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Proposed Amendments to the By-laws of the Board of Human Services
Georgia Department of Human Services
Presenter: Tonya Cureton CurryGeneral Counsel
Presentation to: DHS Board Meeting
Date: December 9, 2015
Vision, Mission and Core ValuesVision Vision Stronger Families for a Stronger Georgia.Stronger Families for a Stronger Georgia.
MissionMission
Strengthen Georgia by providing Individuals and Families access to services that promote self-sufficiency, independence, and protect Georgia's vulnerable children and adults.
Core ValuesCore Values• Provide access to resources that offer support and empower Georgians and their
families. • Deliver services professionally and treat all clients with dignity and respect.• Manage business operations effectively and efficiently by aligning resources across
the agency. • Promote accountability, transparency and quality in all services we deliver and
programs we administer. • Develop our employees at all levels of the agency.
Highlights of Proposed Amendments
• Reflects practices that have been adopted • Updates procedures that have been implemented• Cleans up clerical mistakes in the document
Proposed Amendments, Authority
– O.C.G.A. §49-2-2– Article X, Section 1
• These By-Laws can be amended at any meeting of the Board by a two-thirds vote, provided that the amendment was submitted in writing to the Board at the immediately preceding meeting.
Article I, Section 2
– Removes the teal colored DHS logo that is identified as, “The Seal of the Board of Human Services.”
Article IV, Sections 4 and 5
• Allows the Secretary to preside at board meetings in the absence of the Vice-Chair.
• Defines key election timestamps by meetings rather than months. – First meeting of the year Election of the Nominating
Committee– Second meeting Nominating Committee presents a
slate of officers and the Board votes on the slate for a July 1 effective date
Article VI, Section 1
• States that Board Chair will set the schedule for no less than quarterly board meetings rather than monthly meetings and removes the specificity that meetings will occur in Atlanta.
• Updates the election schedule to coincide with the quarterly board meeting schedule.
Article X, Section 1
• Amendment. These By-Laws can be amended at any meeting of the Board by a two-thirds vote.– Removes prior notice provision.
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