DRAFT MINUTES

STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL

Finance Committee

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

1:30–3:00 PM

93 Gooding Avenue, Suite 3, Bristol, RI 02809

 

Members Present:  Rick Costa; Karen Hanrahan; Jack Ringland; Barbara Rozul, Treasurer/Committee Chairperson.

Staff Present: Camille Pansa, Executive Director; Lisel Rockwood, Program Assistant.

 

1.      Approval of minutes for July 15 and August 21, 2009 meetings:  A motion was made by Karen Hanrahan and seconded by Rick Costa to accept the minutes as written. Vote passed unanimously with one abstention: Barbara Rozul.

2.      Finance Committee meeting dates for November and December:  The November finance committee meeting has been changed to Friday, November 20th due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The date for the December meeting will be discussed at the November meeting. At this time, a December meeting may not be necessary.

3.      Review annual meeting: Overall, members thought the meeting was good. Camille Pansa stated that the educational presentation will be moved back to the business portion of the event.

4.      Recruiting/ServeRI ad in Providence Journal: Another ad will be placed in the ServeRI Volunteer section of the Sunday Providence Journal. There was no response from the first ad placed in September. Through other contacts though, Camille Pansa stated she has had several inquiries for potential Council membership.

5.      Budget for new State Plan 2011-13: The committee will begin in January to write the budget for the new three year State Plan which is due on July 1st, 2010.

6.      Online course “Smooth as SILC”: Karen Hanrahan is currently taking this course to learn more about SILC operations.

7.      Audit/final figures for FY 2009: The auditor will be in the office on November 20th, 23rd, and 30th. His findings will be reviewed at the January Finance Committee meeting.

8.      Continue 2010 budget projection:  All projected expenditures for each line item were reviewed. The 2009 budgeted surplus will be short of the projected amount by approximately $650.    

9.      New Business: New volunteer, Jack Ringland, was welcomed. All introduced themselves and gave a brief biographical background.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Rick Costa, Secretary