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Council Meeting Minutes for January 6, 2025 <br />Page 2 of 10 <br />Northeast Youth & Family Services – Director of Operations Jessie Everts <br />Jessie Everts, Director of Operations at NYFS, was in attendance to provide their annual report. <br />She shared NYFS’s vision and values. She explained that the organization was founded in 1976 <br />and has locations in Shoreview and White Bear Lake. They started with four staff members and <br />two programs and have since grown to 45 staff members and six programs. Their work focuses <br />on tailoring treatments and reducing financial barriers to care. <br />Jessie explained that NYFS partners with 16 municipalities, five law enforcement agencies, three <br />school districts, and the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Department. Over the <br />past year, there has been a 48% increase in clients served and a 107% increase in appointments. <br />She discussed their clinic-based and school-based mental health programs, noting that therapists <br />are embedded within the school districts. <br />She provided information on various programs and highlighted their newest initiative, the <br />Restoring Power Program, which addresses domestic and sexual violence. She noted that they <br />are seeing more severe mental health cases while facing fewer available resources, emphasizing <br />the importance of a family-centered approach. <br />NYFS is currently working on sustainability, staff well-being, clinical training, and establishing <br />a training site and Steps Program. Other initiatives include expanding Built Play Therapy <br />services, increasing group therapy and parental support, enhancing early childhood mental health <br />services for children ages 0-5, and implementing restorative parenting programs for families <br />affected by trauma. <br />Approval of Consent Agenda <br />Petryk made motion, Krull seconded, to approve the following Consent Agenda. <br />1. Approve Claims Roster <br />2. Approve Annual Performance Review for Building Inspector Scott Baller <br />3. Approve Annual Performance Review for Community Development Director Rachel <br />Juba <br />4. Approve Annual Performance Review for Public Works Worker Neal Nelson <br />5. Approve Annual Performance Review for Accounting Clerk Jennifer Taylor <br />6. Approve Appointment of Mike Miron as Acting Mayor <br />7. Approve Renewal of Term for Planning Commissioners Matthew Derr and Michael <br />Kelly <br />8. Approve Renewal of Terms for Parks Commissioners Meredith St. Pierre and Valerie Boyd <br />9. Approve Renewal of Terms for Historical Commissioners Scott Cregan and Daniel Koch <br />10. Approve Renewal of Term for EDA Commissioner John Chrun <br />11. Approve Appointment of Bronwen Kleissler as Chair and Matthew Derr as Vice-Chair <br />of the Planning Commission <br />12. Approve Appointment of Meredith St. Pierre as Chair and Cathy Moore-Arcand as Vice- <br />Chair of the Parks Commission <br />13. Approve Reassignment of Neal Arcand from the EDA to the Parks Commission and <br />Declare EDA Vacancy