The Fall River Housing Authority held a regular session on Monday, May 9, 2022, at 5 p.m. The meeting began with the reading of the Open Meeting Law statement and a roll call, confirming the presence of Chairwoman Sahari, Vice Chairman Underhill, and Commissioners Burns, Bentley, and Medeiros. There was no citizens' input, but resident Mary reported on the Massachusetts Public Housing Conference, noting David's election as Vice Chairman of Massarina Public Housing Tenants. The board approved the minutes from the April 11, 2022 meeting, accepted bills and communications, and accepted various management reports, all by unanimous consent. Financial reports A and B were withdrawn for completion, but the Quarterly Operating Report for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, was approved. The Interim Executive Director provided updates, including two financial donations totaling $6,600 to the Greater Fall River Recreation for senior concerts, plans for wellness and vaccine clinics with South Coast Hospitals, and ongoing police breakfasts. He also addressed issues at Doolin Apartments, noting increased police presence, and mentioned ongoing union contract negotiations. The vehicle and vaccine policies were still under union review. In new business, several contracts were awarded: Paul Nunes and Sons Incorporated received a $47,950 contract for tree removal and building repairs at Chair Bishop Joseph E. Apartments; Normal Services Company Incorporated was awarded $22,785 for wireless fire alarm communications at multiple apartment complexes; and Gill Dash Den received $71,195 for a new gazebo at Oak Village. A six-month on-call glass fabrication and repair contract, not to exceed $25,000, was awarded to Door and Glass Innovations. The board ratified several personnel appointments with unanimous 5-0 votes: Drew Dyson and Freddie as Temporary Maintenance Mechanic One/Floater, Nithya Dosia and Lauren Kelly as Clerk Interviewers for public housing, and Stephanie Laniers as Clerk Interviewer for leased housing. Attorney Souza provided an update on the Executive Director search, stating that a committee had narrowed 47 applicants to 17 and aimed to present one finalist at the next board meeting. The meeting concluded with a unanimous vote to enter executive session to discuss the former executive director's contract exploration, with no return to regular session anticipated.
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everyone welcome to the florida housing authority regular session it's monday may 9th 2020 at 5 p.m attorney souza the open meeting please thank you madam chairman the language for the open meeting law is as follows a person went to the open meeting law any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium attendees are therefore advised that
0:25such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible thank you so much martha roll call please chairwoman sahari here vice chairman underhill here commissioner burns here commissioner bentley here commissioner medeiros here thank you um do we have any citizens input this evening seeing none um residence input thank you
0:57thank you mary quick and simple uh the residents attended the massachusetts public housing conference in marlborough this past weekend they get they got some good information from ben stone at dhcd and the folks at chapa but the highlight of the meeting was david was elected the vice chairman of massarina public housing tenants that's it thank you thank you item two on the agenda is the minutes of
1:29the regular meeting held on april 11 20 22. do i have a motion to approve those minutes motion approved any questions or concerns hearing none all in favor
1:53item three is bills and communications the vouchers are included in your packet the recommended action is to accept do i have a motion to accept the vouches motion to accept second any questions regarding them hearing then all in favor the next item is the management reports the management reports are included in your packet are the applications the occupancy reports the tenant accounts receivable
2:30the work order report five is the monthly section eight voucher activity report six is the monthly personnel report seven is the director of modernization's monthly report and eight is the bank investment and bond dent balance report recommended action is to accept do i have a motion to accept the reports as presented second any questions with regard to any of these reports as presented
3:06hearing no questions all in favor item five um this is the financial reports a a and b are both being withdrawn as they are not completed as of today and they will be presented to us at the june meeting item c is the quarterly operating report for the quarter ended 3 31 22 that is in your packet the recommended action is to approve the report as presented do i have a motion to approve the report
3:46a motion to approve second any questions um amber is here this evening that she can answer for us no questions all in favor aye aye item six is the update from the interim executive director thank you madam chairwoman a few things the follower of a housing authority has uh continued as we have in the past to support the greater fall river recreation um we made a financial two financial donations
4:27in the amount of sixty six hundred dollars and that goes to support the local uh musicians union for our senior concerts we have two series of concerts one in the spring at 11 sites and then again in the summer uh in combination with aqua goats for the elderly sites so we've been doing that for quite a few years now and continue to do it again this year so i wanted to update you on that
4:58secondly i've been meeting with some representatives from south coast hospitals and they're looking to do some wellness clinics and additional vaccine clinics at these concerts that we have they used to have a large van they got rid of that and they have two small vin minivans now a group of nurses will come and do blood pressure cholesterol and then vaccine if need be so that's a nice service that they're offering
5:37uh we started um breakfast and served joey de silva has coordinated that again at all our elderly high-rise and elderly sites the police breakfast open up dialogue with our residents any safety concerns resident concerns they can bounce it off the police department make the police department aware of anything that may be going on so they can provide a greater presence at any particular site
6:16the vehicle and vaccine policies that i provided to you last month the union is still reviewing those policies so we're hoping to have that for you next month so you can vote on there taking a little bit longer than i expected but we don't want to rush them along it has also come to the my attention and management's attention we've been having some issues at duelin apartments as you know
6:48doolin is a mixed population elderly and young or disabled and a couple of times last month the police were dispatched out there for some some incidences that were going on um so myself attorney souza uh debit management we've been addressing that and working with the four river police department for a greater presence and try to resolve some of those issues so that's ongoing but it came to our attention and we want
7:19to be proactive with that and the last thing i have is contract negotiations that's been ongoing um we're starting to hone in on on more details on and items that's what's important to the union and what's important uh to us uh as the authority so we should be narrowing down uh in the next couple of meetings and then at that point i'll have something to present present to you an executive session
7:52and that's what i have for this month excellent thank you okay you're welcome thank you next is new business item one is modernization a is a contract award for tree removal and building repairs at chair bishop joseph e apartments the recommended action is to award the contract to the low bidder paul nunes and sons incorporated in the amount of forty seven thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars including alternates
8:22contingent upon the final approval of dhcd do i have a motion to award the contract i'll make a motion to award the contract second any questions with regard to this contract is that the same company that cuts the grass
8:54any other questions all in favor all right item b is a contract award for neural wireless fire alarm communications at raymond d holmes apartment father vincent defario village james a o'brien senior apartments frank b aloe vera apartments nicholas w mitchell heights bates tower apartments and ed edward f doolin apartments the recommended action is to award the contract to normal services company incorporated in the
9:25amount of twenty two thousand seven hundred and eighty five dollars under the sole source procurement process do i have a motion to award this contract motion to award second any questions yes could i just ask a question is this any different than what's at the other buildings uh this is recommendation of the of the forum fire department so that we go wireless this will be the end of all of our buildings
10:04that will be tied in wireless oh okay this is this is for a watch only to be called into the fire department okay without having to be online for a format okay thank you
10:27item c is a contract award for the new gazebo at oak village this was rebid the recommended action is to award the contract to the low bidder gill dash den in the amount of 71 700 i'm sorry 71 hundred and ninety five dollars do i have a motion to award this contract emotional award the contract second any questions or concerns with regard to this contract hearing none all in favor
11:05item two is the miscellaneous section item two a is the on-call glass fabrication and repair contract for heritage heights the recommended action is to award a six-month contract to the loan bidder door and glass innovations in the amount not to exceed 25 000.
11:26do i have a motion to award this contract motion to award second any questions or concerns with regard to this contract same people same contract same people same people do our innovations yes same yes we're just kind of reapproving yes yes all right thank you hi three is personnel three a is a temporary maintenance mechanic one slash floater position two recommended action is to ratify the appointments of drew
12:07dyson and freddie motion to approve the uh i mean motion to ratify the appointments second martha roll call please commissioner burns yes commissioner underhill yes bentley yes yes chairwoman sahari yes item b is the clerk interviewer position two this is for public housing the recommended action is to ratify the appointment of nithya dosia and lauren kelly motion to ratify the appointments second
12:48commissioner burns yes commissioner madeiras yes commissioner bentley yes commissioner underhill yes shalom sahari yes item c is a clerk interviewer position for the leased housing the recommended action is to ratify the appointment of stephanie laniers
13:11commission underhill yes commissioner bentley yes commissioner barnes yes commissioner madirus yes sheila sahari yes the next item the applicant has withdrawn their application and the last item under personnel is the executive director search update attorney souza can you give us an update as to where we're at sure uh we um had originally based on the the committee that you appointed um we convened the
13:40meeting last wednesday uh may 4th at 10 a.m here uh commissioner bentley commissioner madirus myself mr burke and um william walker and kerry farias were all present we went through 47 applicants we appointed commissioner madirus as the chairman of the committee so that uh we had the sense of order for the open meeting law um and basically we went through 47 applications we narrowed them down we
14:09now the field now to approximately 17 of that 17 there were 12 that were scored i think we are going to i don't think um we we closed out that meeting at 12 noon um with the intent to reconvene and we already advertised that it'll be it will be um this upcoming tuesday no i'm sorry on a wednesday at 10 am here for the second meeting we plan on going through the
14:35aptma the rest of the applications and then um picking out some individuals of interest uh they have the the members of the committee have any interest in asking them questions we can do that and the ultimate goal is to send a finalist to the board at the next board of commissioners meeting so one finalist candidate should be presented where the board can interview that person in open session uh
14:57so that the public can see that thank you commissioner madirus i didn't know if you wanted to add anything i didn't mean to i wasn't going to spring this all on you to have at the last minute no no you've done a fine job okay covered all the bases okay
15:17that was the last item on the irregular agenda the next item is executive session um it's the former it's a for discussion on the former executive director's contract exploration update it's anticipated that the executive session pursuant to mastermind law chapter 30 a section 21 a2 to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel at the executive session is necessary um at
15:49the conclusion of our discussion this evening in executive session we will not be coming back into regular session do i have a motion to go into executive session i make a motion to go into executive session second all in favor all right thank you thank you everyone
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