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February 9, 2009
Meeting Minutes
Attendance: Gabriele Weber, Valerie Weber, Stel Walton Whitehead, William Murphy, Chris Milner, Cameron
Younger, Nancy Schuler, Jen Mainville,
Staff: Allen Green, Jen Handy, Liz Vance and Jody Hallett-Harris.
Excused: Haidar Assad, Roy Westwater, Lizzy Noonan-Pomada and Joan Spielholz
Absent: Jeri Gallucci and Nancy Zook
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Meeting called to order at 7:01p.m. by Stel Walton Whitehead
Review and approval of Minutes:
January 12, 2009 minutes were approved (7:03 p.m.). Gabriele made a Motion to approve the minutes and Valerie 2nd the motion.
Minutes stand approved.
Officer’s Reports:
Common Council (Nancy Schuler): There has been a change to the Committee that the Ithaca Youth Bureau reports to and we now
report to the Neighborhood & Public Safety Committee. Nancy is the Chair of that Committee. Nancy also stated that Lizzy Noonan-
Pomado was reappointed by the Mayor. There are new security measures at City Hall now. You need to use the side entrance and all city
employees must show their id badges.
GIAC (Joan Spielholz): Excused – No Report – Jen said that there is a Greek Peak Trip coming up that Giac has put together as a fund
raiser.
Tompkins County Youth Services (Nancy Zook): Absent - No Report – Jody will email Nancy Zook to see if she will be continuing on the
Board.
Southside Community Center (Vacant): No representative appointed.
Valerie Weber stated that she and Lizzy were unable to get an appointment with Ms. Hess but that she did get information regarding
forming a club at the Ithaca High School and she passed around the form that needs to be completed in order to form the club. There
needs to be an advisor from the High School in this Club. Valerie and Lizzy will attempt to get an appointment with Ms. Hess and Jen said
she would be willing to go with them to this meeting.
Staff and Committee Reports:
Staff Reports:
Allen advised that the new dock is finally in! Allen also handed out a Draft Resolution regarding the Youth Services Funding that will be
presented to Common Council. Letters have been going out regularly to Legislators regarding the block grant and there has been a great
interest here at the Youth Bureau from parents/adults. Allen also stated that former Mayor Ed Conley passed away and his family has
asked that any donations that are received be put into the Kiwanis Baseball here at the Ithaca Youth Bureau.
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Liz Vance announced that the Spring Brochure is out and handed out copies. She noted that a new program being offered this year with
the help of the Fingerlakes Running Club and the Fingerlakes Running Store is the Marathon Mile, for kids ages 5-13 and consists of 26.2
miles over the course of a few months.
Advisory Board Committees:
Recreation: (Roy Westwater/Chris Milner): Chris and Liz Vance had been trying to set up a meeting. There has been some interest in
possibly having a user survey again. Gabriele stated that she attempted to get in touch with Roy and has not heard back from him yet.
Operations/Facilities: (Roy Westwater/Bill Murphy): No Report
Youth Development (Gabriele Weber/Jen Mainville): Nothing to report - She stated that Sandy Kim, Vista Worker, has been extremely
busy with the Cory Booker event and that she was putting together a great report and that we should be seeing this report very soon. Jen
stated that the monitoring sessions will be starting soon, March/April and May, two a month and that the program supervisors will be given
the reports from the last session and asked simply to update anything that has changed since these sessions were just done.
Finance (Gabriele Weber/Chris Milner): Nothing new to report.
Operations/Facilities (Roy Westwater/Bill Murphy): Have yet to meet and therefore no report. Allen had attached the Cass Park Ice
Rink proposal to the Agenda and he advised that interviews for hiring firms had already been completed and there were four firms that
were being considered. Jim D’Alterio, the City Engineer, and the City Planning Department were also present during these interviews.
Recruitment/Training/Orientation (Jeri Gallucci, Cameron Younger, Bill Murphy): Jody gave Bill the final recruitment letter and this
was passed around again and it was determined that the Chair of this committee will sign the letter. Allen advised Cameron that all
resumes/applications will be given to Jody to follow through on and then will be presented to the Board.
Staff Relations: (Not Active): – This will stay as “not active’ unless something new arises.
Unfinished Business:
60th Year Birthday Celebration Updates – January 28, 2009, Cory Booker event – the event was a total success and was enjoyed by all
who attended. Allen passed around the Annual Report, which was also given out at the State Theatre. Karen Friedeborn and Sandy Kim
were responsible for putting this together and did a fantastic job! There is a video that was done by several Ithaca College Videographers
and this will be on tv, Channel 16. Chris Milner suggested that once copies are made that one should go to the Public Library.
Board Manual – Jen had a final draft version of the Board Manual and there were some suggested changes that she will look over and she
will address them in the near future.
Recruitment Letter – Bill will forward a copy of the final letter to all Board members. The Chair will sign the letters when they go out.
Membership – Jen Mainville’s resume and application were forwarded to Board members to review as an at-large member. Gabriele made
a Motion to approve her at-large appointment and Chris Milner 2nd the motion. A vote was then taken and it was a unanimous vote (7
votes). Jen Mainville was voted in as an at-large member.
New Business:
Stel will not be relocating as was in the Agenda and will continue to serve as our Chair for the Board. If things change she will keep the
Board posted.
Jen announced that the Teen Empowerment Forum will be on May 9, 2009 and the deadline is Friday, February 13, 2009. She is looking
for more sponsors and tabling for businesses/non-profit groups are still available. They also need sponsors for lunch tables (each table
has an “issue” theme. Jen will email the Board more information on this.
Board Comments/Issues:
None
ADJOURNMENT