HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-06-15® Dryden Youth Commission
Minutes
June 15, 1999
Attending: Walt Matyjas, Jean Simons, Nita Baldwin Penny Green, Scott Spicer,
Catherine Robinson, Barbara Hopkins, David Hall, Karen Coleman.
absent Tracy Kurtz, Kristen Blackman
Penny called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
May minutes read and approved.
Youth Development Report: David reported on the summer camp program and
handed out program brochures. These will be placed in town and village halls
and teacher mail boxes and guidance staff offices. School year projects are
drawing to a close and summer programs getting up and running. David has
been helping with interviews for the youth conservation team, which will be
working on playground repair and upgrades during the summer months.
Catherine will be working with David at the summer camp program and on
Club Dryden which will be a project that includes a teen planning group with
adult supervision who will plan 3 to 4 or maybe more events that will be held at
® different locations through out Dryden during the next year. Catherine will also
work as an assistant to David at the summer camp programs.
Summer Employment Program: Barbara Hopkins introduced Scott Spicer and
Catherine Robinson who were recently hired by Cooperative Extension to run
the summer youth employment program (casual employment). They will be
setting up a system that will be compatible with the YES program operated at
the Ithaca Youth Bureau. The programs will exchange information re: local
employment and youth applications this is an attempt to reduce paper work for
the youth. Each location will conduct an interview. At this point they are
following up on finding office space and learning the phone system.
Old Business: Clarification of summer schedule there will be a meeting of the
commission on July 20,1999. At this meeting the Commission will hear from
Barbara re: summer camp and employment projects and then begin a review
of previously funded programs for the new members, in preparation for the
allocation process which will begin in September. There will be no August
meeting.
® New Business: Discussion re: full time program manager. Barbara handed out
brief job descriptions of the full and part time positions, These were discussed in
terms of how the job is currently described and how these might change
depending on the employee skills (and interests) David Hall has expressed an
interest in the full time position which would officially begin in September 1999.
After a brief discussion about the positions and what the group would like to see
continue. The motion was made to hire David as the full time program manager.
This was seconded and the vote was unanimous . Karen had prior conversations
re: this vote with Tracy and Kristen and each voted yes .
The Commission will discuss this project in more detail at the September
meeting.
Requests for funding will go out in mid July. and be returned to Penny by the
September meeting. The funding requests will be mailed July 20, 1999. They are
on the County Youth Bureau computer so Karen will update and get them to
Penny for signature,
agenda for July meeting,
review of summer programs to date
review of other programs recommended for funding by the youth commission
funding process
DYC Minutes Page Two June 15, 1999