The Board of Directors held their regularly scheduled meeting on October 26, 2006 at the Carmi office. President Ray Smith called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m.
Roll Call: Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Art Saunders, Jan Thaxton, Ray Smith.
Absent: Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Carey Harbison, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Lisa Smith,Gretchen Sutton

Approval of September 28, 2006 Board Meeting Minutes: Motion by Mike Ray; seconded by Art Saunders to approve the September 28, 2006 board meeting minutes. All aye.

Approval of October 2006 Continuous Quality Improvement Minutes: Motion by Kerry Jones; seconded by Mike Ray to approve the October 2006 CQI minutes. All aye.

Will be asking for volunteers at the next meeting to serve on EHD committees.

Treasurer's Report: Motion by Mike Ray; seconded by Terry Golden to approve the September treasurer's report. Roll call vote taken with Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Art Saunders, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Finance Committee Report: The finance committee did not have a quorum so the full board approved the items on the finance agenda.

Motion by Art Saunders; seconded by Becky Mitchell to approve the pre-approved check register. Roll call vote taken with Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Art Saunders, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion by Mike Ray; seconded by Jan Thaxton to approve the budget to actual. Roll call vote taken with Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Art Saunders, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion by Art Saunders; seconded by Kerry Jones to approve the following purchase orders:

• Attorney Fee to Robert Wilson- $2,000.00
• Kronos annual maintenance agreement- $5431.12
• CIBA conference registration fee- $1290.00

Roll call vote taken with Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Art Saunders, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion by Terry Golden; seconded by Kerry Jones to approve $3500.00 for the Christmas party budget. This budget will be under the discretion of the EHD party committee. A survey will be given out to employees as to whether to have an evening party or an afternoon party. Roll call vote taken with Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Art Saunders, Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried. Page 2/EHD Board/10-26-06

Personnel Committee Report: This committee did not meet.

Policy Committee Report: This committee did not meet.

CEO Report: Refer to CEO Report included in the board packet.

Unfinished Business:

1. change board meeting location to Eldorado office- No action was taken.
2. Bids for 15 passenger van. Approve purchase of van.- We received bids from Rice Motors and Allen Miller. Motion by Mike Ray; seconded by Terry Golden to purchase the lowest price vehicle. Roll call vote taken with Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Kerry Jones, Mike Ray, Art Saunders, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Becky Mitchell voting no. Vote was 6 yes and 1 no. Motion carried.

New Business

1. Changes to Fees- Motion by Kerry Jones; seconded by Jan Thaxton to increase the fee of the secretary of state investigative report to $150.00. Roll call vote taken with Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Art Saunders, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Approve Policies-
Motion by Terry Golden; seconded by Kerry Jones to approve the additions to the Certificate of Insurance policy. Roll call vote taken with Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Art Saunders, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Set date for Nov/Dec meeting- Motion by Mike Ray; seconded by Kathy Bramlet to set the November / December meeting for November 30, 2006 at the Ridgway office. Roll call vote taken with Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Art Saunders, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion at 8:30 p.m by Terry Golden; seconded by Mike Ray to adjourn. All aye.

The next meeting will be November 30, 2006.

Minutes by Tammy Karnes

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Ray Smith, President

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Jan Thaxton, Vice President

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Treva Aud, Secretary