2019-002 as if fully written herein, to request the Mahoning County Board of Commissioners to enter into a lease agreement with Gateways Industries, Inc. pursuant to Ohio Revised Code §307.09 (A) and §307.10 (A) and to approve the terms of the lease agreement by and between the Mahoning County Board of Commissioners and Gateways Industries, Inc.

Motion:

Mrs. Kale

Second:

Mrs. Patton

Discussion:

The of the lease is retroactive to January 1, 2018; Gateways will pay for the previous year’s rent and then begin paying monthly.

Roll Call:

  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Adopt a motion to approve a revision to Policy 3286: Major Unusual Incidents/Unusual Incidents.

Motion:

Mrs. Patton

Second:

Mr. Pecchia

Discussion:

The revision was needed to be in line with the MUI rule.

Roll Call:

  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye

The President declares the motion:

Approved

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.
Purchase or Sale of propertyx
Pending or imminent court action
Collective Bargaining Matters
Matters required to be kept confidential
Security matters
Hospital trade secrets
Veterans Service Commission Applications

Motion:

Mr. Holden

Second:

Mr. Pecchia

Roll Call:

  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Time:

6:40 pm

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

Motion:

Mrs. Kale

Second:

Mr. Holden

Roll Call:

  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye
  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Time:

7:35 pm

Adjournment

Adopt a motion to adjourn the meeting.

Motion:

Mrs. Kale

Second:

Mr. Pecchia

Roll Call:

  • Mr. Holden: Aye
  • Mr. O’Nesti: Aye
  • Mrs. Meloy:
  • Mrs. Kale: Aye
  • Mr. Noll:
  • Mrs. Patton: Aye
  • Mr. Pecchia: Aye

The President declares the motion:

Approved

Time:

7:36 pm

The next Board Meeting will be February 25, 2019 at Leonard Kirtz School at 6:00 pm.