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TOWN OF GRANBY
YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes
May 12, 2010
PRESENT: Captain David Bourque, Jack Cashman, Ingrid Helander, Linda Pollock, Becca Polglase, Jeff Rackliff, Shirley Ryan, Donna Snyder, Laura Snyder, Chief David Watkins, Wendy VanWelie, Kay Woodford.
Co-Chair Laura Snyder called the meeting to order at 4:15 p.m.
REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF LAST MEETING’S MINUTES:
ON A MOTION BY Linda Pollock, seconded by Jack Cashman, the Board voted (7-0-1) to approve the minutes of March 10, 2010 as written. Because he was not at the March meeting, Captain Bourque abstained from voting. It should also be noted that Donna Snyder arrived after the vote.
STATUS OF ACTION ITEMS:
None
COALITION UPDATE:
Becca Polglase gave the following update:
- Three committees have been formed: Marketing & Communications, Governance and Community Events. They will meet for the first time this month and report to the Executive Board in June.
- The Executive Board meets the first Monday of every month. Ms. Kielbasa has the minutes which include the schedules for all the committees, please contact her if interested.
- The first full Executive Board meeting will be held on June 7th. The goal is to get reports from all the committees and start working on some action plans.
- Ms. Woodford inquired if the Coalition was going to participate in Celebrate Granby on June 12th and suggested they get in touch with the Chairperson.
YOUTH COUNSELOR REPORT:
Ms. Helander gave the following report:
- Grace Tallaga will graduate in May and Jamie Noonan will graduate in August. Two new interns have been appointed.
- The intergenerational program, Adventures in Living, was not held as there were not enough people signed up. Attendance for all programs has been down this year. It is believed that people aren’t accessing the Digital Backpack.
- The Grandparent Support Group continues to meet every Thursday and the Special Needs Support Group meets on Monday evenings.
YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL REPORT
- There will be a sixth grade dance held this Friday night, May 14, 2010.
- Granby Afoot was held on May 8th. Ms. Helander felt this was a good kick-off event and YAC will continue working on getting sidewalks in town. She would also like to see a sub-committee formed for this project. Ms. VanWelie noted what a great job the YAC kids did with this and how professional they were.
ON A MOTION by Shirley Ryan, seconded by Donna Snyder, the Board voted (9-0-0) to accept the reports as given.
OLD BUSINESS:
Granby LPC/Community Coalition: This was discussed previously. At future meetings, this will be listed under “Status of Action Items”.
NEW BUSINESS:
Develop a Strategic Plan for Youth Services: Because it is not known what has been accomplished on the last strategic plan, it made it difficult to proceed.
ON A MOTION BY Becca Polglase, seconded by Jack Cashman, the Board voted (9-0-0) to review the objectives at this meeting and table going over the details until Ms. Kielbasa and/or staff can confirm what objectives have been accomplished to date. Jack Cashman amended the motion to assign groups at this meeting but wait until the next meeting to break down into the groups to discuss specific objectives. ON A MOTION BY Becca Polgase, seconded by Jack Cashman, the Board voted (9-0-0) to approve the original motion as amended. Donna Snyder, Linda Pollock and Jack Rackliff will review the Objectives for Goals 1 through 3. Captain Bourque, Jack Cashman and Kay Woodford will review 4 through 6. Shirley Ryan, Wendy VanWelie, Laura Snyder and Becca Polglase will review 7
through 10.
Donna Snyder will contact Ms. Kielbasa by Monday, May 17, 2010 to ask her to update the status of the strategic plan and distribute it electronically to the Commission members so it can be discussed at the next meeting.
ON A MOTION BY David Bourque, seconded by Becca Polglase, the Board voted (9-0-0) to hold a special meeting on June 23, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. in the event there is not a quorum at the meeting scheduled for June 9, 2010.
NEXT MEETING:
Information Session at GMHS or GMMS: Because it is the end of the school year and it will be difficult to get people to participate, this will be reviewed again in September.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
ON A MOTION BY Donna Snyder, seconded by Jack Cashman, the Board voted (9-0-0) to adjourn the meeting at 5:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Kane
Recording Secretary
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