Monday, October 16, 2006
7:00 PM
Village of Lombard
Trustees Conference Room
Community Relations Committee
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Trustee John O'Brien-Chairperson |
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Trustee Kenneth Florey Alternate Chairperson |
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Pamela Bedard, Bob Corbino, |
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Sandra Hill and Gerri Kuehl Staff Liaison Joelyn Kott |
Meeting Minutes
Community Relations Committee
Meeting Minutes
October 16, 2006
1.0
Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson O'Brien at 6:55 p.m.
Jack O'Brien, Pamela Bedard, Bob Corbino, Gerri Kuehl and Sandra Hill
Present:
Trustee Kenneth M. Florey
Absent:
Also present: Joelyn Kott, Communications & Marketing Coordinator.
2.0
Public Participation
There was no public participation.
3.0
Approval of Minutes
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On a motion by Bedard seconded by Corbino, the minutes of the September 18, 2006 |
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meeting were unanimously approved by the members present. |
4.0
Unfinished Business
There was no unfinished business.
5.0
New Business
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Medal of Character Excellence Nomination |
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Request to nominate Eric Haimann or Kevin Davis for the Medal of Character |
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Excellence Award. |
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Two nominations were submitted with the agenda. One was passed out at the meeting |
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as it came after the agenda packets went out. It was decided to table this nomination |
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and wait until the next meeting to discuss it. |
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Some discussion also occurred as to whether the Committee was to choose only one |
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recipient of the two or three submitted. It was decided that each nomination would be |
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considered individually on its own merit unless the Committee decided otherwise. In the |
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instance of the two nominations submitted by the same person, since the two young |
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men work together, these would be presented together and are targeted for a November |
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Board meeting. |
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It was moved by Bedard, seconded by Corbino, that this matter be |
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recommended to the Board of Trustees for approval to award the Medal of |
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Character Excellence Award to both Eric Haimann and Kevin Davis. The motion |
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carried by a voice vote |
6.0
Other Business
There was no other business.
7.0
Information Only
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Items discussed included the Senior Fair wrap up. It was discussed whether or not |
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speakers would be a good idea to pursue or if it would be dropped. It was very difficult |
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to get people to the speakers at the Senior Fair and although they were appreciated by |
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the attendees once they were there, it was thought that this need is already fulfilled by |
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other groups in the Village. The day's program from the Senior Fair as well as the |
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survey results were shared with the Committee. The Senior Fair was successful and |
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will be continued annually. |
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Also distributed with the agenda were the News Release on "Make A Difference Day" in |
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which the Committee encouraged the community to get involved as well as the DuPage |
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Area Local Circulator Study brochure which staff received. |
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Chairperson O'Brien inquired about another award for a young man who did a good |
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deed in the community regarding the safety of some neighborhood trees. A "Good |
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Neighbor" Award was then discussed. He will forward staff the contact information and |
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staff will arrange for a future meeting to recognize him for these efforts. |
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Staff also circulated the Medal of Character Excellence brochure for approval. It will be |
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duplicated and sent to the Library, Park District, Chamber office and any other groups |
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and offices that will help distribute it. Sporadic notices will also be sent to the churches |
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by staff from time to time. |
8.0
Adjournment
On a motion by Kuehl and seconded by Bedard the meeting was adjourned at 7:22 p.m.
