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HUMAN RESOURCE COMMISSION
COMMITTEE MEETING
804 Game Farm Road / Yorkville, Illinois 60560
AGENDA
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Time: 6:OOPM
Location: Yorkville Police Department Conference Room
Call to Order:
Establish a Quorum
Introduction of Guests
Citizen Comments
Approval of Minutes
Committee Reports:
1. City Liaison Report— Sgt. Greg Sibenaller
2. Mayor's Report—Mayor Prochaska
3. City Council —Rose Spears, City Council Representative
4. Recreation Department— Sue Swithin
5. Library Board Meeting
6. School Reports
Old Business:
1. Visitor Center (review brochures from area businesses)
2. Historical Street Names
3. Update on Senior Services Grant Recommendation
New Business:
1. Plan for New Historical Street Names
2. Senior Services
Additional Business:
Adjournment
Next Meeting Date —Wednesday, February 15, 2006
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Human Resource Commission
Meeting Minutes of November 16, 2005
Location: Police Department Conference Room
Called to Order:
Diana called the meeting to order at 6:13 p.m. Quorum established
Members present were: Ex-officio Members
Sylvia Kurtz Sgt. Greg Sibenaller
Madonna Bialek
Cecelia Sanders
Diana Lento-Reidy
Dana Jones
Lorene Frieders
Members absent: Tom Zerante, Alderman Rose Spears, Mayor Art Prochaska
Citizens - Guests: None
Minutes were reviewed. Diana made a motion to accept, Madonna seconded. Accepted.
Committee Reports:
City Liaison Report: Nothing to report
Mayor's Report: None
City Council Report: Rose had surgery recently and was unable to attend the meeting.
Recreation Department Report: None
Library Board Report: None
School Report: None
Old Business:
Visitor Center
Sylvia found several brochures in the rack that did not have prior approval. It was suggested to
call them and see if they want to seek approval. Diana stated both were Chamber members and
probably had received the letter seeking brochures. Space Maker Self Storage and River Heights
Veterinary Clinic were voted on. The letter Tom wrote was reviewed, thank you Tom, and this
will be sent out to all approved businesses, letting them know they have bee approved and will
be responsible for keeping their brochures up-to-date, and the slots filled. Diana made a motion
to accept and Madonna seconded. Accepted. The date should be removed, so it can be used
anytime. It should be put on City letterhead, then sent out.
Historical Street Names
Diana spoke to Glory. She has a vision for a project to tie the street naming in with the 170'h
Birthday of Yorkville. Diana has spoken to several at the schools to see if they would be
interested in holding contests in the schools for posters, etc.
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There was much discussion with points presented as to how the project would be done; would
individuals or classes be involved; how much adult/teacher help would be involved; how much
research is currently available; what grade levels would be involved, etc.
It was proposed that the younger grades K—3`d, could make posters, and they could be a contest
for naming the event—"Founder's Day?"Middle school students could research names,using
the guidelines we currently have, and high school classes could interview long-time residents.
Long-time residents could come into the classrooms to talk about how Yorkville was years ago.
We would need to send out the list of those who have been currently approved, so as to prevent
duplication. The information on why some were chosen could also be part of a history class,
history of Yorkville, especially with so many new people in the area.
Greg suggested that younger students might come up with just `names' that were general,not
specific and which did not meet the guidelines for a new list of names that could be used, not
necessarily of people,but of things or places that might be considered `historical' to Yorkville.
There was discussion on possible dates for this. Since the 170th birthday is a whole year, we
could have some time,but the Riverfront Fest in Sept. is too close to the start of the school year.
Diana will talk to the school and to Glory about dates.
It was believed that the Senior Committee Senior grant was sent back to the City by the Ad Hoc
committee for revision on some points.
NEW BUSINESS
Plan for additional street names was discussed earlier in meeting.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
Madonna made a motion to adjourn Sylvia seconded. Meeting adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Cecelia Sanders
PLEASE NOTE:
There will NOT be a meeting of the HRC in December. The next meeting will be Wednesday,
January 18, 2006.
Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
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To: Human Resource Commission
Fr: Glory Spies
Re: Historical Street Naming Project update
Date: 1/18/06
The following information is an update for the 1/18/06 Human Resource Commission meeting:
-An article about the Historical Street Naming Project appeared in the Beacon News.
-A press release appeared in the Kendall County Record
-A article about the project was also printed in the city newsletter
-Several people have called and forms have been sent out to approximately 15 people
-All nomination forms returned have been copied and either put in the mailbox of
Rose Spears or the Police Department(per the request of Rose) for the commission's
review.
-Diana Lento-Reidy followed up with the schools and said that if we would like to
pursue doing a Historical Street Naming essay with the school district to get names
then we would have to speak to the assistant school principals at a meeting, which is scheduled
for February 4.