Of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all commissioner president loftus id like to call roll commissioner president loftus commissioner Vice President turman commissioner marshall commissioner dejesus is in route commissioner hwang and commissioner melara commissioner president loftus we have quorum we have present with us police chief greg suhr and contracosta alameda thank you sergeant good evening and welcome everybody to the final wednesday, february 17, 2016, Police Commission meeting sergeant, next line item. Item one consent calendar q the police chief forceps 5 new tablets if the gorilentrepreneu sought into the richmond valued at 700. Colleagues you have in your packet this is on this consent calendar im trusting you read it was wonderful this gorilirl t troops are using their money for the richmond that is used by the Community Groups and this troop is incredibly generous excess
Police Commission Meeting sergeant, next line item. Item one consent calendar q the police chief forceps 5 new tablets if the gorilentrepreneu sought into the richmond valued at 700. Colleagues you have in your packet this is on this consent calendar im trusting you read it was wonderful this gorilirl t troops are using their money for the richmond that is used by the Community Groups and this troop is incredibly generous excessive anything. We want to thank the troops for giving back a Community Room that is used by many groups the girl scouts use it the most and like to look nicer theyre doing something about that and the first one is at least appears to be 20 years old that is great to see a problem and fix it thank you to the girl scout troops i will welcome a motion on this with the consent calendar and so moved. All in favor, say i. I. Opposed . That item passes. Sergeant, next line item. Sergeant, next line item. General Public Comment at this time, members of the public may add
Without their integral involvement. I think from the challenges, the article does that, naming them, talking about them, and trying to understand where theres common ground, theres difficulties figuring out, ultimately with a goal of Getting Services to people who need them, from a Public Health evidence based services to people that need them is the end game we want. And then lastly data, we took a cursory look for today. Id like to do more on that, i think thats critical. Mark . Where you live often changes where you think. Where im located, i dont see the negatives as much as the positives. Were flooded with great opportunities, we cant take in all of them. To see the partnerships that are going on are terrific. So im very positive on this. I think in terms of addressing the challenges, it is the faith communities can be the trip wires for the challenge and the solution at the same time. Weve had conversations with the north american chair of somalia, hes very interested in working
The other thing was that they took all of their resources and put them into initial claims. And i focused on the decision review officer as a key point, person on these Regional Offices. Theyve taken them out of their regular job to the detriment of the appeals process because now theyre not doing the certifications that are necessary to take a veterans appeal from the Regional Office to the board of veterans appeals and there in limbo oftentimes for many years now which is shortcircuiting whole situation. More importantly whats concerning to me at least talking to our service reps in the field is its like the va is considering as the enemy. Many Regional Offices are people are not allowed to talk to anybody. You have an to anybody. Youre issuing acclaimed its comeback, you can talk to anybody. You just have to take it deal with it, today. I retired in 2002 until i got this job in 2005. I worked three years as a service rep in manhattan and the Regional Office. If i had an issue on a c
About the eligibility requirements of the current child nutrition assistance cadre of programs as they exist today . I think the important thing when youre talking about reducing errors and improper payment which is i think we all agree is a very important endeavor is to create a culture where a culture of compliance with the rules. We want the rules to be followed. I dont think the rules themselves are the problem i think its helping people understand them and there are lots of different people involved in the system. Its families when theyre filling out applications, its schools when theyre running programs, its states when theyre administering them. So i think that kind of day in and day out work is whats most important to reduce errors and reduce improper payments in the program. I would second that and also add its important to as a former president once famously stated, its important to not only trust but verify. I would add to that and say its important to trust and verify in a