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Mr. Dangerfield suggested putting 2 or 3 more speed bumps on 8th Street at Booker T Washington to slow traffic down because they speed through there all the time. i. By -Laws — changed 1. To he /she and his/her, 2. Added training for commissioners annually, and 3. Post outside of HA for new executive director hiring in the future. Long discussion regarding HR Laws on hiring from within, responding to all applicants when a job opening is posted outside for every open position, and having a hiring committee doing the hiring instead of just the executive director. This discussion was tabled. Motion made to table by Ms. Braswell and seconded by Ms. Hearn. Motion passed 5 -0. Motion was made by Ms. Hearn and seconded by Mr. Dangerfield to give Mrs. Ruthart the authority to post the notices for all changes to the PH Lease, Personnel Policy, By- Laws and Rent Collection Policy. Motion passed 5 -0. 7. Open Meeting for discussion as requested by Commissioner Brenda Cherry regarding attitude of staff member and some apartment repair concerns. Ms. Cherry: What I'm concerned mostly about is the mold. This is from 2010 I think but this was a certified, I'm sure you're familiar with it, a certified agency came out and took the mold and it was found to be toxic and the recommendation was to tear down the drywall and scrub whatever, there was a procedure. I don't think any of that was done. This is in a lot of apartments. Which Denny Head told them to wash it with bleach but this report says that doesn't work..and that's what it looks like when its..but there are ... I had a email from this lady who told me that she had a baby in a crib and the baby got sick and then she moved the crib and noticed all the mold. I mean that's the thing that's my concern. I wouldn't this I mean I just wouldn't. Getting down and washing it and then it comes right back, I think something realistic should be done about that. I think we should look at the budget and find a way to fix this problem. Sally Ruthart: Are those current? Ms. Cherry: Huh this, these pictures are from a few years back, but unless it has been done like it's suppose to its still there. I still have a lot of people complaining about their mold. I know you are aware of the mold. I mean to me it's unacceptable. I would not live in a place that had that. Just because you wash it with bleach and it's gone temporarily and it always comes back, this has been going on for years. And, it's going to, when somebody figures it out; it's going to set the Housing Authority up for a lawsuit. Because the complaints have been voiced and voiced and voiced. And so, it needs to be taken care of in my opinion. Also, some of these are old, some of the places are just not the tenants, I don't care what HUD says, you know HUD only comes in and checks 10% of them but there are some issues. To me stuff like that need to be repaired, that should be better taken care of. There's no reason for that. And you really can't blame that on the tenant. And so I just don't think that maintenance is ... I would like for the Housing Authority to be like that lady that gave us our Board Training, a place that everybody can be proud of and actually want to live there instead of it being a place of last resort. You know because you can't get a voucher be placed into what some consider the better places. You know I don't think anybody here would think this would be acceptable. I believe in treating other people like I want to be treated in any situation.