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
Jace Wolfe, Commission Chair
Wes Hilliard, Commission Vice-Chair
Emily Cheng, Commission Member
Agenda Items
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
Jace Wolfe, Chair
2. Statement of Compliance with Open Meeting Act
Commission Assistant
3. Introduction of Guests
Jace Wolfe, Chair
4. Public Comments
Public Audience
Report Items
5. Introduction of Assistant Attorney General Clayton Eubanks and remembering Rick Olderbak
Jace Wolfe, Chair
6. Presentation of Certificates of appreciation
Melinda Fruendt, Executive Director
7. Presentation of Longevity Certificates
Jace Wolfe, Chair
8. Executive Director's Report
Melinda Fruendt, Executive Director
Executive Director’s report with possible Commission discussion. The report includes state committees, meetings, and training attended by the Executive Director and team; Happy Holidays message to staff; updates on AWARE’s projects including their Pilot Program; and Program Standards, Statistical Research update.
9. Priority Group Updates
Tracy Brigham, Services to the Blind and Visually Impaired Director
Priority Group Updates with possible Commission discussion. Report includes current status of all Priority Groups I, II and III.
10. Financial Status report
Kevin Statham, Chief Financial Officer
Financial Status FY19 and FY 20 reports as of November 30, 2019 with possible Commission discussion.
11. Personnel Activity Report
Tom Patt, Human Resources Programs Director
Personnel Activity report with possible Commission discussion, as January 3, 2020. The activity report has current FTE status.
12. Legislative Report
Kevin Nelson, Legislative Liaison
13. Unified State Plan
Stephanie Roe, Project Director
Unified State Plan, including Rehabilitation Services portion, review with possible Commission discussion. There is no tangible report at this time.
Action Items
14. December 9, 2020 Commission Minutes
Jace Wolfe, Chair
Review and discussion with possible vote for approval of the December 9, 2019 Commission for Rehabilitation Services regular meeting minutes.
15., Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Donation Report
Kevin Treese, Program Manager
Unified State Plan, including Rehabilitation Services portion, review with possible Commission discussion. There is no tangible report at this time.
16. Oklahoma School for the Blind Donations
Rita Echelle, Superintendent
Unified State Plan, including Rehabilitation Services portion, review with possible Commission discussion. There is no tangible report at this time.
17. Oklahoma School for the Deaf Donation Report
Chris Dvorak, Superintendent
Unified State Plan, including Rehabilitation Services portion, review with possible Commission discussion. There is no tangible report at this time.
18. New Business
Jace Wolfe, Chair
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).
19. Announcements
Jace Wolfe, Chair
Date and location of next regular meeting of the Oklahoma Commission for Rehabilitation Services:
Monday, February 10, 2020 at 10:30 am.
Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
300 NE 18th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
20. Adjournment
Jace Wolfe, Chair
