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September 14, 2009
Meeting Minutes
Attendance: Gabriele Weber, Chris Milner, Valerie Weber, Nancy Schuler, Jen Mainville and Jeri Gallucci.
Staff: Allen Green, Jen Handy and Jody Hallett- Harris.
Excused: Cameron Younger, Nancy Zook, Joan Spielholz, and Lizzy Noonan - Pomada.
Absent: William Murphy
Meeting called to order at 7:03 p.m. by Gabriele Weber
Review and approval of Minutes:
The Minutes of March 9, 2009, June 8, 2009 and July 27, 2009 were all approved. Jen Mainville made the motion to approve
all of the minutes and Valerie Weber 2nd the motion. All were in favor.
Officer's Reports:
Common Council (Nancy Schuler): Nancy stated that it is budget season and that Youth Council gave a quick presentation
at the Neighborhood Public Safety Meeting. Nancy also advised that she was at Stewart Park recently and said that she
would like to see signs up on the dock — stating something like children should be accompanied by an adult. We need to
check and see if the temporary signs are still up and discuss the legal wording that should be on a sign with the City Attorney.
GIAC (Joan Spielholz): Joan absent — No Report. GIAC has relocated to the old Family & Children Services building and
are all set up and running smoothly.
Tompkins County Youth Services (Nancy Zook): Nancy was excused but emailed her report in. Allen reviewed the email
with the Board Members. Jody to forward the email to Board members. The County Administrator cut $45,000.00 in
summer youth employment funding, county -wide and $4,800 impacts the Y.E.S. Program. Youth Council will be going to
the forum to speak about the impact of funding cuts on youth. Y.E.S. Program kids earn money and then spend the money
here in Tompkins County and also help with their own personal household bills.
Southside Community Center (Vincent Sierra): Absent — No Report — Jeri had discussed the liaison with Vinnie personally
and it seems that Katrina Baxter would be the person who would be the liaison. Jeri will follow through with this.
Staff and Committee Reports:
Staff Reports: The budget review meeting for the proposed 20101YB Budget is 10/19/09 @ 4:00 p.m. The Mayor will
release her proposed budget the first week in October.
Jen Handy announced there are 6 new Vistas here at the Youth Bureau. She handed out a sheet with information on each
new Vista, along with photos to help with names. Amanda Olberg is helping out with the Friends of the Youth Bureau,
Laura Chilson will be doing event planning, Danica Webee will be working at the Village at Ithaca, Anna Simonak will be
doing volunteer recruitment, Cristina Munk is doing recreation and Brian Stilwell will be working with Computer All Stars
and Youth Council. Jen also handed out a recent Letter to the Editor from Kelvin Smith. There will be a fundraiser for the
Youth Council Saturday, September 19, 2009 in Enfield it is called the Cow- A -Bunga Carnival, tickets are $5 each. Youth
Council will be voting in new members and any applicants that did not get placed on the Youth Council will be given to the
Board to send letters for possible recruitment on the IYB Advisory Board.
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Advisory Board Committees:
Recreation: (Chris Milner): Chris stated that the committee met and reviewed recent football comments and also worked on
the User Survey and were able to add and remove some questions.
Youth Development (Gabriele Weber /Jen Mainville): Jen Mainville reported that the Monitoring Sessions of Computer All
Stars has not yet been completed and that Bill Murphy and she need to do this. Jeri stated that if Bill is unable to this she
would be willing to do the monitoring with Jen Mainville. Gabriele stated she will email Bill regarding this.
Finance (Chris Milner /Gabriele Weber): Chris stated that currently there is nothing to report other than the Budget.
Operations /Facilities: (Bill Murphy): Absent - No Report — Allen stated that the Ice Rink renovations is the major thing on
the 2010 budget and at this point it is unknown if this will go through as a capitol project. Nancy Schuler suggested that Cass
park find sponsors for the ice rink. Mention was made about the Warten Building project at Stewart Park and the progress
that is being made.
Recruitment/Training /Orientation (Jeri Gallucci, Cameron Younger, Bill Murphy): Jeri asked about recruitment efforts and it
was suggested that a press release be put in the paper.
Staff Relations: (Not Active):
Unfinished Business:
Jen Mainville was officially sworn in by the Mayor for appointment to the Advisory Board.
New Business:
Valerie Weber did 100 miles at the Ride for Life over the weekend and completed it. Kristen Letourneau, who is with the
RSS Program also participated and did 85 miles, congratulations to both of them!!
The IYB is cosponsoring a conference along with the Mental Health Association. The main speaker will be Dr. James
Garbarino from Cornell University on November 6, 2009. An information sheet was given out on Dr. Garbarino.
Board Comments /Issues:
None
ADJOURNMENT: 7:55 p.m.
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