HomeMy WebLinkAboutMHC 05/15/2019MANSFIELD HOUSING CORPORATION
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A meeting of the Board of Directors was held on Wednesday 5/15/2019. Present were
Chair, Randy Waters; Vice -Chair, Lou Amoruso; Treasurer, Connie Baynes; Secretary, Sean
Gramme]; member, Marilyn Lewis. The meeting was held in the MBC meeting room at Town
Hall and called to order by Randy at 6:30 PM. Member Jeff Wagner arrived at 6:34 PM.
Two guests joined the Board at the meeting: Andrea McDougall (Executive Director of the
Mansfield Housing Authority) and Tracy Desmarais (Housing Coordinator of the Mansfield
Housing Authority). Ms. McDougall and Ms. Desmarais joined the Board at Randy's invitation to
discuss the shared objectives of our two groups.
Ms. McDougall and Ms. Desmarais provided some background information about the
Mansfield Housing Authority, including their housing capacity, funding, types of housing, and
current challenges. They were open to the idea of working together to build and manage
affordable housing in Mansfield. The guests left the meeting at 7:06 PM.
Minutes for the April 2019 meeting were read and reviewed, with minor corrections proposed.
Lou moved for approval of the minutes as amended, seconded by Jeff, and passed
unanimously. Marilyn abstained because she was absent for the April meeting.
Connie provided the Treasurer's report and reported a balance of $458,293.33. There were no
expenses during April 2019. Marilyn provided a final bill from Mark O'Hagan, with a balance of
$3,500. She moved for the Board to allocate money to pay that bill, Sean seconded, and passed
unanimously.
The Board then received a copy of Mark O'Hagan's work, with plans to review and discuss it at
the June meeting. Lou left the meeting at 7:33 PM for other business.
The Board then discussed a potential mission statement. Sean provided sample mission
statements from other municipalities in Massachusetts. The Board discussed pros and cons of
various statements and collaborated to draft a mission statement. The Board then decided to
table the discussion until the June meeting.
The next meeting was scheduled for June 19, 2019, at 6:30. Randy moved adjournment. Passed
unanimously at 8:04 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Sean Grammel, Secretary