Present, County Represented
Terry McMillian – Crowley
Roger Stagner, Meagan Hillman – Prowers
Troy Bishop – Baca
Joni Wilk – Bent
Rob Oquist, Donna Rohde – Otero
Dennis Pearson, Meagan Hillman – Kiowa
Karl Sporleder – Huérfano
Felix Lopez – Las Animas
Steve Bryant, Miles Lucero – Pueblo
Call to Order
Meagan Hillman called the meeting to order at 3:02 p.m.
Approval of Agenda
Felix Lopez and Joni Wilk moved and seconded the approval of the Agenda – Agenda
approved.
Approval of Minutes
Rob Oquist and Karl Sporleder moved and seconded the approval of the minutes – Minutes approved.
Public Comment
No public comment at this time.
Facilitator Update
Rose gave an update in regards to community members wanting to have input on the voting items and asked if it would be possible for the Board to allow comments; not just at the first of the meeting, but also during discussions. Rob Oquist said that they wanted to make sure that the meetings do not get discussion heavy, causing the meetings to get very lengthy. It was also discussed about making the agenda items a little more specific and putting more detail in the agenda items. Felix said that he feels that the agenda items really do not warrant more details, that they are pretty self-explanatory and therefore, the details are not needed.
Rose has sent out the application for the Advisory Board. She explained that the application does include for people to attach their resume. The application does have a section for the applicant to put their area of expertise and the program areas come directly from the bylaws. Rose will need direction from the Board on if it is good to post or if the Board would like any changes to it. She also needs direction on whether to post a deadline or have it as a rolling application. Meagan and Felix feel that a Letter of Intent is just as important as a resume and feel that it could be a letter of intent or a resume attachment. Donna would like roles and responsibility added to the advisory board application, so people that are applying will have the full scope of what is expected when sitting on the Advisory Board. Rose will put together roles and responsibility for the Advisory Board and will get it posted after the Board has approved the application.
Rose gave an update on the infrastructure grants and the applications that actually were submitted by SECOR. There were only four applicants who submitted their application: ATC, Schreiber Group, Opus and Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. The Board will have to decide, if an award is granted, how they will want to manage the infrastructure grants and how they will proceed.
Financial Manager Report
Wendy updated the Board on financials. The first quarter financial report was completed and evidence-based public education campaigns $41,142; Non-profit and community-prevention support $50,000; Telehealth services $82,518.25; Trauma-informed care $125,708; Workforce Development-addiction professionals $141,800; Treatment services RFP (custom) $160,000; Mobile Intervention, treatment and recover service $282,311; Workforce Development-behavioral health workers $322,974; Substance Abuse prevention coalitions $612,729.70; Community Coalitions $628,311.60. This is the list that was reported for the 2024 expenses for Prevention and Education as well as Treatment.
The budget for 2025 is Administration Costs $25,000; Legal Fees $84,000; Technical Support $17,000; Conferences and Travel $10,000; Prevention and Education $1,564,150; Treatment $1,340,700; Recovery $782,075; Harm Reduction $335,175 and Criminal Justice $446,900.
The mini-grants from the end of 2024 were also discussed and the counties that have not submitted their grant agreement for the $10,000 grants will be sent again. These grants are all for one year from the time that the grant agreement is signed. The details of what they are used for will need to be submitted by the end of the year so they can be accounted for with the new reporting.
Open Discussion on the Criminal Justice Funding
Wendy gave an update on the concerns that she heard from the Attorney General’s Office in regards to the Sheriff’s Offices’ presentations at the last meeting. The camera system that was discussed was not admissible according to the MOU for the funds and the Board will need to go back to the Sheriff’s Offices and educate them on what the MOU allows for the Criminal Justice part of the MOU. The MOU talks about crisis management training and things such as this, not for capital improvements, such as the camera system. Meagan suggested that Rose send out the MOU to all of the Sheriff’s offices and see if they can determine if they have programs that will fit within the scope of the MOU.
VOTING ITEM: Recovery RFP’s
The RFP committee met and recommends that funding be awarded to:
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless $260,003
Crossroads $210,651
Advocated for Recovery Colorado $322,482.09
Karl Sporleder and Felix Lopez moved and seconded the approval of the RFP Committee – Recovery RFP’s approved.
Other Business:
Jessica Apodaca from Pueblo County Department of Public Health presented on their programs they are currently running and offered to help other counties with their services. They offer three service areas and wanted to make sure that all counties know these services are available and they received grant funding to service all of the SECOR region.
There was also a discussion item from Matt Fischer from Colorado Health Network Treatment in regards to their implementation date and needing to delay it until April. The grant was explained that it was for a full year and they can come back at the end of the year and ask for an extension at that time, if more time is needed to fully implement the grant funding.
No other business was discussed.
Adjournment
Rob Oquist and Felix Lopez moved for adjournment. Adjournment was at 3:50 p.m.
Next Meeting:
Monday, March 10, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.