DRAFT MINUTES
VMICC Board Meeting 5/03/04
Vashon Youth and Family Services
Approved at 6/7/04meeting

GENERAL:
The meeting was called to order at 7:16 p.m.
Board Members present were:  Marilyn Omey, Jack Barbash, Jim English, Joan Sells, Yvonne Kuperberg, and Jolene Lamb, Gayle Sommers, Allison Jones and Dan Schueler.

Jim welcomed everyone, including the board members present, guest Sharon Lee Nicholson and Bong Sto Domingo from King County Executive Sim’s office.

Board meeting minutes for the April 2004 meeting were approved.  

The Treasurer’s Report was distributed.  VMICC paid $360 to the HMRC Committee for printing more copies of the Heavy Metals Handbook for Healthcare Practitioners.  We are waiting a payment of $585 from King County.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Gayle Sommers will be missing from the next general meeting. 

PUBLIC COMMENT: 
Sharon Lee Nicholson came at the invitation of Gayle Sommers and Marilyn Omey. She wants to have discussions about issues concerning the community and VIF&R.  She talked about some of the issues straining the capabilities of the Fire District. The discussion centered on the idea of having a representative of the Fire Commissioners occasionally coming to a General meeting of VMICC to answer questions from the community and presenting issues that are currently before the Fire Commissioners.  Sharon Lee will be taking the suggestions back to the Fire Commission and asking for feedback.  One or more of the Fire Commissioners will get back to us. There was also some discussion about the impact of the taxing issues presented by the pending election issue I-864.  Jim English will get together will the Fire Chief as well to talk about someone coming to our meetings.

ROUTINE BUSINESS:  
Agenda for May General Meeting:
Bong Sto Domingo talked about having Jackie MacLean, the Director of Community and Human Services, come to our General Meeting to talk about King County Human Services.  Approximately 20 minutes.  VYFS will also talk for a few minutes.
Marilyn Omey will be presenting the results of the WSF Morning Survey and the Business Survey.  Approximately 20-30 minutes.
A suggestion was made that we ask the Fire Chief to send a representative to a General Meeting to tell us the status of the ongoing facilities discussions, including possible tax issues that might be on the ballot in the fall.  Approximately 20 minutes - item will be likely moved to the June meeting.  Jim English is planning on meeting with the Fire Chief to discuss their involvement.

There was discussion of having a SWM presentation at the June meeting.

We discussed having other community groups come to our meetings on a regular basis.  A representative from VIGA will come for sure, and the Fire District, School District and Parks Districts will all be invited to give short reports starting with the May meeting.

OTHER:
Joan Sells wanted to talk about having some kind of a forum that would bring together community leaders to find out what kinds of topics we could have for Community Council meetings that would bring more people from their organizations out to our meetings.  She suggested that we have a two hour meeting on a Saturday to host such a discussion.

A motion was made and passed to authorize Dan Schueler to spend up to $500 on a sound system for use at General Meetings.  The previous unspent authorization of $200 turned out to be inadequate.  

Meeting was adjourned at 8:55 PM.


VMICC Executive Board Members:  Jim English, President; Gayle Sommers, VP; Marilyn Omey, Secretary; Jolene Lamb, Treasurer; Dan Schueler, Clerk of the Council; Allison Jones; Jack Barbash; Yvonne Kuperberg; Marilyn Omey, Joan Sells.

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