City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Human Services Commission  
Training Room 1  
Columbia/Boone  
Tuesday, October 8, 2024  
6:00 PM  
Regular  
County Department of  
Public Health and  
Human Services  
1005 W. Worley St.  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
Ford called the meeting to order at 6:12 p.m.  
8 -  
Present:  
Stacy Ford, Kimberly Getzoff, Rachel Cooper, Alexandria Teagarden-Monk, Elijah  
Thorn, Michael Nguyen, Lisa Spear and Melissa Clarke  
1 - Joy Cook  
Excused:  
Absent:  
1 - Barbie Banks  
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
Teagarden-Monk moved to approve the agenda, and Spear seconded the  
motion. The motion passed unanimously.  
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
Attachments: HSC Draft Minutes 04-09-24  
Cooper moved to approve the April 9, 2024 minutes, and Teagarden-Monk  
seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.  
IV. OLD BUSINESS  
V. NEW BUSINESS  
A, City of Columbia RFP-FY 2025 Social Services  
Utterback said we received six proposals, with agencies requesting over  
$637,000, and having $422,000 available. Further discussion will occur when we  
go into the CLOSED SESSION.  
None  
A. Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) Representative  
Report  
Ford asked Nguyen to present as the liaison from HSC.  
Nguyen stated HCDC has moved forward to approve CDBG and HOME funds, as  
discussed at the last meeting. We held an open public session for people to  
comment about the FY2025 to FY2029 Consolidated Plan. He said the most  
important thing was that even though a homeless facility was at a lower priority  
in the FY2025 to FY2029 Priority Needs Analysis, we put that at a higher priority so  
conversations could occur between Commissioners and members of the  
community, as well as with the Opportunity Campus.  
Ford thanked Nguyen for taking on the representation of the Commission.  
B. Staff Report  
Ford asked Utterback to provide the staff report for the Commissioners.  
Utterback said the City and the County partnered on a housing study, and the  
results of that will  
be available in the next few weeks. There will be an Affordable Housing Summit  
on October 24 th .  
Dr. Boston, who conducted the study and recommendations, will be presenting at  
that event.  
Later in the day, there will be action plan sessions, where attendees can discuss  
their priorities  
and provide input about the housing study and recommendations. At the end of  
the summit, there  
will be a recap of the day’s activities and Dr. Boston will summarize and field  
questions. All of the  
day’s activities will be held at the Memorial Baptist Church. All members  
concerned about  
affordable housing are encouraged to attend including: realtors, bankers, social  
service providers,  
and concerned citizens. Regional Economic Development Inc. has indicated that  
if our area  
continues on our current growth path, there will be 250,000 people in Boone  
County by 2050,  
which means we will need about 37,000 housing units. Many of those units will  
have to be  
affordable housing since we are so far behind in that specific category.  
The City added to the contract for homeless services, which is not something this  
Commission  
rates, Utterback said. We had to modify Turning Point’s contract, because we got  
requests for  
opening up a “cooling center” when the temperature does not fall below a  
certain level in the  
evenings. There were a few days one week in September that the temperature  
did not fall below  
75˚ which would not allow people to rest and rejuvenate when they’re staying  
outside. We now  
have an agreement with Turning Point, similar to the warming centers in the  
winter. So, if it is 25˚  
or below, they open up, and in the summer if it doesn’t get below 75˚ per the  
National Weather  
Service, they will open up.  
Utterback said there would be an upcoming meeting about shelter capacity  
during the winter  
months.  
Getzoff asked if there was any new status to report with the Opportunity Campus.  
Utterback said that she was aware they got their contract passed through City  
Council recently.  
VI. REPORTS  
VII. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF  
None  
VIII. NEXT MEETING DATE  
Utterback addressed the next meeting date for the Commission. She indicated it  
would be November 12, 2024, at 6 p.m. in Training Room 1 – with dinner. She  
indicated that this meeting would include scoring the proposals. She explained  
that Commissioners could score and submit their proposals in Apricot or email  
them to her by October 18. October 25 is the deadline for agencies to submit their  
responses and clarifications.  
Ford asked if Utterback would send the members the responses. Utterback  
affirmed, and asked  
that comments be kept confidential.  
IX. Motion and Vote for Closed Session to Discuss City of Columbia RFP FY2025 Social  
Services Proposals Pursuant to R.S.Mo. §610.021(12) (Sealed bids and related  
documents, until the bids are opened; and sealed proposals and related documents or  
any documents related to a negotiated contract until a contract is executed, or all  
proposals are rejected)  
8 - Ford, Getzoff, Cooper, Teagarden-Monk, Thorn, Nguyen, Spear and Clarke  
Yes:  
Excused:  
Absent:  
1 - Cook  
1 - Banks  
X. ADJOURNMENT  
Nguyen made a motion to end the closed session.  
Teagarden-Monk seconded.  
Utterback did a roll call vote and everybody voted unanimously.  
Ford called for adjournment at 9:15 p.m.  
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