The Fall River Housing Authority convened on November 14, 2022, addressing a range of administrative, financial, and personnel matters. The board approved the minutes from their postponed regular meeting on October 12, 2022, and accepted various management and financial reports. Significant financial approvals included a DHCD Capital Improvement Plan, a $376,643 contract for security cameras at Maple Gardens, and a $2,897,034 contract for electrical panel upgrades, also at Maple Gardens, both utilizing ARPA funding. The board also ratified a 36-month contract for natural gas and approved a three-year contract for electricity with Constellation Energy, anticipating substantial savings compared to National Grid rates.
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thank you madam chairman the language for the open meeting law is as follows a professional to the open meeting law any person maybe you know they can order this public meeting attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmission president thank you nice children's party and vice chairman under Columbus here first item on our agenda is Citizens import do we have any citizen Europe this evening
0:45seeing none the second item is residence input no residence input item number two is the minutes of the postponed regular meeting held on October 12 2022 the recommended at seven item three is the vouchers are included in your packet the recommended action is approval
1:25all in favor all right item four lava management reports these are the seven RV reports that are included in your packet before the application too is the occupancy reports three is the tenant accounts receivable four is the work order reports monthly Section 8 voucher activity reports sixth is the monthly Personnel count report seven is the director of modernization monthly report and eight
1:55is the big investment in bond debt balance report do I have a motion to accept these reports and make a motion to accept it any questions with regard to any of these reports favor item five is the financial reports for the month of or the month ending August 31 22 record recommended action is to accept approval of the reports that you have in front of you is the operating statements for all August 31 2022.
2:4973 or three of these reports foreign
3:03executive director comparing none all in favor aye item 5B is the state 40th quarterly modernization report it's for the period ended September 30 20 recommended action is approval
3:33and make motion
3:41a second any questions we got to this report I'm not in Poland favor hi item 5c is the state quarterly operating for Hawaii the operating statement for the period ended early 2022 with the record
4:14requested questions with regard to the state quarterly operating before you stay back hearing none all in favor item six is an update from our director thank you madam chairwoman a few things to update the board on last month attorney Souza myself Marie Souza and Amy Morin from the tenant selection department and I've Deputy Tim McCoy attended a round table meeting put on by representative Fiola at the narrow Center
4:57the affordable housing prices that not only for our remote but Statewide are experiencing there were quite a few social service agencies there representing what they do look at their social services Southeast legal a few others and we just kind of uh it was a it was a positive meeting just everyone putting their collaboratively to uh assist our citizens in need in this tough time right now because there's
5:37just no inventory out there blockchain so it was put on by as I said there were other elected officials there the mayor representative Sylvia senator roderick's so it was it was a productive meeting and the plan is to get back together again uh ask us a little the next item I have of attorney Souza and I also attended a similar type of housing Forum at borrow that was put on by Congressman
6:26Martin Kloss and he had a local HUD Regional director one Tia spare as well as a few other officials from HUD that represent us out of the Boston area question and answer period kind of addressing the same issues that we had at the Round Table again very positive good guest speakers everyone do what their part in the community to combat this crisis uh I think I updated you uh it was a
7:10week or two ago we had a fire at um Benny Costa Plaza thank God no one was injured there was a family displaced and the neighboring family just for one night put them up and the person department but that was a total loss we transferred them to another three-bedroom that we had so I just want to thank Ed and his staff at facilities Kathleen and her staff Teresa Quintel Melissa Souza did a outstanding job
7:51trades people that were there are many staff so everybody came together and did a great job to just a family was very appreciative and the last thing I have is we are going to be looking to add a third shift um in the facilities Department in addition to our second shift um as you know we we didn't come to an agreement with unit a um and part of the proposals in that was
8:27overtime coverage and on-call coverage so what we're going to do is create two positions maintenance positions Union positions uh to cover uh midnight to 8 in the morning for any emergencies approach to win to see Fire Department to cut to help offset that those salaries we're going to we've started this past weekend by having second shift do the trash detail at a high-rise buildings which was
9:10so that uh that is now on to the second shift and once we put a third shift in place they'll also help with the trash once the third shift is in place it will also eliminate the need for on-call supervisors which will also be a savings that will go toward the two salaries of the wasn't anything that we initially uh talked about or wanted to do it was always a backup plan if
9:46that is the case and that's again as we approach the winter season with no heat calls no hot water calls any any issues with police of fire Maybe reliable Professional Service and that's all I have for this month thank you next item is new business item one is modernization dhcd capital Improvement plan the CIP the recommended action for this to approve the plan motion until it's a VIP plan
10:33the motion to approve to approve second questions with regard to the capital Improvement plan hearing none all in favor I tried Item B is the dhcd contract for financial assistance and CFA 4501 CFA the security cameras at Maple Gardens in the amount of 376 643 dollars it is copper formula funding a recommended action is to approve the contract for financial assistance
11:22contract for the campus healing none item C is the dhcd contract for financial assistance CFA 4050 CFA is for electrical panel upgrades at Maple Gardens in the amount of 2 million 897 over 34 and this is part of the upper Target award
11:55s B yeah
12:09I don't follow it okay thank you I'm not all that sometimes okay this this is for the electrical panel upgrades at Maple Gardens in the amount of two million 897 old 34. this is also Opera funding but this is part of the target award do I have a motion to approve this contract for financial assistance motion to approve D thank you all in favor tea is the one where the table incorrect
12:43so item D would table in motion to table yes item D is the contract award for the elevator monetization numbers three and four and Connell federis Towers four bids were received but at this particular point we are still reviewing the bids and so the recommended action is to table this item until the next meeting
13:18hi nme is the change order number one for roof replacement and roof Penthouse balcony repairs at the George H cartel Heights change order number one is an ink the amount of forty seven thousand five hundred sixty three dollars and 34 cents to the contract for repairs of the single concrete structural core balconies the recommended action here is the pool
13:55second any questions with regard to this change order is also a change order it's change order number four for the elevator monetization at the Raymond B Homes apartments change order number four is an increase to the contract for time and materials in the amount not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars to rewire D fire alarm later machine recommended action here is approval promotional approved
14:34any questions or concerns don't forget to change order number four hearing none all in favor item two is miscellaneous 2A is commissioned to advertise for a snow removal slash sanding the recommended action is to ratify and
14:58and motion to ratify approval thank you so any questions with regard to his contract hearing none all in favor all right Item B is the purchase of natural gas through NRG slash power options the recommended action is to ratify permission to enter into a 36 month contract beginning November 1 2022 at a rate of eight dollars and 79.6 DT HMS or three dollars and 41.7 dt8 the basics
15:43I think we talked about this at the last meeting yes we did do we have a promotion to ratify this 36-month contract by the contract second all in favor aye aye item C is the purchase of electricity through Casella consolation constellation rather energy the recommended action is discussion so same type as last one the last one was natural gas this one is electricity the best rates are if we do a three-year
16:26contract which would run from December of this year to December 24 um just to give you an idea so if you if you're able to see the 142.31 that's the latest price if you convert that there's a it's a formula it's in megawatts and if you convert it to kilowatts you have to move the decimal over three spots so it's much cheaper than uh National Grid we walked out of this and purchase our electricity probably uh
17:15three times less the amount of purchase purchasing it directly from the national animals so this was for discussion and approval the you know we're looking for approval of a three-year contract similar to what we did with the gas yes you can see the rates if you do you do 30 30 month 24 months at the age is a three-year contract or the electricity I'll make a motion about three-year contract
18:02any questions or concerns with regard to electrical contract like none all in favor aye and we use it on for all the training service contract for painting carpentry Plumbing electrical Door and Glass fabrication HVAC asphalt Creek services ring installation and the recommended action is to award a one-year contract electricity to exceeding thousand dollars or seventy thousand dollars for
18:40the flooring contract is as listed tracked award memo you have in your packet a memo it lists all of the 11 contractors or company names that are being referred to here do I have a motion to award the one year college position I just have one question in a second in a second it's just a pretty standard part of the plate we do these same things every year the years
19:10up with the same company no issues all the major changes all major changes so like what else all in favor all right amazing 20
19:38. so that's something we do every year rap officials reviewing
19:53the a cop vicious plan program a few other writers that we have the public Hearing in engine that is completed
20:25item three is Personnel a is the maintenance custodial Florida position to ratify the appointment of Sean Momo will be Alex Volpe last night Sean logo and Alex Holden thank you
21:05Miss Universe yes we hear brands yes yes
21:25NMB is the resignation of an employee accept the resignation of the show and will be effective January 16. so we had two openings with selected Sean and then maybe a week later Sean got another job offer like that
22:04making up the permanent and gratifying the appointment and then
22:14especially since they performed one round one right after the uh okay do I have a motion to accept this resume favor all right item C is the resignation of an employee the recommended action is to accept resignation Burns effective November 25th 2022 I will make a motion to accept that you know just a comment slash question we didn't have it before uh amber we had uh there's two good people just
22:59talked to me offline but I'm just thinking that they have any specific reason why we're leaving they're leaving a position is it hey is it benefits I thought they were both really good okay until the news and if we don't have anything fun it's quite a different time and just kind of trying to figure out what's going to happen it's an important position
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23:37I haven't D is the resignation slash retirement of an employee except the resignation of Luanne calvo effective November 18 2022 for retirement
23:55motion to exactly David item e is the maintenance custodial slash Florida position the recommended action is to ratify an in-house posting to backfill the resignation I'm supposed to ratify the announcements famous nmf is a temporary maintenance custodial Florida position two this recommended action is to ratify the posting on the motion to accept the ratified post data on the website
24:44item G is a temporary maintenance mechanic second shift position recommended action is to ratify the appointment of Stephen Sampson motion to ratified appointment Stephen Sampson a second please commissioneros yes Mr Burns yes commissioner Bentley yes and engy's the Tenant receivables fourth recommended action is to ratify the appointment of Donna Souza I'll make a motion to ratify the appointment of Donna Susan
25:26second ly yes Mr Burns yes commissioner Medeiros yes item I is the purchasing agent position the recommended action is to ratify the appointment of Gina Cates in a second commissioner Burns yes Mr adairs yes Mr Beverly yes Joe I'm sorry and Jay is a warehouse man the recommended action is to ratify the appointment of Brendan Dyson emotional ratify the appointment presentation second
26:10commissioner Burns yes commissioner Bentley yes commissioner Medeiros yes item K is the clerk interviewer position to public housing I recommended the action is to prove the appointment of Kawa and Allison Silva motion approved both appointments first commissioner Burns yes Mr Bentley yes commissioner Medeiros yes Caroline zahati yes commissioner Burns commissioner Bentley yes yes
26:57item L is a clerk interview position one for lease housing it's your approved appointment of Robin hiroshes that's not really applying off Robin's orders second commissioner Perez yes Mr Medeiros yes commissioner Bentley yes Jones yes Adam M is lease housing support assistant position to an appointment of Despina Despina Christina Despina Depon I'll make a motion to improve the appointment of Despina Dobrev
27:39I yes Mr Medeiros yes commissioner Burns yes yes kind of N is a property management position six recommended action is to
27:59a second all in favor aye an item O is a clerk interviewer h c v tenant selections position the recommended action is to approve the job description and permission to post in-house and envelope website you have in your packet the DOT
28:31s personal approve the description and I give permission to post in-house in our website so thank you thank you on David all right um that is the end of the regular meeting um they have um item p is uh an item for executive session and empty is Union negotiations update for unit a it's in stated that executive session for similar to Masters of the Law chapter 30 a section 2183 to discuss strategies to collect
29:11provocative litigation with an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the marketing for sit again body she is so depressed item Q is the Personnel update anticipated executive succession pursue for supervisor of section 21 and 83 to discuss strategy with respect to collectibility
29:42and the chair so declares do I have a motion to go into executive sessions promotional government so Madam chair yes so it's just at this time we will be going into executive session um this will be the end of our regular meeting will not be coming out of executive different executive sessions so thank you everyone for our team