IT'S 11:00. OKAY. WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO OUR STUDY SESSION HERE.
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YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21ST, 2025 AT 11AM.I'LL REACH TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD TO CALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO OUR FIRST ITEM. OUR ONLY ITEM IS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NUTRITION
[1. Board of Supervisors - Discussion regarding the nutrition programs available through the Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG).]
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE NORTHERN ARIZONA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS NACOG AND SO, MR. THOMPSON, WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR.MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MAURY THOMPSON COUNTY MANAGERS.
AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRANDON BAXTER WITH NACOG .
TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION, IT'S MY HOPE THAT WE COULD HAVE A BIT OF CONVERSATION, THE BOARD, ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT GO ABOUT ALLOCATING THE $40,000 THAT THE BOARD HAS TALKED ABOUT, SETTING ASIDE IN THE TENTATIVE AND HOPEFULLY FINAL BUDGET TO BE USED FOR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTY.
YOU MAY RECALL SUPERVISOR CHECK AND I THINK BOTH TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING OUR CONVERSATIONS.
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, AND I THINK ARE PREPARED TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS AND HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT GO ABOUT DOING THAT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. BAXTER AND MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S REPRESENTED ON THE SCREEN WITH NO ONE AT THE PODIUM, BUT WE ARE IN THE PICTURE ON PICTURE. SO THAT'S PRESCOTT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE ONLY IN CHARGE OF THE TIME.
MADAM CHAIR, IT'S 11:01. THAT'S YOUR AGENDA ITEM, AFTER THAT NO.
WELL. GOOD MORNING. WE ARE A LIVELY CROWD. THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS YOU CAN TELL.
BRANDON, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. WE ALSO APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR CHECK.
THE CONGREGATE MEAL CENTERS PROVIDE A MEAL INSIGHT FOR SOCIALIZATION AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PURPOSES, AND THEN THE HOME DELIVERED MEALS, PROVIDE A MEAL TO THOSE THAT ARE HOMEBOUND AND UNABLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES TO OBTAIN MEALS.
AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OVER THE YEARS IS THAT OFTENTIMES THESE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, THIS WILL BE THE ONLY MEAL THAT THEY RECEIVE DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY. SO THEY WILL EITHER EAT ALL OF THIS MEAL AND THAT'S THE ONLY MEAL THEY HAVE, OR THEY WILL HAVE PART OF IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY AND PART OF IT TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY AS THEIR DINNER AS WELL.
SO HERE WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NUTS AND BOLTS AND WHAT ARE THE HOME DELIVERED MEALS AND WHAT ARE THE CONGREGATE MEALS? BOTH PROGRAMS PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS MEALS WHICH MEET DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AGING.
AMERICANS ARE HOME DELIVERED. MEALS ARE CASE MANAGED.
CLIENTS FROM OUR CARE COORDINATION STAFF. THEY ARE HOMEBOUND.
WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO DO A WELLNESS CHECK AND A HOME SAFETY CHECK, WHICH IS ANOTHER BENEFIT TO THE HOME DELIVERED MEAL PROGRAM IS OFTENTIMES THAT HOME DELIVERED MEAL DRIVER IS THE ONLY PERSON LAYING EYES ON THAT INDIVIDUAL ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
SO THEY ACTUALLY ARE ABLE, ON MANY CASES, TO IDENTIFY PRESSING MEDICAL ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE.
THERE ARE MANY OCCASIONS WHERE OUR HOME DELIVERED MEAL DRIVERS HAVE IDENTIFIED AN INDIVIDUAL IN DISTRESS AND CALLED 911, AND HAVE ACTUALLY SAVED THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THEY WERE EITHER IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEDICAL CRISIS.
AND MANY OF OUR CLIENTS WILL GO, OH NO, I'M FINE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, EARLIER THIS YEAR WE SUCCESSFULLY IDENTIFIED ONE OF OUR HOME DELIVERED MEAL CLIENTS WHO IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A STROKE, AND WE ARE ABLE TO CALL 911 AND GET MEDICAL ATTENTION TO THAT INDIVIDUAL IN A TIMELY MANNER SO THAT WELLNESS CHECK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
SOCIALIZATION. THEY WILL TALK TO THAT MEALS ON WHEELS DELIVERY DRIVER AS THOUGH THEY'RE A MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE IN ESSENCE, THEY BECOME A MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY. THEY ARE THE PERSON THEY SEE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
AND THIS PROVIDES AT LEAST A TOUCHPOINT FOR SOCIALIZATION.
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THOSE THAT ARE SOCIALLY ISOLATED HAVE THE HEALTH IMPACTS SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT SMOKE TWO PACKS OF CIGARETTES A DAY.SO THE SOCIALIZATION ASPECT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
COMMUNITY AND NUTRITIONAL RESOURCES ARE SHARED.
WE GIVE THEM EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO FROM A DIET PERSPECTIVE, TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING PROPER NUTRITION AND ANNUAL NUTRITION STATUS SCREENING.
CONGREGATE MEALS, AS WE IDENTIFIED EARLIER, ARE IN A COMMUNITY SETTING.
PLACES LIKE THE VERDE VALLEY SENIOR CENTER, THE PRESCOTT MEALS ON WHEELS CAFE ON ROSSER, AND MANY OF OUR OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT PROVIDE THAT IN-HOME HOME SETTING IN A CONGREGATE BASE SO THEIR PEERS CAN COME IN AND SHARE A MEAL WITH THEM.
WE HAVE SOCIALIZATION AND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS GAMES, EVIDENCE BASED HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND EXERCISE CLASSES THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE CENTERS TO FURTHER INCREASE THEIR PHYSICAL WELLNESS AND MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIALIZATION ARE AVAILABLE AT THE CENTERS.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY AND NUTRITIONAL RESOURCE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND SHARED ACTIVELY AT THE CENTERS.
HOME DELIVERED MEAL ELIGIBILITY 60 PLUS AND OR DISABLED COGNITIVELY AND OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED.
UNABLE TO SHOP FOR AND OR PAY FOR GROCERIES. UNABLE TO PREPARE NUTRITIOUS MEALS, AND A FAMILY MEMBER THAT IS A CAREGIVER LIVING IN THE HOME MAY ALSO QUALIFY FOR AN ADDITIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER MEAL.
IT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING FROM THE PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING TO THE PHYSICAL WELL-BEING, TO THE FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON WHO GETS AUTHORIZED FOR THESE SERVICES.
CONGREGATE MEAL ELIGIBILITY. THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION FORM.
DO NOT HAVE ANY REGISTRATION REQUIRED. THE DINERS CAN BE OF ANY AGE, AND PAYMENT IS OFTEN REQUIRED BY THE CENTERS FOR THESE NON-PAID MEALS, AND THOSE COSTS TYPICALLY RANGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 7 AND $10 PER MEAL, AND THE CENTERS THEMSELVES SET THOSE PRICES.
MENU PREPARATION AND FOOD SAFETY. THIS IS KEY.
THE MEALS HAVE A MINIMUM SIX WEEK REPEAT ROTATION REQUIREMENT, SO IT'S NOT THE EXACT SAME MEAL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET EVERY MONDAY OR EVERY TUESDAY FOR ALL TIME. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SIX WEEK CYCLE, AND THEY CAN'T HAVE REPEATS ON THAT MENU.
OUR ANNUAL INSPECTION ALSO HAS AN AUDIT COMPONENT AND MONITORING COMPONENT OF THE KITCHENS, AS WELL AS ALL OF THEIR RECORDS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
THE FOOD MANAGER AND THE FOOD HANDLER NEED TO BE CERTIFIED STAFF, AND THE FOOD MANAGER IS CERTIFIED BY THE NACOG AGING OPERATIONS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER. REGULAR STAFF AND VOLUNTEER TRAININGS ARE HELD AT EACH SITE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY VOLUNTEER AND STAFF MEMBER IS AWARE OF THE VARIOUS SCOPES AND WORKS, AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN SUCCESSFULLY ADMINISTERING THESE PROGRAMS. WHAT ARE THE ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THEY NEED TO HAVE DISABLED PARKING, AMERICAN WITH DISABILITY ACT ACCESSIBILITY, NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, EMERGENCY LIGHTING AND EXITS.
ALL OF THIS COMES BACK TO JUST BASIC FOOD SAFETY AND CLIENT SAFETY, TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN. SO THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND, BACKGROUND CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS, ALL NUTRITION PROGRAM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE PROVIDING ONE ON ONE CLIENT SERVICES, INTERACTING WITHOUT SUPERVISION WITH OUR CLIENTS NEED TO HAVE A LEVEL ONE FINGERPRINT CLEARANCE CARD.
NOTARIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY AFFIDAVIT. A DES CENTRAL REGISTRY CLEARANCE, WHICH IS RENEWED ANNUALLY.
AND IT'S ALL PROCESSED THROUGH THE CBC PORTAL THROUGH THE STATE.
WE CLOSELY MONITOR OUR PROVIDER CLEARANCE RECORDS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ALL IN COMPLIANCE,
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AND AS SOON AS THEIR DATES ARE APPROACHING FOR EXPIRATION OF ANY ONE OF THESE NUMBERS, WE REACH OUT TO THE CENTERS AND GIVE THEM A LIST OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS AND OR STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE COMING UP ON THEIR EXPIRATION DATES, AND TO GET THOSE THOSE NEW DOCUMENTS TO US IN A TIMELY MANNER.THE ENTIRETY OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY CONGREGATE MEAL SITES ARE SERVING 138% OF THEIR CONTRACT, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ON PACE TO SERVE OVER $104,000 ADDITIONAL MEALS THAT WE WILL NOT BE REIMBURSING THEM FOR BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR CONTRACT CEILING. THE YAVAPAI COUNTY HOME DELIVERED MEALS PROGRAM WAS FUNDED FOR A MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT CEILING THIS FISCAL YEAR OF JUST OVER HALF $1 MILLION AT $506,100, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AT 171% ON PACE TO SERVE OVER 361,000 ADDITIONAL UNREIMBURSED MEALS JUST THIS FISCAL YEAR ALONE.
SO THAT SHOWS YOU THE INCREDIBLE NEED THAT EXISTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES IS FAR OUTSTRIPPING THE ABILITY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO FUND THAT IDENTIFIED NEED. FY-26 FUNDING. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS OR AS WE LIKE TO USE INITIALS AROUND HERE, WE CALL IT THE RFP PROCESS. THE FUNDING LEVELS WILL BE ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO THE COUNTYWIDE FY 25 SERVICE LEVEL LEVEL DATA AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERY MONTH, OUR TEAM MEETS AND REVIEWS EVERY SINGLE CENTER'S SERVICE DATA.
HOW MANY MEALS THEY SERVED, HOW MANY MEALS THEY CLAIMED FOR REIMBURSEMENT, AND WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE MEALS THAT ARE GOING UNREIMBURSED BY NORTHERN ARIZONA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS? AND WE IDENTIFY THE HIGHEST SERVING LEVEL OF CONTRACTS, AND THEN WE TRY TO ADJUST THOSE CONTRACTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO SHIFT MONEY FROM ONE CENTER TO ANOTHER TO ACCOUNT FOR, LET'S SAY, ONE CENTER IS SERVING 233% OF THEIR CONTRACT, BUT ANOTHER CENTER IS SERVING 133% OF THE CONTRACT.
WE VERY WELL MAY REALLOCATE SOME OF THE FUNDING FROM ONE CENTER.
THAT'S AT 133% OF THE CONTRACT TO THE HIGHER SERVING CENTER.
IS THAT TO SAY THAT THE ONE CENTER THAT'S AT 133% OF CONTRACT IS NOT MEETING THE COMMUNITY NEEDS? NO, CLEARLY THEY'RE SERVING 33% ABOVE THE REIMBURSEMENT CEILING.
SO WE WILL BE GIVING OUT THESE NEW CONTRACT ALLOCATIONS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
WE WILL BE SENDING THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY 26 CONTRACT ALLOCATIONS TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND WE WILL BE SENDING OUT THE AWARD NOTICES BY JUNE 6TH.
SOCIAL SERVICE BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE IN AN INTERESTING FUNDING TIME RIGHT NOW ON A STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY ACUTELY AWARE OF THAT.
WHAT HAPPENS POST SEPTEMBER 30TH? WE DO NOT KNOW YET IF THERE'S ANOTHER CONTINUING RESOLUTION WE CAN JUST CARRY OVER THE LAST YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR CONTRACT NUMBERS INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR NUMBERS. IF THERE'S AN OMNIBUS BILL THAT IS PASSED THAT REDUCES OUR FUNDING STREAMS ON A STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND READJUST THE CONTRACT ALLOCATIONS TO EACH INDIVIDUAL CENTER, NOT JUST FOR THE CONGREGATE AND HOME DELIVERED MEALS, BUT FOR THE PLETHORA OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT NACOG OFFERS TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT HOLD OUR SOCIAL SERVICE BLOCK. GRANT FUNDS ARE ONE OF THE FUNDING STREAMS THAT ARE UNDER MOST DIRECT ATTACK RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT ABOUT BEING ELIMINATED ON A FEDERAL LEVEL AND JUST SO WE KNOW THAT THE SOCIAL SERVICE BLOCK GRANT FUNDS ACCOUNT FOR $120,543 OF OUR HOME DELIVERED MEALS BUDGET ALONE.
AND THESE FUNDS ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 20% OF ALL OF NACOG AGING'S PROGRAM FUNDS AND SERVICES.
SO ANYTIME AN ORGANIZATION IS LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE REDUCTION OF 20% OF THEIR FUNDS, THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY TO ABSORB THAT HIT WITHOUT TWO THINGS REDUCING SERVICES AND REDUCING STAFF. SO WE ARE PLANNING FOR BOTH OF THOSE SCENARIOS SHOULD WE LOSE SOME OF THESE FUNDING STREAMS THAT OUR COMMUNITIES CURRENTLY RELY UPON TO FEED AND HOUSE THEIR AT RISK POPULATIONS? BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION I JUST THREW AT YOU ALL.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY BEFORE WE GO ON ANY FURTHER? ALL RIGHT. SO THESE ARE OUR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
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I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THESE SLIDES. EACH ONE OF THESE WEBSITES ARE HYPERLINKED.IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIVE STANDARDS, THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL THAT WE HAVE TO IMPOSE UPON OUR CONTRACTED PROVIDERS AND WHAT WE USE TO MONITOR THEM ON, AS WELL AS THE ARIZONA FOOD CODE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, NUTRITION, FOOD SERVICE AND WELLNESS MANUAL THAT GUIDES OUR OVERSIGHT OF EACH OF THE CENTERS.
HERE'S THE INFORMATION. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, BUT IT IS, SO TO SPEAK, OUR BIBLE FOR MONITORING OUR CENTERS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
I DO HAVE WITHIN THEIR EMBEDDED THE CONGREGATE MEALS AND THE HOME DELIVERED MEALS, SCOPES OF WORK.
AND THOSE NUTRITION PROVIDERS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY INCLUDE CHINO VALLEY, PRESCOTT, MEALS ON WHEELS, SEDONA COMMUNITY CENTER, VERDE VALLEY SENIOR CENTER, AND THE YARNELL COMMUNITY CENTER AND I HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FY 25 CONTRACTS AND BUDGETS FOR BOTH OF THE SERVICES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, CONGREGATE MEALS AND HOME DELIVERED MEALS AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION AND GET INTO THE WEEDS, SO TO SPEAK, ABOUT EACH OF THE CENTERS, IF YOU GUYS ARE CURIOUS OR INTERESTED IN REALLY DIALING DOWN INTO WHAT THE SERVICE LEVELS ARE FOR EACH OF THE CENTERS, AS WELL AS WHAT ARE THE CURRENT CONTRACT NUMBERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, AND WHAT THE POSSIBLE IMPACTS TO FISCAL YEAR 26 COULD BE.
I DO HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR.
AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT PRESCOTT MEALS ON WHEELS.
THEIR COVERAGE INCLUDES PRESCOTT VALLEY AND BEYOND? IT DOES. SO PRESCOTT MEALS ON WHEELS DID TAKE OVER THE COVERAGE OF PRESCOTT VALLEY.
OH GO AHEAD. IS THAT SYNONYMOUS IN OTHER DISTRICTS TOO? JUST FOR EXAMPLE, IN YARNELL, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY COVER CONGRESS.
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. YES. SO IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD GET INTO THE CONTRACTED SERVICE AREA OF EVERY SINGLE OF THE PROVIDERS IN THEIR CONTRACTS THAT THEY SUBMIT TO US DURING THIS RFP PROCESS, THAT WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF REVIEW, THEY HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY THE AREAS OF SERVICE, AND THAT'S OUTLINED BY A MAP WHERE THEY DRAW A LINE AROUND THE ENTIRE SERVICE AREA TO SHOW WHAT AREAS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE. SOME AREA SOME PROVIDERS PROVIDE SERVICE TO AN EXTENSIVE AREA, BUT KNOWING THAT THEY'RE LIMITED ON A COUPLE OF FACTORS ONE, HOW MANY ROUTES THAT THEY CAN STAFF WITH EITHER PAID STAFF AND OR VOLUNTEERS.
AND THAT IS OFTEN ALSO DICTATED BY THE FOOD SAFETY TEMPERATURES.
THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE FOODS AT A SAFE TEMPERATURE FROM THE TIME IT LEAVES THE KITCHEN, TO THE TIME IT REACHES THAT FURTHEST PERSON FROM THE ROUTE BEFORE THEY START COMING BACK, OFTENTIMES HAS TO BE ONE HOUR OR LESS.
SO THAT ALSO HAS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WE WOULD WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE SITTING ON OUR WAIT LIST FOR THESE SERVICE ENROLLMENTS, BUT THEY HAVE A CAPACITY ISSUE AS WELL ON HOW MANY STAFF AND VOLUNTEER DRIVERS THEY HAVE, HOW MANY MEALS THEY CAN PROVIDE, AND HOW MANY ROUTES THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, AND IF THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL ROUTE SO THEY CAN ADD MORE CLIENTS ONTO THEIR SERVICE AREAS.
SO I HAD A QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED MAYOR AT ONE TIME, DID THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MEALS ON WHEELS? THEY DID, AND THEY LET THAT CONTRACT GO. IT WAS A CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT CONTRACT.
WE INVITED THEM BACK TO THE TABLE DURING THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR RFP PROCESS.
THEY DID NOT SUBMIT AN RFP FOR FY 26. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SO MY THOUGHTS ARE THINKING ABOUT IN THE AREA OF OVER THERE IN PAULDEN AND ASH FORK AND THOSE SELIGMAN'S.
SO MAYBE CHINO VALLEY, WOULD THEY BE THE OUTREACH TO THOSE AREAS OR.
ALL OF THIS, THOUGH, IS DICTATED BY THEIR ABILITY TO REACH THE FURTHEST CLIENT WITHIN THAT ONE HOUR TIME FRAME, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT SERVING UNSAFE MEALS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU BRANDON. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
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HAD ABOUT IN MY MIND, THIS REALLY IS, IS TO CONVENE AND GIVE DIRECTION ABOUT THE $40,000 THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE IN OUR TENTATIVE BUDGET. AND AND OF COURSE, THE THOUGHT WAS TO DISTRIBUTE THAT SPECIFICALLY TO MEALS ON WHEELS PROVIDERS AND IN MY MIND. THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THAT.IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THE FACILITIES DO COLLECT THE NUMBERS OF UNINCORPORATED CITIZENS THAT THEY SERVE VERSUS INCORPORATED CITIZENS. YOU KNOW, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHOPPING OUT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND ASKS WITH SPECIFIC DATA FOR TO THE MUNICIPALITIES OR TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ELSE THAT MAY NOT BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO IN MY MIND WE CAN REQUEST THAT INFORMATION AND, AND REALLY SEE AND TRY TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE NEED IS, WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY MIGHT FALL ON, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY THROUGH UNINCORPORATED SERVICE AND TRY TO SLICE THAT PIE IN AN EQUITABLE FASHION, YOU KNOW, OR WE COULD JUST SIMPLY ALLOCATE $10,000 TO EACH OF THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROVIDERS OUTSIDE OF YARNELL, SINCE WE ALLOCATED 30,000 TO THEM SPECIFICALLY FOR MEALS ON WHEELS.
AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL THINGS WHICH SUPERVISOR COMPTON KNOWS MORE ABOUT THAN I DO.
BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TWO TRACKS IN MY MIND.
BUT I DEFINITELY DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SOLICIT THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM AND HOW IT BREAKS DOWN WITH MUNICIPALITY VERSUS UNINCORPORATED SERVICE.
AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME GRANULAR LEVEL DATA, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF OVERSERVED, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF OVERSERVED FOR EACH OF THE CENTERS.
AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO REACH OUT TO THE CENTERS DIRECTLY TO REALLY DIAL IN ANY MORE OF THE SPECIFIC ASKS, WE CAN HELP YOU CONTACTING EACH OF THE CENTER DIRECTORS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION YOU NEED.
BUT I DID COME ARMED WITH A PLETHORA OF NUMBERS.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DIGGING TOO DEEPLY INTO THE WEEDS.
DO YOU HAVE SLIDES? I DON'T HAVE SLIDES, BUT I DO HAVE PRINTOUTS.
OOH! HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE? I CAN BE PRETTY QUICK ON IT IF WE'D LIKE TO HEAR.
BUT BASED OFF OF THE NINE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 DATA, CHINO VALLEY WILL SERVE APPROXIMATELY $37,000 IN ADDITIONAL UNPAID HOME DELIVERED MEALS THIS YEAR. PRESCOTT MEALS ON WHEELS WILL DELIVER APPROXIMATELY $162,000 WORTH OF ADDITIONAL UNPAID MEALS THIS YEAR.
SEDONA WILL DELIVER APPROXIMATELY 6000 IN ADDITIONAL UNPAID MEALS THIS YEAR.
VERDE VALLEY SENIOR CENTER WILL DELIVER APPROXIMATELY $127,000 IN ADDITIONAL UNPAID MEALS THIS YEAR.
AND YARNELL WILL DELIVER APPROXIMATELY $30,000 WORTH OF ADDITIONAL UNPAID MEALS THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THAT'S NOT DO YOU HAVE NUMBERS ON WAIT LIST? SO I DO HAVE OVERALL NUMBERS ON WAIT LISTS BY COUNTY, BUT NOT BROKEN OUT BY CENTER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE OF THESE CENTERS IS DOING LESS IN UNPAID BECAUSE THEY, HAVE A LARGER WAITLIST.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE FOR SEDONA AND VERDE VALLEY SENIOR CENTER, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOWN A FULL TIME CARE COORDINATOR IN THE VERDE VALLEY FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. WE ARE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 12 FULL TIME POSITIONS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE RETIRED.
AND WE MAY BE LOOKING AT FURTHER REDUCTIONS MOVING FORWARD, AS WE'VE SEEN, APPROXIMATELY $2.3 MILLION OF OUR OVERALL AGING BUDGET REDUCED OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. OKAY. VICE CHAIR. GO AHEAD. SO WE'RE HERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 40,000 TODAY. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR? AND BASICALLY, WE'RE NOT EVEN SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF THE NEED IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M HAPPY TO LISTEN TO OTHER SUPERVISORS HOW THEY'D LIKE TO PARSE IT OUT OR WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO AND I DO APPRECIATE THE MONEYS THAT WENT TO YARNELL AND EVERYBODY'S VOTE ON THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY NEED TO BE GIVING TOWARDS OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE MAYBE MORE IN NEED.
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WE'RE ALL IN NEED. BUT THE RELATIVE, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN? OH GO AHEAD SUPERVISOR. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE SHORTAGES, THE DOLLAR SHORTAGES.HOW WILL THEY BE MADE UP, OR WOULD THAT JUST BE A REDUCTION IN SERVICE.
SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2023, WE'VE HAD WAIT LISTS FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CASE MANAGED SERVICES.
THAT'S ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 THAT WE HAD INTO THESE PROGRAMS LAST FISCAL YEAR AND THE FISCAL YEAR BEFORE THAT, IT WAS ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 IN STATE FUNDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT INTO THESE PROGRAMS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT $0 FOR THOSE PROGRAMS FOR FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY COME AROUND AND MAKE THAT ZERO A MUCH BIGGER NUMBER. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DOLLARS THAT THEY RELEASE TO US AND WITH THE PLANNING DOLLARS THAT THEY RELEASED TO US, WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 1.2 MILLION IN FY 26 VERSUS FY 25.
SO THE 37,000 THAT CHINO IS MISSING CAN BE MADE UP BY BY STAFF REDUCTIONS.
NO. SO THERE'S NO WHAT WILL THEY DO THEN. THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
WITH THE FEDERAL, EVERYBODY'S WONDERING HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO SHAKE OUT AND FALL. AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU THROW IN TRANSIT, YOU THROW IN THIS A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS.
WE JUST CAN'T MAKE THAT UP ON OUR OWN, NOR CAN WE.
RIGHT. AND THE REAL DIFFICULT PART IS OUR ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET TO PROVIDE RIDES THROUGH NEW HORIZONS AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE AREA. OUR ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET FOR NACOG AGING IS SOCIAL SERVICE BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IT'S NOT COST SAVINGS. IT'S REALLY COST SHIFTING.
IT SHIFTS IT DOWN TO THE COUNTY, CITIES, TOWNS, ALL THAT WE AGREE AS WELL, MADAM CHAIR, AFTER I MEAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION. IN MY MIND, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THAT WAITLIST, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE UNPAID MEALS COMPONENT REALLY TELLS THE FULL STORY.
IN MY MIND, THIS IS SUCH A SMALL DROP IN THE BUCKET, I WOULD PREFER ALMOST TO SEE IT SPLIT EQUITABLY AMONG THE REMAINING FOUR WITH THE INTENT TO DRIVE DATA COLLECTION BUT NOT TO REQUIRE IT, YOU KNOW, FOR FUNDING THIS TIME AROUND.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS AN APPLICATION PROCESS. BUT TO GAIN SOME, TO REQUEST THAT INFORMATION BE PROVIDED SPECIFICALLY UNINCORPORATED VERSUS MUNICIPALITY WAIT LIST AND THE UNPAID MEALS.
ALSO THE AVERAGE MEAL COST I THINK IS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE AT.
IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT. JUST BECAUSE ALMOST ALL OF THEM UTILIZE THE SAME FOOD PROVIDER.
SO THE MEALS ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT FOR THE HOME DELIVERED MEAL.
THEY DO GET REIMBURSED FROM NACOG FOR $10 PER MEAL.
RIGHT. SO WE KNOW THAT THE NEED PRESCOTT MEALS ON WHEELS IS SERVING $52,000 ADDITIONAL UNPAID MEALS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET PAYMENT FROM NACOG AGING ON. WHAT IT DOESN'T COME INTO CONSIDERATION IS DO THEY HAVE OTHER FUNDING STREAMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF NACOG THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND I AM NOT IN A POSITION TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
DO THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE MORE THAN THAT? WE DON'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION YET WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF THE CENTER DIRECTORS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR ACTUAL PEOPLE CAPACITY IS AND WHAT THE DEMAND IS. THE SERVICE AREA OF SEDONA IS INFINITELY SMALLER, AND TYPICALLY THE MEANS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY'RE SERVING IS USUALLY HIGHER THAN SOME OF OUR MORE RURAL CENTERS.
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SO LESS PEOPLE WOULD QUALIFY FOR SOME OF THOSE SERVICES IN SOME OF THE OTHER, MORE URBANIZED CENTERS VERSUS SOME OF OUR MORE RURAL CENTERS, WHERE A HIGHER PORTION OF THE POPULATION WOULD QUALIFY FOR THOSE SERVICES.SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE THAT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE EXAMINED.
AND YOU HAVE SAT DOWN WITH I HAVE SAT DOWN WITH THE DIRECTORS AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK IS WITHIN THAT COVERAGE AREA FOR SEDONA AND IT'S NOT EASY. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN WE HAD A THE GENTLEMAN COME IN FROM THE YARNELL, I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER HIM SAYING THAT AS THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, THE AREAS THAT ARE IN MUNICIPALITIES DO HAVE OTHER OPTIONS OF GETTING FUNDING. THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
I DO I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW ALL OF THIS WORKS FOR EACH, EACH AREA.
I THINK THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO GET THAT KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THAT DATA? HOW DO WE LOOK AT THIS? YOU KNOW I KNOW THIS IS JUST A DAY OF TRYING TO GIVE STAFF A DIRECTION.
SO, BUT I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THIS AND TO SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT TO GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION, TO EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF FUNDING OR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, I THINK, THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO SUPERVISOR CHECK, I DEFINITELY, PROBABLY THINK WE SHOULD TALK MORE.
ARE YOU THINKING I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO IT'S REALLY UP TO THE BOARD IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT CONTINUED CONVERSATION OR MAKE THAT DECISION SO THAT THE NEXT FISCAL BUDGET, HAS THE DIRECTION STITCHED INTO IT OR IF WE WANT TO HAVE IT COME BEFORE US, HAVE AN OFFICIAL APPLICATION PROCESS WITH ALL OF THAT DATA COLLECTION, HAVE THE DIRECTORS PRESENT TO US FLESH OUT THE REST OF THE STORY THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW.
NOW IT'S REALLY UP TO THE BOARD AND I'M OKAY WITH EITHER ONE.
WELL, AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK OUR SPEAKER, YOU HEAR SUPERVISOR CHECK PROPOSAL, IS THAT THE RIGHT WAY OF DOING IT? IS WOULD THE CENTER'S VIEW THAT AS THE RIGHT WAY OF DOING IT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING SEDONA 6000.
PRESCOTT'S 136,000 CHINO'S AT 37. HOW DO YOU SPLIT THAT UP TO WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO GIVE A BAND-AID, WHICH I THINK IT IS TO EVERYBODY AND THE NEED IS SO GREAT.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS MOBILE OFFICE THING IN THIS NONPROFITS BEEN JOINING ME REAL HOPE.
AND YOU REALLY SEE THE NEED OUT THERE. HE GOT RID OF IN THE POURING RAIN IN PAULDEN.
HE GOT RID OF 33 RACKS OF BREAD. YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WE WERE OUT IN COYOTE SPRINGS, AND IN AN HOUR AND A HALF, HE GOT RID OF 44 RACKS OF BREAD. SO, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT, THEY'RE HUNGRY, AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY IN NEED.
HOW DO WE HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT MOVING FORWARD? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO COME UP SHORT NO MATTER WHAT AND I WOULD AGREE THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO PUT A BAND-AID ON A RATHER GAPING WOUND AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT THE BAND-AID IS BETTER THAN RUBBING DIRT IN IT AND SO I WOULD SAY, WHATEVER YOU GUYS COME UP WITH AS A DECISION, IT'S GOING TO BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE CENTERS, BECAUSE TO THEM, IT MEANS THEY'RE ABLE TO COVER OVERHEAD.
THEY'RE ABLE TO COVER COSTS THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COVER PREVIOUSLY.
SO ANY CHECK THAT THESE CENTERS GET IS A BLESSING TO THEM.
YOU KNOW WHAT? LET ME BE MORE DIRECT. YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
IF YOU HAD 40 GRAND, HOW WOULD YOU DISTRIBUTE IT? I WOULD HAVE TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIKE THIS AND USE DATA TO DRIVE IT AND MY DATA WOULD BE BASED OFF OF PERCENTAGE OF OVERSERVED OF CONTRACT.
SO I WOULD DRIVE IT DIRECTLY OFF OF PERCENTAGE OF OVERSERVED OF CONTRACT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT I DO SEE A FLAW IN THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL INCOME COMING IN, THEY'RE ABLE TO OVERSERVE. SO I THINK THERE'S A PIECE OF DATA THAT'S MISSING.
IF THEY'RE HAVE A LARGER AMOUNT THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OVERSERVED IS GOING TO BE LARGER AS WELL.
SO AS AND I KEEP IN MY MIND I JUST KEEP THINKING ABOUT YARNELL.
THAT IS WHERE I START AND THAT IS HOW I'M LOOKING AT THIS.
SO I KNOW COUNTY MANAGER OH, I'M SORRY, SUPERVISOR JENKINS.
GO. RIGHT. THE SAME THING YOU'RE GOING TO SAY. I'M JUST GOING TO THROW A COUPLE OF OPTIONS IN.
MY FIRST TAKE IS YOU CAN PRORATE THE FOUR WITH THE DATA THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
IF YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE A NUMBER IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE BUDGET.
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WE COULD ALWAYS COME BACK LATER. IF WE CAN AGREE ON A FORMULA WE COULD LET STAFF WORK WITH THEM AND WHATEVER THAT FORMULA IS, AND COME BACK AS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOR DISTRIBUTION.IT'S $40,000. IT'S HOW MUCH TIME DO WE WANT TO SPEND ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO GETS WHAT, BUT WE COULD PRORATE IT BASED ON THE NUMBERS TODAY.
BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, NIKKI, I REALLY DO.
IT'S JUST IT'S $40,000. IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
IT'S HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH DATA DO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE AND WOULD BE? WOULD WE BE COMFORTABLE WITH WHATEVER MECHANISM WE CHOOSE THE FORMULA TO LET STAFF WORK WITH THEM AND THEN JUST COME BACK AS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM LATER? THAT'S JUST A COUPLE IDEAS I THROW OUT, BUT I SEE SUPERVISOR CHECK POINT THOUGH TOO.
WITH WE DON'T, WE'RE MAKING A DECISION WITH INCOMPLETE DATA, AND IT'S VERY SMALL, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE ENTIRE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET TO DO THAT. SO HOW DO WE WANT TO HELP? AND WHATEVER THIS BOARD DECIDES, I'M HAPPY TO GO ALONG WITH AND I MIGHT I MEAN, PART OF THE DIRECTION I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING MORE DATA AND, I HOPE THAT THE BOARD IS YOU KNOW, HAS THAT GENERAL CONSENT THAT WE WANT TO SEE THAT ADDITIONAL DATA SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE PICTURE MORE FULLY AND REALLY USE THIS $40,000 AS A CARROT TO YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE THESE ENTITIES TO COLLECT THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD AND I HAVE A FEELING THEY ALREADY COLLECT IT.
SO, I MEAN, IF WE EVER WANTED TO JUST SCHEDULE AN HOUR LONG SESSION WITH THE CENTER DIRECTORS AND MYSELF AND SOME OF MY TEAM TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY FIND OUT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WE'D BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
GO AHEAD MARK. YEAH. THANK YOU CHAIR. SO IN ORDER TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION AND LET ME MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I'VE HEARD HERE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME DATA THAT WE DON'T HAVE TODAY.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST, AS SUPERVISOR CHECK DID. FOR THIS YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTE THE 40,000 $10,000 TO EACH OF THE REMAINING MEALS ON WHEELS PROVIDERS, BUT THEN GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO DEVELOP WHAT I'D CALL A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR THE 2027 BUDGET YEAR, TO INCLUDE DATA SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF UNINCORPORATED CLIENTS SERVED, CITY TOWN CLIENTS SERVED.
YOUR OTHER SOURCES OF SUPPORT, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF UNREIMBURSED MEALS THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING, WHICH WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DEVELOP A DOCUMENT THAT WE COULD USE FOR SOLICITING PROPOSALS FOR 2027. AS WE DEVELOP THAT, WE'D BRING THAT BACK TO STAFF TO EXCUSE ME TO THE BOARD INFORMALLY, TO MAKE SURE IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF THE DATA YOU WOULD WANT, AND ALSO WORK WITH BRANDON TO HAVE HIM PUT HIS EYES ON IT TO SAY, YEAH, THIS MAKES SENSE AND SEEMS TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF DATA.
AGREED. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. OKAY, I THINK WITH THAT SAID, TO PUT A FINE POINT ON THAT. SO IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION GIVEN, THEN WE WOULD PREPARE AN AGENDA ITEM POST JULY 1ST TO BRING BACK TO ALLOCATE THAT $10,000.
YES. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME DIRECTION GOING HERE AND SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DIRECTION THAT YOU HAVE AND I'M STILL INTERESTED IN A LOT OF THE DATA.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
A BAND AID IS TEMPORARY, AND I LIKE TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO REALLY MOVE IT FORWARD.
SO IT'S A START, FOR SURE. YES. I'M SORRY AND IF I MAY, I LEFT OFF WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THAT CRITERIA THAT WE WOULD ASK FOR THOSE WAITLIST NUMBERS TOO, BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THAT I THINK SUPERVISOR CHECK MAKES AN EXCELLENT POINT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE A MORE HOLISTIC LOOK AT THE WAITLIST DATA AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO CHALLENGE MEALS ON WHEELS TO MAYBE EVEN WORK BETTER WITH THE OTHER CHARITIES OUT THERE, LIKE REAL HOPE, LIKE YAVAPAI FOOD BANK, TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE EVERYONE'S DOING THEIR OWN FUNDRAISING.
WE NEED TO FIND IT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. FANTASTIC.
WELL, WE'LL CONCLUDE THIS ADJOURN THIS WORK STUDY AND A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THANK YOU. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR THE VOTE ON THAT, PLEASE.
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING VERY MUCH,
BRANDON.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.