Village Hall |
255 East Wilson Ave. |
Lombard, IL 60148 |
villageoflombard.org |
Trustee Laura Fitzpatrick-Chairperson, |
Trustee Rick Soderstrom -Alternate Chairperson, |
Pamela Bedard,Sandra Hill and Gerri Kuehl, Zachary Wilson, Andy Draus, Moon Kahn |
and Lisa Biegalski |
Staff Liaison Joelyn Kott |
Laura Fitzpatrick, Pamela Bedard, Gerri Kuehl, Andy Draus, Zachary Wilson |
and Moon Kahn |
Also in attendance: Joelyn Kott, Communications & Marketing Coordinator, and Lisa |
Biegalski. |
On a motion by Kuehl and seconded by Khan the minutes of the January 28, 2008 |
meeting were approved as written. The motion carried unanimously. |
Medal of Character Excellence Award |
Request to nominate Grace Melton for the Medal of Character Excellence Award. |
Joelyn Kott updated the committee on her conversation with Mr. Peterson verifying the |
nomination. She noted that this award would be placed on the agenda for the first |
Thursday in March. |
It was moved by Kuehl and seconded by Khan that this matter be approved. The |
motion carried by a voice vote. |
Chairperson Fitzpatrick noted that she was asked by President Mueller to attend |
DuPage Senior Citizens Council as the Village of Lombard does some funding for Meals |
on Wheels. Chairperson Fitzpatrick made contact with the acting director and asked |
Gerri Kuehl and/or Pam Bedard to attend the meetings if they were available. She |
hoped to have more information by the next meeting. |
Website update - Joelyn Kott indicated that the "Senior" section is now approximately 8 |
to 9 pages and should be available to the public the beginning of March. |
Chairperson Fitzpatrick mentioned that Lisa Biegalski will be handling Character Counts! |
when she is officially approved on the committee at the February 21 Board of Trustees |
meeting. |
Chairperson Fitzpatrick noted that she will be personally looking into another program |
for kids' leadership through the University of Illinois. |
Zachary Wilson questioned the Blue Star program and wanted to know why it no longer |
exists. He also indicated that the Police Department has a Self Defense Class for |
women and asked staff to find out how much it costs and who promotes it. He stated he |
would like to see it offered more often. Joelyn Kott indicated that staff will research the |
issue and provide information at the next meeting. |
Regarding Dan Tani, Moon Khan asked on behalf of his son why there isn't a street |
named after him. He also asked the name of the committee that would handle that. |
Joelyn Kott indicated that staff would find out the information. Moon indicated that his |
son will send a letter to the Community Relations committee. |
Chairperson Fitzpatrick spoke about the intergovernmental forum or fair. Zachary |
Wilson thought it would be along the lines of social services and what the Village has to |
offer. Andy Draus thought it was more into the other governmental bodies. Zachary |
Wilson thought it would be good to know what types of services the various Village |
departments already offer residents. He indicated that he was not opposed to going |
with the other governing bodies but would like to start with the Village departments. It |
was suggested that staff conduct an inventory of the services each department offers so |
that the committee could see what already exists, what the public can expect from |
Village services, as well as what is already being offered. The committee suggested |
that a questionnaire be sent to each department head asking which social services their |
department already offered. Moon Khan suggested not only having department heads |
list the services they already offer but also schedule them to come to the following |
meeting to answer questions about they submit. A discussion then ensued as to the |
best way to obtain the requested information and the process for doing so. |
Zachary Wilson asked what should be done about the Forum. Andy Draus suggested |
that the committee stay focused and accomplish something with this first item then move |
on to the next item. |
Joelyn Kott summarized the staff memo about the event from Glendale Heights. The |
Village of Glendale Heights will not have it again because of the timing but it was well |
attended and lots of donations were received. It consisted of a lot of work in the Mayor's |
Office. |
Zachary Wilson suggested incorporating different people into events that you already |
have going on so that you can piggyback on something that already exists such as the |
Taste of Lombard. Zachary and Moon asked to receive a contact for the Taste of |
Lombard. Joelyn indicated that staff would forward that information to them via e-mail. |
She also noted that staff would find out the dates of the Taste. |
The meeting was adjourned at 8:27 p.m. It was noted that the next meeting is |
scheduled for Monday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. |