Community Relations Committee

Village Hall Village of Lombard 255 East Wilson Ave. Lombard, IL 60148 villageoflombard.org Minutes Community Relations Committee Trustee Dan Militello - Chairperson Trustee Bill Ware - Alternate Chairperson, Pamela Bedard, Ahmed Ali, Michael Ledonne, Sharon Vish, Barb Ware, Gladys Piper, Anthony Pacilli and Kristen Kielma Staff Liaison - Avis Meade Monday, January 11, 2021 7:00 PM Trustees Conference Room NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A MEETING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021, AT 7:00 P.M. REMOTELY VIA A VIRTUAL MEETING PLATFORM NOTICE OF MEETING MODIFICATION DUE TO COVID-19 In light of the Disaster Declaration issued by the Governor of the State of Illinois relative to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chairman of the Community Promotion and Tourism Committee has determined that an in-person meeting of the Committee, or a meeting conducted under the Open Meetings Act requirements, relative to a quorum of the members of the Village Board having to be physically present at a meeting when some members of the Village Board are participating remotely, is not practical or prudent because of the disaster. Pursuant to Governor Pritzker's Executive Order No. 2020-07, as extended and modified by Executive Orders 2020-18, 2020-33, 2020-039, 2020-44, 2020-52, 2020-55, and 2020-59, 2020-71 and 2020-74, which suspend the requirement of the Illinois Open Meetings Act requiring in-person attendance by members of a public body during the duration of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation, members of the Committee may attend and participate in the meeting remotely through a virtual meeting platform. Physical attendance at this public meeting will be restricted and residents are invited view and participate remotely through the means offered below. Public comments may be submitted in advance of the meeting on the Village website at www.villageoflombard.org/publiccomment, via email to communications@villageoflombard.org or by calling and leaving a voicemail at (630)620-5929. The Village requests that written comments be submitted to the Village by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Monday, January 11, 2021. Notwithstanding this request, all written comments received Village of Lombard Page 1 Community Relations Committee Minutes January 11, 2021 before the public comment portion of the agenda will be read into the public meeting record. Individuals who wish to speak during the live meeting, or wish to listen to the meeting remotely online or by telephone should contact the Village by 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January 11, 2021, by calling (630) 620-5929, on the Village website at www.villageoflombard.org/publiccomment or via email to communications@villageoflombard.org. Individuals who sign up to speak during the meeting or participate remotely online or by telephone by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 8, 2021, will receive information about how to join the meeting by e-mail or phone, based upon their request, after the sign-up time ends. The physical attendance restrictions in place for this meeting have been adopted to comply with Governor Pritzker’s Executive Orders regarding social distancing and the need to maximize residential self-isolation to slow the spread of COVID-19 to the greatest extent possible. A copy of the agenda for said Committee meeting is attached hereto. 1.0 Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance The regular meeting of the Community Relations Committee held on Monday, January 11, 2021 in the Trustee’s Conference Room of the Lombard Village Hall via zoom, was called to order by Chairperson Dan Militello at 7:01 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Anthony Pacilli. 2.0 Roll Call Present 8 - Dan Militello, Pamela Bedard, Sharon Vish, Ahmed Ali, Barbara Ware, Gladys Piper, Michael Ledonne, and Anthony Pacilli Absent 1 - Kristen Kielma Also present, Staff Liaison Avis Meade. 3.0 Public Participation None. Village of Lombard Page 2 Community Relations Committee Minutes January 11, 2021 4.0 Approval of Minutes A motion was made by Michael Ledonne, seconded by Pam Bedard, to approved the minutes of the September 14, 2020, committee meeting. The minutes were approved by unanimous vote. 5.0 Old Business None. 6.0 New Business 210020 2021 Victim Services Contract The committee will be tasked with reviewing information regarding the Village's use of Victim Services in 2020 and the renewal of the contract for 2021. The Committee reviewed statistics that showed Victim Services was used by the Village in 2020 for 57 cases, benefitting 104 individuals over 416.5 services hours. A motion was made by Michael Ledonne, seconded by Gladys Piper, to renew the victim services contract with AID for 2021. The motion was approved by unanimous vote. 7.0 Other Business None. 8.0 Information Only Staff distributed information and statistics from communication efforts throughout 2020. 9.0 Adjournment A motion was made by Michael Ledonne, seconded by Gladys Piper, to adjourn the meeting at 7:16 pm. The motion passed unanimously. Village of Lombard Page 3