MINUTES

Governing Board of Directors

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

 

Directors Present:        David Johnson                                    Jean Milstead 

                                    Elizabeth Sheils                       David Ambler                        

                                    Rick Spano                              Judy Anderson

                                    Rick Trapp                              Ed Brunt

                                    Mike McGrew                         Doug Stephens                                   

 

Directors Absent:        Erv Hodges, notified

                                    Jane Eldredge, notified

                                    Ken McRae

                                                                       

Staff Present:              Pat Roach Smith, Chief Operations Officer

                                    Stephen Richards, Finance Director

                                    Scott McMichael, Development Director

                                    Marilyn Sell, Recording Secretary

                                                           

I           Mike McGrew called the meeting order at 7:30 a.m. with a quorum present. 

 

Mike welcomed new Board member, Doug Stephens.  Doug is with Stephens Real Estate and is filling the unexpired term vacated by Judy Long O’Neal. 

 

II         Elizabeth Sheils announced the SRS grant award for CRO.  This group will be located at Independence Inc this year with plans to relocate later.

 

III        Consent Agenda:  May 31, 2005 Minutes and May Financials made up the Consent Agenda.

 

JEAN MILSTEAD MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA; DAVID AMBLER SECONDED THE MOTION.  MOTION CARRIED.

 

IV        Tom Singleton with Lowenthal Singleton Webb & Wilson:  Tom reviewed the BNC Financial Statements, Year Ended December 31, 2004 and fielded questions from the Board.  No weaknesses or noncompliance were found.  Tom thanked Steve Richards and Stephanie Scraper for their “tremendous cooperation.” 

 

Steve provided the Board with his response to the auditor’s recommendations on improvements to internal processes and donation substantiation.

 

APPROVED BY CONSENSUS.

 

V         Review and Comment.  Crisis Unit Update:  At the CHIP Task Force meeting tomorrow, LMH will make their presentation.  Next month BNC will have the floor.  Our Board continues to visit with the LMH board members in an effort to keep open communication.  One report is that the LMH crisis unit will open in August.  David reported he and Gene Meyer will both be attending the National Health Policy Forum in Washington, D.C. in August.

 

David and Pat Roach Smith met on Monday for two hours with members of Stormont Vail administration.  We have sent a number of our clients to Stormont Vail since the inpatient unit at LMH closed.

 

Bylaws:  Article III, Section 3:  The Board was reminded of the importance of attending all Board meetings.  When a director cannot attend a meeting, prior notification is requested.  The directors were asked to notify the Board through Marilyn Sell, recording secretary. 

 

VI        CEO Report:  David fielded questions from the Board about his CEO Report and outlined his upcoming travel plans.

 

Other:  The first meeting of the Nancy Shontz Educational Series Advisory Committee is this afternoon at 2:00 p.m.  In addition to the sale of Nancy’s House, the proceeds of which beginning next year will support the educational series for years to come, Frank Shontz has contributed an additional $10K to kick off the series this year.   

 

VII      Adjourn.  The meeting adjourned at 8:35 a.m.  The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 26, 2005. 

 

 

Approved:  ______________________________     Date:___________________