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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