DWIHN, Full Board

Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network

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Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024
1:00 p.m. EDT

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Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team

Note-taking by Cary Church

The board approved diversion of $1.3 million from its 7 Mile project to cover cost overruns for its new 707 crisis care center in Detroit. The CEO Committee will prescreen 7 local candidates on Sept. 27, with a goal of having a CEO selected by the October meeting.

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Live reporting by Nathaniel Eichenhorn

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11:16 AM Sep 18, 2024 CDT

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Just waiting in the meeting to get started.

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Once again it looks like they have a beefy agenda, and we do not.

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We've got no audio, so I can't say what exactly is going on.

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The meeting was called to order officially at 1:10pm and the previous meeting's agenda and minutes were approved

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The roll was called and the following were present: Bentounsi Brown Bullock Carter Glenn McNamara Parker Phillips Ruth

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DeMaria Construction is being thanked by the board for their donation of $15,000.

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Next month's board study session is being moved to November. They voted unanimously

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The finance committee is asking for the board to vote that $1.3 million of the $60 million allocated to build the Behavioral Health Wellness Campus on 7 Mile will instead be used to cover cost overruns at the 707 Crisis Care Center.

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A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously

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The Program Compliance committee reports that the 707 Crisis Center continues to receive more and more admissions

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The Network is running a $4 million Jail Diversion program with 42 different agencies in Wayne County

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They skipped the Recipient Rights Advisory Committee report and Substance Use Disorder Oversight Policy Board report because neither held scheduled meetings last month.

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The board voted to accept the Self-Assessment report as written

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The board voted unanimously to approve all the unfinished business agenda items. They have a lot more info than we do

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Phillips voted no on BA#22-39

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Moving on to new business, there are a bunch of items. They're discussing how to most efficiently present them and vote.

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They are first voting on items a through q, s, and t, which all have to do with program compliance.

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Several members abstained from some of the items due to conflict of interest All were otherwise approved without no votes

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Now they are moving on to item BA#5-21 with Phillips abstaining, it was approved without no votes.

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BA#25-25 and BA#25-27 was approved unanimously besides from Phillips abstaining

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Moving on, Phillips is reporting on the Policy/Bylaws Committee. They want to change how they vote for CEO, and want to prevent SOME people (that's subtle shade from Phillips) from u reasonably delaying business.

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Phillips also says the committee in question is seeking to become. a standing committee (presently it is an ad hoc committee) and they'll need to make a charter adjustment with the full board.

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Parker is reporting for the board Building committee, including a power outage and some plumbing problems at the Woodward Ave building

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Parker also reports on the search for a CEO. They have narrowed it down to 8 candidates so far to move from the prescreen process, one of whom has withdrawn, to be interviewed on Sep 27.

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Moving on, Manny Singla, interim CEO, is giving his report

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Unfortunately these screenshots are the best I can do since we haven't been supplied with the full report. It seems pretty comprehensive, I'd love to take a look at it

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Thread continues here https://x.com/NachumDetroit/status/1836473087329734690?t=viJ_U2OJkHbB4j9icLEP4A&s=19

https://x.com/NachumDetroit/status/1836473087329734690?t=viJ_U2OJkHbB4j9icLEP4A&s=19

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The board is now hearing a presentation from representatives of Psygenics Inc. which is a company focusing on services for the SMI 9 (serious mental illness) community.

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Now the board is moving on to public comment. There was only one commenter, who wrote in and was told they could look up the answer to their question. The meeting was adjourned at 2:50pm

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Well folks, this closes my coverage of the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Service Board meeting for September 18, 2024. Learn more about our coverage of local meetings at documenters.org

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“The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network is compassionate and committed to the 75,000 children and adults it serves in Detroit and Wayne County. We understand the immense responsibility we have been given and we go above and beyond in supporting the people we serve and the hundreds of Providers in our System of Care. Our Provider Network supports and serves individuals with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbance, people with autism, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and those with substance use disorder. We are Here to Talk. Here to Help.”