The Board of Directors held their regularly scheduled meeting on April 16, 2007 at the Eldorado office. President Ray Smith called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.

Roll Call: Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Terry Golden, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Lisa Smith, Jan Thaxton and Ray Smith

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

Approval of April 2007 CQI Minutes: Motion by Treva Aud; seconded by Jan Thaxton to approve the April 2007 CQI minutes. All aye.

Treasurer's Report: Motion by Kerry Jones; seconded by Lavon Henshaw to approve the March 2007 treasurer's report. All aye.

Finance Committee Report: Motion by Lisa Smith; seconded by Mike Ray to approve the finance committee report. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Lisa Smith, and Jan Thaxton. Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Personnel Committee Report:
Motion at 7:10 p.m by Martin Duffy; seconded by Judy Humphrey to go into executive session under 2 ( C ) 1 of the open meetings act- personnel and litigation. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Lisa Smith, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion at 7:30 p.m by Martin Duffy; seconded by Mike Ray to come out of executive session. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Lisa Smith, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

The following action was taken:

Motion by Martin Duffy; seconded by Kerry Jones to accept the CEO's performance evaluation that was conducted by the personnel committee and to have the board President and Angie Hampton sign the evaluation and to also accept the wage increase that was discussed. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Terry Golden, Lavon Henshaw, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Mike Ray, Lisa Smith, and Jan Thaxton voting yes. Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

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

Angie informed the board that COA will be here next week. She said that they would like to meet with as many board members as possible. There will be a luncheon on Tuesday from 12-1. She also said that they would like to meet with the finance committee chairman at 11:00 a.m and the board president at 1:00 p.m.

Angie also informed the board the scholarship applications had gone out and would like to have a committee of three board members, one from each county to go thru the applications that we receive and choose the scholarship recipients. The board members chosen for this committee are Martin Duffy, Mike Ray and Jan Thaxton.

Program Report: Joe Smith reported on the youth programs and that April was prevent child abuse month. Blue ribbons were handed out to all the board members in support of this.

Motion at 7:50 p.m by Martin Duffy; seconded by Lisa Smith to adjourn. All aye.

The next meeting will be May 21, 2007.

Minutes by Tammy Karnes

Ray Smith, President

Jan Thaxton, Vice President

Treva Aud, Secretary