Perry Township Board Meeting Minutes: Thursday, September 12, 2024

The meeting is called to order at 2:00 pm

Members Present: Jack Davis, Barb Sturbaum, Susie Hamilton, Dan Combs

Non-Members Present: Sharon Yoder, Branden Surigao, William Morris

Agenda

1. Funding Request from Community Groups
   • All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center (Jessica Marchbank)
   • Amethyst House (Mark Delong)
   • Beacon for Friend’s Place (Amy Kendall)
   • Boys and Girls Club (Wendy Druckemaller)
   • Centerstone (Stepping Stones)
   • Community Justice and Mediation Center - CJAM (Liz Brenat)
   • Community Kitchen (Vicki Pierce)
   • Courage to Change (Marilyn Grimes)
   • Girl’s Inc (Sophia Balcius and Olivia Sullivan)
   • Hoosier Hills Food Bank (Mike Holbrook)
   • Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard (Megan Betz)
   • New Hope Family Shelter (Chase Techentin)
   • New Leaf New Life (Stacy Flynn)
   • Pantry 279 (Cindy Chavez)
   • VITAL (Bethany Turrentine)
2. Perry Township Budget Items
• Food Pantry Perry Township
• Emergency Shelter (set-a-side) not for Friend’s Place
3. Budget Review
4. Other

Funding Request from Community Groups

Bethany Turrentine with VITAL was present and their request is the same as last year. Cindy Chavez with Pantry 279 was present and their request is the same as last year. Stacy Flynn, the Executive Director with New Leaf New Life was present and their request is the same as it was last year. Chase Techentin with New Hope was present and their request has increased since last year due to needing more staff and the new building costs. Dan suggests they additionally request for Emergency winter hotel funding. Megan Betz for Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard was present and their request is the same as last year. Mike Holbrook for Hoosier Hills were present and their request is the same as last year. Sophia and Olivia Sullivan were present for Girl’s Inc and they are requesting funds this year for S.T.E.M projects and sports equipment. Marilyn Grimes was present for Courage to Change and their request is less than last year since the money goes to pay the salaries for the case managers at the houses. Vicki Pierce was present for Community Kitchen and their request is the same as it was last year. No one was present for Centerstone/Stepping Stones. Wendy Druckemaller for the Boys and Girls Club was present and their request was the same from last year to put toward transportation. Amy Kendall for Beacon was present and their request is the same as last year. Mark Delong was present for Amethyst House and their request was the same as last year. Jessica Marchbank for All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center was present and their request is less than last year for the purchase of diapers.

Perry Township Budget Items

The Food Pantry fund is for buying food from Hoosier Hills and then wholesale stores and butchers. The Emergency Shelter Fund (set-a-side) is money put aside that would be used if we had to take over or close the shelter.

Budget Review

The increase in growth quotient was 4 percent. Employee wages were discussed by the Board and the Trustee. Rainy Day Fund and/or Capital Improvement plan has an increased budget in anticipation of a new roof for building “B”, pantry upgrades, etc. Township form 17 changes were also discussed to increase the spend down in surplus adding a budget for interns and a part-time temporary position as well as repairs and maintenance.

Other

Plans were discussed to hire an architect to get a preliminary assessment on the building to get rough plans for expansion. Dan also talked to the Board about New Hope wanting to have a family caseworker established within our office to assist families at risk for homelessness or already experiencing homelessness.

Meeting was concluded at 3:20 pm.