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State Use Meeting Minutes - October 31, 2012
October 31, 2012 Minutes
- Call to Order
Chairman Roberts welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 1:03 p.m. - Roll Call
Present at the meeting were the following members:
( see attached)
Sharla Roberts, Chairman
Seymour Bryson in Carbondale
David Dailey at DOT, Springfield
Christine M. Dickey
Richard W. Gloede
Curt Massie
Audrey McCrimon
Chairman Roberts stated there was a quorum present.
- Approval of the Minutes of the September 26, 2012 Meeting
Chairman Roberts called for a motion to approve the Minutes from the September 26, 2012 meeting.
Motion to approve: Member Dailey
Motion to second: Member Bryson
Chairman Roberts announced that the minutes from the September 26, 2012 were approved.
- Review of and Vote on Proposed Contracts ( see attachment for list of contracts)
All contracts for vote were read aloud by Brynn Henderson (see attached vote sheet)
Question: Member Gloede asked if this call center contract with Lighthouse for the blind is the same as the one voted on last meeting.
Answer: Chairman Roberts said it is different. This one is for the Financial and Professional Regulation agency the other one was with Illinois Tollway.
Motion to approve all contracts: Member Dailey
Motion to second: Member Massie
Chairman Roberts announced that all contracts were voted on and approved as read.
- New Business:
Chairman Roberts announced that the State Use Vendor Exhibition at the JRTC in Chicago on October 19th was very successful. Corrie Smith reported that there were 21 vendors, mostly from the Northern region of the State that exhibited. They met with the various invited APO’s and SPO’s.
They all thought it was very successful and got a lot of contacts from the event.
Chairman Roberts said that we are in the process of planning a similar event in Springfield so the Agency Purchasing Officers (APO) and State Purchasing Officers (SPO) can meet the State Use Vendors in the Southern Region.
Question: Member McCrimon asked if there was a feedback sheet provided for purchasing officers.
Answer: Chairman Roberts said no there was not a feedback sheet provided but, we can send something to the vendors as a thank you for participating and ask for feedback.
Member McCrimon commented that there is a marketing goal in the five year plan and that we document the feedback, of those reached out to, and tie it back to marketing goals in the five year plan.
Chairman Roberts thanked Jeremy, Brynn and Corrie for all their hard work and announced that Corrie and Brynn have both received awards recently. Corrie received the 2012 Michael L. Coletta Community Leadership Award on October 24th from Sertoma Center. Brynn received the 2012 “Friend of SPARC” award from Springfield ARC on August 23rd. Corrie and Brynn showed their awards to the committee.
- Future Meeting Dates
Member McCrimon stated that she has difficulty getting to a 1:00 meeting on Wednesdays.
The committee agreed that the Wednesday meetings can be changed to 2:00 from now on.
Motion: Member Gloede, Next meeting date is December 19, 2012 at 2:00 P.M.
Motion to second: Member Dickey
Chairman Roberts announced that the motion passed to have the next meeting on Wednesday, December 19th at 2 P.M.
Member McCrimon said she could not remember if we tied the five year plan to fiscal or calendar year.
Chairman Roberts: the Annual report is due at the end of the calendar year. Last year the report was given to the governor on December 11, 2011.
McCrimon asked that one of the agenda items at the December 19th meeting be a document draft of the Annual Report.
- Adjournment
Chairman Roberts called for motion to adjourn
Motion to adjourn: Member Gloede
Motion to second: Member Massie
Chairman Roberts announced the motion to adjourn was unanimously approved and adjourned the Meeting at: 1:32