The Board of Directors held their regularly scheduled meeting on January 22, 2008 at the Eldorado office. President, Jan Thaxton called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m.

Roll Call: David Barker, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Dwight Howton, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Ray Smith and Jan Thaxton

Absent: Treva Aud, Kathy Bramlet, Art Saunders, Lisa Smith, Gretchen Sutton

Botsch & Associates- CPA Audit- Keith Botsch attended the meeting to present the annual CPA audit. Motion by Becky Mitchell; seconded by Martin Duffy to accept the annual CPA audit for fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.
Roll call vote taken with David Barker, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Dwight Howton, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Approval of November 19, 2007 Board Meeting Minutes: Motion by Mike Ray; seconded by Kerry Jones to approve the November 19, 2007 board meeting minutes. All aye.

Approval of December 2007 and January 2008 CQI minutes: Motion by Judy Humphrey; seconded by Ray Smith to approve the December 2007 and January 2008 CQI minutes. All aye.

Treasurer's Report: Motion by Kerry Jones; seconded by Mike Ray to approve the November and December 2007 treasurer's report. Roll call vote taken David Barker, Lavon Henshaw, Dwight Howton, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 8 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Finance Committee Report: Motion by Dwight Howton; seconded by David Barker to approve the finance committee report. Roll call vote taken with David Barker, Lavon Henshaw, Dwight Howton, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, and Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 8 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion by Mike Ray; seconded by Lavon Henshaw to authorize Angie Hampton to go into a contract with SIC to lease office space at the Allen Miller building. Roll call vote taken with David Barker, Lavon Henshaw, Dwight Howton, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, and Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 8 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion by Mike Ray; seconded by Kerry Jones to give Angie Hampton authority to enter into a contract with Brown, Roffman and Roberts with the potential to make improvements to the exterior of the building and do a feasibility study. Roll call vote taken with David Barker, Lavon Henshaw, Dwight Howton, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, and Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 8 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

CEO Report: Refer to the CEO report that was included in the board packets. Scholarship applications are going out to the three county schools. This year the scholarship will be the John Ziegler memorial scholarship in honor of John Ziegler who recently passed away and was a board member for 20 years. Motion by Kerry Jones; seconded by Mike Ray to accept the CEO report. All aye.

Program Reports:

1. Approve Strategic Plan 2008-2012- Motion by Mike Ray; seconded by Ray Smith to approve the strategic plan for 2008 – 2012. All aye.
2. New Business:
   1. Approve Policy and Procedure Manual- Motion by Becky Mitchell; seconded by Judy Humphrey to approve the policy and procedure manual. All aye.
   2. Approve New Employee Handbook- Motion by Becky Mitchell; seconded by Judy Humphrey to approve the employee handbook. All aye.
      

Motion at 8:25 p.m by Judy Humphrey; seconded by Becky Mitchell to adjourn. All aye.

Minutes by Tammy Karnes

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Jan Thaxton, President

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Treva Aud, Vice President

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Mike Ray, Secretary