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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMMUNITY SERVICES - 04/21/1988 - MEETING MINUTES ELK GROVE VILLAGE COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES Thursday, April 21 , 1988 Community Service Conference Room Elk Grove Municipal Building Board Members Present: Board Members Absent: Harriet Dalaskey Dennis Gallitano Bro. Philip Kennedy Ruth Guest Marge Mahoney Ray Gunn Randy Melind Mary Paliganoff Dick Penley Barbara Pohn Barbara Rettberg Staff : Nancy L. Eike Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 8 : 00 p.m. by Harriet Dalaskey, Chairperson. After review of the minutes of the February and March meetings, it was moved and seconded to approve the minutes as presented, and unanimously passed. Coordinator ' s Report: Given by Nancy Eike See copy of the coordinator' s report, dated March, 1988 . In addition to the items identified in the report, the following were presented by Ms . Eike. The Community Nutrition Network will provide meals for seniors on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of each week beginning on May 4 , 1988 . It is sponsored by CEDA Northwest and the Area Agency on Aging. Although the meals are free, donations will be accepted from participants . The meals will be served at the Al Hattendorf Seniors Center in Elk Grove Village at 5 : 00 p.m. District 214 Advisory Council discussed that many services available in the community are unfamiliar to the people who need them, therefore, an effort is being made to see that they are better advertised and publicized. Consequently, we are pursuing avenues to publicize services, such as in telephone books , District 214 mailings and others . The Executive Director of the Kenneth W. Young Centers has informed Ms . Eike that the Centers are in need of Medicaid payments which the state is at the present time unprepared to make and that decreased federal funding is hurting many social service and mental health agencies . In the event some political force and influence needs to be exerted on the government the Executive Director of the Young Centers may approach the Community Service Board for some assistance in attempting to exert that kind of influence, through letters, etc. CSB Minutes Page two COMMITTEE REPORTS Coordination of Service: Given by Nancy Eike The most recent presentation was on step parenting and was very well presented by Mitchell Bruski , M.A. ; of the Kenneth W. Young Centers . 11 persons attended. Elk Grove Distance Classic: Given by Nancy Eike Susan Brent is now the representative of Alexian Brothers Medical Center in the planning of the event and she has proved to be a substantive addition to the group. The NBD/Elk Grove Bank has contributed $900 towards the event, $100 of which will be in a Savings Bond for one of the runners . Bob Will from the Bank, a former Chicago Cubs Baseball player, will be asked to be master of ceremonies . Ms . Dalaskey has arranged for a substantial amount of food to be supplied gratis . The sound system for presentations that follow the race will be donated, but the Community Service Board will lease waterproof speakers in the event of rain. Several other prizes have been donated. Ms . Dalaskey has re-written the registration form so that contributors of free service or of special gifts will be identified on the form, as an inducement to promote the contribution. of more gifts next year, and also because donors deserve to be acknowledged for their gifts . Intergenerational Ad Hoc Committee: Given by Dick Penley On Arbor Day biology students from District #214 (Elk Grove High School) and senior citizens participated in the planting of trees . Other possible activities through District 214 Intergenerational Program are doing home repairs on the residence of elderly people and a "adopt" a grandparent program. Mr . Penley thanked the Board for the contributions made from the Elk Grove Distance Classic to send a student to the Illinois Citizenship Experience, which is a helpful experience for serious students ; it includes students from all over the state, who observe the state government at work for a week. Paint Distribution - The committee knows of no senior who needs their house painted -in Elk Grove Village, but Ms . Dalaskey will approach the Board of Health for assistance in attempting to determine at least one house. Dick says the students are ready to do it. Channel Six will come out. OLD BUSINESS: Youth Employment Service (YES) : Given by Nancy Eike Total jobs as of April 19th were 16 , 1/3 being for summer placements, 6 jobs were filled. YES also was busy recruiting CSB Minutes Page three j the real estate company, had responded critically to the letter written by the Elk Grove Ministerial Alliance which had taken a public position opposed to the undoing of HUD supported apartments . The HAP task force will be writing Congressman Henry Hyde to inform him of the dilemma as well . Ms . Eike noted that there was no information available on the budget, so that no update was possible at the present time. Ms . Eike noted that Business After Hours , a function of the Greater O' Hare Association was held today in the Village Hall. About 150 people attended the event. Executive Session: The Community Service Board went into Executive Session at 8 : 57 p.m. and resumed the regular meeting at 9 : 10 p.m. Announcements: The next regular meeting of the Community Service Board will be Thursday, January 19 , 1989 at 8 : 00 p.m. The Salvation Army bellringing will take place on the Fridays and Saturdays of the first three weekends of December in Elk Grove Village and anyone interested in participating should contact Ms . Eike soon. Adjournment•. Ms . Mahoney moved and Mr . Penley seconded to adjourn the meeting . The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 18 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bro. Phillip Kennedy, Secretary r t CSB Minutes Page three the older population ( 16-21 ) through outreach strategies such as flyers , posters at stores, announcements and flyers at a Youth Service Rock Concert. I-Search Report: Given by Nancy Eike It is attached, in the form of a memorandum, dated April 24 , from Commander J.G. Bantner of the Elk Grove Village Police Department. Ordinance for Snow Removal : Given by Nancy Eike The draft of a letter regarding snow removal from the Board to the Village President was discussed and consensus on who controlled snow removal on major arteries , etc. and whether or not there is even an ordinance on the books in Elk Grove Village concerning snow removal. Ms . Eike was asked to provide to the Board for its next meeting the wording of whatever legislation exists in Elk Grove Village concerning the removal of snow from sidewalks . Handicapped Bus Service: There was discussion of the matter of a handicapped lift and why the Township seemed unwilling to pursue this matter. As a result, it was moved by Randy Melind and seconded by Barbara Rettberg that Ms . Dalaskey and "the staff of the Community Service office do whatever is necessary to attempt. to find out more about this issue and pursue avenues of assistance in regards to transportation for the frail eld'erl'y. The motion carried unanimously. Board Membership: As a result of the communication between Ms . Dalaskey and the President of the Village concerning the resignation of Jane Goldsmith, the President concurred that the number of persons on the Board can remain at eleven. Ms . Dalaskey appointed a committee, consisting of Randy Melind as chair, Ray Gunn, and Mary Paliganoff, to review and make recommendations for updating the Community Service By-Laws that provides guidance to the Community Service Board as to its function, composition, meetings, authority, etc . NEW BUSINESS: Compeer Program - The Kenneth W. Young Centers is -interested in beginning a program for the chronically mentally ill similar to the Compeer Program from Rochester, NY. The basic premise is having a volunteer meet with the CMI person an hour a week. Civil Defense - Because the State of Illinois requires that municipalities train persons to oversee emergency- shelters, CSB Minutes Page four therefore, volunteer are needed for a program to be presented in June for this purpose. Ms . Eike will send a memorandum to the members of the Board soliciting their willingness to participate in a training program. Mr . Melind proposed that the Board consider discussions with officials of the Village about the possibility of a bike path that would cross I-290 both at Biesterfield Road and at Devon Avenue, since their absence is an obvious and serious hazard, particularly when young children attempt to peddle across those overpasses without a space reserved for them. It was pointed out that it is veritably impossible to plan for such an arrangement on Biesterfield because of the plans to reconstruct the overpass when the interchange is planned to be built beginning probably in late 1989 . Concerning a bike path on the Devon overpass, it is clearly not wide enough to add one at the present time in the view of some of the persons on the Board who have a familiarity with the overpass . Executive Session: The Board went into Executive Session at 9 : 10 and reconvened at 9 : 25 . Announcements : Ms . Eike on behalf of the Community Service Board, nominated Ruth Guest for an outstanding senior volunteer award by the Area Agency on Aging and Ms . Guest was selected for same. She will be acknowledged and honored in May in Evanston. The next regular meeting of the Community Service Board is to be Thursday, May 19 , 1988 . The Coordination of Service will occur on Wednesday, May 18 , 8 : 45 a.m. to 10 : 30 . , lower level, room C. The Elk Grove Village Banquet is to be held on April 22 at 6 : 30 p.m. in the Holiday Inn in Elk Grove Village. The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 31 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bro. Philip Kennedy Secretary