OC Housing Authority minutes 052015

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Orange County Housing Authority Board Minutes May 20, 2015, 6:00 PM Southern Human Services Center Conference Room D 2501 Homestead Road Chapel Hill NC 27514 Members Present: Evelyn Johann; Daniel Bullock; Jean Bolduc, Chair; Mark Marcoplos; Tammy Jacobs and Diane Beecham Members Absent: None Staff Present: Audrey Spencer-Horsley, Secretary and Director, HHRCD Welcome/Introduction The meeting was called to order by Jean Bolduc, Chair and she welcomed members. Approval of Minutes Mark Marcoplos motioned that the meeting Minutes from March 18, 2015 be approved and was seconded by Tammy Jacobs. The March 18,2015 Minutes were approved unanimously. There were no Minutes for April 15, 2015,in lieu of the regular meeting an Orientation for new and other interested members was conducted by Audrey Spencer-Horsley. (All members were present except Jean Bolduc was out sick.) Audrey Spencer-Horsley also mentioned that April was Volunteer Appreciation Month. She had distributed custom lunch bags with the County logo to HA members as a token of appreciation for their service from the Board of Orange County Commissioners. Election of Officers Jean Bolduc opened the meeting for nominations for Chair and Vice-Chair. She explained briefly the duties of each officer including the Chair conducting the Board's meetings, responding to BOCC and community requests and occasionally being available during the day. The Vice-Chair would fill in upon the absence of the Chair. Diane Beecham nominated Jean Bolduc for Chair. There being no other nominations, the nominations were closed and the members voted and approved Jean Bolduc for Chair unanimously. Jean Bolduc nominated Diane Beecham as Vice-Chair. There were no other nominations and the members voted unanimously for Diane Beecham as Vice-Chair. Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Budget Review Audrey Spencer-Horsley provided the number of Housing Assistance Payments for March and April 2015 from the Elite System preliminary report; 522 for both March and April. Payments were for March, S 268,726 and for April, $269,534. (This information may be slightly adjusted for submission in the VMS HUD system.) There was brief discussion about the Department and HUD's concern of the numbers being down and steps and strategies to increase them. This included discussion about the need for and outreach to landlords. Audrey Spencer-Horsley also reported that the Department was working on purging the waiting list. Also discussed with HUD was absorbing Port Ins where deemed appropriate.