HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY
SERVICES AGENCY
September 24, 2008
9:00 a.m.
Commissioners’
Conference Room
APPROVED
1/28/2009
Commissioner Faye
Stewart presided with Commissioners Bill Dwyer, Bill Fleenor, Bobby Green, Sr.,
Joe Ingram and Peter Sorenson present. DeWanda
McKinley was excused. County
Administrator Jeff Spartz, County Counsel Liane Richardson and Recording
Secretary Melissa Zimmer were also present.
1. PUBLIC
COMMENTS
None.
2. COMMISSIONERS'
REMONSTRANCE
None.
3. REGULAR
BUSINESS
a. ORDER 08-9-24-1H/In
the Matter of Adopting the 2008/2009 Budget and Making Appropriations.
Larry Abel, HACSA,
reported that this is the agency’s annual budget. He indicated it is several million dollars higher than in the
last several years. He added their
FTE’s are 2.5 less. He said the
budget is higher due to anticipated development activities. He indicated their FTE is lower because their funding is less
than over the past several years. He
noted that HUD had prorated the amount for Section 8 and public housing and they
are losing about ten percent in each program. He commented that this budget was conservative and there is
no budget for next year.
MOTION:
to approve ORDER 08-9-24-1H.
Dwyer MOVED, Green
SECONDED.
VOTE:
6-0.
b. ORDER 08-9-24-2H/In
the Matter of Approving the Public Housing Operating Budget for the Fiscal Year
Ending September 30, 2009.
Abel recalled that
this was the second year they were operating under HUD’s asset management
model. He explained that instead of
having one public housing program, they now have seven.
He said they have had to divide their housing developments into seven
sets of books instead of one to operate in accordance to HUD’s request.
He said all housing authorities in Oregon were decliners based on the new
calculations of operating subsidies nationwide.
He added that 75 percent of the housing authorities in the country are
getting more money and 25 percent of the housing authorities are getting less.
He reported that most housing authorities in Oregon have double digit
declines. He thought their loss
could be up to $400,000 over five years if they don’t convert to asset
management earlier than everyone else has.
He stated that they submitted their application for the first and second
year and HUD determined they didn’t pass two of the seven criteria.
He said they appealed but haven’t heard back.
He didn’t expect to pass the first year, but he was optimistic they
would pass the second year.
Fleenor asked about
the rationale that drove the decision to have seven separate bookkeeping
systems.
Abel recalled that
in 1999 Congress told HUD to redo the computation of the operating subsidy and
they paid $3 million to Harvard University to do this and it took six years.
He said they recalculated the figures and that was why they are getting
less money. He added they said that public housing should be operated the
way the private sector does. He
said HUD’s motto is to have a property manager at each development so each one
is separate.
MOTION:
to approve ORDER 08-9-24-2H.
Dwyer MOVED,
Fleenor SECONDED.
VOTE:
6-0.
4. CONSENT
CALENDAR
a. Approval of
Minutes:
July 9, 2008, HACSA,
9:00 a.m.
b. ORDER 08-9-24-3H/In
the Matter of Accepting Bids and Awarding Contracts for the Weatherization of
Homes, Phases 08-R-0051 and 08-R-0052.
MOTION:
to approve the Consent Calendar.
Dwyer MOVED, Green
SECONDED.
VOTE:
6-0.
5. EXECUTIVE
SESSION as per ORS 192.660
None.
There being no
further business, Commissioner Stewart adjourned the meeting at 9:10 a.m.
Melissa Zimmer
Recording Secretary