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6:02 PM 502 Old Lynchburg Rd Mike Kelley, Chair Others Present Caruso Brown, Interim Executive Director I. Call to Order Mr. Kelley called the meeting to order at 6:02 PM. II. Welcome Mr. Kelley welcomed everyone to the meeting. III. Comments from Public There were no comments at this time. IV. Introduction of New Executive Director Mr. Kelley introduced Robert Johnson, Region Ten’s new Executive Director. Mr. Johnson stated that he was excited about starting and being a part of Region Ten. He thanked Mr. Brown for his service as Interim Executive Director for the last year while the organization searched for a new Executive Director. Mr. Johnson went on to thank the Board Members and Mr. Kelley for the opportunity to serve with Region Ten, as well as thanking Jane Lewis for making the interview process a very pleasant experience. V. Specification of Other Items to be added to the Agenda Executive Session will be added to discuss a personnel issue. VI. Approval of March 12, 2007 Board Meeting Minutes Mr. Kelley asked for approval of the March 12, 2007 Board Meeting Minutes. On a motion made by Mr. Stern and seconded by Ms. Barrett, the March 12, 2007 minutes were unanimously approved. VII. FOIA Presentation Larry Davis, Albemarle County Attorney, presented information on the Freedom of Information Act. He provided handouts with subsection definitions and provided sample Executive Session motions. VIII. Southern Health Insurance Presentation Sam Rosenthal, Carrie Lucchetti, and Chris Fanning presented new options for Region Ten’s Health Insurance. The group of presenters discussed rate changes, new products, and answered Board members’questions. IX. Executive Director’s Report Mr. Brown reminded the board that Region Ten has a softball team. He indicated that the team had two Board Members on the roster, Mr. Walters and Ms. Anderson. He went on to state that this was a light hearted opportunity to show Region Ten as a family. Mr. Brown said he tips his hat to all the players on the team. Mr. Brown referred to the Annual Management Plan, which was on the back of his report. He summarized the larger report provided in the packet, highlighting certain areas of interest. Mr. Brown indicated the commitment to review the Class and Comp plan, will probably need to be a full comprehensive look at compensation and benefits, instead of just attempting to adjust individual pieces of the plan. X. Public Policy & Legislative Affairs Committee Mr. Szakos handed out a flyer about the Legislative Forum coming up on April 26 in the Lane Auditorium at the Albemarle County Office Building at 6:30 PM. Mr. Szakos suggested that Mr. Kelley send a letter to Delegate and Senators inviting them to attend the meeting as well. On a motion made by Mr. Szakos and seconded by Mr. Welsh, the board unanimously approved Mr. Kelley sending letters of invitation for the Legislative Forum. XI. Executive Committee Board Members discussed the Benefit Proposal Plan provided by Marcia Becker at a prior meeting. Mr. Kelley asked for approval on each of the three areas that would be changed with the proposal. A motion was made to approve the Benefit: Addition of 3 Floating Holidays. The Board unanimously approved this motion. A motion was made to approve the Benefit: Annual Leave Adjustment for Accruals. The Board unanimously approved this motion. A motion was made to approve the Benefit: Sabbaticals. The Board approved the motion with five members voting yes, two members voting no; Ms. Barrett and Mr. Stern, and one abstention from Mr. Welsh. Mr. Szakos was not present for the motion. XII. Public Education and Development Members of the committee were not present to report. XIII. Finance Committee Ms. White indicated that the committee will be working on ongoing reports to present to the Board. She also stated that the FY08 Budget Recommendation will be presented at the next meeting in May. XIV. VACSB Update Ms. Barrett passed out a VACSB Report to the State DHMRSAS Board. On a motion made by Ms. Barrett and seconded by Mr. Walters, and with unanimous approval from the Board, the Region Ten Board Meeting was suspended to move into the Region Ten Inc Meeting at 8:08 PM. At 8:10 PM the Board returned to the Region Ten Board Meeting. XV. Other Business A motion was made to go into a closed meeting in compliance with Va. Code § 2.2-3712. The wording of the motion was: The subject matter of this meeting shall be a discussion on an individual staff person’s compensation The purpose of this meeting shall be to discuss a personnel matter, specifically to discuss and conclude an individual’s compensation duration and amount. The specific references to the applicable exemptions from open meeting requirements provided Va. Code §2.2-3707 are: Va. Code §2.2-3711(A)(1) for the “discussion and consideration of compensation for an individual staff member.” The Motion was made by Ms. White and seconded by Mr. Welsh and with unanimous approval from the board, the Executive Session Motion was approved and the Board of Directors moved into closed session. The Board of Directors ended closed session and returned to open session at 8:23 PM. As the first order of business upon re-opening the meeting, Mr. Kelley conducted a roll call, and by a unanimous vote the board agreed as follows: In the open meeting, the board hereby certifies as follows in compliance with Va. Code §2.2-3712(D): To the best of each individual board member’s knowledge, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under Va. Code §2.2-3711 were heard, discussed or considered in the closed meeting. To the best of each individual board member’s knowledge, only public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the closed session was convened were heard, discussed or considered in the closed meeting. Each individual board member, prior to the vote on this motion, was given an opportunity to dissent from this certification. All present board members affirmed this motion by voting aye: a listing of those voting in affirmation are as follows: Michael Kelley, Barbara Barrett, Neal Walters, Steven Stern, Myra Anderson, Steve Welsh, and Roxanne White. The Motion to extend a $10,000.00 bonus and for salary to return to normal for Caruso Brown by May 1, 2007 was made by Ms. Barrett and seconded by Ms. Anderson. The board unanimously approved the motion. XVI. Adjournment On a Motion made by Ms. White and seconded by Mr. Stern at 8:26 PM the April 9, 2007 Region Ten Board Meeting was adjourned. REGION TEN COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, Inc. Members Present Mike Kelley, Chair Members Absent Carol Johnston, Secretary Others Present Caruso Brown, Interim Executive Director I. Call to Order II. Approval of March 12, 2007 Region Ten, Inc. Minutes On a motion made by Mr. Stern and seconded by Ms. Barrett, the March 12, 2007 minutes were unanimously approved. III. Other topics IV. Adjournment On a Motion made by Ms. Barrett and seconded by Mr. Stern the April 9, 2007 Region Ten Community Services Board, Inc Meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM, and the board moved back into the Region Ten Community Services Board Meeting.
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