HRC Minutes 2007 05-16-07 APPROWEL
United City of Yorkville
Human Resource Commission
May 16"', 2007
Location: City Conference Room
Called to Order:
Cecelia called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Quorum established,
Members present were: Ex-officio Members
Diana Lento-Reidy Glory Spies
Jeff Grezlik
Madonna Bialek Members Absent:
Tom Zerante Lorene Frieders
Cecelia Sanders
Dana Jones Mayor
Alderman
Citizen Guests: None
Committee Reports:
City Liaison: None
Mayors Report: None
City Council: None
Recreation Department Report: A volunteer opportunity was organized to renovate the Hiding
Spot Park Money can be allocated for the project. Gametime, inc. offered to install a new piece
of play equipment, which is top secret and very exclusive. August 18"' is the scheduled date to
build and volunteers from the city will be needed to complete the project.
School Report: None
Library Board Report: None
New Business:
50` a nniversary envelopes: The HRC is finishing up stuffing the donated envelopes with
informational sheets about the program and process of preserving things in the Time Capsule.
Diana is going to appeal to the schools and distribute an informational memo to them. Memo and
approval is still needed.
Visitor Center Brochures: A question arose throughout discussion, "Should we really include
ALL business brochures?" Community oriented organizations and businesses should be the
focus of the visitor center information. The"Tasha Lee Design"brochure was denied. The
guidelines of the criteria should be reviewed and possibly edited.
Old Business:
Volunteer Opportunities Brochure: Glory and her Intern have put together the brochure and
were submitted to the HRC for opinions.
Historic Street Name: Rita Murphy has submitted Ton and Theresa Kager as candidates for a
street named after them. The information was reviewed and the motion was made to carry the
request to the City Council. Madonna is submitting Mary LaGow, a Goldstar Mother. She passed
away at 104 and helped raise money for veterans. Diana motioned and Cecelia seconded the
motion to carry the request to City Council.
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Additional Business: The Summer Months of June and July are under discussion for possible
postponement. Madonna personally wrote "thank you" letters to the winners of the volunteer
award winners. They are very nice, thoughtful, and professional. Thank you Madonna!
Meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m,.