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Sobering Center March 20, 2024 Special Session Board Meeting Agenda

Sobering Center March 20, 2024 Special Session Board Meeting Agenda

by | Mar 8, 2024 | Announcements, Board and Other Meetings, News

SPECIAL SESSION MEETING of THE SOBERING CENTER BOARD

March 20, 2024 5:00 P.M. Sobering Center Board Room 1213 Sabine Street Austin, TX 78701

SPECIAL SESSION MEETING of THE SOBERING CENTER BOARD

March 20, 2024 5:00 P.M.

Sobering Center Board Room

1213 Sabine Street

Austin, TX 78701

 

Citizens intending to speak must sign up with the Sobering Center by 4:30 p.m. the day of scheduled meeting. Registration can be completed by emailing AFrank@soberingcenter.org. Citizen communication on agenda related action items will be allowed after an item’s presentation has been made. Each speaker will be given a designated amount of time to speak set by the board chair. Non-agenda related citizen communication will take place before discussion of the first agenda item.

 

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS:

 

Chair:           Dr. Christopher Ziebell                                      Vice-Chair:     Jessica Palvino

Secretary:     Hon. Selena Alvarenga                                      Treasurer:        Anwar Sophy

Past Chair:   Jana Ortega

 

Director:       Jimmy Anderson

Director:       Hon. Larry Wallace Jr.

Director:       Ana Marie Cox

Director:       Commissioner Margaret Gomez

Director:       Dr. Chad Hooten

Director:       Council Member Josè “Chito” Vela

 

Ex-Officio:   Travis County Judge Andy Brown (designee: Vicki Ashley)

Ex-Officio:   Interim Austin City Manager, Jesús Garza (designee: Interim Asst. City Manager Bruce Mills)

Ex-Officio:   Austin Interim Chief of Police Robin Henderson (designee: Asst. Chief Eric Miesse)

Ex-Officio:   Austin-Travis County Chief of EMS Robert Luckritz

Ex-Officio:   Austin Public Health Director Adrienne Sturrup

Ex-Officio:   Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez

 

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, March 20, 2024 in the Sobering Center Board Room, 1213 Sabine Street, Austin, Texas.

         

AGENDA

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL

 

DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS

  1. Discussion and possible action on the Interlocal Agreement between the City of Austin, Travis County, and The Sobering Center
  2. Discussion and possible action on Electronic Health Record contract

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

NEXT MEETING:

Board Meeting:  April 17, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

 

 

The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call at Amy Frank, at (512)-957-1900, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711.

 

For more information on the Sobering Center Board of Directors, please contact Amy Frank, at (512)-957-1900.