Monday, February 9, 2009
7:30 PM
Village of Lombard
Trustees Conference Room
Community Relations Committee
Trustee Laura Fitzpatrick-Chairperson, |
Trustee Rick Soderstrom -Alternate Chairperson, |
Pamela Bedard, Gerri Kuehl, Zachary Wilson, Andy Draus, Moon Khan and Lisa |
Biegalski |
Staff Liaison Joelyn Kott |
Meeting Minutes
Community Relations Committee
Meeting Minutes
February 9, 2009
1.0
Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order at 7:37 p.m. by Chairperson Laura Fitzpatrick.
Laura Fitzpatrick, Pamela Bedard, Andy Draus, Zachary Wilson and Moon Khan
Present:
Rick Soderstrom, Gerri Kuehl and Lisa Biegalski
Absent:
Also present: Joelyn Kott, Communications & Marketing Coordinator.
2.0
Public Participation
None.
3.0
Approval of Minutes
On a motion by Wilson and seconded by Bedard the minutes of the January 22, 2009 |
meeting were unanimously approved by the members present. |
4.0
Unfinished Business
C. Youth
1. Open House for Student Government |
Trustee Fitzpatrick announced that the Student Government (SG) Day will have to be |
postponed until next year. The high schools need more time so we will have to send |
them a letter/proposal for next fall so they get their mindset and they can send some |
input. Then we can get together with them in the fall, end of September, and get actual |
programming planning going . We want student committee members for six-month |
terms. The Village will ask for applicants from each school to start in the fall and then |
end with the open house/SG day. Don't have to be SG kids at the school to participate. |
It could be anyone who wants to participate but students should be from Lombard. |
Staff to author letter to counselors/principals/superintendent/head of department-social |
studies department. Draft for March, finalize in April, out in May. |
2. Student Committee Representative |
This item was combined with the above. This year a proclamation will be done to |
promote the fact that we are doing this next year. The Village Board Committee list was |
distributed so they could chose the committees that would work. Six committees were |
chosen to invite kids to join as a student representative: Community Relations, |
Community Promotion & Tourism, Economic & Community Development, Environmental |
Concerns, Public Works and Transportation & Safety Committees. A Proclamation will |
be read on March 5, 2009 and next year will be promoted by Trustee Fitzpatrick. |
5.0
New Business
A. Seniors
Discussion regarding the 2009 Senior Fair. |
Try to get a date for the upcoming Fair the first week of October, day and time open.
B. Social Services
C. Youth
Medal of Character Excellence Award |
Request to nominate Nicholas Lemke for the Medal of Character Excellence Award. |
Staff will coordinate the presentation of the award and target the February 19 Board of |
Trustees meeting. It was also suggested that Ben Pelz be nominated for a future award. |
Andy Draus will investigate finding someone to nominate him from Scouts. |
It was moved by Wilson, seconded by Draus, that this matter be approved. The |
motion carried by a voice vote |
D. Intergovernmental Relations
Article by Jay Wojcik about intergovermental relations about the Village and the School |
District. Staff will share a copy with the committee when it is published. |
E. Diversity
Are we going to have a diversity fair as part of the Taste of Lombard? Staff will try and |
get the Jaycees to come to a meeting. Andy Draus will find out who is running the Taste |
and invite them to come to the meeting. Maybe get cultural entertainment at the Taste, |
sponsored by the Community Relations Committee. Maybe we could sponsor some |
events, etc. Moon is pretty sure that he can get some entertainment for the main stage |
at no charge. |
6.0
Other Business
7.0
Information Only
Community Conversations - Staff shared a flyer that Elmhurst does and questioned as |
to whether or not Lombard would want to do a similar event where people are invited to |
hear what services are available to them by different agencies. |
District 44 Art Fair reception will be held March 5. Since this highlights the youth in the |
community, members are invited to attend. |
Downtown Visioning Workshop - Zack Wilson reminded the committee of the last one |
tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Board Room. |
8.0
Adjournment
On a motion by Draus and seconded by Bedard the meeting was adjourned at 8:23 p.m. |
The next meeting is March 16, 2009. |