09/15/2020 MinutesREGULARMEEHNG
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING
100 GEORGE WRIGHT HOMES
iVINUTES OF Sevember 15, 2020
Prese,11 at the MecJino VIA/00M/1"Ift)NE:
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TK I layncs of flic Board of, Comm issioners (zoort.1)
knny Wilson -..._'Vice; ("hainnan ot"the Board ol"(.'ommissioners (Zoo rn)
De\vayille Daligerfiokl C,ornmissioner ol'the Board o[Tomirmssioners (per,son)
Bonnie Bilinski - Con-nnissioner the Board of'Commissionersphone)
Shatara Moore -- CortImissioner ol'ofthe Board of'( 11 milmissioners (Zoorn)
SaIN Rutliall, — Executive Director
I, Meetin, , , , C aHed to ordr
eat 12:34 pill ofi
n resday. September 15. 2020 by ham
iran of the
Board of'COD)MISSIOners, T. K. ljayiles,
2. having all five Board Members present. a CILRA-11111, Mr. Haynes thanked and welcomed
cveryone to the meeting.
3, (`itizens' F I orium opened and closed vvith nom one present to speak.
4. Approval ol'ific, MillUtes 1rorn AtIgUSt 18, 2t ' )20 meeting). Minutes of'fhe meetirlo were
,approve(] \N ith a illotiom
rt ade by Ms, Wilson and seconded by Ms, Bilinski, llassecc'l 5-0.
5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS,- NON1,"
6, NEW BUSINE'SS:
a. OCCLIpancy Report - Pliblic Housing has 4 vacancies and Section 8 has 281 cUrrellt assisted
vourchers and l6 peolfle with vouchers searching f'or units. The Section 8 Waiting 1-ist, has been
depleted by offers being made to all.
b, Financial Report was diSCLISSICd arld repomed to the Board with bank statemem,"s, and graphs f'or
PH and Section 8. Dialing bank statement balances ibr AtfgLlSt - Public 1- lousino - $473,402.47
Section 8 - $555,9'12,48.
c. Ms, RUffiall: reported toy tile Board that the eviction case previously won in County Court has
been appealed to the Texarkana Appeals COUrt.
d, Mrs. Ruthal-t Updated the Board ot'GLA1111lissroners oil the Opening of,the Section 8 Waiting
list, 'ne Wzining list was opened on September 11, 2020 at 8:00 arum fim- the first 125 applicaills,
Fhc PFIA handed OUI 11LI111im-s so that the J)COPiC WOUld not be crowded together, The applicants
were told that they would be called in incrernews of' 10 numbers to line up and that their
application would be accepted according tom their ilumber,
e. Mrs. Ruthart notified the Board curl`(." orrimissioncrs that one ol'the PHA landlords was replacing
a roof'on a P11A Section 8 Iciiant's home, The ro(:.)Ji rs removed the shingles and left. A torrential
dowril)OUr of'rain OCCUrred dUT-hig time 1lj&)ht %VjjjClj flooded, tire hourre. '['lie fanifly had no where to
go and (lie landlord would not incur- the expenses, The PHA reimbUrsed the I'anlily for theErstay
in a hotel for 2 weeks until tire\, could inake arrangements to stay with lamily. The III [A gave the
tenant a 1'orrn to 1"ind another place to rcnt. The lerram has moved into a, new hortic and is happy
there. The latidIord will not refund the tenant's deposit and has told her lic is filing, a lawsuit and
she should "Jurrip on board".
7. RESOLUTIONS
2020-002 1 air Market Rents
Motion niade by Ms. Moore and seconded [)y Ms. B] find, Motion pm.ed 5-0.
K N/11% Hayneasked the Conu-nissioners ifarly4hing needed to beadded to the next agenda. After
no one replied, Mr, I laynes asked for a motion fi)l' adj0LI I'll YTICII t. The motion was made by N/ls.
Bilinski aad seconded by Ms. Moore, Motion passed 5-0, 'Flic nicefing was adJ0LIrIIcd at 1: 12 pm,
APPROVED THIS day of C
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$ally ithart, Secretary
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T . Haynes., Chairman