Mayors Committee on Disability Concerns

By The City of Oklahoma City Office of the City Clerk at 9:38 am, Mar 07, 2025 March 2025 Regular Meeting March 12, 2025 — 9 am, at OKC Central Maintenance Facility Training Center, 3738 SW 15th St, Building 3, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 Regular Meeting: Committee Call to Order Members: Roll Call Sidna Trimmell – Chair Adam Lane – Vice-Chair Welcome and Introductions Dana Tallon – Secretary Scott Ellis – Treasurer Public Comments: The Oklahoma City Mayor’s Committee on Disability Keith Wilkinson – Parliamentarian Concerns welcomes citizens comments at the beginning of each meeting. Comments shall be limited to three (3) minutes and citizens must sign in at Rochelle Alexander least five (5) minutes before the meeting is scheduled to begin. Citizens that Cal Bryant are not committee members are not permitted to participate in regular Linda Bryant meeting discussion. By signing up for comments, you acknowledge the Vera Cheek commenting procedures of the committee. Marilyn Dillon Jeff Dismukes Reports from Officers Audrea George Heather Hancock- Approval of Minutes – Dana Tallon Blackburn Jackie Haverly Pending: James Helm Larry Hopper Kyle King • January 2025 Minutes Fayth McMillin • May 2024 Minutes Greg Morgan • February 2024 Minutes Tabitha Pope Liz Scheffe Treasurer’s Report – Scott Ellis David Storer Joy Turner Vice-Chair Report – Adam Lane Lori Wathen Ken Wyatt Chair Report – Sidna Trimmell Reports from Emergency Management and City ADA Coordinator Emergency Management – Lt. David Storer / Capt. Audrea George City ADA Coordinator – Keith Wilkinson Reports • ADA Workshop — Sidna Madden Trimmell • Barrier-Free Design — Scott Ellis • Outreach / Communications — Herb Bailey / Co-chair Liz Scheffe • Emergency Response — Ken Wyatt • Membership Review — Lori Wathen • OK Let’s Talk event – Sidna Trimmell Old Business Proposed by-laws change – Sidna Trimmell “Permanent Membership”. This is for organizations that are either City, County, or State, or Federal agencies. The permanent organizations will be removed from the regular rolls. This class will then be able to send a representative of their organization to the meeting should the appointed member not be available. The Chairperson may add/remove organizations at their discretion. • The following organizations are be placed into this category: • The Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Hospital • Embark • OKC City Emergency Management • Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services • Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services-Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired. • OKC ADA Coordinator • Designated Protection and Advocacy Agency for Oklahoma • Oklahoma Statewide Independent Living Council • Federal Aviation Administration Strike the annual meeting written reports submitted and going into executive session from bylaws. – Sidna Trimmell The meeting schedule revisit – Sidna Trimmell / Scott Ellis Reports from Members on Boards and Commissions Announcements from Members Adjourn: Next MCDC Meeting Next meeting Apr. 9, 2025, 9 am, at OKC Central Maintenance Facility Training Center, 3738 SW 15th St, Building 3, Oklahoma City, OK 73108. It is the policy of the City to ensure that communications with participants and members of the public with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. Anyone with a disability who requires an accommodation, modification of policies or procedures, or auxiliary aid or service in order to participate in this meeting should contact the MCDC Chair, Sidna Trimmell at (405) 684-7223 or sidna10@att.net no later than 48 hours (not including weekends or holidays) before the scheduled meeting. If you need an alternate format of the agenda, please contact Sidna Trimmell 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.