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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PARIS REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING 100 GEORGE WRIGHT HOMES MINUTES OF August 18, 2015 Present at the Meeting: Gary Savage — Vice Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Dewayne Dangerfield — Commissioner of the Board of Commissioners Brenda Cherry — Commissioner of the Board of Commissioners Cassandra Hearn — Commissioner of the Board of Commissioners Rachel Braswell - Commissioner of the Board of Commissioners Sally Ruthart — Executive Director Benny Goforth — Maintenance Supervisor Cathy Sims — Section 8 Caseworker Veronica Butler — Public Housing Caseworker Meeting Called to order at 12:35 pm on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 by Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Gary Savage. Having all five Board Members present, a quorum, Mr. Savage thanked and welcomed everyone to the meeting. Minutes from the July 21, 2015 Minutes stood as read - with a Motion from Rachel Braswell and Seconded by Cassandra Hearn - Passed 5 -0. Director's Report was as follows: Occupancy Report —10 vacancies — 3 offered and 7 in make ready status. Make ready's have been put off due to Maintenance Staff focusing on the REAC Inspection readiness that was done on August 10. Maintenance Staff is back on make ready's now while repairing air conditioners in the process. PHA has had lots of calls for air conditioner problems. One maintenance man has had 17 hours of overtime calls on air conditioners in one week. Waiting lists — One bedroom — 43 applicants, Two bedroom — 13 applicants, Three bedroom — 5 applicants, and Four bedroom — 0 applicants = Total 61 applicants. There are 45 applicants on the Section 8 Waiting List. Per questions from Mr. Savage — PHA still needs more 2 & 3 bedroom applicants and the turnover rate could be quicker if the responses from the applicants were quicker and all would show up for briefings. Mrs. Pridemore is calling applicants as they come up on the waiting lists for offers in an effort to get them housed quicker. The Section 8 Waiting lists should last the PHA a couple more months. PHA is trying to get to 293 Section 8 Tenants and are currently at 267 with 15 still looking. Financial Report — Mrs. Ruthart reviewed checking accounts - Public Housing with $738K and Section 8 with $403K as of July 30, 2015. Per our fee accountant, PHA