Mayor's Advisory Committee for People With Disabilities

Mayor’s Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities Minutes Meeting Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Start Time: 12 p.m. End Time: 1 p.m. Location: City Hall 2nd Floor Conference Room Purpose: Regular scheduled meeting Attending: Attending: Krista Bau, Tom Wanttie, Mendy Jones, Becca Wells, Nancy Kelsey, Gwyn Fischbach, Michael Gast, Steve Kelsey, Laura Stoltenberg, Cindy Kirschman, Ty Dillabough (App-Tiny Knight) Excused: Dawn Brush, Cody Roggatz, Deb Kambel, Doris Stusiak, Eric Vetter, Tyler Goldade, Dalita Meyer, Ardell Fiedler, Sandy Glover Absent: Kristin Fastenau, Kristi Myhre, Andrea Overman 1. Standing Items 1.1 Any additions to agenda? 1.2 Review and approve minutes from November 2017 Meeting A motion was made by Laura, seconded by Nancy. All in favor, motion carried. 1.3 Review and approve Treasurer’s report from November 2017 Meeting, current balance $1196. 75 in general fund, BAD balance $303.50, ADA balance $896. 33. A motion was made by Becca, seconded by Cindy Kirschman, all in favor, motioned carried. 2. Committee Reports 2.1 BAD – Next meeting-Cindy, Becca, Nancy, Steve, Krista? Date is April 27th. Cindy Kirshman will send out save the date cards to the schools and also request a number of students and confirmation for planning purposes. 2.2 Partners in Community Pride – No representation 2.3 Transportation – Need drivers for part time Ride Line. List of waiting transportation for schools (approximately 30 people on the waitlist), but they do not have enough drivers. No airport report 2.4 Education Enhancement Award – Tabled until June? 2.5 NDEAM – tabled until May 2.6 ADA Anniversary Celebration – tabled until February 3. Old Business 3.1 Email vote on Chamber of Commerce Membership for 2018 – approved This invoice has been sent to the City office for payment. 3.2 Committee assignments- Tom will send out a reminder email and the assignment sheets again for those that did not complete it originally. 3.3 Christmas party recap-There was a small group for the Christmas party, but those that attended had a good time! 4. New Business 4.1 Consider for new membership in Committee – Lance Sigdestad – Communication Service for the Deaf. Lance Sigdestad did not attend the meeting on 1/17/18. Laura Stoltenburg will reach out to him as he works in the same building as DRS regarding his interest in the committee. 4.2 Ty Dillabough – developer of app: Tiny Knight – NSU Student – speaker. Ty Dillabough developed “Tiny Knight” for people without using a cell phone with the device and the app on the phone. This invention can be used for people with disabilities or for the senior community, specifically care givers or parents. Device is available for purchase. 4.3 Gwyn Fischbach-New Member vote. A motion was made by Becca Wells to approve Gwyn Fischbach for membership with the committee. Second by Nancy Kelsey. Motioned carried. {00032192.DOCX / 1} 5. Review Upcoming Dates – April 20th – Aspire formal April 27th – Barrier Awareness Day (BAD) 6. Ending Items – Adjourn Cindy Kirschman will get Tom the information regarding upcoming National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) dates for meetings and the groups that are active in Aberdeen. Below is what she sent in an email on 1/17/18 to our office; For those of you who may not have gotten the message, our NAMI meeting on Monday evening, January 15, was cancelled. A couple of important things that are worth mentioning since we didn’t have our meeting. 1. NAMI Night – NAMI night will be held this Thursday (tomorrow night), January 18th at the Red Rooster, 5:30 - 8:00. We are in need of someone that will be able to come and sit at the information table. Whoever is able to do this, please reply to me and I can give you specifics. Attached is a flyer for the event tomorrow night. 2. Meeting location – As you may know, NEMHC will no longer work for a meeting place due to renovations that are being made there. The library could be a likely place, however, with all of the Monday holidays, we wouldn’t be able there then. (they are closed on holidays) I also checked into Millstone, which has a private room. Their Mondays are also booked with recurring meetings. We may need to look at change of day of the week or if anyone else has a location they think may work, I definitely will make some contacts. 3. Ending the Silence – I mentioned this program on a school counselor listserv and now the presentation is in ‘hot demand’ at many area schools. Counselors have been emailing me wanting the program for their students. NAMISD will be mailing some resource cards for use in this presentation and then the trained facilitators will get some times scheduled. The problem is our facilitators are working people and will need to take time off from work to do these presentations so it may be difficult to get in all the presentations that are being requested. The next NAMIAberdeen meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 19 (another holiday). Please watch your emails for an update as to location or different date. Any input is greatly appreciated. 7. Next Meeting – February 20, 2018 {00032192.DOCX / 1}