TOWN OF GRANBY
YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes
October 8, 2008
Present: Teri Baber, Sarah Miltenberger, Aaron Moon, Linda Pollock, Shirley Ryan, Sue Sojka, Kyle Venn, Chief Dave Watkins, Mike Zanerzick
Staff Present: Ingrid Helander, Youth Counselor; KerryAnn Kielbasa, Director of Human Services
Absent: Capt. Kevin Bennett, Lisa Reinhardt, Lisa Venn, Liza Wetzel, Kay Woodford
Chairman Baber called the meeting to order at 6:40 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF 9/10/08:
The minutes of 9/10/08 were reviewed. ON A MOTION by Sue Sojka, seconded by Linda Pollock the minutes of 9/10//08 were approved as written.
YOUTH COUNSELOR REPORT:
· All Youth Services groups are starting. Adventures in Living will start on 10/20. WOW begins tomorrow. YWOW and BOW begin next week.
· Youth Services is working in the schools and all of the therapists have cases.
YAC REPORT
· The Youth Action Council attended a weekend retreat at Camp Jewell last month. They participated in team leadership activities and it was a very positive experience.
· YAC will be making and selling granola (Granola For Good). At this time, proceeds will help a family in Town for medical costs for their 4 year old daughter who has A.T. (a life threatening illness). So far, the granola will be sold at the health food store, the booster club sale at the High School and the Youth Fair. In the future, the sale of the granola may also be used for other causes.
· The 6th grade dance will be held in December.
· The group decided to focus on the need for sidewalks in town.
OLD BUSINESS
1. SEARCH Survey: Ms. Kielbasa reported the surveys should be ordered by the end of the week. She has contacted the Granby Community Fund to inquire if they could cover the cost. The Town Manager has approved money if needed. The surveys will cost approximately $3,000 and 1,012 students in grades 7 through 12 will be surveyed. At this time, Superintendent Adley is reviewing two letters to determine which one will be sent to parents. All of the students will be surveyed at the same time on the same day. The Superintendent would like teachers to administer the survey. The survey should be conducted in late November or early December and it takes 90 days to get the results back.
2. Logo: The logo has been chosen and Ms. Kielbasa shared it with the Board.
3. Youth Fair:
· Shirley will make a list of businesses we have not heard from. The list will be divided up between Shirley, Aaron, Sue and Linda to make calls to get more businesses involved.
· Sue will take care of creating and distributing flyers to schools.
· YAC will create posters to be distributed to area businesses.
· Kerry will take care of getting sandwich boards for the center of town.
· Sue will contact Mr. Adley to inquire if information regarding the fair can be put on the school web site.
· The following individuals are available to help the day of the fair: Sue, Ingrid, Shirley, Aaron and Linda.
· Advisory Board members will wear name tags during the fair.
· It was decided that a minimum of 20 registrants are needed in order to go ahead with the fair.
· A booklet will be distributed at the fair listing the names of all the participants (in alphabetical order).
· Kerry will look into the cost of purchasing reusable canvas bags for individuals who attend the fair. There may not be enough time to get this done.
NEW BUSINESS
· Sue will look into the possibility of getting an 8th grader to join the Board.
· Teri stated Family with Service Needs has received a grant and has proposed the $250,000 be split amongst area YSB’s.
· The following items will be added to the agenda for next months’ meeting: Update on Youth Fair, SEARCH Survey Update, FOI. Any additional items must be given to Kathy one week prior to the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
ON A MOTION by Sue Sojka and seconded by Linda Pollock, the meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the Senior Center/Youth Services Building.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Kane
Recording Secretary
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