Human Relation Commission Meeting

MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING _____________________________________________________________________________________ URBANA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION DATE: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 TIME: 5:30 p.m. PLACE: Urbana City Council Chambers Urbana City Building 400 South Vine Street Urbana, Illinois 61801 _____________________________________________________________________________________ MEMBERS PRESENT: Frances Rigberg Baker, Tyler Morrison, Peter Resnick, Rizwan Uddin MEMBERS NOT PRESENT: Daniel Larson, Lisa Mosley, Eric Smith, Aisha Lamb Sobh STAFF PRESENT: Tony Weck (for Todd Rent) 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM a. In the absence of Chair Larson, Mr. Resnick acted as chair for this meeting. Mr. Resnick called this meeting of the Urbana Human Relations Commission to order at 5:33 p.m. Roll was taken. A quorum was present. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA a. Mr. Uddin made a motion that the agenda be approved as presented. Mr. Morrison seconded the motion. Mr. Resnick called for a voice vote. All were in favor. The motion carried unanimously. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Ms. Rigberg Baker made a motion that the draft minutes of the November 13, 2013 meeting and the draft minutes of the December 11, 2013 meeting be approved in omnibus fashion. Mr. Morrison seconded the motion. Mr. Resnick called for a voice vote. All were in favor. The motion carried unanimously. 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION a. There was none. 5. OLD BUSINESS a. There was none. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. There was none.  7. STAFF REPORT a. Approval of EEO Workforce Statistics i. The EEO Workforce Statistics were reviewed and staff recommendations for approval were as follows: 1. Battery Solutions, LLC a. Recommend 1 year 2. Woolard Marketing Consultants, Inc. a. Recommend 2 years 3. Clark Dietz, Inc. a. Recommend 6 months 4. Hoerr Construction, Inc. a. Recommend 6 months ii. Following a brief discussion, Ms. Rigberg Baker made a motion that the Human Relations Commission approve Battery Solutions, LLC, for one year; Woolard Marketing Consultants, Inc., for two years; Clark Dietz, Inc., for six months; and Hoerr Construction, Inc., for six months. Mr. Uddin seconded the motion. Mr. Resnick called for a voice vote. All were in favor. The motion carried unanimously. b. HRO Activity Report i. In the absence of Human Relations Officer Todd Rent, no HRO Activity Report was presented at this meeting. Mr. Weck advised the Commission that an HRO Activity Report would be presented at the February 2014 meeting by Mr. Rent. c. Budget Report i. Mr. Weck advised the Commission that there had been no changes in the budget since the December 2013 meeting. 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS a. Mr. Weck announced that the Thirteenth Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Countywide Celebration was to take place on Friday, January 17, 2014, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Champaign. 9. ADJOURNMENT a. There being no further business to come before the Commission, Mr. Resnick declared the meeting to be adjourned at 5:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Tony Weck Recording Secretary 2