HRA Board of Commissioners

Regular Meeting

September 11, 2017 at 6:00 PM

Greenfield Savings Bank

282 Avenue A

Turners Falls, MA 01376

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1.      Convene

2.   Executive Session

3.      Executive Director’s Report

a.     Annual and Regular Meeting Monday, October 2, 2017

4.      Actions

a.     Approve minutes of the August 7, 2017 regular meeting of the Board

b.     Approve the August 2017 AP Warrant

c.     Approve the submission to DHCD of the FY17 Capital Improvement Plan for state aided housing.

d.     Authorize the execution of Tracker System, Inc. agreement of services

e.     Authorize the execution of the agreement with RDI for Housing Counseling Services

f.        Approve revised job description for the Home Base Administrator Position

g.     Authorize the execution of the Way Finders agreement for division of banks funding

h.      Authorize the execution of the addendum to the original CliftonLarsonAllen,LLP engagement letter

i.         Authorize to execute the Language Services Contract Interpreters and Translations, Inc.(ITI) contract

j.         Adopt revised Fair Market Rents as published by HUD effective as of October 1,2017

k.      Adopt revised payment standards

l.         Appoint Leslie Brown to negotiate new contract with the Executive Director

m.   Appoint committee to revise Personnel Policy in accordance with PHN 2017-14

5.      Other Business

a.     Staff reports

b.     Town of Montague, Board of Selectman letters

c.     Public Housing Notice 2017-18 DHCD Guidelines for At-Will Employment of the Executive Director

d.     Board member contact information

6.      Other business not reasonably anticipated 48 hours in advance

7.   Adjourn

This agenda was prepared by Frances Pheeny, Executive Director