October 8, 2014 at 12:30 PM - Finance, Audit, and Budget Committee Meeting
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                                        1. Call to Order                 
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                                        2. Roll Call                 
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Call to order at 12:35.
Staff:  David Ludwig, Deb Hericks     | 
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                                        3. Agenda Item                 
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Chair of Committee     
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                                        3.1. Approve Claims, Financials Statements, and Assets for Month of August
                 
        Speaker(s): 
Chair of Committee, Dennis Radford     
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Chair of Committee reviewed the August financial reports.       
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                                        3.2. Approval of September Expenses                  
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Committee Chair - Dennis Radford     
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Committee chair reviewed the expenses for the month of September.  Executive Director also reviewed the September reports that he reviewed with the Business Manager and Executive Secretary.       
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                                        3.3. Budget Forms filed with APA on September 9, 2014                 
        Speaker(s): 
Executive Director - David M Ludwig     
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Budget Forms were submitted to APA on September 9, 2014.     
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                                        3.4. Member Equity                 
        Speaker(s): 
Committee Chair - Dennis Radford     
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Committee Chair reviewed the Member Equity report that has not been distributed.  Retain this equity with project to help cover expenses in future. Do not do anything with this equity at this time.        
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                                        3.5. Budget Goals                 
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Committee chair reviewed the budget goals.  Need to prioritize goals as there may need to legislative action to complete the goals.  Work with NDE to decide funding and support mechanism. Request to increase core allocations (overall and/or higher percent for ESUCC), Dec funding, BlendEd funding all possibilities. Executive Director will work on Medicaid allocation with Commissioner and others.  Major themes are communication, staffing, funding.           
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                                        3.6. Audit 2013-2014                 
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Chair of Committee/Executive Director     
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                                        4. Next Meeting Agenda Items                 
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                                        4.1. Approve Claims, financials Statements, and Assets for Month of October                 
        Speaker(s): 
Committee Chair - Dennis Radford     
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                                        4.2. Approval of October Expenses                 
        Speaker(s): 
Committee Chair - Dennis Radford     
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                                        5. Executive Session                 
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                                        6. Adjournment                 
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