2020-79 - Res. Amending Res. 33-18 to Expand Advisory Board Membership and Mason County Code Chapter 2.80 - 2020/10/20

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Resolution No. M20-ICI Amendment to Resolution 33-18 to expand advisory board membership and Mason County Code Chapter 2.80. A Resolution Establishing a Mason County Housing and Behavioral Health Advisory Board on Housing, Homelessness, Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment WHEREAS, housing is a factor that influences health (i.e. a social determinate of health), especially affordable housing, and is a community challenge that is common to all low-income housing, homeless, mental health, and substance use disorder providers; WHEREAS, Mason County receives approximately $1,800,000 through the Consolidated Homeless Grant, local document recording fees and the 1/10 of 1% Sales and Use Tax (i.e. Treatment Sales Tax) for mental health and substance use disorder treatment; WHEREAS, Document Recording Fee statute RCW 43.185C.050 - Local Homeless Housing Plans section (2)(g) requires counties to measure progress through the "Development and management of local homeless plans including homeless census data collection; identification of goals, performance measures, strategies, and costs and evaluation of progress towards established goals"; WHEREAS, previous groups that were formed to identify needs, develop plans, and evaluate request for proposals and make funding recommendations have varied each year resulting in challenges in consistency; WHEREAS, the Mason County Board of Commissioners wishes to form a Housing and Behavioral Health Advisory Board to strategically align the housing, homelessness, mental health and chemical dependency grant awards to improve the health of Mason County residents; WHEREAS, advisory board membership structure did not list federally recognized tribes as a source of membership and ex officio, non-voting members to serve in a consultative role as community needs may change; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by Mason County Code Chapter 2.80 and the Mason County Board of Commissioners that a Mason County Housing and Behavioral Health Advisory Board be established with the following sources for membership: • One County Commissioner, designated as Chair • One City Council Member • One Board of Health member that is not a county commissioner • Social Services Funder • One representative from each tribal nation with land holdings in Mason County, and • Up to three (3) Mason County residents, not employed by Mason County, but not to exceed one resident per Mason County Commissioner district. • All members shall serve a four-year term. Board members may appoint by vote Ex Officio, non-voting members to serve in a consultative role (e.g. medical officer, managed care organizations, school districts). Mason County elected officials, department directors, staff, non-profit Executive Directors and Board Members should serve as a resource to the Housing and Behavioral Health Advisory Board and attend meetings as requested.