New York State - Division of Criminal Justice Services

Guests Present:Tom HotalingEileen SullivanSteve VanderveldenCommissioner Denise O’Donnell called the meeting to order at 11:05 am and welcomedeveryone in attendance. Attendees introduced themselves.Staff provided an update on the following topics:Current statistics for motor vehicle theft and motor vehicle insurance fraudStatus of the MVTIFP Award ContractsRegional Statewide MeetingsSFY 2008 Request for Proposals (RFP)Instruction on how to utilize the Grants Management System ( GMS)Legislative UpdateAnne Marie Strano spoke about budget cuts that were made. She mentioned that thestate operations budget sustained a 3.35 percent cut. This reduction applies to bothSpecial Revenue funds which support the administration of Motor Vehicle Theft andInsurance Fraud Prevention program as well as State General Fund administrativefunds. Local assistance received a 7 percent cut; this included Special Revenue funds.Ms. Strano mentioned that a re-organization was going to take place within the Office ofProgram Development and Funding to accommodate the workload. Ms. Langer-Smithmentioned that funds were cut for traveling to attend Statewide and Regional meetings.Eileen mentioned that travel money for the Statewide meetings would be covered by thegrant contracts.Anne Marie Strano mentioned that Commissioner O’Donnell only wants to hold Boardmeetings when there is a quorum. Ms. Strano mentioned that, starting in January,Board meetings can be held via video conferencing. She also mentioned that DCJScan assist with identifying sites that have video conferencing facilities that can connectmembers with DCJS. Ms. Langer-Smith will be reaching out to Board members to findout what kind of video conferencing capabilities they have.SUMMARY OF BOARD ACTIVITY ON NOVEMBER 19, 2008Board Members & Representatives PresentCommissioner O’DonnellRichard BrownJanet DiFioreRobert JohnsonThomas LohmannMark Petruniak (Proxy for Christine Ziemba)Daniel RobinsonDavid SwartsBill Zelenka (Proxy for Robert Johnson)GuestsEileen SullivanSteve VanderveldenNYS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES MVTIFP BOARD / ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Page 17