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HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
MINUTES
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I. CALL TO ORDER
The Human 8ervices Committee meeting was called to order by Member �
Barbara Derda at 4:10 pm on Monday, October 24, 2016 at 25 West Main Street,
Auburn, WA
Committee Members present: Barbara Derda, Dana Riel,JoAnne Walters, Lela Brugger
Absent: Jason Berry, Leficia Figueroa, Maryelyn Scholz
Staff qresent: Human Services Coordinator Emily Pearson,Director of Administration
Dana Hinman
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTE$
• Member JoAnne Walters moved to accept the September 6,
2016 Special Meeting minutes; Member Lela Brugger seconded
the motion. All committee members were in favor of adopting
the minutes as submitted.
The September 6, 2016 Special Meeting minutes were
approved.
III. AGENDA
• Miscellaneous
The Committee discussed the recommendations that had been presented
to the Auburn City Councilmembers at the Council Study Session on
September 26, 2016. Lela Brugger stated that recommendations were
based solely on the applieations as they were submitted. JoAnne Walters
agreed and said that the process must be fair and all applications must be
given fhe same consideration. Programs that provide an important service
to the community and small and/or new pcograms that fll gaps in services
were all discussed at length. Most of the recommendafions were nearly
unanimous. Lela Brugger spoke about how some of the applications were
poorly written and provided incorrect or outdated information. City
Councilmembers had many questions for the Human Services Chair
Jason Berry and Director of Administration Dana Hinman. JoAnne Vllalters
said in response to how the Committee had reached the
recommendations that they, the Human Services Committee members,
were there; they've visited the agencies, interviewed program managers
and staff, read through hundreds of pages of documentation, reviewed
agency budgets and put in countless hours of volunteered time in order to
best determine the needs of our citizens.
Dana Hinman handed out copies of and explained to the group the
document she would distribute to City Councilmembers later that night at
the Council Study Session. The information contained a broader
explanation of the applications fhat were recommended, as
Councilmembers had not seen the 2017=2018 applications and therefore
had many questions. The expanded information showed agency budgets,
program budgets, numbers of Auburn residents served in past years,
percentage ratios of general fund dollars per capita, if the program was
new or existing, and much more.
Member Barbara Derda asked about Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) funded programs and who determines the
agencies/programs fhat are funded. Emily Pearson explained the process
of the annual action plans that are wriften by Eriea Azcueta, Human
Services Manager and how they tie in with the 5 year Consolidated Plan,
and how these are submitted as a eonsortium with other local South King
County cities and King County.
Emily Pearson encouraged the group to attend the Council Study Session
following the Human Senrices Committee meeting: Members Barb Derda,
JoAnne Walters and Lela Brugger stated that they planned to attend.
IV. ANPIOUNCEMENTS
The next regular Human Services Committee meeting is scheduled for
Monday, November 28, 2016.
V. ADJOURNMEIVT
The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m.
APPROVED THE day of , 2016
Jason Berry, Human Services Committee Chair Dana Hinman, Director of Administration