Human Relation Commission Meeting

MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING _____________________________________________________________________________________ URBANA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION DATE: Wednesday, August 13, 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, Kevin Bowersox-Johnson, Daniel Larson, Lisa Mosley, Peter Resnick MEMBERS NOT PRESENT: Aisha Lamb Sobh STAFF PRESENT: Todd Rent 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM a. Chair Larson called this meeting of the Urbana Human Relations Commission to order at 5:35 p.m. Roll was taken. A quorum was present. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA a. “Discussion of Gender-Based Advertising for Services,” was added to the agenda as item B under the heading of New Business. With no further changes, Mr. Resnick made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Mr. Bowersox-Johnson seconded the motion. Chair Larson 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 Commission approve the draft minutes of the June 11, 2014 meeting as presented. Ms. Mosley seconded the motion. Chair Larson called for a voice vote. All were in favor. The motion carried unanimously. 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION a. Carol McCusick addressed the Commission. 5. OLD BUSINESS a. EEO Compliance Review: A & R Mechanical Contractors/Services i. Mr. Rent gave a brief introduction of this matter, following which he discussed the state of A & R Mechanical Contractors/Services’ compliance efforts as well as limitations it faces with regards to union hiring. Mr. Rent addressed comments and questions from the Commission. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion of Union Membership Demographics i. Mr. Rent introduced and led discussion regarding this matter, addressing comments and questions from the Commission during the course of discussion. b. Discussion of Gender-Based Advertising for Services i. Mr. Rent introduced and led discussion regarding this matter. It was suggested that a member of the Commission be assigned to assist the Human Relations Officer in addressing related issues. Following brief discussion, Mr. Bowersox- Johnson volunteered for the same. Further comments and questions from the Commission were addressed by Mr. Rent. 7. STAFF REPORT a. HRO Activity Report i. Mr. Rent reviewed the monthly activity report with the Commission, addressing Commission comments and questions during the course of his review. b. Budget Report i. Mr. Rent reviewed the monthly Budget Report. Since the previous meeting of the Commission there were no changes in the budget. c. Approval of EEO Workforce Statistics i. The EEO Workforce Statistics were reviewed and staff recommendations for approval were as follows: 1. Desman Associates a. Recommend 2 years 2. Midwest Engineering & Testing a. Recommend 1 year 3. Staley Concrete Co., Inc. a. Recommend 1 year 4. A & R Mechanical Contractors a. Recommend 6 months 5. A & R Mechanical Services a. Recommend 6 months 6. Clark Dietz, Inc. a. Recommend 1 year 7. Hoerr Construction, Inc. a. Recommend 1 year 8. Insituform Technologies a. Recommend 6 months 9. Stark Excavating, Inc. a. Recommend 1 year 10. UpKeep Maintenance Service a. Recommend 2 years Mr. Rent addressed comments and questions from the Commission regarding the EEO statistics and staff recommendations. Following discussion, Mr. Bowersox- Johnson made a motion that the Commission approve Desman Associates for two years; Midwest Engineering & Testing for one year; Staley Concrete Co., Inc., for one year; A & R Mechanical Contractors for six months; A & R Mechanical 2  Services for six months; Clark Dietz, Inc., for one year; Hoerr Construction, Inc., for one year; Insituform Technologies for six months; Stark Excavating, Inc., for one year; and UpKeep Maintenance Service for two years. Ms. Mosley seconded the motion. Chair Larson called for a voice vote. All were in favor. The motion carried unanimously. 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS a. There were none. 9. ADJOURNMENT a. There being no further business to come before the Commission, Chair Larson declared the meeting to be adjourned at 6:22 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Tony Weck Recording Secretary 3