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Call for Mentors for William S. Hackett Middle School

Call for MENTORS
for
WILLIAM S. HACKETT MIDDLE SCHOOL
Mentorship Program Meet and Greet
Friday, December 11
or
Friday, December 18
Hackett Middle School is in need of volunteers to serve as mentors
for its students, especially its African-American and Latino students.
Please join us on ONE of these dates to find out how you can help
make a difference in the life of a Hackett student as a mentor.
Our program will include an introduction of Hackett’s new
Mentorship Program, an overview of the need for mentors and
an open discussion on building a network of mentors
throughout the Capital Region.
Please attend the session that best fits your schedule.
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. both days
William S. Hackett Middle School
45 Delaware Avenue
Contact Barry D. Walston at (518) 441-9877 or
barryw513@gmail.com if you plan to attend.
“Remember our YOUTH need a hand up and not a handout.”
We look forward to seeing you!!!

Mentors

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Capital Region Kwanzaa Celebration

Umoja NYS Museum, Madison Ave.
(Unity) 4th Floor, Albany, Saturday, December 26, 2015……… 4pm – 8:30pm
Kujichagulia Mt. Olivet Missionary Baptist Church
(Self Determination) 1068 Park Ave., Schenectady, Sunday, December 27, 2015……….. 3pm – 5pm
Ujima Hamilton Hill Arts Center
(Collective Work & Responsibility) 409 Schenectady St., Schenectady, Monday, December 28, 2015………. 5pm – 7pm
Ujamaa African American Cultural Center
(Cooperative Economics) 135 S. Pearl St., Albany, Tuesday, December 29, 2015………. 6pm – 8pm
Nia Team Esteem On the Hill YEP
(Purpose) The Barn, Second St., Albany, Wednesday, December 30, 2015…. 6pm – 7:30pm
Kuumba Albany Community Charter School
(Creativity) 65 Krank St., Albany, Thursday, December 31, 2015…….. 2pm – 5pm
Imani
(Faith), Friday, January 1, 2016……………….. TBA

Kwanzaa

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AHA Board of Commissioners December Agenda

AGENDA

ALBANY HOUSING AUTHORITY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 2:30 P.M.
200 South Pearl Street
Board Room

  1. Roll call

Michael Whalen

Father James Lefebvre

Kelly Kimbrough

Linda Mallory Mitchell

Mark Bob-Semple

Melvena Jenkins

Mary Ann Hines

  1. Community Forum
  2. Reading and approval of the minutes of the previous meeting held November 10, 2015
  3. Action Calendar

  12-15-44            Approval to write-off tenant balances covering the 3rd quarter of 2015.

Capital Woods $                1,505.56
Ezra Prentice Homes $              10,521.91
North Albany $                4,588.45
South End $                   171.54
South End II $                2,879.57
South End III $                2,709.75
Patroon Properties $                   109.80
Creighton Storey $              13,040.94
Academy Lofts $                   126.56
Federal Properties $              15,649.61
$              51,303.69

 

12-15-45              Approval to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Albany

Housing Authority (“AHA”) and The Public Employees Federation (Division 503) (“PEF”) for the purpose of agreeing to changes to Articles 4, 7, 11, 15, 21 and 28 and Appendix A – Salary Schedules of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the parties (CBA) to run from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018. All other provisions of the current CBA shall be continued through June 30, 2018. (Copy of MOU attached).

 

12-15-46                         Approval, subject to approval by General Counsel, to enter into a Service and

Marketing Agreement with Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC (TWC) by which, for a period of 120 months, AHA will grant to TWC the exclusive right to market video, high speed data, and digital phone services to residents of properties managed by AHA in exchange for a percentage, based upon penetration levels, of the revenues received by TWC on such services.

The agreement will not restrict the rights of residents or AHA to purchase services from other providers and does not involve AHA employees in TWC’s marketing activities.

  1. Reports of Committees
  2. Unfinished Business
  3. New Business
  4. Report of the Executive Secretary
    1. Monthly Management Report
    2. Monthly Financial Report
    3. Personnel Report
    4. Items for Advisement and Discussion  Bank Balance as of 12/2/2015
  5. Adjournment –

NEXT MEETING:

JANUARY 2015 (day and time to be determined) 200 South Pearl Street, Albany, New York 12202

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