BOC - December 2023 Meeting Minutes
Little River County Housing Authority Quarterly Board Meeting
Thursday, December 14, 2023 @ 2:00 PM
The Quarterly meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Little River County Housing Authority was held on Thursday, December 14, 2023 @ 2:00 PM via Zoom.
Members present: Chairperson Barbara Brown, Vice-Chair Anthony Nelson, Commissioner Amanda Johnson, Commissioner Mike Cranford, and Secretary Denise Riley.
Member absent: Commissioner Terry Smith.
Item I) Meeting was called to order by Vice Chairperson Anthony Nelson
Item II) Invocation by Vice-Chairperson Anthony Nelson
Item Ill) Roll call by Secretary Denise Riley
- Secretary Denise Riley welcomed the newest board member Commissioner Mike Cranford.
Item IV) Resolution #2023-17: Approval of Meeting Agenda: Meeting agenda was mailed to all Board members for review prior to the meeting. A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Johnson to approve the meeting agenda. Seconded by Commissioner Anthony Nelson. All were in favor. Motion carried.
Item V) Resolution #2023-18: Approval of Previous Minutes: Minutes of the previous meeting were mailed to all Board members for review prior to the meeting. A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Johnson to accept the previous minutes. Seconded by Commissioner Anthony Nelson. All were in favor. Motion carried.
Item VI) Resolution #2023-19: Approval to adopt PH Flat Rents/or 2024. A copy of the proposed PH Flat Rents for 2024 was mailed to all board members for review prior to the meeting. After a brief discussion of HUD's flat rent policy for the PH program a motion was made by Commissioner Anthony Nelson to adopt new PH Flat rents for 2024. Seconded by Commissioner Mike Cranford. All were in favor. Motion carried.
Item VII) Resolution #2023-20: Approval to adopt HCV Payment Standards for 2024. A copy of the proposed HCV Payment Standards for 2024 was mailed to all board members for review prior to the meeting. After a brief discussion of HUD's procedure for publishing FMR's and the Housing Authority's procedure for establishing Payment Standards a motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Johnson to adopt HCV Payment Standards for 2024. Seconded by Commissioner Mike Cranford. All were in favor. Motion carried.
Item VIII) Resolution #2023-21: Approval to change Retirement Insurance. Secretary Denise Riley discussed that she has been in contact with Housing Authority Retirement Trust (HART). She likes the flexibility that HART offers. She will be meeting with staff to discuss the change and to continue comparing HART's benefits with Lafayette Life Insurance Co.
Item IX) Resolution #2023-22: Approval to adopt board meeting dates for Calendar year 2024. A copy of board meeting dates for calendar year 2024 was mailed to all board members for review prior to the meeting. A motion was made by Commissioner Anthony Nelson to adopt board meeting dates for calendar year 2024. Seconded by Commissioner Amanda Johnson. All were in favor. Motion carried.
- Financial Reports: Denise Riley gave a report on Public Housing and HCV financial positions. Ms. Riley reported that the HCV program was in shortfall because of participants porting to higher rent jurisdictions. HA has received over $20,000.00 extra Hap funds to cover HAP expenses thru December 31, 2023.
- Management Reports: Denise Riley gave a report on Public Housing vacancies, delinquent rents, HCV voucher utilization and vouchers issued. Vacancy rates have improved tremendously. Current vacancy rate is 98%.
Item X) New Business:
- Denise Riley reported that Urlaub & Co. would be performing our audit for Fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. They are scheduled to start December 18-20.
- CFP projects planned for 2024 is to replace windows at N. Cedar, N. Beech, and Lang St. in early Spring.
Having no more business, a motion was made by Commissioner Anthony Nelson to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Commissioner Amanda Johnson. All were in favor. The meeting was adjourned.
