Blind Vendors Trust Fund Advisory Board public meetings in 2024
4 substantive meetings from 2024, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Blind Vendors Trust Fund Advisory Board
The board will review the trust fund's monthly income, disbursements, and current balance. The meeting also includes a discussion regarding revenue source data for the fund.
- Review of trust fund monthly income and disbursements
- Review of trust fund balance
- Discussion of BVTF source of revenue data
- Approval of minutes from September 13, 2024
The board approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Members reviewed trust fund financials, noting expenditures of $185,000 since July 2024 and confirming that 38 people received stipends.
- Approved minutes from the previous meeting
Blind Vendors Trust Fund Advisory Board
The Blind Vendors Trust Fund Advisory Board is meeting quarterly to review trust fund income and disbursements, discuss the trust fund balance, and address unfinished business regarding the source of revenue data. The meeting is open to the public with limited comment time.
- Review of trust fund income and disbursements
- Discussion of trust fund balance
- Unfinished business: BVTF source of revenue data
The board approved the previous meeting minutes and reviewed monthly income for July and August. Members discussed the impact of transitioning federal locations to managers and the status of vending contracts at state prisons.
- Approved meeting minutes
Blind Vendors Trust Fund Advisory Board
The Blind Vendors Trust Fund Advisory Board will meet to review monthly income, disbursements, and the current trust fund balance. The board will also discuss revenue data and approve minutes from the March 8, 2024 meeting.
- Review of Trust Fund monthly income and disbursements
- Review of Trust Fund balance
- Discussion of BVTF source of revenue data
- Approval of March 8, 2024 meeting minutes
The board reviewed trust fund collections and expenditures, noting a projected annual deficit of approximately $40,000. Members discussed updating outdated third-party vending contracts and improving communication between managers and supervisors to prevent loss of vending locations.
- Adjourned meeting (motioned by Candice Linville, seconded by Don Araby)
Blind Vendors Trust Fund Advisory Board
The board will review the trust fund's monthly income, disbursements, and current balance. Members will also address unfinished business regarding revenue data for the Blind Vendors Trust Fund.
- Review of Trust Fund monthly income and disbursements
- Review of Trust Fund balance
- Discussion of BVTF source of revenue data
The board reviewed trust fund finances and the assignment of vending locations to managers. The board reported a current balance of $570,000 and discussed the impact of reassigning federal locations on revenue.
- Approved December meeting minutes
- Assigned Hale Boggs location to Antonio Chapina
- Assigned Baton Rouge federal building to Zora Brown