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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/25/1990 FC minutesFINANCE COMMISSION Minutes of the Meeting October 25, 1990 I Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Commission members in attendance were Richard Bachhuber, Paul Davies, John Engel, Vince Grochocinski, James Morrison, Tom Pekras, and Ann Smilanic. Also present were Human Services Administrator Nancy Morgan, Assistant Human Services Administrator Jan Abernethy, Finance Director David Jepson, and Assistant Finance Director Carol Widmer. II Approval of Minutes The minutes of the September 27, 1990 meeting were accepted as presented. III Presentation by Social Agencies Chairman Richard Bachhuber discussed the agenda for the seven social agencies that were scheduled to make presentations to the Finance Commission. Each agency would be allowed approximately 10 minutes for their presentation and then a five minute question and answer session would follow. The Finance Commission agreed to listen to the presentations and then to discuss the agencies and funding recommendations at their November 29 meeting. Chairman Bachhuber asked the Committee members to consider several factors; namely, should the Village fund social agencies at all, to what extent should there be funding, and what criteria should the Committee use to make funding decisions. Following is a summary of the presentations: The Harbor The first agency was The Harbour represented by Mary Sladek-Dreiser Executive Director and Board Member Joyce Fedor. The Harbour is requesting funding in the amount of $1,500 for their emergency shelter program located in Des Plaines. The program provides shelter for girls, ages twelve to seventeen and includes food, casework, advocacy, and counseling for the girls. In addition, a transitional living program (TLP) for homeless girls, age seventeen to twenty-one is also part of the services available. In the TLP, housing, casework services, counseling and training in basic living skills are provided with a licensed foster mother living on the premises. Harbour is able to provide shelter for twelve girls under the twenty-four hour emergency program and four girls in the transitional living program. The Harbour served two Mount Prospect residents in 1990. Harbour is the only agency in the area that has a transitional living program for girls age seventeen to twenty-one. Human Services staff is recommending funding of $1,000 for the transitional living program. Shelter, Inc. Patricia Beck, Executive Director, and Mary Beth Swanson, Director of Services of Shelter, Inc, presented their agency's program to the Finance Commission. Shelter provides emergency housing for boys and girls, ages birth through seventeen, who are abused, neglected and dependent, or in need of supervision. Services include housing, counseling, and transportation to and from each child's own school as well as clothing and health exams. The Agency served 57 Mount Prospect clients in 1990. The program is unique in that it is the only program that serves boys, and helps all children from birth through seventeen. The program can serve eleven children with an average stay of fifteen days per child. Human Services staff is recommending funding of $9,000 for the budget year 1991/92. Salvation Army Counseling Center The Salvation Army was represented by Bonnie Deier, District Supervisor of the Community Counseling Center, Steve Self, President of the Advisory Board of the Community Counseling Center, and Board Member Jerry Clauser. The Salvation Army Community Counseling provides counseling and related casework services for individuals and families. Their services include advocacy, information and referral, and limited financial assistance. This agency served 104 Mount Prospect families in 1990. This is the only full service family services agency in the area. Staff recommends funding of $7,500. Northwest Mental Health Center The Northwest Mental Health Center was next on the agenda. The Assistant Director, Don McDevitt, and Vice President of Finance, Jane Spencer discussed the outpatient sustaining care program of the Center. This program provides assistance for Mount Prospect residents who cannot afford minimum fees for therapy and medication - injections and who are not eligible for public aid. Three hundred twenty four Mount Prospect residents were served in 1990. The Northwest Mental Health Center is the only program in the area serving residents of both Elk Grove and Wheeling Townships. Staff is recommending funding of $1,560 for 1991/92. Resource Center for the Elderly The Resource Center for the Elderly is requesting funding for the Senior Shared Housing Program according to Debby Berger, Director of Development. This program provides referrals, linkages, advocacy and information for clients who need housing alternatives. The Center also monitors prior matches. Staff is recommending funding of $200 per match providing a match lasts a minimum of three months with a maximum award for the year of $1,600. In 1989 there were four matches but in the first five months of the current fiscal year no matches have been made. Ceda Northwest Program Lyle Foster, Director of the Ceda Northwest Program, reviewed the organization's Community Family Homes Initiative for the Finance Commission. This program has four transitional living facilities, emergency rent and mortgage payments, short- term stays in local motels, food pantry and voucher assistance to serve homeless and families vulnerable to being displaced. The agency served 39 Mount Prospect clients in 1990. The program is undergoing a reorganization and Human Services Staff recommended no funding this year in order to assess the program's service to the Village in the next year. Omni Youth Services The final presentation was Omni Youth Services represented by Dennis Depcik, Associate Director, and J. Harry Wells, Executive Director. Omni Youth Services provides substance abuse prevention, assessment and treatment for adolescents. The 2 provides substance abuse prevention, assessment and treatment for adolescents. The program includes comprehensive counseling services for adolescents and their parents, parent education, twenty-four hour crisis intervention, community networking and community volunteers as positive role models for troubled youth. The uniqueness of the program is that it deals specifically with adolescents. Omni served 150 Mount Prospect clients in 1990. Staff is not recommending funding this year primarily because the services in Mount Prospect are duplicated by other agencies. After the presentations and question and answer periods for all the Agencies, the Commissioners discussed the philosophical question as to whether a Village should be making contributions to any social agency especially in light of the services provided by the Village's Human Services Division. The Commissioners asked the Finance Director to supply copies of the policy statement that was developed several years ago (see attached). In addition to the packet of information provided to the Finance Commission on each individual agency, Human Services provided a chart (see attached) on Funding Requests and Actual Budgeted Amounts for Social Service Agencies. A four-year history of the amounts each agency requested and the amount actually provided to that agency is shown for the years 1987 - 1991. For the proposed 1991/92 budget the requested amount and the amount recommended by Human Services is shown. The next meeting is scheduled for November 29, 1990. The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 p.m. CLW/sm Enc 3 Respectfully submitted, Carol Widmer, Assistant Finance Director Recommended Policy and Standards for Contributions by the Village of Mount Prospect to Non -Profit Organizations General Policy Contributions by the Village to private civic organizations may be acceptable for civic events which all Mount Prospect residents may attend. Contributions to charitable or social organizations should be made only in rare and exceptio- nal circumstances. Village officials generally should allow residents to make their own choices with regard to contributions to charitable or social organi- zations rather than determine these choices for residents through use of the Village's taxation and expenditure practices. In furtherance of this policy, the following standards should be applied in evaluating requests for contribu- tions of Village funds to non-profit organizations. Individual Standards for Social Organizations The donee should basically be a local organization and should provide services that are essentially local in nature. For purposes of this standard, local is used in the Village sense, rather than the township or county sense. The donee should provide services that are generally available to all residents of Mount Prospect. Access to benefits should not be limited by reason of age, sex, religion, geography, business activity, etc. The donee should provide services that would be appropriate for a Village itself to perform if it did not choose to provide this service through contribution to a local non-profit organization. The donee should not provide services that duplicate services that are already being supplied to Mount Prospect residents by other governmental agencies. - Where the donee provides services on an individual basis, the donee should not provide services that represent entitlements to any person for reasons of age, sex, race, religion or any other reason except on the individualized determination of need on a humanitarian basis. Village contributions should provide at least 25% of the operating budget of the donee for a designated function. The donee should not be an organization that is already getting broad support from the general public either through direct soli- citation or through participation in the United Way or similar fund drives. William Holloway FUNDING REQUESTS AND ACTUAL BUDGETED AMOUNTS FOR SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES 1991/1992 1990/1991 1989/1990 1988/1969 1987/1988 AGENCY REOUFSTF.n RRCOMMFNDFn RVOUESTEn Rllnr.R.TRn RROIJESTRn RiIMETFn RROUF.STF.n R11nGETF.n REOUF.STEn RIIMETEn The Harbour - - - - -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- Shelter. Salvation Army 500 $7,500 0 S8.000$7,500 0 7 0 S7,000 S6,000 7 Northwest Mental Health 6 0 Resource Center for the Elderly 4,000 • $2,500 $2,500* CEDA Northwest Omni Youth Services $10,000 -0- Pn-noo -0- S6,00Q $1,000 $5,000 S5,000 g4,000 S4,000 Totals $45,060 $20,660 Restrictions $29,000 $20,500 $28,000 $19,000 $24,000 $24,000 $20,500 $20,500 VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT Finance Commission Recommendations For 1991/92 Funding of Social Agencies The charge of the Finance Commission is to assist and advise the Mayor and Board of Trustees in the maintenance of a sound tax structure and overall sound fiscal policies of the Village. To this end the Commission has taken an active role in reviewing proposed Village budgets and in making recommendations regarding proposed expenditures. The Commissioners recognize that their recommendations are only advisory, however, they believe they are representative of the residents of the Village as a whole. In 1984, the Finance Commission was requested to make recommendations regarding funding civic organizations and social agencies. At that time a recommendation was made which stated in part: Contributions by the Village to private civic organizations may be acceptable for civic events which all Mount Prospect residents may attend. Contributions to charitable or social organizations should be made only in rare and exceptional circumstances. Village officials generally should allow residents to make their own choices with regard to contributions to charitable or social organizations rather than determine these choices for residents through use of the Village's taxation and expenditure practices. Since that time annual contributions of approximately $20,000 have been made to selected social agencies which have requested funding from the Village. The Commission again this year listened to requests for funding from seven social agencies for a total of $45,060 compared to the total of $20,500 included in the 1990/91 budget. The Commissioners are supportive of the work of each of the agencies, and value the assistance of the Human Services Division in evaluating the requests. However, the Finance Commission recommends against funding at the level requested and again questions the fairness of funding only certain selected agencies. The Finance Commission believes that funding social agencies is the responsibility of Township Government which is specifically authorized to levy a tax for providing general assistance to persons in the township. Additionally, the Commissioners believe that in view of the many services provided by the Human Services Division of the Village any resources that may be available for social services can be better utilized by the Human Services Division. Each Commissioner recognizes the value of the work of all social agencies and the need that exists. However, the Finance Commission reaffirms the position taken in 1984 and does not recommend funding any of the requests that have been presented. Richard Bachhuber, Chairman Levy Amounts General Corporate Refuse Disposal Capital Improvements Bonds & Interest Pensions Public Safety B 6 I $3 Million Public Safety B 6 I $4 Million Flood Control B 6 I $6 Million Totals Increase from prior year VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT Property Tax Levies 1989 Actual, 1990 Proposed, and 1991 Options 1989 1990 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 Actual Proposed Qption 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Qption 5 Option 6 no $3,141,500 $3,347,500 $3,514,875 $3,514,875 $3,514,875 $3,514,875 $3,514,875 $3,514,875 1,689,200 1,751,000 1,838,550 1,838,550 1,838,550 1,838,550 1,838,550 1,838,550 412,000 412,000 432,600 432,600 432,600 432,600 432,600 432,600 825,067 815,733 837,430 837,430 837,430 837,430 837,430 837,430 726,150 731,300 849,750 849,750 849,750 849,750 849,750 849,750 - - - 220,500 - - 220,500 - - - Control and $3 Million Public Safety - 294,000 - - 294,000 - Million - - for 566.400 566.400 566.400 56.793.917 S7.057.533 $7.473.205 $7.693.705 S7.767.205 S8.039.605 S8.260.105 S8.333.605 3.98 5.98 +9.08 +10.18 +13.98 +17.08 +18.18 1991 Options 1 58 Increase for Operating Purposes with no Capital Improvement Projects 2 58 Increase for Operating Purposes with $3 Million Bond Issue for Public Safety 3 58 Increase for Operating Purposes with $4 Million Bond Issue for Public Safety 4 58 Increase for Operating Purposes with $6 Million Bond Issue for Flood Control 5 58 Increase for Operating Purposes with $6 Million Bond Issue for Flood Control and $3 Million Public Safety 6 58 Increase for Operating Purposes with $6 Million Bond Issue for Flood Control and $4 Million Public Safety REFERRALS MADE TO OTHER AGENCIES BY HUMAN SERVICES STAFF ADVOCACY Better Business Bureau Consumer -Fraud Cook County Bureau of Vital Statistics Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Guardianship and Advocacy Commission Illinois Attorney General Illinois Department of Insurance Illinois Department of Rehabilitative Services Illinois Department on Aging Illinois Tenant Union Medicare Mount Prospect Police Department office of the State's Attorney Recorder of Deeds and Registrar of Titles Social Security Administration Suburban Cook County Area Agency on Aging Supplemental Insurance Companies Veteran's Administration U.S. Immigration Department BATTERED WOMEN Chicago Abused Women Coalition Evanston YWCA Lifespan Northwest Action Against Rape COUNSELING/MENTAL HEALTH Alexian Brothers Hospital Alliance for the Mentally Ill Casa Central Forest Hospital Jewish Children and Family Services Kenneth Young Mental Health Program Kenneth Young Senior Program Lifespan Lutheran Community Services Northwest Mental Health Center Omni Youth Services Parental Stress Services Parkside Human Service Salvation Army Counseling Services Samaritan House The Bridge Youth and Family Services Of Elk Grove Township Three Local (private) Services DISABLED/HANDICAPPED SERVICES Clearbrook Center Countryside Association for the Handicapped Easter Seal Society * Illinois Department of Rehabilitative Services Illinois.Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped Jewish Vocational Services Lifeline Beeper System - NWCH, LGH, HFH, Lutheran Home Lighthouse for the Blind Mayor's Office for Senior Citizen's and Handicapped Medic Alert Northwest Special Recreation Northwest Suburban Aid for the Retarded PACE - Wheelchair Transportation Resource Center for the Elderly Samuel Kirk Center * Social Security Administration Regional Transportation Authority Telecare Program - NWCH, HFH . U of I Department of Services for Crippled Children DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY Al Anon, Al -a -Teen, Adult Children of Alcoholics Central DuPage Hospital First Step House Lutheran Center for Substance Abuse, LGH Northwest Community Hospital Northwest Suburban ADD * Omni Youth Services * Parkside Human Services SHARE * The Bridge EMPLOYMENT Homeless Employment Program Illinois Department of Labor Illinois Department of Unemployment * Jewish Vocational Services Jobs for Chicagoland operation Able Private Industry Council (PIC) U.S. Office of Equal Employment FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Casa Central Catholic Charities CEDA Northwest Church Council of Mount Prospect Elk Grove Township Food Stamps Office - Schaumburg Illinois Department of Public Aid * Jewish Children and Family Services * Northwest Community Services Salvation Army Service Units United Charities * Veterans Administration Wheeling Township Women, Infants and Children (WIC) HEALTH AIDS Hotline * Casa Central Chicagoland Hospice * * Cook County Department of Public Health Cook County Tuberculosis Center Gerontological Assessments — Lutheran Lukes, Evanston Hospitals Illinois Department of Public Health Local Hospitals Mount Prospect Nurse's Club General, Rush Pres -St. Northwest Community Hospital (Hospice) Rainbow Hospice Suburban Primary Health Care Council — Access to Care Tuberculosis Center of Park Ridge Three local Medical Equipment Suppliers Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Wilmette Hospice HEARING/DENTAL/EYES Chicago Hearing Aid Loan Program Cook County Dental Health "Dial a Hearing Screening Test" Harper College Dental School Illinois Bell Special Services * Illinois Department of Rehabilitative Illinois Foundation of Dentistry for * Lighthouse for the Blind Lutheran General Audiology .Mount Prospect Lion's Club Northwest Speech and Hearing Four Local Dentists Services the Handicapped HOMEBOUND SERVICES A Abiding Care Alzheimer's Association * Casa Central * Family Care Services * Kenneth -Young Senior Program * Kenneth Young Senior Program, North KinCare Lutheran Home for the Aged Respite Program * Mount Prospect Nurse's Club Other Area Lending Closet Resurrection Wospital * Wheeling Township Five (private) Polish Domestic Agencies Eight Local Nursing Homes Three (private) Medical Supply Companies Four Home Care Agencies HOUSING (EMERGENCY AND OTHER) American Red Cross Apartment & Condo Information Center (RELCON) * Catholic Charities * CEDA Northwest Centennial Apartments (HUD Building) Center of Concern Central Village Senior Condominiums Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Chicago Housing Authority Emergency Shelters Listing Housing and Shelter Program (HASP) Housing Authority of Cook County Huntington Towers (HUD Building) * KinCare Little Mexico Minority Economic Resource Corporation (MERC) * Northwest Community Services Public Action to Deliver Shelter * Resource Center for the Elderly Ruth Meyer Boarding House for Seniors Warming Rooms for the Homeless LEGAL * Casa Central * Catholic Charities Chicago Bar Association Northwest Suburban Bar Association LEGAL continued Park Place Senior Center Senior Citizen Legal Aid Services Suburban Cook County Legal Aid Program Six Local Attorneys NURSING HOMES Illinois Citizens For Better Care Illinois Nursing Home Ombudsman Program North Shore Magazine listing Nursing Home Public Aid Application NUTRITION SITES Des Plaines Senior Center Nutrition Site Elk Grove Nutrition Site * Park Place Senior Center Nutrition Site Schaumburg Nutrition Site PHYSICIAN REFERRAL * Alexian Brothers Hospital Holy Family Hospital - r * Northwest Community Hospital Three to Five Physicians From Each Specialty PREGNANCY COUNSELING Aid For Women * Catholic Charities Crossroads Planned Parenthood Preservation of Human Dignity RECREATION/EDUCATION Boy Scouts of America Campfire Girls and Boys Des Plaines Senior Center Girl Scouts of America Hattendorf Senior Center High School District 214 Lattof YMCA RECREATION/EDUCATION continued Mount Prospect Park District Mount Prospect Public Library Niles Senior Center North Shore Senior Center * Park Place Senior Center Park Ridge Senior Center River Trails Park District Rolling Meadows Senior Center SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES American Association of Retired Persons Tax Assistance Program Assessor's Office - Cook County, Elk Grove Township and Wheeling Township Elder Abuse Hotline * Family Care Services * Illinois Department of Insurance Illinois Department of Revenue * Kenneth Young Senior Program * Kenneth Young Senior Program, North * Lutheran General Hospital (Passport Program) * Northwest Community Hospital (Medicare Volunteer Programs) Northwest Continuing Care Center Adult Day Care * Parkside Human Services Adult Day Care State of Illinois Legal Guardianship United States Internal Revenue Service Two (private) Insurance Claims Assistance Agencies SENIOR SERVICES - ASSISTANCE FOR RELATIVES OUTSIDE OF MT PROSPECT DuPage County Human Services * Illinois Department on Aging Maine Township McHenry County Senior Services Association Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council * Schaumburg Township * Suburban Cook County Area Agency on Aging Eleven County Area Agencies on Aging (excluding Cook) Numerous State Agencies (excluding Illinois) SUPPORT GROUPS Self Help Center * Local Hospitals TRANSPORTATION (ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED) American Cancer Society * Elk Grove Township (Dial -A -Ride and Route Buses) FISH * PACE - Wheelchair Transportation Paratrans_it Resource Center * Regional Transportation Authority (Special Users Card) * Wheeling Township (Dial -A -Ride and Route Buses) Five (private) Ambulance/Medicar Services VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS Big Brothers/Big Sisters Volunteer Center YOUTH SERVICES Association for Child Development * CEDA Northwest Chicago Department of Human Services Referral Day Care Action Council * Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) The Harbour Jewish Child's Bureau * Lutheran General Hospital * Mount Prospect Park District * Omni Youth Services Shelter, Inc.. Spectrum Youth/Family Services Talkline/Kidsline Ten Local (private) Child Care Agencies * Youth and Family Services of Elk Grove Township * duplicated listing AGENCIES THAT COULD REQUEST VILLAGE FUNDS Aid for Women AIDS Hotline Alliance for the Mentally Ill Alzheimer's Association American.Cancer Society American Red Cross Association for Child Development Big Brothers/Big Sisters Boy Scouts of America Campfire Girls and Boys Casa Central Catholic Charities CEDA Northwest Chicago Abused Women Coalition Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Chicagoland Hospice Church Council of Mount Prospect Clearbrook Center Countryside Association for the Handicapped Crossroads Evanston YWCA First Step House FISH Girl Scouts of America Guardianship and Advocacy Commission Housing and Shelter Program (HASP) Illinois Citizens for Better Care Illinois Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped Jewish Children and Family Services Jewish Child's Bureau Jewish Vocational Services Kenneth Young Mental Health Program Kenneth Young Senior Program Kenneth Young Senior Program, North Lattof YMCA Lifeline Beeper System Lifespan Lighthouse for the Blind Little Mexico Lutheran Community Services Lutheran Home for the Aged Respite Program Minority Economic Resource Corporation (MERG) Mount Prospect Nurse's Club Northwest Action Against Rape Northwest Community Services * Northwest Mental Health Center Northwest Special Recreation Northwest Speech and Hearing Northwest Suburban ADD Northwest Suburban Aid for the Retarded Omni Youth Services PACE - Wheelchair Transportation Paratrensit Resource Center Parental Stress Services .Parkside Human Services Planned Parenthood Preservation of Human Dignity Private Industries Council (PIC) Public Action to Deliver Shelter Rainbow Hospice * Resource Center for the Elderly * Salvation Army Family Counseling Salvation Army Service Units, Chicago Samuel Kirk Center Samaritan House Self Help Center SHARE * Shelter, Inc. Spectrum Youth/Family Services Suburban Primary Health Care Council (Access to Care) Talkline/Kidsline The Bridge The Harbour Tuberculosis Center of Park Ridge United Charities Volunteer Center Warming Rooms for the Homeless Wilmette Hospice Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Youth and Family Services of Elk Grove Township agency currently receives Village funding