HomeMy WebLinkAboutMental Health Minutes 2018-09-10Brookings City/County/School Mental Health Task Force
September 10, 2018
A meeting of the Brookings City/County/School Mental Health Task Force was held on
Monday, September 10, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. in the Brookings City & County Government Center.
Present: Mary Beth Fishback, Nikki Eining, Debra Debates, Sylvia Buboltz, Craig Pahl and Dan
Hansen, Brookings City Council. Others in attendance were City Manager Paul Briseno.
Chairperson Fishback called the meeting to order.
The agenda for the September 10, 2018 Brookings City/County/School Mental Health Task
Force Meeting was approved as presented.
A motion was made by Hansen, seconded by Pahl to approve the minutes from the August
13, 2018 meeting. All members voted “aye.” Motion carried.
The group discussed the implementation of the Needs Assessment. Fishback said the notices
have been sent out. She also said she shared the post card with several different organizations.
DeBates said she contacted Dr. Klint W. Willert, and he said he would make an announcement in
his morning messages every Monday.
Fishback said she’s been keeping an eye on the survey results. She said 1,400 people have
viewed the survey, but only 400 of them have actually taken it. Fishback asked how they can get
the message out there to the public and express to them the importance of taking the survey. Pahl
said he’s been on the radio through United Way, and will contact the radio station to see if he can
come again. Eining said United Way has their quarterly meeting soon. Fishback suggested having
everyone who attends the quarterly meeting to take the survey. DeBates said she would send the
survey out to the principals of all the schools. City Manager Paul Briseno said the city could include
the notice in their monthly newsletter.
Eining said she would contact the public library and see if they could help assist the
individuals who want to take the survey but don’t have ac cess to a computer or internet.
The group discussed what the subcommittees are doing. Fishback said they’ve been talking
about having a community forum/town hall meeting to discuss the task force itself and the survey.
She asked if that is something everyone else would want to pursue. Pahl said yes, it would be one
more thing to add to the conversation.
Pahl discussed the Community Coalition, the Brookings Empowerment Project and the Crisis
Intervention Team monthly meeting with the group. Pahl said he’s excited about how fruitful the
soil seems to be in Brookings County. He said all of the local law enforcement agencies, as well as
the State’s Attorney has been getting involved. Pahl said States Attorney Teree Nesvold has
volunteered to take on the chairman position of the Crisis Intervention Team.
Pahl said the Brookings Empowerment Project is willing to be an umbrella and that they
might recommend as the task force for the cit y. Eining said there are so many sectors in Brookings
who are doing this voluntarily. Eining talked about the challenges of it being a governmental
entity. Hansen said there are many pros and cons. He said it would definitely look different.
Eining asked that the task force’s fourth objective, providing a venue for collaboration and
communication, be added to the next agenda for discussion.
The next meeting was set for Monday, October 15, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.
Motion by Hansen, seconded by Eining to adjourn. All members voted “aye.” Motion carried.
Submitted by Jenna Byrd