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Board Meeting October 9, 2019

Board Meeting October 9, 2019

by | Oct 3, 2019 | Announcements, Board and Other Meetings

SOBERING CENTER BOARD MEETING 

AGENDA

October 9, 2019 5:30 P.M.

Sobering Center Board Room

1213 Sabine Street, Austin, TX 78701

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chair:           Jana Ortega                                            Vice-Chair:     Craig Moore

Secretary:     Bill Brice                                               Treasurer:        Douglas Smith

 

Director:       Stephen Strakowski

Director:       Christopher Ziebell

Director:       Nancy Hohengarten, Past-Chair

Director:       Andy Brown

Director:       Council Member Kathie Tovo

Director:       Commissioner Margaret Gomez

Director:       Vacancy

 

Ex-Officio:   Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt (designee: Roger Jefferies)

Ex-Officio:   Austin City Manager, Spencer Cronk (designee: Asst. City Manager Rey Arellano)

Ex-Officio:   Austin Chief of Police Brian Manley (designee: Asst. Chief Justin Newsom)

Ex-Officio:   Austin Chief of EMS Ernesto Rodriguez (designee: Asst. Chief Jasper Brown)

Ex-Officio:   Austin Public Health Director Stephanie Hayden

 

NOTICE OF MEETING

The Sobering Center serving Austin Travis County also known as the Sobriety Center, created and organized by the City of Austin and Travis County as a local government corporation pursuant to Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 431, will convene a public meeting on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 in the Sobering Center Board Room, 1213 Sabine Street, Austin, Texas.

AGENDA

  1. Call to order
  2. General Citizen/Public Communication

Citizens wishing to speak on agenda items will need to sign up before the meeting is called to order. Citizen communication on agenda related items will be allowed after an item’s presentation has been made. Each speaker will be given 3 minutes to speak. Non-agenda related citizen communication will take place before discussion of the first agenda item and will be limited to the first 5 speakers.

  1. Approval of Minutes for September 11, 2019 Board Meeting and Special Called Meeting April 13, 2019.
  2. Woollard & Nichols presentation of Sobering Center Process Evaluation
  3. HOST Team Presentation
  4. Presentation and Approval of Treasurer’s Report.
  5. Discussion and possible action regarding search and hiring process for permanent Executive Director.
  6. Interim Executive Director Report to the Board.
  7. Executive Session: staffing and personnel matters
  8. Board Chair Update
  9. Committee Updates
    1. Strategic Planning Committee: Working Groups
    2. Executive Committee: New Committee Assignments
    3. Governance Committee
    4. Finance Committee:
    5. Fundraising Committee: Fundraiser/1st year Celebration Update
    6. Community Engagement Committee

 

NEXT MEETINGS:

Board Meeting:  Next meeting is November 13, 2019 at Sobering Center.

ADJOURN

The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. For assistance, please call 512-974-3256 or 512-974-2445 TDD. A person may request a Spanish language interpreter be made available by contacting the City Manager’s Office at 512-974-2194 no later than twelve hours before the scheduled time of the item on which the person wishes to speak.