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HUMAN RELATIONS COI�Il�tISSSON MEETING
TUESDAY APRIL 24 , 2001
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MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7 :10 P.M. THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS
WERE PRES:�NT SUE BECKER, WERNER ELLMANN, LINDA WOLFF, AUBREY
COURSIN, GAIL WOLFMEYER, JULIE BABENKO, AND PATRICIA BUHRMAN.
ABSENT GW�N DOOLAN.
OLD BUSINESS
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A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EXISTING HUMAN RELATIONS GROUPS AND
WHAT THEY ARE DOING. ELLMANN REPORTED HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT TO HELP THE LATINO COMMUNITY LEARN THE
RULES OF ?'HE ROAD IN THEIR E.S.L. CLASSES. ELLMANN ALSO REPORTED
THAT HE IS WORKING WITH THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS TO
IMPLEMENT ANTI-BULLYING CAMPAIGNS THROUGH THE COUNTY SCHOOLS. HE
ALSO ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO RESIGN FROM THE CITY OF MCHENRY
HUMAN REL��TIONS COMMISSION.
BUHRMAN RF;PORTED ON HER APPEARANCE AT THE HUNTLEY MASCOT FORUM.
WOLFMEYER RELATED THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF EAST CAMPUS RESPECT
PROGRAM.
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A MOTION WAS MADE TO CUT THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF MCHENRY HUMAN
RELATIONS COMMISSION FROM THIRTEEN (13) MEMBERS TO EIGHT (8)
MEMBERS: TWO (2) HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, FIVE (5) MCHENRY CITIZENS
AT LARGE, AND THE MAYOR AS AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER. SAID CITIZENS
SHALL REPRESENT A BROAD DIVERSITY OF BACKGROUNDS WITH RESPECT TO
RACE, CREED, ETHNICITY, SEX AND AGE. THE MAYOR SHALL APPOINT
SAID MEMBERS. THIS MOTION WAS MADE BY BECKER SECONDED BY
BABENKO. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
A DISCUSSION REGARDING GOALS, AND WHAT UP COMING PROJECTS SHOULD
CONSIST OF. WE WILL ALL BRING IDEAS AND CONCERNS TO OUR NEXT
MEETING.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 26.
BECKER TALKED ABOUT THE LATINO COALITION SUPPORT OF H.B. 3382
REGARDING 'PHE TYPES OF IDS NEEDED FOR UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS TO
OBTAIN THEIR DRIVERS LICENSES .
ADJOC�RNMENT
BECKER MAD}� MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 7 : 55 SECONDED BY WOLFF. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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