CHIPPEWA COUNTY DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

BOARD MEETING

Date: 5/9/08

Place: DHS

Call to Order

Jack Kibble called the meeting to order at 9:04 a.m.

Roll Call

Present: Jack Kibble, Christopher Stabile for Kathleen Langhals and Mindy Irvine.

Absent: Floyd Rabineau and Tom Sherman.

Approval of Agenda

Jack Kibble approved the agenda as written, as there was no business requiring an immediate quorum.

Previous Minutes

Minutes of the 4/18/08 meeting were passed on until a quorum was present to approve.

Contracts

There were no contracts.

Statistics

The April 2008 statistics were available for review.

County Budget Review

The budget ending April 2008 was reviewed.

County Hospitalization

No requests at this time.

Review of Directors’ Calendar

Kathy’s calendar was reviewed at the 4/18/08 meeting and it was agreed that the June meeting would be 6/20/08 at 9:00 a.m.

County Director’s Update

ð Chris informed the board that Director Ahmed is visiting the Chippewa office on 5/15/08.

ð Region 1 and Region 2 will be merged to form the Northern Area.

ð Chippewa received a JET (Jobs, Education, and Training) Coordinator position from Delta Co. and is in the processing of filling it.

ð May 5 – 9, was the statewide Employee Appreciation Week. Chris informed the board of the events planned.

ð The board was provided the minutes from the 4/23/08 MCSSA District 1 meeting.

Board Comments

None.

Public Comments

None.

Adjournment

Jack Kibble adjourned the meeting at 9:45 a.m.

-Absent- -Absent-

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Floyd Rabineau, Chair Thomas Sherman, Vice-Chair

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Jack Kibble, Member Kathleen Langhals, Director or Designee