Human Resource Commission Minutes 2001 04-05-01CITY OF YORKVILLE
HUMAN RESOURCE COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 5, 2001
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order at 6:15 P.M. by Co-Chairman Doug Trumble.
ESTABLISH A QUORUM:
There was a quorum with Doug Trumble, Sylvia Kurtz, Diana Lento-Riedy, and LuAnne
Peters present. Ex-officio members Chief of Police Tony Graff, Mayor Art Prochaska, and
Alderwoman Rose Spears were also present.
CITIZENS COMMENTS:
There were no citizen comments.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A motion was made by LuAnne Peters and seconded by Sylvia Kurtz to approve the minutes
of March 1, 2001.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1. CITY LIAISON:
a. No report available.
2. RECREATION DEPARTMENT LIAISON- Sylvia Kurtz
a. Sylvia went to a 2 1/2 hour meeting that was mostly about their budget.
b. They are updating the ordinance for the Recreation Board. They discussed compensation
for their time spent on the Board but this cannot be done.
c. TIF was discussed.
d. The new Jewel store was discussed.
e. There will be a meeting on April 19th to discuss building another city pool.
3. LIBRARY BOARD LIAISON - Wanda Ohare
a. Tony Graf gave the report in Wanda's absence. There will be an informational meeting in
May to discuss Library expansion. LuAnne will attend and report back to the group.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Millenium Project was discussed. Wanda wanted LuAnne to discuss the project in this
meeting to see if the other members thought we should go forward with it. After a short
discussion it was decided that the information previously approved would be sent to the local
newspapers to see if any interest would be generated in erecting the Millenium clock
2. Teen Reach Grant was discussed and Doug updated us about the after-school program. The 2
1/2 year grant is for at-risk kids ages 6-17 and will run 3:00-7:00 p.m. at Yorkville Middle
School. The"at-riskness" could be latch-key children, children from single parents or violent
or economically disadvantaged family situations. They will utilize Character Counts and
character-building activities. They have hired a Coordinator, Cary Mathey and the Supervisor
of the entire program is Toni Hansen. They have leased a large passenger vehicle (15-18
people capacity) which will be used for field trips and their summer program, as well.
A Kick-Off will be May 1'.
3. There was no update about the Voluntary Drug Testing Program.
4. The Kendall County Survey was discussed but because there is so much information this will
be need to be discussed at the next meeting. All were asked to peruse the information again.
5. Art discussed the Woman of the Year Award that was presented to Jeaness Medin in Chicago
March 19t. Jeaness and Art and their respective spouses attended the afternoon ceremony.
Jeaness will be presented a framed certificate at a Yorkville City Council meeting in the near
future. LuAnne suggested that the Commission members should attend this meeting since we
are the ones who nominated her. Art will let us know when this will be so all can be
informed.
6. Rose Spears has not talked with Melissa Watson from Cross Lutheran Church so ther is no
update out the Clothing Pantry.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. SAFE TO LEARN GRANT:
a. A letter of support was written and sent to show the Commission's support. All perused a
copy of the letter.
2. Relay for Life information was discussed. LuAnne asked Art if he could challenge the Mayor
of Oswego as per the Kendall Chapter of the American Cancer Society's request. Art stated
he would bring it up at the City Council meeting and see if there is any interest in having teams for
the City Council Departments, and various Boards and report back.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS:
1. There was no Additional Business.
MOTION TO CLOSE:
LuAnne Peters motioned to close the meeting and Diana seconded the motion. Meeting
closed at 7:15 p.m.
The next meeting is scheduled on May 3, 2001 at 5:45 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
LuAnne C. Peters
Acting Secretary