Public Meeting Notice  May Board of Trustees Meeting

May 10, 2022

5:30PM

REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME BOARD OF TRUSTEES
 

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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  

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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)
  • Recognize Mike Lynch as “40 under 40”
  • Approval of Holyoke Soldiers Home Board of Trustees Minutes
    • April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting
    • March 15, 2022 By-Laws Meeting
    • March 16, 2022 Finance Meeting
    • March 22, 2022  Operations Meeting
  • Payette New Home Quarterly Update:  August 2022 (Mr. Lazo) 
  • CFO/Treasurer Report  (Mr. Lynch)                                                                                                            
  • DVS Staff Report (Sec Poppe)
  • Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Administrator Report (Mr. Lazo)
  • Holyoke Soldiers’ Home General Counsel Report (Atty Yankopoulos)
  • Home’s Family Advocate Committee Report  (Ms. Menard)
  • Home’s Veterans Advocate Committee Report (Ms. Menard)
  • Trustees’ Finance Committee Report (Trustee Jourdain)
    • UBS Status Quarterly Brief
  • Trustees’ Operations Committee Report (Trustee Collins)
  • Trustees’ By Laws Committee Report (Trustee Lacoste)
  • Superintendent Hire Committee Report (Trustees Lacoste/ Collins)
  • COVID19 Memorial Committee Report (Trustee Keefe)

B: OLD BUSINESS:

• Update of EMR vendor contract  (Mr. Engell)
• Update on VA Small Home Grant Program (Sec Poppe/Trustee Keefe)
• Staffing Status (Mr. Lazo)
  • Home’s General Counsel
• Status of Regular meetings in July and December 2022
  • No Regular Meetings in July or December 2022
• Date for Statutorily Required Joint Chelsea & Holyoke Board Meetings ( Mr Engell)
  • June 21, 2022:  (Virtual Meeting.)  Start time 4:00pm
• Board Input to performance Evaluations for Superintendent & Treasurer/CFO
  • Superintendent Appraisal Goals: Will be verbally discussed by Mr Lazo at Operations Committee May 24, 2022 (All Trustees can attend and provide input)
  • CFO/Treasurer Appraisal Goals:  Will be verbally discussed by Mr Lynch at Finance Committee May 18, 2022 (All Trustees can attend and provide input)
  • Date inputs due to DVS
    • Superintendent Input submitted by Trustee Collins
    • CFO/Treasurer Input submitted by Trustee Jourdain

C: NEW BUSINESS

• Board of Trustees Resolution on proposed closure of VA Hospital in Leeds, MA. (Trustee Jourdain)
• Office of Inspector General Report on Holyoke Soldiers Home (Trustee Keefe)
  • Findings and current corrective actions programs now in place
• Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Memorial Day Ceremony (Ms. Foley)
  • May 26, 2022 @ 3:00pm
• Proposal for Special Meeting Following June Joint Home Meeting (Trustee Maas)
  • Status of Superintendent Hire Process

D: EXECUTIVE SESSION:  None scheduled for this meeting

E:  ADJOURN