The Board of Directors held their regularly scheduled meeting on December 13, 2005 at the Eldorado office. President, Lisa Smith called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

Roll Call: Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith, and Lisa Smith

Absent: Kathy Bramlet, Terry Golden, Carey Harbison, Kerry Jones, Mike Ray, Gretchen Sutton, Jan Thaxton

Botsch Associates- CPA Audit: Keith Botsch attended the meeting to present the annual audit. Motion by Lavon Henshaw; seconded by Ray Smith to accept the financial audit for fiscal year ending June 30, 2005 from Botsch and Associates. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Approval of October 27, 2005 Board Meeting Minutes: Motion by Martin Duffy; seconded by Art Saunders to approve the October 27, 2005 Board meeting minutes. All aye.

Approval of November 2005 Continuous Quality Improvement Minutes: Motion by Lavon Henshaw; seconded by Becky Mitchell to approve the November 2005 CQI minutes. All aye.

Treasurer's Report: Motion by Treva Aud; seconded by Martin Duffy to approve the October treasurer's report. Roll call taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, and Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Finance Committee Report: Motion by Treva Aud; seconded by Art Saunders to approve the Finance Committee Report for December 13, 2005. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Personnel Committee Report: Motion by Lavon Henshaw; seconded by Martin Duffy to publish CEO position with a salary range of $65,000 - $75,000 and the deadline for applications will be February 1, 2006. All aye.

Executive Session: Motion at 7:30 p.m. by Lavon Henshaw; seconded by Martin Duffy to go into executive session to discuss personnel under 2 (C) 1 of the open meetings act. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion at 7:55 p.m. by Martin Duffy; seconded by Judy Humphrey to come out of executive session. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, and Ray Smith. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion by Lavon Henshaw; seconded by Martin Duffy to accept the new salary ranges for non-union employees effective immediately. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, and Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 7 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

CEO Report:
Angie reported that we will be having a Federal Medicaid Audit at the end of this year.
Teresa Pickering came today to do a presentation on the service ticket program for the behavioral health staff. We had a blood drive here today. All staff received sexual harassment training on November 29th and 30th. EHD staff are working with SICADA to organize a meth forum at the Gallatin County School in March. Angie also discussed parking lot solutions. She had an ariel photo of our property showing property lines.

Motion by Judy Humphrey; seconded by Martin Duffy that Angie and Attorney Robert Wilson pursue parking lot options. All aye.

New Business:
Approve Policies- Motion by Lavon Henshaw; seconded by Becky Mitchell to approve the following policies: Fraud & Abuse, Whistleblowers, and Prevention & Detection of Fraud & Abuse. All aye.

Motion at 8:20 p.m by Martin Duffy; seconded by Judy Humphrey to adjourn. All aye.

The next meeting will be January 26th at the Carmi office.

Minutes by Tammy Karnes

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Lisa Smith, President

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Ray Smith, Vice President

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Jan Thaxton, Secretary