June 2010 SILC Board Meeting Minutes

Attending Members

Executive Committee:

• Barbara Pritchard, Vice Chair, Urbana
• Gail Kear, Treasurer, Bloomington
• Ruth Thompson, Secretary, Rushville

Members:

• Eric Guidish, Springfield
• Willie Gunther, Springfield
• Leigh Ann Heenan, Glen Ellyn
• Wayne Layton, Bloomington
• Tyler McHaley, Springfield
• RJ Robertson, Murphysboro
• Curtis Robinson, Grayslake
• Ken Williams, DHS/DRS, Chicago
• Michael Wonderlich, DCFS, Chicago

Excused:

• John Miller, Sherman

Absent:

• Kevin Byrd, DDD, Springfield
• Charlotte Cronin, Peoria
• John Eckert, DoA, Springfield
• Melanie Fleenor, ISBE, Springfield
• Anel Gonzalez, Chicago
• Dawn Lucasey, Glenarm
• Roy Miller, Carbondale

Guests:

• Mike Egbert, OFA, Mt. Vernon
• Pete Roberts, SCIL, Springfield

Staff:

• William Gorman, Executive Director
• Tara Dunning, Financial Manager

Call to Order: The meeting via conference call of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois was called to order by Chair Kear at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 10, 2010. Roll call was taken and a quorum established. Chair Kear welcomed new member Curtis Robinson, guests and Council members.

Review and Approval of the SPIL 2011-2013, Section 3.2 Expansion of Network: Kear gave a brief recap of the development of the 2011-2013 State Plan for Independent Living. At the May 6th Council meeting the SPIL was approved with the exception of Section 3.2 Expansion of the Network. At that time, the Ad-hoc SPIL Drafting Committee was directed to further research this section and bring recommendations back to the Council for approval. Three priorities were presented for approval.

MOTION: Thompson motioned to accept the recommendations for Section 3.2. Layton seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Review and Approval of Revised Fiscal Year 2011 Budget: Gorman gave a brief explanation on the changes to SILC’s budget (resource plan) within the SPIL. Since this reduction in SILC’s budget has been made after the 2011-2013 SPIL was approved on May 6th, a motion needs to be passed to accept this change to the SPIL.

MOTION: Gunther motioned to approve the revised budget. Robertson seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Review and Approval of Proposed By-Law Changes: Gorman discussed some language changes to the by-laws to clarify SILC’s duties and emphasis that SILC does not fundraise.

MOTION: McHaley motioned to approve the proposed changes to the by-laws. Gunther seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Review and Approval of Proposed Fiscal Policy Changes: Gorman discussed the language changes to the fiscal policy to clarify that SILC does not fundraise as well as some additional language to Section 3. Financial Reporting, Part A. Annual Budget.

MOTION: Thompson motioned to approve the language changes to the Fiscal Policy. McHaley seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Following the motion, Williams asked for further discussion and clarification on the three priorities for Section 3.2 that were approved earlier.

MOTION: Thompson motioned to add the following sentence to priority one “If there is no interest, all funds devolve to priority two.” to clarify any doubt about its content. McHaley seconded the motion. Motion carried.

MOTION: Robertson motioned to remove the language “less than $250,000 but” within priority two to clarify its intent. Guidish seconded the motion. Motion carried.

MOTION TO ADJOURN: McHaley motioned to adjourn the conference call. Layton seconded the motion. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:55 a.m.

Charlotte Cronin, Secretary

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