February 9, 2026 Board Meeting Minutes

Minutes
Benson Housing Authority
BHA Conference Room
Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
Monday, February 9, 2026
5:30 PM

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1. Call Meeting to Order - Chairman Bell 
   Chairman Donnell Bell called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm. This meeting was rescheduled from February 2nd due to inclement weather.
   
   
2. Roll Call - Chairman Bell 
   Chairman Donnell Bell called the roll with the following commissioners present, Donnell Bell, Cleo McKinnon, Keith Langdon, Florese White, William Godwin and Hazel Nelson. Commissioner Justin Powell was absent. Executive Director Allen Brown was present. With a Quorum being established, Chairman Bell gave an opening prayer and the meeting proceeded.
   
   
3. Consent Agenda Items - Chairman Bell 
   1. Consider approving Minutes for January 12, 2026 Regular Meeting
   2. Consider Vacancy Report
   3. Consider Checks Paid Report
   4. Consider Benson Police Department Incident Report
      
      *Request Action: Chairman Bell presented the Consent Agenda. Commissioner Nelson made a motion to accept the consent agenda as presented; a second was given by Commission White. There was no discussion, the Consent Agenda was approved as Presented.
      
      
4. Public Comment - Chairman Bell
   None
   
   
5. Old Business - Chairman Bell 
   None
   
   
6. New Business - Chairman Bell
   1. Re-Appointment of Commissioner Keith Langdon - Allen Brown, Executive Director 
      Director Brown read a letter from Mayor Max Raynor re appointing commissioner Keith Langdon to the BHA board for a five-year term
      
      
   2. Consider Aged Accounts Receivable Write Offs - Allen Brown, Executive Director 
      *Request Action: Director Brown presented the uncollected aged accounts receivable, totaling $558.43 that are to be written off per the BHA write-off policy. Commissioner Nelson made a motion to approve a resolution to write off the uncollected accounts receivable totaling $558.43. Commissioner Langdon gave a second, there was no further discussion; the motion and resolution were approved.
      
      
   3. Review Attendance Report for BHA Board - Allen Brown, Executive Director 
      Director Brown presented a report on the attendance of the BHA Board Members for the year 2025 at the request of Chairman Bell. After some discussion, Chairman Bell made comments on the importance of attendance and that the BHA By-Laws included provisions to handle attendance issues and that steps would be taken when necessary to correct them
      
      
7. Executive Director Report - Allen Brown
   Director Brown presented the Executive Director Report.
   
   
8. Board of Commissioners Report/Comments - Commissioners 
   Commissioner McKinnon asked about the accuracy of the attendance report on the BHA board, and Director Brown stated that it was accurate and the report was taken from the approved minutes of the meetings which include a roll call. There were no further comments.
   
   
9. Adjournment - Chairman 
   With no further business to come before the board, the meeting adjourned at 5:45pm.