HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMMUNITY SERVICES - 09/15/1988 - MEETING MINUTES ELK GROVE VILLAGE COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, September 15 , 1988
Community Service Conference Room
Elk Grove Municipal Building
Board Members Present: Board Members Absent:
Harriet Dalaskey Marge Mahoney
Dennis Gallitano Randy Melind
Ruth Guest Dick- Penley
Ray Gunn
Bro. Philip Kennedy
Mary Paliganof f Staff:.
Barbara Pohn Nancy L. Eike
Barbara Rettberg
Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 8 : 05 p.m.. The minutes
of the August meeting were approved as presented.
Coordinator' s Report:: Given by Nancy Eike
Nancy had. an interview with a prospective intern from Northern
Illinois University, Patricia Suchner.. She has a background
im volunteerism with battered women and other human service
issues . Nancy is optimistic that she will-- be able. to hire
Patricia-.-
Nancy will speak on September 17, on the invitation of the
Chairman of the Housing Commission of Elk Grove Village,
concerning the Hamilton Court issue and the matter of insufficient
number- of subsidized and/or affordable housing opportunities .
The Volunteer Center is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary
and Nancy has been working on that project. She has also
been working with the United Way of Elk Grove,. Inc.. on their
goal of $250,000 .
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Elk Grove Distance Classic: Given by Barbara Pohn
481 runners participated in the Classic; Dick Penley' s high
school students helped a great deal; Alexian Brothers Medical
Center provided a large number of volunteers; about $3,400 . 00
net, will be realized from the Classic which the staff of
the Community Service office sees as a major success . Despite
some problems with obtaining accurate information on race-
results ( a resolution of this problem is pending), the Classic
was a success in terms of the number of runners - more this
year than at last years . Classic; and also with respect to
its finances and contributors.
CSB Minutes
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Senior Citizen Concern Committee:
Distributed to the members of the Board was the Senior Citizen
Concern report, September, 1988, prepared by Nancy Eike.
This study deserves the Board' s serious attention and should
be read by the next meeting. Hence a discussion. of the
report will be on the agenda for the next meeting of the
Board.
By-Laws Committee:
Ms . Eike had before her a final copy of the By-Laws as agreed
to by the Board at its last meeting; Ms . Dalaskey will present
the document to Mr. Zettek in the near future.
Intergenerational Ad Hoc Committee:
Because Dick Penley was absent, Nancy Eike gave the report..
A house will be painted in October by the participants in .
the intergenerational program; Serve Our Seniors ( SOS) program,
a joint venture between District #214 and Northwest Service
Coordination. for Health Impaired Elderly. This program,
using students, will provide maintenance and small project
services in the homes of seniors at minimal cost, depending
on the ability of the resident to afford same. -
OLD -BUSINESS:
Affordable housing issue - The -current problem with people
preparing to leave Hamilton- Court for other locations is
that the vouchers being provided through HUD are less than
what was expected, so many residents. will have to pay more
than the 34% of their monthly income on rent and utilities,
which normally is not. allowable according to the conditions
of participation in the subsidized housing program. Because
43 families are involved and Hamilton Court discontinues
its association with the Federal Government for those families
as of October 31, there is need for Ms . Eike to continue
to work vigorously on helping to find a solution to the `
problem.
NEW BUSINESS:
There was no new business .
ANNOUNCEMENTS : j
The next regular meeting of the Community Service Board
will be Thursday, October 20 , at 8 :00 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT:
Ruth Guest moved and 'Barbara Pohn seconded to adjourn the
meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8 :53 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bro. PhilipKennedy
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Secretary
Coordinator' s Report - September 1988
. Enclosed is a six month evaluation form which needs to be
completed by our next meeting on- October 20 . Please bring
it withyou or drop it off at my office or home (Harriet' s )
by that date if you are not attending.
I have hired an intern, Patricia Suchner, who started October
4th and will be with Community Service until May. She is
a student at Northern majoring in Human and Family Resources .
Pat will be in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays .
I spoke with Mary, the office manager from Hamilton Courts
and she has promised to send me an updated list on the tenants
in terms of where they are locating. She. said she has her
staff calling each family to find out this information.
Two groups invited me to speak .on- the housing situation:
the Elk Grove Village Housing Commission and the Ministers
Council of Elk Grove. Both wanted an update on .the relocation
of the families, information on how this came about and
its implications . Lengthy discussions followed.
The Elk Grove Presbyterian Church will be starting up a
food pantry in the near future.. Their intent is to provide
food and household items to needy families 2-4 times a month.
They have asked that I' make referrals of clients when it
opens. This is all the information. I. have- at this point.
The Senior Taxi Cab program has. been turned over to Community
Service. I will be doing the billing and tallying of ridership.
I will be meeting with Pat Smith to work out the details
of how this is done on Monday..
Community Service received 179 calls with 187 total service
requests .. The most prevalent areas of request where in
agency 'information, 102 , which is largely Elk Grove Distance
Classic calls; financial, 27 ; housing, 12; child care, 12; `
aged, 7 ; counseling, 6; volunteer:; 9; etc.
Pat and a staff member from Youth Services of Elk Grove
Township will be recruiting students from the YES program
at Elk Grove High School on October 13 . Pat will also be
at Margaret Mead and Grove Junior High on October 2.0, and
27th respectively. Other recruitment efforts are in the
works .
Submitted by,
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Nand L. Eike, Coordinator
Elk Grove Village Community Service
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