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January 8, 2013
Meeting Minutes
Attendance: William Murphy, George McGonigal, Steve Smith, Chris Milner,
Eric Nichols and Mark Darling
Excused: Shannon Terry, Jen Handy and Patrick Hollister
Staff: Liz Vance and Jody A. Hallett-Harris
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Meeting called to order by Chris Milner at 6:02 p.m.
Review and approval of Minutes:
The Minutes from December 11, 2012 were approved unanimously –Bill Murphy made the motion and George Mc
Gonigal 2nd the motion, all were in favor.
Liz Vance discussed Allen Green’s upcoming retirement party at Lot 10 on January 17, 2013. She also did a follow
up regarding the sprinkler system and that Allen is currently handling this, as he is working part-time. The sprinkler
system did not pass the last inspection because of wrong pipe sizing. Liz and Allen met with the Mayor today
(1/8/13) regarding the sprinkler system and when the estimates come in for the replacement this may have to be a
capitol project, depending on the amount. Currently the recreation department is planning spring and summer
programs. Jim and TJ are currently working on getting a new Zamboni and there were some questions regarding
this and Liz will talk with Jim and update at the next meeting.
The 2013 Monitoring Schedule was discussed and Jody will email all Board Members the forms we have for
monitoring/shadowing programs here at the IYB. Jody will also email the Supervisor/Coordinators on what is the
best time for them to have monitoring/shadowing done for their program/department and she will report at next
month’s meeting on this. The following members have volunteered to monitor/shadow the following:
Bill Murphy: College Discovery Program
Computer All Stars
Paul Schreurs Memorial Program
Chris Milner Y.E.S. Program
George Mc Gonigal: RSS Program
Eric Nichols: Youth Council
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The following programs do not yet have any volunteers set up for monitoring/shadowing and need to be set up at
next months meeting:
Big Brother Big Sister:
Recreation Department: Annie Wojdyla
Joey Steinhagen
Mike Blakely-Armitage
Outing:
There was some discussion regarding the YES Program and board members would like to have Suki Tabor come to
the next meeting to give a presentation/answer some questions. Bill had asked what the age range is for YES kids.
Chris Milner asked about any suggestions from the IYB staff for any pilot projects. Liz stated that there was some
talk of a a youth work training workshop/intern. There are two new hotels currently either being built or will be
built, which means a lot of employment opportunities. Liz and Suki had some discussion regarding this. There was
some discussion that there was a CDL licensing project a few years ago and it was very successful. There was a
suggestion that someone should speak with the corporation and see what they have as far as youth development. Liz
stated that currently Mike Blakely-Armitage is revamping the how Stewart Park Day Camp runs and this will save
the IYB a lot of money in hiring staff. Eric Nichols suggested using volunteers at the camps to possibly cut down on
money. The board would like to have this brought up again at next month’s meeting. Bill Murphy stated that
maybe some kind of introduction of youth into industries such as the health field, electrician or plumbing fields.
Recruitment was put on the table for next month’s meeting since Jen and Shannon were out.
Mark Darling gave an update from the Board of DPW that there were a couple of grant applications one from the
Friends of Stewart Park for fixing the large pavilion as well as fixing up the maintenance building to turn into a
Motion Picture History Center. The Cascadilla Boat Club also received a grant to start working on the old boat
house at Stewart Park to make it accessible. Currently the 2nd floor has been made inaccessible.
Steve Smith gave use some news from Common Council. Currently they are putting together committees for the
replacement of the Police Chief, Superintendent of Public Works and Director of the IYB. There already is a
committee put together for the Police Chief as this has taken priority over the other two positions. There needs to be
3 persons from Common Council on the committee as well as 3 persons from boards and there can be non-voting
members as well. Steve will do more checking in on the process, specifically for the Director of the IYB and will
report back on this.
6:45 p.m. ADJOURNMENT