Senior Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2010 03 16

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Senior Advisory Board Meeting Minutes 1/21/10 Page 4 of 6 NOTE: As the new Chair, Larry presided from here on. Silent Auction - Walt Oehlker. Everyone has been assigned their tasks. Rosalie agreed to do Joe's sector. Posters are available. Larry has made a lot of calls and has 7 or 8 gifts. More applications and receipt letters are needed. Bob P will miss the dinner as he will be in Australia. Katie and Kathy are finding volunteers for February 18. Resolution for Advisory Board Policies and Procedures. Connie-we need to write a letter to City Council. Kathy-they want us to take out a resolution so the Council can formally recognize the Senior Advisory Board. Bob P-the U.S. Constitution forbids ex-post-facto law. This refers to the Federal Government and the State. The City is a subsidiary of the State. Kate- disagreed. If we get into arguments with the Council, we will lose. The middle ground would be a resolution. They would feel they were complying with the Charter and we could continue to elect our Board members. Bob P-we have to be grandfathered in. Connie asked for a committee to write to the City Council stating who we are and what we do, how effective we are and how important to the community. We would not be asking to decide what City Council is going to do but asking them to accept us as we are. Joe Stevens-the issue is not constitutional. You have operated under the City of Louisville with a lot of independence. We are required as members of the community to post notices. You have representation from City Council. The Staff perspective is that you want to be party of the City. We talked about coming up with a resolution. What you objected to was having Council appoint the membership. Council wants to codify the relationship. Connie- has read Kathy's proposal. Walt talked to Bill McDermott and Charles Sisko At the time this issue was reviewed, it was determined that it was not necessary for the Board to change. Mayor Davidson was also involved in the discussion and thinks there may be a letter in the City files. We've been an effective organization. Joe S-what you say is correct. We can't find the letter. This is housekeeping. This is just a draft, we need the Council to resolve. Connie-we're not adhering to the City Charter. Kathy-we have to post meetings for the Housing Committee, etc. Bob P-when I talked to the city attorney, he said we don't have to conform. Connie-we have to say to the Council, "Will you please recognize us event though we're not following your Charter. Dave C-they're talking about adhering to the charter. Jose S-it would be good to have a committee. Connie moved that a committee be created who would write a letter to the City Council. Kathy-if two members, you don't have to post it. Katie-this Board controls a certain amount of funds. For the Foundation, the City Council approves the budget. Joe S-oversight would be different. Bob P-does the City approve the Foundation's budget? Dave C-no. Joe S-you may want to become a 501C3. PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactorv.com