Public Meeting Notice  Board of Trustees Meeting

October 11, 2022

5:30PM

REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Join from the meeting link:  https://eohhs.webex.com/eohhs/j.php?MTID=md7fc64e8da3f98bd1b43df70d84babaa

Join by phone:  1-650-479-3208

Meeting number (access code):  2537 200 4115

Meeting password:  qsQe3KdkD24

PUBLIC COMMENT:  PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HELD TO 2 MINUTES WITH A MAXIMUM OF 6 INDIVIDUALS MAKING COMMENT.THOSE WISHING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD EMAIL THEIR NAME AND A SHORT SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS TO THE BOARD TO: debra.foley@state.ma.us  

(Chairman reserves right to terminate if comments relate to same issue.)

This meeting will be audio recorded to meet the Open Meeting Law requirements, and to preserve conversations and deliberations to use in the production of meeting minutes and preservation for historical purposes.
 

A:  OPEN SESSION:

• • CALL TO ORDER/ Roll Call of Board of Trustees
  • PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  • Public Comments (2-minute maximum speaking time/6 maximum public commentaries)
  • Approval of Holyoke Soldiers Home Board of Trustees Minutes:
    • September 13, 2022 Regular Board of Trustees Meeting
    • April 19, 2022  By Laws Committee Meeting
    • August 23, 2022 “Monthly” Operations Committee Meeting
    • August 24, 2022 “Monthly” Finance Committee Meeting
  • Payette New Home Quarterly Update:  (Mr. Lazo)
    • November 2022 Regular Meeting Next Quarterly Update Brief
  • CFO/Treasurer Report  (Mr. Lynch)                                                                                                            
  • DVS Report (Sec Poppe)
  • Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Administrator Report (Mr. Lazo)
  • Holyoke Soldiers’ Home General Counsel Report (Atty Walker)
  • Trustees’ Finance Committee (Trustee Jourdain)
  • Trustees’ Operations Committee (Trustee Collins)
  • Trustees’ By Laws Committee (Trustee Maas)
    • Motion to Forward Admission/Discharge Regulation to EOHHS
  • Superintendent Hire Status (DVS/HHS HR)
  • Upcoming Special Events/Programs at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home

B: OLD BUSINESS:

• Update of EMR vendor contract  (Mr. Engell)
• Update on VA Small Home Grant Program (DVS Staff)
• Update on transition to new governance of “State Homes” per passage of H.4441/S.2761  (DVS Staff)
• Legal opinion on the appearance of a dispute between the State Legislature and the OIG on the Board’s authority relative to the Trustee Fund.  Response to three questions posed during 9/13/22 Regular Meeting by Trustee Jourdain.

C: NEW BUSINESS

• Status of Plaque recognizing a minimum of 20 years’ Service to Holyoke Soldiers Home
• New Home groundbreaking ceremony coordinated with DCAMM and DVS for November/December 2022

D: EXECUTIVE SESSION:           

• Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, sec. 21(a)(3) to discuss strategy with respect to pending litigation, where the chair has determined that an open session would have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the Home.

The Regular Meeting will NOT convene at the termination of the Executive Session.

E:  ADJOURN