Public Meeting Notice  October Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, October 12, 2021
5:30PM

REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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

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 from September 14, 2021 Regular Meeting and Sub Committee September 2021 Meeting Minutes
• CFO/Treasurer Report  (Mr Lynch)
• DVS Staff Report (Sec Poppe)
• Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Administrator/Staff Report  (Mr Lazo)
• Holyoke Soldiers’ Home General Counsel Report (include status of HSH Investigations) (Atty Yankopoulos)
• Home’s Family Advocate Committee Report  (Ms Menard/ Ms Foley)
• Home’s Veterans Advocate Committee Report (Ms Menard/Ms Foley)
• Trustees’ Finance Committee Report (Holyoke CoC membership) (Trustee Jourdain)
• Trustees’ Operations Committee Report (Trustee Collins)
• Trustees’ By Laws Committee Report (Trustee Lacoste)

B: OLD BUSINESS:

• Update on VA State Home Grant application (Mr Lazo)
• Update of admissions based on Refresh Program Completion (Mr Lazo)
• Update of EMR vendor contract  (Mr Engell)
• Update on possibility to adopt Management Advisory Council (MAC) and Front Lines Newsletter (Mr Lazo)
• Status of Morris & Mahoney Council contract  (Ms Boyle)
• Monthly updates  to Board of Trustees on progress of Out Patient Clinic patients placed with newly assigned Primary Health Care providers  (Mr Lazo)
• Monthly Update to Board of Trustees on closure of  Domiciliary by March 31, 2022 (Mr Lazo)
• Slides from NASVH Conference sent to Trustees (Mr Lynch)
• Update on License Plate Program Initiative
• Travel of HHS/DVS, Superintendent and HSH Staff to fund attendance at Conferences (Ms Rega)

C. NEW BUSINESS:

• Assignment of Trustees to 3 Person Superintendent Hire Sub-Committee (Trustee Keefe)
• Veterans Day 2021 Program status for residents (Mr Lazo)
  1. Funding Request
• Holiday Events Planned for November & December (Mr Lazo/Ms Menard)
  1. Funding Request
• Potential College/University Nursing Program Partnerships:
  1. Greenfield Community College  (Trustee Maas)
  2. UMASS and Baypath College  (Trustee Collins)
• Role of BOT to provide input on Superintendent & CFO/Treasurer annual Goals & Appraisal  (Sec Poppe)
  1. MASS Perform
• Schedule of once per quarter Payette New Home Status Brief to Board of Trustees (Mr Lazo)

D. EXECUTIVE SESSION:  No Executive Session scheduled at this meeting.

Adjourn