November 2022 Regular Commission Meeting

State of Oklahoma
Commission for Rehabilitation Services

Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Service
State Office
3535 NW 58th Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

or

Meeting link
Telephone: 669-254-5252
Webinar ID: 161 424 9845

Monday, November 14, 2022 - 10:30am

Theresa Flannery, Commission Member
Wes Hilliard, Commission Vice Chair
Jace Wolfe, Commission Chair

Agenda Items

1.
Call to Order and Roll Call
Jace Wolfe
Chair
2.
Statement of Compliance with Open Meeting Act
Carol Brown
Commission Assistant

Report Items

3.
Presentation of Longevity Certificates
Jace Wolfe
Chair
4.
Executive Director’s Certificates of Appreciation.
Melinda Fruendt
Executive Director
5.
Executive Director’s report
Melinda Fruendt
Executive Director

Executive Director’s report with possible Commission discussion. The report includes Executive Director’s meetings with staff, state panels, Expos and conferences. Also included are updates on Process Improvement, Case Reviews, and program Standards and statistical review.

6.
Priority Group Updates
Tracy Brigham
SBVI Director

Priority Group Updates with possible Commission discussion. Report includes status of all Priority Groups I, II and III.

7.
Financial report
Kevin Statham
Chief Financial Officer

Financial report with possible Commission discussion of FY 2022 and FY 2023 as of September 30, 2022.

8.
Personnel Activity report
Tom Patt
Director Human Resource

Personnel Activity report with possible Commission discussion, as of October 31, 2022. The activity report has current FTE status.

9.
DRS Success Story
Trudy Lynn Mitchell
OSD Dean of Students

DRS Success Story with possible Commission discussion. The presentation of the story will be given by Trudy Lynn Mitchell, Oklahoma School for the Deaf, Dean of Students.

10.
Disability Determination Services report
Keith Tiller
DDS Administrator

Disability Determination Services report with possible Commission discussion. The report gives the FY 2022 Production, Processing Time, Quality as well as highlights, and FY 2023 Production Estimates.

11.
Oklahoma School for the Deaf Capital Projects report
Susan Smith
Purchasing Administrative Programs Officer

Oklahoma School for the Deaf Capital Projects report with possible Commission discussion. The report gives the OSD current construction projects.

12.
Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council report
Carolina Colclasure
ORC Program Manager

Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council report with possible Commission discussion. The report gives updates on all ORC committees.

Action Items

13.
October 10, 2022, regular meeting minutes
Jace Wolfe
Chair

Review and discussion with possible vote for approval of the October 10, 2022, Commission for Rehabilitation Services regular meeting minutes.

14.
Oklahoma School for the Blind Donation report
Rita Echelle
OSB Superintendent

Review and discussion with possible vote for approval of the October 2022 donations to the Oklahoma School for the Blind.

15.
Oklahoma School for the Deaf Donation report
Rita Echelle
OSD Interim Superintendent

Review and discussion with possible vote for approval of the October 2022 donations to the Oklahoma School for the Deaf.

16.
Vote to convene into Executive Session
Jace Wolfe
Chair
17.
Executive Session:
Jace Wolfe
Chair

Review and discuss 2021 Commission Award from nominees submitted to the Commission, as authorized by 74 O.S. 2011, 166.8 and the Open Meeting Act 25 O.S. 307 (B) (7).

18.
Vote to reconvene to Regular Session.
Jace Wolfe
Chair
19.
Discussion and possible action on matters discussed in Executive Session.
Jace Wolfe
Chair
20.
New Business
Public

New Business (“Any matter not known about, or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting” 25 O.S. § 311)

21.
Announcements
Jace Wolfe
Chair

Next Meeting:
December 12, 2022, at 10:30
3535 NW 58th Street
2nd Floor
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

22.
Public Comments.
Jace Wolfe
Chair

Public Comments. (Under Oklahoma Open Meeting Laws, the Oklahoma Commission for Rehabilitation Services cannot respond to or discuss any matter not on today’s agenda.)

23.
Adjourn
Jace Wolfe
Chair