WEBVTT 00:00:00.066 --> 00:00:07.239 - So I will call to order this meeting of the Monroe County Public Library Board of Trustees on Wednesday, 00:00:07.239 --> 00:00:14.207 - October 21st, 2026. And if we want to go around and say what we're all currently reading, I'm reading 00:00:14.207 --> 00:00:21.380 - or rereading. It's been a while, but it's on our new textbook adoption this year. So Frederick, Douglas, 00:00:21.380 --> 00:00:24.318 - and American Slave. So I'm rereading that. 00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:31.616 - I'm Greer Carson. I'm reading This is Ragtime, which is an old music history book by Terry Waldo. My 00:00:31.616 --> 00:00:37.343 - family and I are replaying Zelda Tears of the Kingdom while we sit anxiously waiting for the Ocarina 00:00:37.343 --> 00:00:43.126 - of Time remake to drop in two weeks. I'm Amy O'Shaughnessy. I just, I can't remember what I'm reading 00:00:43.126 --> 00:00:48.795 - right now, but I just finished last week Partita, Barbara Kingselver's new novel and was excited to 00:00:48.795 --> 00:00:52.254 - see her speak here in Bloomington. So that was a real treat. 00:00:53.570 --> 00:01:00.817 - My name is Chris Hall, and I am listening to The Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. Is it? Oh, I 00:01:00.817 --> 00:01:08.065 - thought about that. Oh, hi. Hi. I'm sorry. I'm Nancy Van Allen. I was trying to find the title of my 00:01:08.065 --> 00:01:15.312 - book. I guess I'm reading She Is a Haunting for Book Love in School. And yeah, it's a very difficult 00:01:15.312 --> 00:01:23.134 - name to pronounce, the last name, but good book. I'm Becky Hill, and I am reading, I just started Eye of the 00:01:23.266 --> 00:01:36.136 - I can follow it. I'm Jennifer Whitley and I just started listening to the girl with the louding voice. 00:01:36.136 --> 00:01:43.134 - Is there any public comment either in person or online? 00:01:49.378 --> 00:02:00.502 - Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda from September 16th? Any opposed? Okay, eyes have it. 00:02:00.502 --> 00:02:08.062 - So now we will hear from Greer Carson, the monthly director's report. 00:02:09.442 --> 00:02:15.922 - Okay, at the top of each month's director's report, we share how many unique users we've had the previous 00:02:15.922 --> 00:02:21.118 - month as well as year-to-date unique users. By October, we typically see around 35%. 00:02:21.186 --> 00:02:27.431 - of our registered patrons having checked out an item at least once during the year. As of October 1st 00:02:27.431 --> 00:02:33.615 - this year, we've seen 46% of all MCPL registered patrons having checked out at least one item so far 00:02:33.615 --> 00:02:39.738 - this year. So thank you to all of our patrons, nearly half of whom have borrowed something from the 00:02:39.738 --> 00:02:45.983 - library in 2026. And for reference, we currently have just shy of 61,000 registered patrons, which by 00:02:45.983 --> 00:02:50.942 - my count is about 43% of reported Monroe County residents. It's a strong number. 00:02:51.842 --> 00:02:57.638 - Canopy had a strong month in September, with some BBC productions topping the MCPL patron charts. For 00:02:57.638 --> 00:03:03.719 - those who may not know, Canopy is a library-focused streaming platform that provides access to independent 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:09.572 - classic and art house cinema, as well as documentaries, educational films, and a dedicated Canopy Kids 00:03:09.572 --> 00:03:11.390 - portal for our younger patrons. 00:03:12.066 --> 00:03:18.184 - And just showing my age here, I sometimes think of Canopy as the classical film and music of streaming 00:03:18.184 --> 00:03:24.481 - services, if anyone happens to remember that local video rental store from back in the day on the square. 00:03:24.481 --> 00:03:30.659 - In continuing the theme of showing one's age, we had an Ellsville teen patron honor us with the highest 00:03:30.659 --> 00:03:37.015 - possible praise, calling the library tough. And of course, I misspelled the word in the director's report, 00:03:37.015 --> 00:03:41.886 - as it should be spelled T-U-F-F. And so my own kids were quick to point out to me 00:03:42.114 --> 00:03:48.591 - that error while also offering a justified term of derision, unk. So that was fun. At least I know my 00:03:48.591 --> 00:03:55.068 - kids are reading the director's report. We had a minor water leak outside of our downtown kitchenette 00:03:55.068 --> 00:04:01.418 - adjacent to this room. The water made its way into the teen space next door and prompted some swift 00:04:01.418 --> 00:04:03.006 - cleanup and remediation. 00:04:03.106 --> 00:04:08.358 - the trusted consulting service that we use. It did provide an opportunity to reconsider our downtown 00:04:08.358 --> 00:04:13.662 - teen space study room in terms of appropriate size and location and we've since moved that conference 00:04:13.662 --> 00:04:19.018 - room to a more visible location within the teen space. Thanks to our building services team for acting 00:04:19.018 --> 00:04:24.270 - so quickly to identify and mitigate the water leak and to our teen services team for capitalizing on 00:04:24.270 --> 00:04:27.390 - the incident to suggest an improvement in space management. 00:04:28.642 --> 00:04:34.350 - We're in the process of completing an iterative compensation review with NFP, the consultants who advised 00:04:34.350 --> 00:04:39.897 - us during the large scale compensation study of 2022. Since that study four years ago, we've committed 00:04:39.897 --> 00:04:45.336 - to doing iterative reviews every few years to make sure we're staying above the 50th percentile mark 00:04:45.336 --> 00:04:50.991 - for wages within the field, as well as identifying areas where we could be more competitive. We'll share 00:04:50.991 --> 00:04:57.022 - their findings along with our recommendations for adjustments at either the November or December board meeting. 00:04:57.954 --> 00:05:04.417 - I want to point out a minor correction in the director's report on page 42. It states that the total 00:05:04.417 --> 00:05:11.071 - attendance for all children's programs in April was 765. That should obviously read September. And then 00:05:11.071 --> 00:05:16.446 - finally, Staff Day 2026 was indeed very successful as we talked briefly last month. 00:05:16.674 --> 00:05:21.773 - Thanks to the great work of our staff day planning team as well as the constructive feedback that we 00:05:21.773 --> 00:05:26.922 - get from MCPL staff every year via the post staff day internal survey that really helps us figure out 00:05:26.922 --> 00:05:31.971 - what to do better and what to keep in place. Some of the featured events and the stats for that day 00:05:31.971 --> 00:05:35.454 - are included in the director's report but I'll just sum it up with a 00:05:35.554 --> 00:05:43.240 - quote from one staff member who shared that, for a whole day of staff training, it's quite enjoyable. 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:51.227 - Anyone who has ever done something like this at another business or institution knows that they're rarely 00:05:51.227 --> 00:05:58.838 - this well thought out or pleasant. Good job to all involved. Happy to answer any questions. Okay. So 00:05:58.838 --> 00:06:02.078 - now I think we're going to hear from Gary. 00:06:02.242 --> 00:06:11.151 - on the 2027 budget hearing and adoption update. The County Council approved the 2027 budget last night. 00:06:11.151 --> 00:06:19.888 - I'm happy to say that there were no changes to the budget numbers that we went over at the July board 00:06:19.888 --> 00:06:28.454 - meeting. The growth quotient is 6%, so the tax levy revenue and the total spending budget will both 00:06:28.454 --> 00:06:31.966 - increase by 6%. Are there any questions? 00:06:37.346 --> 00:06:48.673 - Thank you. Okay, so next up, let's see, this is, now we're gonna hear about the benefits renewal. So 00:06:48.673 --> 00:06:58.206 - that's what, isn't it, what's next? 2027 benefits renewal overview from JA Benefits. 00:07:08.322 --> 00:07:11.166 - But I'm going to get everything queued up for them. 00:07:55.554 --> 00:08:24.190 - I'm sorry, I have a Mac and I don't, so I don't know how to do it on it. 00:08:25.730 --> 00:08:39.272 - that arrow that goes like that on the top right. So if you go right there, that's my experience, we'll 00:08:39.272 --> 00:08:52.682 - find out. Okay, so it's not gonna show up on the screen, but it'll be up there. Okay. Thanks. So I'll 00:08:52.682 --> 00:08:54.654 - introduce J.A. 00:08:55.426 --> 00:09:01.484 - So we work with J.A. benefits and their team and really appreciate them coming here tonight to provide 00:09:01.484 --> 00:09:07.660 - their expertise and information in advance of our open enrollment. In August and I presented our benefit 00:09:07.660 --> 00:09:13.719 - package and an informational refresher but they're going to go into some more details on benefits that 00:09:13.719 --> 00:09:19.601 - are part of our renewal as well as the initial renewal and next steps that we're going through here 00:09:19.601 --> 00:09:20.542 - in the process. 00:09:21.602 --> 00:09:27.862 - As a reminder, our open enrollment includes health insurance, dental, vision, clinic, and disability 00:09:27.862 --> 00:09:33.502 - products as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA. So those are the pieces that are related to this. 00:09:35.170 --> 00:09:41.180 - J.A. has been a valuable partner of the library since 2010. They not only do a great job of partnering 00:09:41.180 --> 00:09:47.190 - with us during open enrollment but they also provide year round support for staff members. They answer 00:09:47.190 --> 00:09:53.083 - questions and help with billing questions or carrier information that staff need in order to be able 00:09:53.083 --> 00:09:59.326 - to maximize their benefits and get the most out of that. I know our staff really appreciate that as do we. 00:09:59.842 --> 00:10:06.573 - Additionally, they also are year-round partners for us. So the HR department, they also meet with Gary 00:10:06.573 --> 00:10:13.174 - and Greer during the year to help us with industry trends, staying on top of what's happening in the 00:10:13.174 --> 00:10:19.839 - market, looking at benchmarking, and strategically considering plan design changes and offerings that 00:10:19.839 --> 00:10:26.832 - we may want to consider. They help us provide strong benefits for our staff, remain an employer of choice, 00:10:26.832 --> 00:10:29.054 - and also keep in mind our budget. 00:10:29.826 --> 00:10:35.358 - We appreciate their partnership and I'll go ahead and turn it over to them. So this is Alyssa and Corey. 00:10:45.410 --> 00:10:51.845 - So I'm Alyssa Prince, I'm an account executive at JA Benefits and I've worked with the library for I 00:10:51.845 --> 00:10:58.408 - think going on about five years now since I've been with JA and I have Corey with me. Corey is partner 00:10:58.408 --> 00:11:05.161 - and consultant at JA and has worked on Monroe for a long time. So thank you all for having us here today. 00:11:05.161 --> 00:11:11.597 - We're gonna go through where we are on the renewals so far and kind of some of the trends that we've 00:11:11.597 --> 00:11:14.846 - had in the past and where we're going on timeline. 00:11:18.658 --> 00:11:26.074 - So this slide is just a quick overview of where we are currently on your dental, vision, other ancillary 00:11:26.074 --> 00:11:33.207 - lines of coverage, and your medical. So your dental and vision, we do have those complete. Vision is 00:11:33.207 --> 00:11:40.623 - in a rate hold currently, so those rates will stay the same through 2028. We also got the dental renewal 00:11:40.623 --> 00:11:45.214 - completed. It came in at an 8% to start for one year. I'm sorry. 00:11:46.082 --> 00:11:51.948 - 5% for one year 8% for two years and we were able to get it to a 5% for two years So that'll end up 00:11:51.948 --> 00:11:57.814 - lining up with the vision as well, which is always kind of nice to have those in line With guardian 00:11:57.814 --> 00:12:03.738 - that is the life and disability products Their initial renewal was a four point eight percent across 00:12:03.738 --> 00:12:09.721 - a couple different lines of coverage That's what it averaged out to that was for one year. We did get 00:12:09.721 --> 00:12:13.534 - a notification that they are willing to do that for two years so 00:12:13.666 --> 00:12:19.350 - We are still pushing back one more time on that, but I think that's about where that one will land. 00:12:19.350 --> 00:12:25.317 - With Anthem, we are still in their initial offer phase on that. That one did come in at a 39% this year. 00:12:25.317 --> 00:12:31.171 - We will talk about some of the history of where we've been in the past and kind of what's driving that 00:12:31.171 --> 00:12:36.969 - increase this year. We are still working on negotiating with Anthem currently, but we are seeing that 00:12:36.969 --> 00:12:40.606 - the market is moving a little bit less than it has in the past. 00:12:41.090 --> 00:12:49.946 - And in some cases, they are not moving much at all. So we are pushing as hard as we can and we have 00:12:49.946 --> 00:12:59.068 - a few different levers as well. This just gives a little bit of an overview of kind of where the trend 00:12:59.068 --> 00:13:03.230 - is this year across the nation. So on average, 00:13:04.226 --> 00:13:10.514 - Employer increases are going up about 8.2% on medical. So that's including your groups that are running 00:13:10.514 --> 00:13:16.620 - very well, and that's including the groups that are running higher on their claims loss ratio, which 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:22.787 - we'll talk a little bit more about. Medical trend on average is up 9% across the nation. Specifically 00:13:22.787 --> 00:13:29.014 - in the fully insured carriers, most of them are saying it's more like 12% to 13%, so it's a little bit 00:13:29.014 --> 00:13:31.070 - higher than this national number. 00:13:31.490 --> 00:13:37.008 - Essentially what a trend renewal means is that's kind of where they're putting you if you are running 00:13:37.008 --> 00:13:42.471 - at their target ratios They're still going to be coming out with that trend increase to keep up with 00:13:42.471 --> 00:13:47.880 - the costs of everything Right now Monroe County is running at a hundred and thirty six percent loss 00:13:47.880 --> 00:13:53.344 - ratio and essentially what that means is You're running over the amount of money that is being taken 00:13:53.344 --> 00:13:57.022 - in by the carrier, which is where we're seeing that renewal come in 00:13:58.690 --> 00:14:04.709 - A lot of that is being driven by pharmacy, which is something that we are seeing across the medical 00:14:04.709 --> 00:14:10.908 - space, that pharmacy costs continue to climb and be a big factor in that. Corey, is there anything you 00:14:10.908 --> 00:14:17.287 - want to add to this slide? Yeah, I'll just jump in and add on the 8.2 national average. That is inclusive 00:14:17.287 --> 00:14:23.787 - of very, very large organizations, all the way down to very small organizations. That number, historically, 00:14:23.787 --> 00:14:28.542 - the last seven or eight years has been half that number. So we're seeing that. 00:14:29.410 --> 00:14:35.071 - number go up, even though it's obviously moderated and looks I would be happy with that number this 00:14:35.071 --> 00:14:40.901 - year for you all if we could get it. But in general, that's a very weighted number across a very large 00:14:40.901 --> 00:14:46.562 - number of folks across the country. But doubling that average is a pretty big change in one year. I 00:14:46.562 --> 00:14:52.222 - don't think 2027 looks much or 2028 looks much better. And the other thing we're seeing in the list 00:14:52.222 --> 00:14:54.430 - and I were just chatting about this is 00:14:55.010 --> 00:15:01.034 - the impact of technology on hospital ability to bill at a different level. So they're appropriately 00:15:01.034 --> 00:15:07.359 - presumably and hopefully coding things correctly. And sometimes that means they know that there's higher 00:15:07.359 --> 00:15:13.745 - risk and therefore they get reimbursed more. So everybody's strained. The health system is simultaneously 00:15:13.745 --> 00:15:18.142 - strained in various degrees. We could have a long discussion about that. 00:15:18.914 --> 00:15:24.814 - but they are also pushing to get as much revenue. So it could be that the cost of care is not going 00:15:24.814 --> 00:15:30.950 - up, but the utilization is going up, or the severity or frequency of severe claims is going up as well. 00:15:30.950 --> 00:15:36.849 - On the pharmacy side, I'll just finish here. Thankfully, there are ways to treat chronic conditions 00:15:36.849 --> 00:15:42.867 - that are improved and better. Those costs of those medications are higher than ever. So the trade-off 00:15:42.867 --> 00:15:47.646 - in value is a long-term, I think, test for the market and the healthcare system. 00:15:47.842 --> 00:15:54.571 - But in the meantime, it is certainly raising the costs dramatically. So the cost to treat chronic conditions 00:15:54.571 --> 00:16:00.867 - that may have kind of finally worked down a little bit to near $1,200 a year for maybe a very obvious 00:16:00.867 --> 00:16:07.102 - chronic condition of diabetic care is ramping up to $12,000 a year on the drug cost side now that we 00:16:07.102 --> 00:16:13.275 - have new treatment courses and that's the primary first line defense. So that's driving some of it, 00:16:13.275 --> 00:16:16.670 - but not all of it. It's also single largest, you know, 00:16:16.898 --> 00:16:24.411 - multiple or across the nation, the size of large claims is going up. So as Alyssa has mentioned, a lot 00:16:24.411 --> 00:16:31.778 - of things are moving that number. It's a lot of explaining, but I think for perspective, it's really 00:16:31.778 --> 00:16:39.145 - helpful for this group to understand what's kind of moving the market for you. Yeah, ask as we go as 00:16:39.145 --> 00:16:43.230 - well. Yeah. Is that okay if I ask a question right now? 00:16:43.554 --> 00:16:49.567 - That 136% like the loss ratio, how does that compare to what MCPL has looked like over the last like 00:16:49.567 --> 00:16:55.520 - three, four, five years? That's a great question. And we actually have that on a slide coming up. I 00:16:55.520 --> 00:17:01.532 - can just wait then. Yeah, that is a wonderful question though, and I appreciate it. It might even be 00:17:01.532 --> 00:17:07.724 - our next slide, but if not, it's, oh yes, it is right here. Great. Anyone else have any other questions 00:17:07.724 --> 00:17:13.022 - on that? So I'm not really certain about this main administration that we have going on. 00:17:13.154 --> 00:17:20.098 - but there was something the other day that was being possibly put in for Medicare, Medicaid. Would that, 00:17:20.098 --> 00:17:26.710 - are we locked into a price if things are able to be lowered or are you able to manipulate things if 00:17:26.710 --> 00:17:33.654 - they change in our direction? Yeah, it's a good question. So you're fully insured, kind of the insurance 00:17:33.654 --> 00:17:40.267 - company that runs your plan and there's choices we've made over the years that have been different, 00:17:40.267 --> 00:17:41.854 - but the current partner 00:17:42.466 --> 00:17:49.146 - kind of manages all that through their own pharmacy benefit manager. I would say on the Medicare, Medicaid 00:17:49.146 --> 00:17:55.577 - pricing coming down for drug costs, if anything, that's pushing the employer or commercial pricing up, 00:17:55.577 --> 00:18:01.820 - unfortunately, because the drug manufacturers don't like to lose revenue. So they are finding where 00:18:01.820 --> 00:18:08.313 - ways in which they could pull back on the way that the cost. So it's a little counterintuitive. I think 00:18:08.313 --> 00:18:09.374 - in the long run, 00:18:09.826 --> 00:18:15.508 - Pushing prices down across the board on drugs and removing rebates from the picture will be helpful. 00:18:15.508 --> 00:18:21.247 - That is just a longer-term proposition. So it's a little counterintuitive that if they improve there, 00:18:21.247 --> 00:18:26.929 - we might get actually pushed up in the portion of the market that buys commercial through employers. 00:18:26.929 --> 00:18:33.118 - So government funds about, I think, 30% to 40% of health care at this point through those programs primarily. 00:18:33.118 --> 00:18:38.238 - Employers fund another third. And then there's a lot of individual coverage in the middle. 00:18:38.498 --> 00:18:42.558 - or uncovered folks, unfortunately. Yep. Good question. 00:18:44.002 --> 00:18:50.485 - So to speak to your question, we've got down here at the very bottom, the loss ratio averages for a 00:18:50.485 --> 00:18:57.097 - period of time. So the data on that actually goes back to 2017. The rest of the data is for 2020. But 00:18:57.097 --> 00:19:03.580 - whenever you were with SIHO, from 2017 to 21, you were running at about an 89% loss ratio. And just 00:19:03.580 --> 00:19:10.192 - for reference, typically, carriers want to see that at 80% or below for a trend renewal, just to kind 00:19:10.192 --> 00:19:13.758 - of give you an idea of what their target typically is. 00:19:14.018 --> 00:19:20.728 - Whenever you were in the range of 2020 to 2022, you were 166 at a point and dropped down to 80%. And 00:19:20.728 --> 00:19:27.638 - then with Anthem, our past couple of years have been 113 to 104. So we have actually ran above the 100% 00:19:27.638 --> 00:19:34.282 - loss ratio threshold for a couple of years now. But we have managed to be able to get pretty decent 00:19:34.282 --> 00:19:40.062 - renewals. And I think some of that is catching up as we have a higher trend this year. 00:19:41.442 --> 00:19:47.225 - So as you can see on the top part there, it does go into some detail and kind of where we started with 00:19:47.225 --> 00:19:52.840 - renewals in the past and where we were able to get them to. Last year, for example, it started at a 00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:58.679 - 16% and we were able to get it to a nine. There were a couple of previous years there with Anthem where 00:19:58.679 --> 00:20:04.294 - they gave premium credits and essentially that was a way of giving some of the money back but still 00:20:04.294 --> 00:20:07.326 - setting the premium at that target for the next year. 00:20:07.522 --> 00:20:13.949 - So it's always nice when we can get those, but our preference is just to be able to get the rate to 00:20:13.949 --> 00:20:20.826 - start with when we can. Anything you want to add to this one? Yeah, I'll jump in here. You can see there's 00:20:20.826 --> 00:20:27.445 - been pretty good movement from the initial to the next or the final. We are not seeing that in markets 00:20:27.445 --> 00:20:34.129 - where we've got responses so far back, and that's inclusive of alternative markets. What I mean by that 00:20:34.129 --> 00:20:37.150 - is another insurance company is not looking as 00:20:37.506 --> 00:20:44.255 - aggressive as they have in the past. So we're seeing that as a market trend overall. We expect a lot 00:20:44.255 --> 00:20:51.405 - less movement. And I think as Alyssa shared, maybe we got too much in 25 and 26 for what we were spending. 00:20:51.405 --> 00:20:58.488 - But I think what our view is to get the appropriate and fair renewal as often and frequently as possible. 00:20:58.488 --> 00:21:04.702 - So we can address these types of renewals when they happen. Our run rate has been very good. 00:21:05.250 --> 00:21:13.468 - Usually see a lot of decreases in a 10 year history or even a five or seven year history. So that's 00:21:13.468 --> 00:21:21.768 - positive It's perspective not really going to help next year's budget. However, so I'm aware of that 00:21:21.768 --> 00:21:26.206 - number fully as is Gary Is that something that's then 00:21:27.042 --> 00:21:32.731 - given to the library or like the organization that's purchasing the coverage as a whole? Is it passed 00:21:32.731 --> 00:21:38.420 - down to the individuals as credit? That's not something I'm familiar with. So if you can give me just 00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:44.053 - a quick primer of how that works, that'd be awesome. It's a great question. I think Alyssa described 00:21:44.053 --> 00:21:49.686 - it really well. If they'd rather us keep an 8% and then give us 3% on the credit so that I'm looking 00:21:49.686 --> 00:21:55.710 - at 2025, for example. And that is a credit that's on the administrative bill that gets paid by the library. 00:21:56.226 --> 00:22:02.166 - And when the because we know that going into the renewal, we can set the employee rates based on that 00:22:02.166 --> 00:22:08.107 - net five percent number and often every time did say, OK, our actual budget cash flow wise next year, 00:22:08.107 --> 00:22:13.931 - it just comes out of the out of the payroll, not the payroll, but out of the budget differently. So 00:22:13.931 --> 00:22:18.590 - that first month might be a little bit credited with that to the employer side. 00:22:19.106 --> 00:22:25.622 - So it's passed through the employees in the sense that the payroll deductions we set for that year have 00:22:25.622 --> 00:22:32.263 - incorporated the idea that it was a 5% in 2025, not an 8%, if that makes sense. It's not a direct credit. 00:22:32.263 --> 00:22:38.529 - It was 8%. And so the rates were at 8%. How the library shared that is a whole different discussion 00:22:38.529 --> 00:22:44.857 - on contributions. Organization to figure out how to allocate that. Yeah. And so it's really employer 00:22:44.857 --> 00:22:46.110 - credit effectively. 00:22:53.922 --> 00:23:00.235 - I keep forgetting about the microphone. We've got a couple of slides about employer benchmarking. So 00:23:00.235 --> 00:23:06.860 - this is a tool that we have available to be able to generate a larger report for benchmarking you against 00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:13.235 - groups that are similar to yourselves. So this specific report is against 65 other organizations that 00:23:13.235 --> 00:23:15.422 - are between 100 and 249 employees. 00:23:15.778 --> 00:23:21.473 - in the Great Lakes region, and it does include libraries and also information services. So a little 00:23:21.473 --> 00:23:27.396 - bit broader than just the libraries that are probably included in this report. But what we can see here 00:23:27.396 --> 00:23:33.546 - is that your overall benefits package is market leading currently. So you are in that 60 to 70th percentile 00:23:33.546 --> 00:23:35.198 - when compared to your peers. 00:23:35.330 --> 00:23:41.786 - On the medical, you're in the 70 to 80th percentile. So some of that has to do with plan design. Some 00:23:41.786 --> 00:23:48.242 - of it has to do with how you're contributing to your employees. All of that packaged together is what 00:23:48.242 --> 00:23:54.635 - makes that up. Your PPO plan at a $500 is in top benefits. So it's the 85th to 100th percentile when 00:23:54.635 --> 00:24:01.471 - compared to your peers where it is today. And then the HSA plans are 65th to the 85th, also market leading. 00:24:01.471 --> 00:24:04.446 - And then your ancillary is market competitive. 00:24:04.802 --> 00:24:11.263 - So you guys, as you probably all know, are very competitive with the benefits that are offered today. 00:24:11.263 --> 00:24:17.660 - Over on the left-hand side, we have some notes on kind of where you stand with your contributions as 00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:23.994 - well. So employee only, you're paying 100% no matter what plan is chosen. The average is 65% on the 00:24:23.994 --> 00:24:30.772 - PPO and then 82% on HSAs. And then as you can see, as you get down into the spouses, employee and children 00:24:30.772 --> 00:24:32.862 - and family, they're a little bit 00:24:33.026 --> 00:24:41.977 - more close to the current market. And then this slide, again, is benchmarking, and this is specific 00:24:41.977 --> 00:24:51.107 - to HSA deposits. So you guys do give quite a bit back in HSAs to employees today, which is wonderful, 00:24:51.107 --> 00:25:00.147 - and I'm sure they greatly appreciate it. But as you can see, the average compared to peers, they are 00:25:00.147 --> 00:25:01.758 - paying about 465, 00:25:01.858 --> 00:25:08.397 - into those accounts where you guys are contributing a significant amount into those accounts today. 00:25:08.397 --> 00:25:14.936 - And then this does also include the deductibles for your PPO. The average deductible instead of 500 00:25:14.936 --> 00:25:21.476 - is 1,600 for your cohort. And then out of pocket, you're a little bit lower as well. So just a good 00:25:21.476 --> 00:25:28.276 - overview of kind of where you are currently and also shows that there's room for adjustments as needed, 00:25:28.276 --> 00:25:31.742 - knowing that you are in the space you are right now. 00:25:33.538 --> 00:25:40.595 - I'll just jump in and add there was some history up before but when we moved to anthem I think we took 00:25:40.595 --> 00:25:47.857 - a decrease as well. So a lot of that good years are have been adjusted back through the HSA contributions 00:25:47.857 --> 00:25:54.708 - and I expect that that will be an area potentially to adjust going forward but we will see. I think 00:25:54.708 --> 00:25:58.750 - interest it's you've been very as Alyssa shared fair maybe 00:25:59.458 --> 00:26:06.845 - very market leading with your benefits for your employees relative to the market. And I think that is 00:26:06.845 --> 00:26:14.449 - something that you've been able to do historically. So something to be proud of for the past. All right. 00:26:14.449 --> 00:26:18.142 - And the final slide is just the upcoming timeline. 00:26:19.010 --> 00:26:24.088 - Tonight we had our review of where claims were and the renewal status. We're working through 00:26:24.088 --> 00:26:29.603 - final negotiations, and we'll work with them and our County Public Library team to finalize what all 00:26:29.603 --> 00:26:35.391 - of that will look like to bring back to you all through your work sessions and for the next board meeting 00:26:35.391 --> 00:26:41.234 - prep. And then we will get into open enrollment timing, which is usually around the beginning of December. 00:26:41.234 --> 00:26:45.438 - I had one more thing to add. Becky mentioned it, but we meet all year round. 00:26:45.858 --> 00:26:52.303 - Prepare for days like this. I guess I would say with a management team and also multiple years in advance 00:26:52.303 --> 00:26:58.382 - We prepare for these days. So we have some tools ready at hand to address that including Continuing 00:26:58.382 --> 00:27:04.523 - to push on the negotiation side and reviewing alternative markets, but I think for your benefit it's 00:27:04.523 --> 00:27:07.198 - useful to know we've talked about what does 00:27:08.098 --> 00:27:14.353 - What is the lever we can pull and how can we manage the member experience simultaneous with the budget 00:27:14.353 --> 00:27:20.486 - which is just a market reality if we are in this kind of situation. So that's been many years in the 00:27:20.486 --> 00:27:26.558 - making and I would expect us to put all the tools to work this year. Any questions for Alyssa or I. 00:27:34.082 --> 00:27:48.053 - We much prefer to deliver zeros, but we can't do it every year. So thank you for your time. Thank you. 00:27:48.053 --> 00:28:02.974 - I think we can escape, and that'll help. It's very odd to drag across the screen. We'll do two teamwork here. 00:28:03.874 --> 00:28:16.603 - Next up is Elizabeth Gray from Adult Services and is it Shakae Norris? Diversion and Prevention Case 00:28:16.603 --> 00:28:26.686 - Manager for Department Update with Adult Services and Heading Home Partnership. 00:28:52.578 --> 00:28:59.165 - Good evening. Thank you for giving me time this evening to speak to you about what's been going on in 00:28:59.165 --> 00:29:05.817 - adult services this past year. We have continued with our regular book clubs facilitated by librarians 00:29:05.817 --> 00:29:12.598 - Maggie Hutt and Emily Bedwell. And we added a book club called Books on Tap Last Call due to the waiting 00:29:12.598 --> 00:29:19.509 - list to join Books on Tap. Last Call is led by librarian Emily Bedwell, who also leads our short attention 00:29:19.509 --> 00:29:20.542 - span book club. 00:29:20.642 --> 00:29:26.219 - Last Call reads the books that the original Books on Tap read the month prior. So it gives everybody 00:29:26.219 --> 00:29:31.796 - a chance to read them and discuss. And Emily has been getting great attendance at Last Call. We also 00:29:31.796 --> 00:29:37.373 - held two one-off book clubs. We did Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. in connection with Graham Faloon. 00:29:37.373 --> 00:29:42.950 - And then we also did the book Sold. That was very recently. And it was the most banned book of 2025. 00:29:42.950 --> 00:29:45.214 - So Emily did that for Banned Books Week. 00:29:46.114 --> 00:29:52.390 - Our Green Peeps book club, run by Maggie, focuses on environmental reads and frequently welcomes a guest 00:29:52.390 --> 00:29:58.427 - speaker. In April, the group met in the MCPL garden to discuss Birding to Change the World by Trisha 00:29:58.427 --> 00:30:04.644 - Cain. Wyatt Downey, expert birder and board member of the Sassafras Audubon Society, came to speak with 00:30:04.644 --> 00:30:10.741 - us about local birding. And this month, the club is reading H's for Hawk by Helen McDonald. Wild Care 00:30:10.741 --> 00:30:14.686 - will visit with Felix the American Kestrel to talk about raptors. 00:30:18.242 --> 00:30:24.379 - We also developed a number of online programs to engage our patrons this year. For National Poetry Month 00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:30.458 - we had a poetry writing contest. This year's theme was An Imagined Future and we had poems that covered 00:30:30.458 --> 00:30:36.362 - everything from dreams to fears to hope to survival. We continue with the popular tailored TBR where 00:30:36.362 --> 00:30:42.441 - patrons receive books selected just for them in a tote bag that they can keep and they get small prizes 00:30:42.441 --> 00:30:43.902 - along with that as well. 00:30:44.130 --> 00:30:50.678 - Chopped Library Edition continues to entice our home cooks who get a bag of ingredients, create a dish, 00:30:50.678 --> 00:30:57.100 - and submit it online for the chance to win a prize. And starting in November, we will have a six-word 00:30:57.100 --> 00:31:03.458 - memoir contest, and that will be online as well. Other programs this year included a fall and spring 00:31:03.458 --> 00:31:10.132 - seed swap, a crossover program with our casual video gamers club and our puzzle swap, a drop-in community 00:31:10.132 --> 00:31:13.406 - knit and crochet program to make hats for donation, 00:31:14.242 --> 00:31:20.654 - In conjunction with our summer reading theme, which this past summer was Unearth a Story, Wonder Lab 00:31:20.654 --> 00:31:27.193 - executive director Dallas Evans presented No Dinosaurs, No Problem, Exploring Indiana's Geologic Past. 00:31:27.193 --> 00:31:33.732 - Dallas explained how dinosaurs go from discovery in the field to display in a museum. Local author and 00:31:33.732 --> 00:31:40.271 - speaker Shana Ritter led participants through the process of creating postcard memoirs using postcards 00:31:40.271 --> 00:31:42.430 - to create brief life reflections. 00:31:48.898 --> 00:31:56.169 - From grand Victorian to gilded to roaring, a historical garment soiree welcomed historical fashion experts 00:31:56.169 --> 00:32:03.508 - Nicole Rudolph and Abby Cox who discussed fashion from the 1830s to the 1920s. They also brought historical 00:32:03.508 --> 00:32:10.508 - garments from this time period for participants to learn about and to handle. Work continues to expand 00:32:10.508 --> 00:32:13.022 - points on the Hoosier character map. 00:32:13.154 --> 00:32:19.083 - Librarian Christine Friesel held several programs to engage patrons who are interested in developing 00:32:19.083 --> 00:32:25.188 - different areas of the map. Programs were held both at the Downtown Library and the Andrite East Senior 00:32:25.188 --> 00:32:31.293 - Center, which is at College Mall. In December, Christine will host a program at the Ellitsville Library 00:32:31.293 --> 00:32:37.632 - entitled, Ellitsville's Lost Landmark, The Whirly Mansion, presented by local author and historian Penelope 00:32:37.632 --> 00:32:42.622 - Matheson, discussing highlights from her book about that mansion. Nonprofit central, 00:32:43.010 --> 00:32:49.147 - continues to serve our nonprofit community led by librarian Jack Kovaleski. The yearly Meet the Media, 00:32:49.147 --> 00:32:55.523 - Nonprofit Board Trading, and Meet the Funders continue to help nonprofits in Monroe County develop funding 00:32:55.523 --> 00:33:02.078 - and marketing strategies. Classes instructing participants how to use the candid database are held regularly. 00:33:02.078 --> 00:33:08.096 - This database helps nonprofits find likely funding sources that align with their missions. Jack also 00:33:08.096 --> 00:33:12.446 - meets with patrons one-on-one to assist them in how to start a nonprofit 00:33:12.546 --> 00:33:19.574 - or to help with other questions they may have. He also attends monthly meetings of the Monroe County 00:33:19.574 --> 00:33:27.020 - Nonprofit Alliance administered by United Way of Monroe County. Librarian Josh Caswell focuses on emerging 00:33:27.020 --> 00:33:34.049 - adults, patrons ranging in age from 19 to 35, with regular meetings of our Fiber Arts Club and Adult 00:33:34.049 --> 00:33:34.814 - Lego Club. 00:33:35.394 --> 00:33:41.440 - This year, Josh, along with library assistant and miniature painting expert, Hunter Todd, started Adult 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:47.720 - Miniature Painting 101, a program which has been very popular. People with all levels of miniature painting 00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:53.766 - experience are welcome to participate. This is the rest of our group too. Adult Services employees also 00:33:53.766 --> 00:33:59.696 - staff the second floor information desk and the drive up window every day, all hours that the library 00:33:59.696 --> 00:34:04.638 - is open. While the drive up window is basically checking out held items for patrons, 00:34:04.898 --> 00:34:10.820 - The information desk is an unpredictable experience at the desk. We not only answer in person questions, 00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:16.573 - but we also answer questions by phone and chat. Every shift adult services staff members may be asked 00:34:16.573 --> 00:34:22.214 - any question you can think of from what's the weather forecast to where can I find something to eat 00:34:22.214 --> 00:34:28.192 - to can help you help me find plans to build about roost. And amazingly, we find correct answers to nearly 00:34:28.192 --> 00:34:30.110 - every question that we are asked. 00:34:30.306 --> 00:34:36.042 - Occasionally, we can't answer a question. But in those cases, we generally send our patrons off with 00:34:36.042 --> 00:34:41.891 - a referral to an agency or a group who likely can help them. And to close, I would like to share a few 00:34:41.891 --> 00:34:47.570 - patron comments about adult services that came in this year. A patron donating books stopped on his 00:34:47.570 --> 00:34:53.363 - way out to say thanks. He and his wife got cards here in the first week they lived in Bloomington and 00:34:53.363 --> 00:34:59.326 - have used our services regularly for 15 years. He summed up his feelings as best librarian in the world. 00:35:00.642 --> 00:35:05.969 - A regular member of our Green Peeps Book Club emailed this kind comment to Librarian Maggie Hutt. Thank 00:35:05.969 --> 00:35:11.091 - you for creating such welcoming spaces in all of your book clubs. Without you setting such open and 00:35:11.091 --> 00:35:16.470 - thoughtful vibes, I don't believe any of us would feel as comfortable voicing our opinions. And finally, 00:35:16.470 --> 00:35:20.670 - this comment. I just want to thank Librarian Emily, who answered the phone today. 00:35:20.994 --> 00:35:26.235 - I thought I had given her an impossible quest, but she kept digging and not only found my old friend 00:35:26.235 --> 00:35:31.580 - who currently lives in Costa Rica, but was also able to find a local connection so I can send her some 00:35:31.580 --> 00:35:36.924 - old letters from when we were growing up. Are you sure librarians aren't magic? And before I introduce 00:35:36.924 --> 00:35:41.854 - Chiquet, I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have about adult services this year. 00:35:50.402 --> 00:35:56.882 - Thank you. I am going to... Why is it not moving forward? There we go. So, before I introduce Shakae 00:35:56.882 --> 00:36:03.490 - to you, I would like to share one more story with you that illustrates the impact our next speaker has 00:36:03.490 --> 00:36:10.226 - had on the library. One day I was working on the desk with one of our library assistants, Cole Champion. 00:36:10.226 --> 00:36:15.230 - I was helping someone when Cole got involved in speaking with two senior men. 00:36:15.458 --> 00:36:21.127 - The conversation had been going on for quite some time when I finished with my patron, so I began listening 00:36:21.127 --> 00:36:26.533 - in. One of the men had lived in the same apartment complex for 15 years. The complex had recently been 00:36:26.533 --> 00:36:31.887 - bought by a new company who had a new way of paying rent online. The patron did not understand how to 00:36:31.887 --> 00:36:37.188 - do it, so he had not paid his rent for several months. He had been to numerous places in Bloomington 00:36:37.188 --> 00:36:42.437 - looking for help because he was facing eviction. He had been told to come to the library to watch a 00:36:42.437 --> 00:36:44.222 - video about eviction by somebody. 00:36:45.858 --> 00:36:51.210 - And we were trying to figure out the best way to help them. Cole began chatting with me, and eventually 00:36:51.210 --> 00:36:56.511 - we both thought we should see if Shakae Norris, the prevention and diversion case manager from heading 00:36:56.511 --> 00:37:01.761 - home who is housed in the library, could help him. Fortunately, Shakae was available. About two hours 00:37:01.761 --> 00:37:07.113 - later, the entire situation was resolved. Eviction was off the table because Shakae spent time speaking 00:37:07.113 --> 00:37:12.517 - with the office staff of the apartment complex and getting everything worked out for the patron. Without 00:37:12.517 --> 00:37:13.598 - Shakae, I'm not sure 00:37:14.114 --> 00:37:20.321 - that we would have been able to help the patron. But I do know that because Shakay was here, a very 00:37:20.321 --> 00:37:26.777 - stressful situation in this patron's life was resolved. Before leaving, he stopped by the desk and said 00:37:26.777 --> 00:37:33.046 - he should have thought of coming to the library in the first place. And now Shakay will speak to you 00:37:33.046 --> 00:37:39.998 - about her time here at the library. Hi, guys. I first want to say thank you for allowing this partnership, also 00:37:40.290 --> 00:37:47.516 - There are three of us, diversion and prevention case managers, and I always tease my other two coworkers 00:37:47.516 --> 00:37:54.535 - that I'm the luckiest one because I'm at the library. And everybody here is amazing. And I mean, it's 00:37:54.535 --> 00:38:00.798 - the library. You have so much other stuff. So what we are, basically a few years ago, Mary 00:38:00.930 --> 00:38:08.855 - Morgan and Aaron Reynolds Tatiana Wheeler and a few other people came together to start an initiative. 00:38:08.855 --> 00:38:16.318 - They were able to get funding from the Lily Endowment, which will pay our salary for five years. 00:38:16.546 --> 00:38:23.950 - Um, help house people in my department. What I do is keep people from losing their housing, which oftentimes 00:38:23.950 --> 00:38:30.810 - consists of going to eviction court with them, um, trying to negotiate with landlords. If it's just, 00:38:30.810 --> 00:38:38.078 - it's not affordable. We try to help them find another place. Um, and we also can help them with moving in. 00:38:38.338 --> 00:38:45.336 - cost deposit first month. Sometimes people get into rental arrears for various reasons. They don't have 00:38:45.336 --> 00:38:50.046 - anywhere else to go. So we try to not allow them to go to the street. 00:38:50.658 --> 00:38:57.575 - Right now we are at a 97% success rate, which is amazing. We've only lost three households But we did 00:38:57.575 --> 00:39:04.424 - not lose them as far as just letting them go Even though they lost their housing and we weren't able 00:39:04.424 --> 00:39:11.273 - to save the situation Are they because a lot of people wait until the day before they have to be out 00:39:11.273 --> 00:39:15.070 - sometimes and sometimes it's hard to work that magic so 00:39:15.842 --> 00:39:22.325 - We still work with them. We still get them housing. We were able to help them find another place. So 00:39:22.325 --> 00:39:28.873 - while we lost a couple of houses, we didn't. We also have street outreach workers, which I, again, am 00:39:28.873 --> 00:39:35.870 - in diversion and prevention. But because I'm here at the library, I am also a little bit of street outreach. 00:39:36.002 --> 00:39:42.363 - because this is a safe place for a lot of our unhoused. They feel safe here. They can relax. So when 00:39:42.363 --> 00:39:48.158 - my street outreach workers are looking for someone or we haven't seen a regular in a while, 00:39:48.158 --> 00:39:54.582 - are they OK? They'll call me, hey, can you go through and look for them? Can you see if they're there 00:39:54.582 --> 00:40:00.880 - today? Hey, we found a spot for them. So it's a lot of connecting, connections, just trying to help 00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:03.966 - everyone. Just to give a few numbers, we started 00:40:04.194 --> 00:40:13.604 - And so it'll be a year coming up next week where we really started, got out there, got on the ground 00:40:13.604 --> 00:40:22.921 - running by the end of 2025. So this was taken in at the end of January diversion and prevention. We 00:40:22.921 --> 00:40:26.462 - had helped 40 households stay housed. 00:40:26.594 --> 00:40:32.825 - in that time, and street outreach, they had helped, they started engaging with 24 people and they were 00:40:32.825 --> 00:40:38.875 - able to house nine people in that time. With the street outreach is a little more difficult because 00:40:38.875 --> 00:40:45.046 - a lot of times people are dealing with mental health issues, they're dealing with no income, so while 00:40:45.046 --> 00:40:51.338 - we are helping them find housing, we're housing first, that's what's most important, but a lot of times 00:40:51.338 --> 00:40:54.302 - that includes getting them connected with having 00:40:54.530 --> 00:41:02.809 - those resources with getting some income in, applying for disability, if they're able, finding employment, 00:41:02.809 --> 00:41:10.778 - really going there. And actually, I mean, I myself have kind of negotiated with employers about people 00:41:10.778 --> 00:41:18.593 - working, giving them the jobs and stuff. So that was then. And then, sorry, guys. I'm trying to have 00:41:18.593 --> 00:41:24.318 - notes, but I also just like to go off the top of my head, so I apologize. 00:41:25.442 --> 00:41:38.022 - So by the end of August, for us, during our mid-year thing, we. Where did I? Sorry about that. So diversion 00:41:38.022 --> 00:41:49.904 - and prevention, we have to help. I don't want to give you a correct number. I'm sorry. 160 households 00:41:49.904 --> 00:41:55.262 - this year. And so still at that 90, it's 95%. 00:41:55.586 --> 00:42:00.798 - I mean, it's still pretty awesome. 160 households, people are feeling good. They're safely housed. They 00:42:00.798 --> 00:42:06.110 - also feel like they, a lot of times, we have a few one officer people, but sometimes we have people that, 00:42:06.210 --> 00:42:11.551 - come back and sometimes they come back because they've never had someone who listened to them. So they 00:42:11.551 --> 00:42:16.840 - come back and they're like, you know, I don't want to lose this. I don't want to get in the situation 00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:22.026 - again. You know, so we also offer resources again and we try to connect them to what they need. Um, 00:42:22.026 --> 00:42:27.367 - we just don't want to leave people high and dry and leave them hanging once we've helped them. Um, the 00:42:27.367 --> 00:42:32.708 - street outreach workers, they have housed 33 people this year straight from the street. Um, in between 00:42:32.708 --> 00:42:33.278 - this time, 00:42:33.570 --> 00:42:40.395 - Mary Morgan, Erin, Tatiana. We have also jumped out there and started something. I don't know if you 00:42:40.395 --> 00:42:47.220 - heard of streets to stability. So it's still under heading home, but it's slightly different because 00:42:47.220 --> 00:42:53.977 - with streets to stability, people are directly going into the encampments and housing people out of 00:42:53.977 --> 00:43:00.734 - the encampments. And so when it started August and they were able to house 13 people with this one, 00:43:00.866 --> 00:43:06.715 - They receive one year of rent. But during that time, they have to go through intense case management 00:43:06.715 --> 00:43:12.680 - so that they can sustain the housing once the year is over. The goal for the and that was the downtown 00:43:12.680 --> 00:43:18.876 - encampment. That was the first spot they went into. They were able to get 13 people out there. The initial 00:43:18.876 --> 00:43:21.598 - goal was 20. So we weren't too far off. So now 00:43:22.018 --> 00:43:28.579 - The initial goal for this next encampment is 50. So we're hoping to get people, 50 people housed straight 00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:34.892 - from the encampments into a house. So it's amazing. There's a lot going on and I feel bad because I'm 00:43:34.892 --> 00:43:41.329 - not, I don't get to see a lot of the people here at the library like I was, but it's just because right 00:43:41.329 --> 00:43:47.828 - now it's just a lot going on and we're just all working and so many people are struggling. I find myself 00:43:47.828 --> 00:43:50.366 - in court and I'm working with CGM a lot. 00:43:50.498 --> 00:43:56.264 - And just, I mean, we get out there and we help people move. One of my coworkers is at the trustee's 00:43:56.264 --> 00:44:02.029 - office. And she often sees elderly people. A lot of these elderly people are alone. They don't have 00:44:02.029 --> 00:44:07.968 - anyone. So we have been working together to learn more about Medicaid waivers. We just took a training 00:44:07.968 --> 00:44:13.849 - on that so that we can help them get housing first, but also help them receive what they need. And we 00:44:13.849 --> 00:44:19.038 - help them move into their places. It's just myself and Sarah. She's even smaller than me. 00:44:19.234 --> 00:44:24.450 - this older person, and we're just trying to move stuff. But if we don't help them move, they wouldn't 00:44:24.450 --> 00:44:29.564 - be able to move. So it's been amazing. I can't wait to see what happens in the next five years. I'm 00:44:29.564 --> 00:44:34.780 - so thankful that the library allows me to be here, because it helps me stay in touch with the people. 00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:39.997 - Because I'm more of in touch with the people and not the data, which is why it's kind of on my thing. 00:44:39.997 --> 00:44:44.190 - But I make sure to keep the data so everybody knows that we can keep our funding. 00:44:44.290 --> 00:44:49.624 - But for me, it's all about the people and it's really nice and it's really good and I'm excited to see. 00:44:49.624 --> 00:44:53.214 - In the midst of all that as well, we also have a veterans initiative. 00:44:53.314 --> 00:45:00.032 - And during this year, we have took the veteran homelessness in Bloomington down 70%. So Tatiana, that 00:45:00.032 --> 00:45:06.683 - is her baby. She's taking that on. And we've connected with a lot of partners around Bloomington. We 00:45:06.683 --> 00:45:13.665 - deal with HUDVASH, the veteran group in Indy. We meet every other Wednesday. We discuss homeless veterans 00:45:13.665 --> 00:45:20.382 - here in Bloomington, how we can connect them, what we can do. If they have other families, we do also 00:45:20.382 --> 00:45:23.280 - offer reunification for people if they want 00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:29.588 - to go home, if this is not their home and they have a place to safely be housed, wherever they are from 00:45:29.588 --> 00:45:35.653 - or where they want to go, we do contact that other person, make sure that they have something there 00:45:35.653 --> 00:45:41.900 - versus just sending people before we actually help them with reunification. So that's all I have right 00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:48.087 - now. But if you guys have any questions, feel free to. Thank you. Thank you. It's exciting, guys. And 00:45:48.087 --> 00:45:50.270 - thank you for having us. Thank you. 00:45:53.826 --> 00:46:06.262 - Okay. All right. Do I have a motion to dismiss? So moved. Second. Second. Great. Thank you. 00:46:06.262 --> 00:46:08.830 - Meeting adjourned.