Common use of Oversight Group Clause in Contracts

Oversight Group. The Parties agree that there is hereby created an Interagency Oversight Group, “IOG”, whose membership shall be comprised of at least one local representative of Jefferson County Department of Human Services, the First Judicial District, including Probation, Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment, Jefferson County School District, Jefferson Center for Mental Health, Foothills Behavioral Health, Division of Youth Corrections, Developmental Disabilities Resource Center, Signal and the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Colorado Chapter each such Party having voting member status. Membership requirements are: 1. Attend and actively participate in regularly scheduled meetings; 2. Represent an agency or organization while simultaneously viewing services to families and children on a systems-level; 3. Approve the contribution of time, resources, and/or funding to solve problems; 4. Serve at least a 1 year term of office as an IOG member; 5. Find and nominate an appropriate individual from within their current agency or organization to serve as a replacement if they must discontinue service mid- term. 6. Assume personal responsibility to read reports, make recommendations and manage conflict; 7. Comply with the Memorandum of Understanding Pursuant to House ▇▇▇▇ 04- 1451 and other documents and agreements pertaining to House ▇▇▇▇ 1451; 8. Commit to problem solving and decision making through consensus, realizing that voting is only resorted to when an intractable impasse is reached. Consensus is defined as all voting members being able to live with and support the decision. When there are multiple representatives of an entity on the IOG, those members need to agree on the one vote for that entity. If they cannot agree, they will abstain. If an IOG representative believes it is inappropriate or a conflict of interest for he or she to vote on a particular decision, that representative shall abstain. The IOG will strive to resolve all disputes through consensus following a discussion led by the Chair. If consensus is not achieved the members will vote and the majority will prevail. Two-thirds of voting members need to be present in order to vote. Officers for the first year will be selected by the members of the current standing IOG on or before July 1, 2006. Officers of the IOG shall be elected annually, thereafter, by a majority vote each September beginning in September 2007. Officers shall assume office upon election and serve for one year or until their successors are elected. Officers will include one Chair, one Vice-Chair, one Treasurer and one Secretary. These officers and the other members of the IOG will develop and abide by by-laws for the ongoing operation of the IOG. In the event that the IOG identifies a need for a subcommittee, the IOG will identify the necessary members for the subcommittee, which may include both members of this MOU as well as other community members. The subcommittee shall report back to the IOG and the subcommittee shall be dissolved upon the completion of the assigned task. Other voting and non-voting members may be included in the IOG membership by consensus. If consensus can not be reached, the process for resolving disputes will be implemented.

Oversight Group. The Parties agree that there is hereby created an Interagency Oversight Group, “IOG”, whose membership shall be comprised of at least one local representative of Jefferson County Department of Human Services, the First Judicial District, including Probation, Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment, Jefferson County School District, Jefferson Center for Mental Health, Foothills Behavioral Health, Division of Youth Corrections, Developmental Disabilities Resource Center, Signal Center and the Jefferson County Chapter of the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Colorado Chapter in Partnership with the Jefferson County Family Support Network, each such Party having voting member status. Membership requirements are: 1. Attend and actively participate in regularly scheduled meetings; 2. Represent an agency or organization while simultaneously viewing services to families and children on a systems-level; 3. Approve the contribution of time, resources, and/or funding to solve problems; 4. Serve at least a 1 year term of office as an IOG member; 5. Find and nominate an appropriate individual from within their current agency or organization to serve as a replacement if they must discontinue service mid- term. 6. Assume personal responsibility to read reports, make recommendations and manage conflict; 7. Comply with the Memorandum of Understanding Pursuant to House ▇▇▇▇ 04- 1451 and other documents and agreements pertaining to House ▇▇▇▇ 1451; 8. Commit to problem solving and decision making through consensus, realizing that voting is only resorted to when an intractable impasse is reached. Consensus is defined as all voting members being able to live with and support the decision. When there are multiple representatives of an entity on the IOG, those members need to agree on the one vote for that entity. If they cannot agree, they will abstain. If an IOG representative believes it is inappropriate or a conflict of interest for he or she to vote on a particular decision, that representative shall abstain. The IOG will strive to resolve all disputes through consensus following a discussion led by the Chair. If consensus is not achieved the members will vote and the majority will prevail. Two-thirds of voting members need to be present in order to vote. Officers for the first year will be selected by the members of the current standing IOG on or before July 1, 2006. Officers of the IOG shall be elected annually, thereafter, by a majority vote each September beginning in September 2007. Officers shall assume office upon election and serve for one year or until their successors are elected. Officers will include one Chair, one Vice-Chair, one Treasurer and one Secretary. These officers and the other members of the IOG will develop and abide by by-laws for the ongoing operation of the IOG. In the event that the IOG identifies a need for a subcommittee, the IOG will identify the necessary members for the subcommittee, which may include both members of this MOU as well as other community members. The subcommittee shall report back to the IOG and the subcommittee shall be dissolved upon the completion of the assigned task. Other voting and non-voting members may be included in the IOG membership by consensus. If consensus can not be reached, the process for resolving disputes will be implemented.