Mayor's Advisory Committee for People With Disabilities

Mayor’s Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities Minutes Meeting Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Start Time: 12 p.m. End Time: 1 p.m. Location: City Hall 2nd Floor Conference Room Purpose: Regular scheduled meeting Attended: Becca Wells, Tom Wanttie, Holly Gederos, Susan Hook, Nancy Kelsey, Mendy Jones, Kris Fastenau, Eric Vetter, Cody Roggatz, Deb Kambel, Ardell Fiedler Absent: Cindy Kirschman, Steve Kelsey, Sarah Dorich, Laura Stoltenberg, Doris Stusiak, Dalita Meyer 1. Standing Items 1.1 Any additions to agenda? None. 1.2 Review and approve minutes from February 2017 meeting: Minutes weren’t available so will be reviewed and approved in addition to the March 2017 meeting minutes at the April meeting. 1.3 Review and approve Treasurer’s reports from February 2017: Tom Wanttie read the Treasurer’s report provided by Laura Stoltenberg. Current balance for the general fund for 2017 is $2000.25, ADA fund – $896.33 and BAD fund is $303.50. Laura noted there are some discrepancies with the ADA balance and will be working to get that resolved. She also noted that a few donations have come in for the Barrier Awareness Day event and requests that as donations come in that she should be informed. It was discussed that the committee still needs to decide/vote on whether they would like to continue with the Chamber membership or not. This will be discussed at the next meeting. Motion made by Susan Hook to approve the Treasurer’s report and seconded by Ardell Fiedler. Motion carried. 2. Committee Reports 2.1. BAD (Barrier Awareness Day) – Becca Wells and Ardell Fiedler reported that the next planning meeting will be on April 3rd. The event is scheduled for April 21 at the ARCC. There will be 8 stations this year. Preliminary responses indicate that there will be fewer students in attendance this year compared to last year. Becca reported that approximately $1,050 in donations have been received to date. The t-shirts will cost approximately $4.40 each. There has been a change in introductory speaker. Originally Eric Vetter was asked to speak but Dan Cleberg contacted Cindy Kirschman about Gaelynn Lea speaking at BAD as she will be in town performing at the Red Rooster. The subcommittee decided to have Gaelynn Lea, violinist as our introductory speaker this year. Gaelyn was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta and recently received an award for her musical talent. It is proposed that the committee provide her with a $50 honorarium for being willing to speak at our event. Committee members can learn more about her at the following you tube link: https://www.youtube.comresults?searchquery=gaelynn+lea+tiny+desk+ 2.2. Partners in Community Pride – No report. 2.3. Transportation – Tom Wanttie reported another driver has been hired to replace a driver that left. Ride Line will be picking up another bus this weekend from Sioux City, Iowa. New computer software (Optimization) has been added and Ride Line employees are being trained. The software will set up routes for the drivers and it will make the routes more efficient. Currently the routes are set up manually by Ride Line employees. Mendy Jones asked if there is still a wait list for student riders and Tom Wanttie confirmed there is and approximately 26 students are on the list. Cody Roggatz briefly shared information about the concerns noted regarding the airport in a recent Aberdeen News article. He welcomed any questions and encouraged members to contact him anytime to discuss any concerns they may have. {00027334.DOCX / 1}  2.4. Education Enhancement Award (Tabled until spring) 2.5. NDEAM-there will be a planning meeting April 6, 2017 @ 8am at the DRS conference room. 2.6. ADA Anniversary Celebration – Holly Gederos reported planning is underway. Dan Cleberg is willing to help host the celebration outside of the Red Rooster this year. A potential date is proposed for July 21st but hasn’t been confirmed. The theme/activities will be very similar with food, games, and Better Ride band performing. Eric Vetter is writing an article about this event for the PROGRESS magazine. Eric will email the article to Tom Wanttie so it can be shared with committee members to read on their own. 3. Old Business 3.1. Business After Hours for Non –Profit/Service Organizations- Eric Vetter felt the turnout was pretty good and thought more people stopped by the table than before. 3.2. Quorum Clarification- Tom Wanttie emailed the committee on February 2, 2017 noting that changes couldn’t be made until the proposed changes were sent out to the entire committee membership so they are given 15 days to review the changes. The changes can then be voted on at the next meeting. Tom will be sending out the proposed changes so please read them and be prepared to vote on them at the April 2017 meeting. 3.3. Pampered Chef Fundraiser? No discussion 3.4. Discussion about Ride Line setting up rides via email-Tom informed the committee that Pierre is currently participating in a testing of this and Aberdeen will be considering it after the test is complete. There would be additional costs associated with this so that will be taken into consideration. 3.5. 4. New Business 4.1 By –Law changes – membership, quorum – see discussion under Old Business 3.2 4.2 4.3 4.4 Additions to agenda: 5. Review Upcoming Dates: April 6th -Dinner in the Dark @ 5:30pm at the Ramkota. Dinner tickets can be purchased at SDSBVI for $35 and raffle tickets may also be purchased at SDSBVI. 1st prize – half side of beef, 2nd prize – 43” flat screen tv from Langs, and 3rd prize $100 gift card. Tickets are $10 for one or 3 tickets for $20. April 7th – Aspire, Inc Spring Formal. Aspire is looking for volunteers to set up/tear down. Please contact Aspire at 229-0263. April 21st – Barrier Awareness Day at the ARCC June 9th – The airport will be conducting an emergency exercise and volunteers are needed. Cody Roggatz invited committee members to participate/volunteer as a “victim”. If you are interested please contact Cody. 6. Ending Items – Adjourn Meeting 7. Next Meeting – April 18, 2017 {00027334.DOCX / 1}