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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995 10-11 HRRMMINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESOURCES COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA REGULAR SESSION OCTOBER 11, 1995 CITY HALL CALL TO ORDER The Brooklyn Center human rights and resources commission was called to order at 7:08 p.m. ROLL CALL Members present: Chairperson Lerbs, Commissioners Yang, Nyquist, Nesseth, Achtelik, and Maddox. Also present Council Liaison Hilstrom and Staff Liaison Gohman. Members absent and excused: Commissioners Brown, Braziel, and Eoloff. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - JULY 12. 1995. AS AMENDED There was a motion by Commissioner Nesseth and seconded by Commissioner Maddox to approve the July 12, 1995, minutes as amended. The motion carried. • APPROVAL OF MINUTES - AUGUST 9.1995- AS AMENDED There was a motion by Commissioner Nesseth and seconded by Commissioner Maddox to approve the August 9, 1995, minutes as amended. The motion carried. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - SEPTEMBER 13. 1995 There was a motion by Commissioner Nesseth and seconded by Commissioner Maddox to approve the September 13, 1995, minutes. The motion carried. APPROVAL OF AGENDA OF OCTOBER 11. 1995 There was a motion by Commissioner Yang and seconded by Commissioner Achtelik to approve the agenda adding a discussion of the League of Minnesota Human Rights Conference. The motion carried. BUDGET Staff Liaison Gohman distributed budget information. Commissioner Nesseth discussed the budget, referring back to prior meetings that commission members specifically Chair Lerbs and Vice Chair Brown were to talk to the Council about the budget. There was a general discussion about the 1996 budget. There was a consensus of the commission to bring the following list of budget requests to the Council for reconsideration for the 1996 budget. Heritage Festival $1,000 League of Minnesota Dues $150 League Conference $500 Also, that the BCHRRC would request funds for continued training in the area of diversity as needed and directly from Council in providing funds through contingency. 0 There was a motion by Commissioner Nesseth and seconded by Commissioner Nyquist to recommend to the Council to reconsider funding a $1,650 budget for 1996 for the Human Rights & Resources Commission. Those approved: Lerbs, Yang, Nesseth, Nyquist, and Achtelik. Those denied: Maddox. BIAS RESPONSE There was a general consensus on the bias response draft plan. There was a consensus of the commission to contact Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council to forward the BCHRRC bias response plan to them for their review and ask when the final training and bias response would be held. There was also a general discussion that once the bias response plan was complete it would be forwarded to Council and ask that the Council approve the plan so the BCHRRC would be able to put the plan into action. WORK PLAN The commission discussed the work plan. Commissioner Yang stated that he would like to see a writing contest developed for students in the schools in our area. Also that prizes be awarded for participants in the contest. Chair Lerbs asked that a subcomittee be formed to have additional meetings to work on this program. Commissioner Achtelik stated that she wanted to nominate Commissioner Yang to chair the subcommittee. Commissioner Maddox stated that she would like to see the whole group work on this project. There was a general discussion on a writing contest and possible prizes for a contest. There was a motion by Commissioner Maddox and seconded by Commissioner Yang to approve a writing and drawing contest for junior and senior high school students with prizes of $150 for senior high students and $150 for junior high school students with first, second, and third place prizes for each junior and senior high school; also that the commission will look for prizes from the private sector in the amount stated, and if the commission cannot get prizes in the amount stated the commission will then request funds be allocated from the BCHRRC budget in 1995 from the Council. Those approved: Commissioners Yang, Nesseth, Achtelik, Maddox, and Nyquist. Those Denied: Chairperson Lerbs. The motion carried. There was a continued general discussion on the writing contest with Commissioner Nyquist, as he previously stated that we ask the private sector for on the prizes for this program. Commissioner Nyquist stated he will approach the private sector to see if any prizes could be donated. LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE The commission discussed the conference. Commissioner Yang updated the commission on the conference and stated that a number of our members attended the conference. Commissioner Yang also stated that he had been appointed to the League Board along with 10/11/95 -2- 0 Commissioner Nesseth and will join Commissioner Eoloff as a board member. There was a general discussion on council diversity training. Commissioner Maddox stated that she is very interested in ensuring that cultural diversity is completed in 1995 and would like to be working with the City in putting together the diversity training. Staff Liaison Gohman stated that she would be interested and glad to have help from Commissioner Maddox in this area and that we'll be discussing arrangements in the near future. There was a general discussion on the essay and prizes for high school students. There was a consensus to form a subcommittee on this topic, the subcommittee members to be Commissioners Maddox, nesseth, Yang, Achtelik,and Lerbs. Commissioner Yang being the chair of the subcomittee. It was consensus of the subcommittee that the group would get together as soon as possible to work on this plan. ADJOURNMENT There was a motion by Commissioner Maddox and seconded by Commissioner Achtelik to adjourn the meeting at 9:15 p.m. The motion carried. 0 0 10/11195 -3-