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THE DOC IN HERE. 214. LET'S GET TO THE RIGHT. DOC 13. THERE IT IS. THE MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. AND I
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MENTIONED. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, DO WE NEED TO TAKE ATTENDANCE OR ROLL CALL? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE? WE'RE GOOD. GERALD. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE. SHEET HERE. THIS MIGHT BE[a. 2024-1014 – MENTAL HEALTH RE: APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND INTEGRATED COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES NETWORK, INC. ]
MY DESK. LOOK AT OUR FIRST DOCKET IS 1014. ASHLEY'S GOING TO. ASHLEY WILL HELP US OUT WITH THIS ONE IF SHE. SHE'S OVER HERE SOMEWHERE. THERE SHE IS. I ACTUALLY DOCKET 20241014.CONTRACTS. YEAH. SO OUR CONTRACT WITH I CAN. NOTHING'S CHANGED. IT INVOLVES OUR YOUTH ACT PROGRAM, SPIN SERVICES, HEALTH, HOME, NON-MEDICAL, NON-MEDICAID CASE MANAGEMENT. IT'S A LITTLE OVER 2.2 MILLION FROM NOW UNTIL 2027. OKAY, GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? GO AHEAD. SO IN THIS IT SAYS FREE HEALTHY HOME SUPPLIES LIKE SWEET PEAS. A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY. WHAT IS THAT.
SURE. SO UNDER THE HEALTH SERVICE DOLLARS, IF ANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS NEED EMERGENCY PURCHASES, SUCH AS HOUSING, MEDICAL CO-PAYS, UTILITIES, ANYTHING THAT COULD SUPPORT THE INDIVIDUAL IN AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE ABLE TO COVER IT. THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY ALLOTTED THROUGH THE STATE THAT COVERS THOSE BILLS, AND THIS IS 100% STATE FUNDED. WE LIKE THAT. WE DO. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ASHLEY? HEARING NONE. WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE
[b. 2024-1031 – HEALTH RE: APPROVAL OF A CLEAN & SAFE INITIATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND UTICA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICE, INC. d/b/a HOMEOWNERSHIPCENTER ]
YOU. ALRIGHT. OUR NEXT DOCKET IS 20241031 FROM PUBLIC HEALTH. DOCTOR GILMORE IS GOING TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION ON THE OWNERSHIP HOME OWNERSHIP CENTER. YEAH. THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT CAME ABOUT DURING A MEETING WITH THE LEAD FREE MOHAWK VALLEY AND HEALTHY HOMES INITIATIVE BACK IN JUNE. WE'RE ON A COMMITTEE WITH THE HOME OWNERSHIP CENTER, UTICA CODES, AND THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS INVOLVED. AND WE WERE KIND OF TO PROVIDE CLEANING AND HOME SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE UTICA AREA. HOW THAT FIT IN WITH THE LEAD POISONING PREVENTION PROGRAM AND CODY'S WORK? WELL, THE HOME OWNERSHIP CENTER WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND COME UP WITH A FEW DOLLARS TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES. WAS JUST SHY OF $90,000. BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO STORE THE SUPPLIES. SO AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE DO HAVE SPACE AT DIFFERENT PARTS IN THE COUNTY TO STORE THEM. AND SO THIS AGREEMENT BASICALLY INDEMNIFIES THE COUNTY FROM THE SUPPLIES BEING DESTROYED OR STOLEN WHEN THEY'RE IN OUR POSSESSION. BECAUSE BECAUSE CODES WILL DISTRIBUTE SOME AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD DISTRIBUTE SOME. BUT WE'RE WE'RE THE KEEPER OF THE SUPPLIES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. SO THERE'S NO COST TO THE COUNTY. AND IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT RESIDENTS OF UTICA. SO HOW ARE THESE FAMILIES CHOSEN AND HOW DO THEY KNOW THAT THESE SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM FOR FREE? WELL, THAT YEAH, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT SELECTED RANDOMLY, BASICALLY WITH THE LEAD POISONING PREVENTION PROGRAM, THERE'S VISITS MADE TO HOMES ON A PERIODIC BASIS, EITHER FOLLOW UP VISITS OR INITIAL VISITS. AND WITH THE CODES DEPARTMENT, I'M NOT SURE OF ALL THE NUANCES OF HOW THEY GO INTO HOMES, BUT THEY DO GO INTO CERTAIN AREAS AND WE'LL DISTRIBUTE THEM ALSO. BUT IF YOU DO KNOW OF FAMILIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF SUPPLIES, WHICH INCLUDE CLEANING SUPPLIES, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, SMOKE ALARMS, SAFETY THINGS, GIVE GIVE US A CALL AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE FAMILY TO PROVIDE THEM. GREAT. GO AHEAD. COLIN. WHEN I WAS READING THIS, THE NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION MADE ME THINK OF THE WORK THAT THE RESCUE MISSION DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS BE APPLIED TO THEM? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT WITH THE RESCUE MISSION, BUT THIS THIS DOVETAILS THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A REBOOT OF THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD MANY YEARS AGO THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. SO I'M SORRY, I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY. I'M JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? Y'ALL GOOD? YVONNE. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, HEARING NONE, NO OTHER QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL GO TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.[c. 2024-1139- DFCS RE: APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE ]
AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANKS, DOCTOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE MOVE ON TO DOCKET[00:05:01]
20241139, WHICH IS A REQUEST OF A REQUEST RECEIPT OF A THREE YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE NEW YORK STATE TEMPORARY DISABILITY ASSISTANCE. AND, MIKE, YOU CAN HANDLE IT. YOU GOT THIS. ALL RIGHT, COME ON UP. SO THIS ONE IS A RENEWAL OF A GRANT FROM THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE SOLUTIONS TO END HOMELESSNESS. IT'S FIVE YEARS. EXCUSE ME, THREE YEARS.TOTAL OF 896,000. AND THIS GRANT IS USED TO SUPPORT OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH CONTRACT. I THINK WE PREVIOUSLY CAME TO THE BOARD. SO THIS IS MORE OF A PASS THROUGH AND USED TO FUND HOMELESS OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. GREAT. QUESTIONS FROM WITHIN THE COMMITTEE. OKAY, SO MY APOLOGIES. MY NOTE ABOUT THE RESCUE MISSION WAS FOR THIS AND NOT FOR THE OTHER ONES. SO THAT'S WHY. OKAY. YEAH, THIS REMINDS ME OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. NO, NO I WASN'T I WAS ON THE WRONG DOCKET. SO THAT TO CLARIFY. BUT HOW ARE THINGS GOING WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH. WELL, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF FIVE DOING WELL, PRIMARILY. YOU KNOW, DURING THE SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL REACH IS PRIMARILY TARGETED TO ENCAMPMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, GATHERINGS AND STREET OUTREACH. WE'VE BEEN MORE SO FOCUSED ON THE WARMING CENTERS. SO THE OUTREACH ARE PART OF OUR AFTER HOURS RESPONSE FOR SCREENING AND, YOU KNOW, MONITORING OF THE WARMING CENTER, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO SHELTER FOR AFTER HOURS AND THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. SO IT'S BUSY. BUT DO WE HAVE A WARMING CENTER IN ROME ANYMORE? WE STARTED TO UTILIZE THE COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING IN ROME RIGHT AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. THE ATTENDANCE FROM ROME WAS UTILIZING THE SPACE FOR UTICA HOMELESS. SO JUST AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, WE OPENED THE 800 PARK AVE. THIS THIS FOR WARMING CENTER. SO WE'VE BEEN OPERATING THAT IN CONJUNCTION, YOU KNOW, AS AN OVERFLOW WITH THE TWO EXISTING WARMING CENTERS HERE IN UTICA. OKAY. SO DOES THE OUTREACH WORK. DO THEY PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO COUNTYWIDE? YES. SO THE PLAN FOR ANY INDIVIDUALS IN ROME THAT ARE IDENTIFIED EITHER BY OUTREACH OR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH EMERGENCY SERVICES, FIRE AND POLICE IS THAT THEY WOULD NOTIFY OUR AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY DUTY, WE WOULD DO THE SCREENING AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EITHER OUR STAFF OR THE HOMELESS OUTREACH WOULD, YOU KNOW, WOULD PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. SO THERE ARE NO OUTREACH WORKERS IN ROME, RIGHT? THEY COVER THE COUNTY. YEAH. WHERE ARE THEY BASED? THEY'RE BASED IN I CAN HERE IN UTICA, BUT THEY THEY WORK COUNTYWIDE. OKAY. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN HELP WITH THE DATA ON THAT IN THE AREA THAT THEY'RE COMING FROM? WE HAVE THAT THOSE NUMBERS WE DO. SO KIND OF A KIND OF A AT A GLANCE. THE WARMING CENTER NUMBERS WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING HERE AT THE UTICA RESCUE MISSION CENTER AND THE COUNTY BUILDING, CLOSE TO 75 INDIVIDUALS NIGHTLY. SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT COUNTING SHELTER BEDS AND OTHER SHELTER, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTS. WOW. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. WE'LL GO TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS DOCKET, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL KEEP YOU UP THERE, MIKE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE NEXT AGAIN. WE GO ON TO SHARON, AND MIKE'S ARE READING HERE. MAKE SURE. UP HERE. THANK YOU. SO SORRY. IT'S INTERESTING. OKAY. OUR NEXT. I WENT TOO FAR. HANG
[d. 2024-1047 – DFCS RE: APPROVAL OF GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ]
ON. ALL THE WAY. WAIT FOR IT. OKAY. THAT'S THE LAST TIME. HERE IT IS. BACKWARDS. 20241047. OUR[00:10:05]
DOCKET ON FAMILY SERVICES, DAYCARE REGISTRATION INSPECTIONS. SO THIS IS A RENEWAL OF A GRANT FROM THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. NEW YORK STATE GRANT TOTAL OF 289,000 FOR ONE YEAR. THIS FUNDING IS USED TO SUPPORT THE CONTRACT THAT THE COUNTY HAS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. ROLL FOR CHILD CARE IS PROGRAM CERTIFICATION, TRAINING, INSPECTION AND COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION. OKAY, GREAT QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.[e. 2024-1074 – AGING RE: APPROVAL OF THE 2024-2025 ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (AIP) FOR ONEIDA COUNTY OFFICE FOR THE AGING AND CONTINUING CARE ]
OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'RE ON 1200241074, WHICH IS THE CONTRACTS WITH THE AGING AND CONTINUED CARE. GO AHEAD. SO THIS IS THE APPLICATION FOR FUNDING AND FOUR YEAR PLAN FOR THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING TO THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE FOR AGING. IT'S THIS DOCUMENT THAT CONTAINS NARRATIVES AND A ONE YEAR BUDGET AND FUNDING APPLICATION. FEDERAL, STATE AND OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS ALL INTO THIS BUDGET. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 7 MILLION, 7.9 MILLION. THE PLAN IS TO PROJECTS TO SERVE 2100 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING FOR ONE YEAR, AND IT INCLUDES THE CORE SERVICES WITHIN THE PLAN, WHICH ARE CASE MANAGEMENT, HOME DELIVERED MEALS AND HOME PERSONAL CARE, PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS, AND SOCIAL ADULT DAY CARE. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. PARDON PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. GOOD QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. SEEING NONE. IF THERE'S NONE, WE'LL GO TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.[f. 2024-1154 -COUNTY EXECUTIVE RE: APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND NASCENTIA HEALTH, INC. ]
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANKS, MIKE. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST ONE WE HAVE IS MISTER RIVERA. IS THAT MISTER RIVERA IN THE. THE DOCKET 0204115 FOR THE CONTRACT WITH ESSENTIA HEALTH.ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SO THIS IS A ESSENTIA HEALTH IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. THEY GO TO THE COUNTY SEAT FOR ASSISTANCE. THEY'RE BUILDING A SENIOR COMMUNITY IN ROME. THEY HAVE TWO EXISTING ENTITIES WITHIN THIS POSITION. ONE IS FOR ANYONE AND THE OTHER ONE. 101. AND IF YOU CAN APPLY FOR THEM TO DO THAT. OKAY. OKAY. OH. HEY, KEVIN, YOU WANT TO WHAT HE SAID. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WELL SAID. GO AHEAD. WHAT IS THIS GOING TO BE LIKE, A SENIOR CENTER? EXACTLY. LIKE A SENIOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A STAFF SENIOR CENTER. IS THERE ANOTHER SENIOR CENTER IN ROME, OR DOES ANYBODY KNOW? IS THERE A SENIOR CENTER IN ROME? I DON'T. KNOW. WAIT A MINUTE. OH MY GOD. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. OH MY GOODNESS. ALEKSANDRA. GO AHEAD. CAROLYN.
YES. SO THE WAY I READ IT, THIS IS HOUSING FOR SENIORS. SO ABOUT HOW MANY UNITS ARE WE LOOKING AT OR HOW. YEAH. IS IT A SENIOR CENTER OR IS IT HOUSING? YEAH. SO HOW HOW MANY NEW UNITS OF HOUSING WILL BE CREATED WITH THIS CENTER? I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THEY'VE ONLY ASKED FOR SUPPORT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRIVEWAY. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR ALONG THE PLANS ARE. OUR SUPPORT WOULD ONLY BE FUNDING THE DRIVEWAY COMPONENT. OKAY. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE AN ADULT HOME THEN COMMUNITY. YEAH. THERE'LL BE LIKE AN ADULT HOME AND A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. I DON'T IT WOULD NOT BE I WOULD NOT SEE IT AS A NURSING HOME. HOUSING LIKE A PRESTWICK GLEN OR. EXACTLY. YEAH. VILLAGE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. WE'LL GO TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. TAKE
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