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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMMUNITY SERVICES - 10/20/1988 - MEETING MINUTES ELK GROVE VILLAGE COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES Thursday, October 20 , 1988 Community Service Conference Room Ell: Grove Municipal Building Board Members Present: Board Members Absent: Harriet Dalaskey Ruth Guest Dennis Gallitano Ray Gunn Bro. Philip Kennedy Staff : Marge Mahoney Nancy L. Eike Randy Melind Mary Paliganoff Dick Penley Barbara Pohn Barbara Rettberg Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 8 : 03 p.m. The minutes of the September meeting were approved as presented. Coordinator ' s Report: Given by Nancy Eike Ms . Eike presented information on the Northwest 2001 Conference which was exceptionally interesting, challenging and even entertaining; for that reason she shared some details of that conference with the Board: 1 . In School District 15 , 56 different languages are spoken. 2 . 15% of the school age population in District 15 is physically or mentally handicapped. 3 . By the year 2020 the United States will be home to the 5th largest Hispanic population. 4 . 70% of women are in the work force. 5 . Of 30-34 year olds in 1980 , 65% owned homes while in 1988 it has dropped to 53% . 6 . The "Smart House" will be the home of the future. 7 . People will change their field of employment on an average of 5 times in their life time. The Suburban Health Care System is hoping to open in December. They estimate -that they will be able to serve approximately 1 , 300 with the present funding, but the need identified was 7 , 700 families . Additional funding is needed. CSB Minutes Page two COMMITTEE REPORTS : Elk Grove Distance Classic : Given by Barbara Pohn Agencies which usually benefit from the financial return of the Classic have been contacted again to indicate their present needs and funding requirements . Ms . Pohn raised a question about the percentages of allocation and whether the Park District percentage should be decreased and the agencies increased, as agencies are suffering financial cutbacks . After discussion it was moved by Ms . Pohn and seconded by Marge Mahoney to distribute the funds according to the following formula: 20% for schools ; 45% for agencies; 25% for the park district; and loo to be contained in a contingency for needs of which the office is made aware some time during 1989 after the majority of the funds have been dispersed. The motion was unanimously carried. Ms . Eike described in some detail the financial element of the Classic and presented a financial report. Ms . Pohn described the work of Ed Jordan who provided the sound system and his own services gratis throughout the Classic , and suggested that the Board offer him an honorarium of $100 . That was moved by Randy Melind, seconded by Dick Penley and unanimously approved. It has been suggested to the staff of the Community Services office that the registration fee for the participants of the Classic be reconsidered for next year so that the rates are more competitive and also increasing the late registration fee to encourage runners to register early. In an effort, therefore, to allow for the registration on the day of the race not being as burdensome as it has been in the past, Mr. Penley moved and Mr . Melind seconded. a proposal that for 1989 the registration fee be $9 . 00 , and late registrants , be required to pay $12 . 00 . The motion was carried unanimously. Senior Citizen Concern Committee: Members of the Board had an opportunity to review the report and were generous in their praise and commendation of Ms . Eike for the splendid job in synthesizing the results of two surveys of the health and social needs of senior members of Elk Grove Village. It was discussed that an Ad Hoc Committee be formed to further address the issues in the report. Therefore, Ms . Dalaskey appointed a committee of Ruth Guest, Barbara Pohn and Marge Mahoney to review the reports together, make recommendations, identify which needs ought to be handled by what agency, etc; to review same with Ms . Eike and to I i I CSB Minutes Page three report on their work at the next meeting of the Board. Also, reviewed was an article in the Herald . After some considerable discussion Ms . Dalaskey noted that she would communicate the Board ' s concerns which contained comments from an official and a trustee of Elk Grove Township about the article to Mr . Zettek before addressing them in a more public forum. By-Laws Committee: Ms . Dalaskey noted that she had met with President Zettek two weeks ago asking that he review the proposed bylaws for the Community Service Office and present them to the trustees of the Village for approval . She noted the advantages to an updated set of by-laws . Discussion followed. Ms . Dalaskey will report more on this by next meeting after a response or further communication with President Zettek. Intergenerational Ad Hoc Committee: Mr . Penley reported that his group will be painting a house this weekend, and some members of the Board suggested to him that the more publicity he could get for that activity, both on television and in the printed media, the better. Mr . Penley assured us that contacts have been made. OLD BUSINESS: Ms . Eike has had a meeting with HAP and it appears as though only four families from the Hamilton Court complex remain to find housing. Because October 31st is the deadline, Ms . Eike is optimistic that, in fact, three of the four families who have not communicated their plans already have arrangements made for subsidized housing elsewhere, and she will probably need to work only with one family to help find a solution to their problem. She pointed out, however, that in April, 1990, the next group of HUD subsidized apartments in that complex would also lose its present status and would no longer be available for people of limited means , as a result of which HAP will continue meeting to try to deal with the matter of housing for the poor . NEW BUSINESS: The Community Service office is taking over . the billing for the subsidized taxi program. The clerk ' s office will still take the pictures of the seniors . Discussion was held at the last Coordination of Service meeting, the participants agreed that three times a year, rather than monthly, would be a better arrangement for providing for the coordination of service program. The reason being other agencies now provide speakers free of charge, so attendance is declining, but the need is still there for networking CSB Minutes Page four and informational sessions . Mr . Melind motioned to suspend the monthly meetings and to go to three a year for Coordination of Service, Ms . Rettberg seconded, the motion carried unanimously. Ms . Eike reported that the budget for 1989/90 will be prepared in the next month and preliminary items were discussed. After discussion and a motion by Ms . Mahoney, seconded by Ray Gunn, it was agreed unanimously to cancel the December meeting. ANNOUNCEMENTS : Because the time for review of the performance of the Coordinator of the Community Service Department is coming soon, it was agreed that, as a committee of one, Mr. Ray Gunn would coordinate the documentation of the Community Service Board members evaluations for Nancy Eike and will forward same to Mr . Willis for his information. The next regular meeting of the Community Service Board will be Thursday, November 17 , 8 : 00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT: Marge Mahoney moved and Barbara Pohn seconded to adjourn the meeting . The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 21 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bro. Philip Kennedy, Secretary i I I I I II f Coordinator ' s Report -- October 1988 On November 1 , I spoke to participants of the Leadership Academy sponsored by NSACI , the Northwest Suburban Association of Commerce and Industry. Topics I covered were the "graying" of the suburbs , homelessness , affordable housing and child care issues . The Northwest 2001 Child Care Council ' s subcommittee, Partnership, of which I am a co-chairman, will be putting on a seminar regarding addressing the need for child care. The seminar will be directed towards providing information to companies/businesses on: on-site day care, day care options , partnerships , financing child care, determining the need in their organization and other topics . Community Service received 100 calls in October with 109 total service requests . The areas which were the most requested were : agency information, 30; financial, 18 ; aged, 9 ; child care, 9 ; housing, 5 ; etc. Donations were received from the Fraternal Order of Police, $500 ; Rotary Club, $500 ; and the Lions Club, $350 . These funds will be used to purchase goods for Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets and to have available for help after the holidays . Pat, my intern, left Community Service last week. She said work, home, school, etc . was to much for her at this point, plus her mother had just been taken ill. I have notified the college in an effort to get a replacement, hopefully January. I will be gone to a youth convention sponsored by the Illinois Township Committee on Youth from November 14 to 16 . Some topics to be covered are: Drop-in Centers, Youth Run Volunteer Programs , Peer Leadership Programs , Teen Recognition Awards , and a legislative report by Arvid Hammers on youth and family law. Enclosed please find a copy of the letter Ms . Dalaskey sent to President Zettek on the Board' s behalf regarding the Senior Citizen Concern report and other pertinent issues . Submitted by, J Nancy /L. Eike, Coordinator Elk Grove Village Community Service NLE/mlv Enclosure