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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - ASSET Meetings Minutes 11/14/24www.storycountyasset.org AGENDA ASSET ISU Research Park Core Facility 1805 Collaboration Pl. Board Room November 14, 2024 at 5 p.m. In Attendance: Becky Harker, Ed Gillott, Sandra King, Pa Goldbeck, Karen Kiel Risser, Katie Shively, Aidan Shervheim, Kathy Guillen, Emma Cassabaum, Beth Waage, Nick Joos, Ron Smith, Ashley Thompson, Mike Lazere, Juliana Nnoko, Stephanie Spence, Mindi Heeren, Misty Zimmerman (virtually), Moriah Morgan (virtually) CALL TO ORDER – Becky Harker, Chair at 5:00pm WELCOME/ INTRODUCTIONS PUBLIC FORUM (1-2 minutes) None APPROVAL OF: September 12th, ASSET Minutes King had a correction to be noted, change Mindi Heeren's name, it’s spelled wrong. Moved by Hochstein, second by Cassabaum. Motion passed unanimously. TREASURER’S REPORT – Ron Smith Current balance is $4,810.91. REPORTS Administrative Team Goldbeck reported that there is an RFP out to hire a consultant to work with the community to develop a county-wide action plan to address homelessness. The action plan is expected by late April. Last Tuesday Goldbeck put a request before Council to work with ISU Extension and outreach to put compile a list of services available to those that are homeless. Goldbeck has gathered the notes that came from the roundtable held with Housing providers on November 4. Some of the highlights are: Increasing collaboration and coordination of service providers Forming a homelessness taskforce/outreach team Community education needed More case management More housing needed Zoning and rent cap changes. The next service provider roundtable discussion is scheduled for Dec. 6th. Goldbeck will share the notes from the Nov. 4th meeting with the ASSET volunteers. www.storycountyasset.org City Council also approved working with ISU Extension and Outreach to conduct outreach to the homeless to identify barriers they are facing. The final report is expected in December. Lazere asked if there is a short-term solution until the results are complied. King responded that shelter is a large problem and that needs funding. Goldbeck also informed the board that the City is re-evaluating their policies in public places to help address some of the issues happening. Thompson reported that Matt White has been working on doing a gap analysis statewide and met with Funder Staff to go over his report. This will be presented to the public on Dec. 11th. Thompson encouraged everyone to shop local this holiday season and if interested, give to the United Way Campaign. The United Way Campaign goes in part to fund ASSET services. The United Way Board met this week to kick off their strategic planning process. Goldbeck also reminded City volunteers that she sent a survey to them to give feedback on serving on a City board. Volunteers None OLD BUSINESS Update on Emergency Shelter Services – Rosedale (Thompson) YSS submitted a proposal to ASSET to transition funding from Rosedale to their Transitional Living Program. Funder staff have met with YSS staff to learn more about this request. This request comes from YSS moving to close the Rosedale Shelter and moving it to the Ember Recovery House. From that meeting it was communicated to YSS that their request needs to go to each Funder individually. King reported that these funds from the County are still sequestered. YSS will need to submit claims to the County. YSS also stated that they would like to increase their unit rate to help cover the actual cost of this service. Smith stated that these funds are not to be treated as a budget, but rather do we want to purchase more of the TLP service? Goldbeck also reported that YSS will bring this request to the City as well. NEW BUSINESS Budget Books & Process Overview (Goldbeck) Goldbeck passed out a budget review tip sheet and reviewed it with the volunteers. Schill will send this out so those volunteers that weren’t able to be in attendance will have this. Thompson pointed out that the Scorecard Review event that was on the calendar has changed format and will be a Zoom Monday Dec 9th at 1:00pm where volunteers can jump on and Mundel will answer any questions about Scorecard. Thompson pointed out to volunteers that some agencies have policies in place to keep a certain amount of funds on hand, so to keep that in mind when they analyze whether to give funding to agencies. Just because an agency has funds in reserve, doesn’t mean those funds are available to use for services. Liaison Reports Schill reported that there are still 9 liaison reports outstanding, but volunteers have until 11:59pm tonight to submit them. www.storycountyasset.org ASSET Calendar 25/26 King Pointed out some corrections to the draft calendar included in the agenda packet. She sent these to Schill to update. Meeting Adjourned 5:53pm ADDITIONAL ITEMS None