“The desire by the Mayor has always been that it would be a facility managed by the city. Two of the three anchor entities in the Q house will be city departments ( Dixwell/Newhallville senior center and the Stetson library). Along with CSHHC, there operational costs on existing spaces will support the funding of the Q-house through cost saving and lessening the city’s footprint in renting outside spaces.

(On Wednesday, Muley clarified the planned structure in response to reader questions:

“The desire by the Mayor has always been that it would be a facility managed by the city.  Two of the three anchor entities in the Q house will be city departments ( Dixwell/Newhallville senior center and the Stetson library). Along with CSHHC, there operational costs on existing spaces will support the funding of the Q-house through cost saving and lessening the city’s footprint in renting outside spaces.

“The ED for the Q-house will be an existing city position ( a vacancy that the new administration and CSA will need to identify).  With that, the ED being a city employee will report to The CSA for day to day issues and support.  The Q-House executive board in partnership (mimicking the board for the library works currently) will work in collaboration with CSA to develop practices, procedures and policies that the Q-House will work within.
You have to remember that the ED will not have supervisory responsibilities of those departments I named, but would be the identified individual to help coordinate, create and implement integrated programming of said entities that will be housed in the Q-house as they already have department heads, Director and a CEO.

(Lastly, I did mention at the community meeting that the goal was to eventually have the Q-House become it’s own independent entity from the city, but that will not be until there are considerable funding efforts achieved so it can file for a 501 c 3.)

The board will also write bylaws and policies; the job description of the executive director; and a strategic plan for the long-term financial health of the new Q House, so the operational money woes that beset its predecessor can be avoided.

Trenching for the foundations.

The basic plan is for the library, elderly services, and Cornell Scott-Hill Health to in effect pay rent monthly rent to the Q House, which will cover part of the estimated $ million operating expenses. The board will also continue fundraising efforts such as an ongoing buy-a-brick-leave-a-legacy campaign to build up an endowment

“This group is going to have a heavy lift,” Muley added. He urged audience members to spread the word of nominations, that representatives should have not only expertise but also the dedication and ability to attend work sessions.

In construction news that emerged from the meeting, Morrison said that about a quarter of the $16.7 million job — specifically the building of the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center component —  is to be broken out into smaller pieces. The purpose: To allow smaller, local, and minority-owned companies to take on those jobs.