Minutes Human Rights 6 19 02DUBUQUE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
MINUTES OF
June 19, 2002
Judy Giesen called the meeting of the Dubuque Human Rights Commission to order at 4:17 p.m. on
Wednesday, June 19, 2002 in Conference Room 2 at the City Hall Annex.
Roll Call:
Present:
JudyGiesen, Chair
Evelyn Jackson
MartyO'Shea
Charies Ryan
Raydora Drummer
Sr. Corine Murray
Bill Ross
Absent: Kathy Stevens
Lou Oswald
Staff: Kelly Larson
Bill Blum
Carol Spinoso
Approval of Minutes:
Commissioner Jackson moved to approve the May 13, 2002 meeting minutes. Commissioner O'Shea
seconded. All in favor.
Caseload ReporL'
Carol summarized the May Caseload Report. There were 48 intakes, 0 cases in backlog, 7 cases
under active investigation, 6 cases in mediation/conciliation, 4 cases in administrative review, 0 cases
in ALJ review, 3 cases in the public hearing process, 4 new cases filed, and 1 case was dosed.
Chai n's R '
No report given.
Director's Report::
Kelly and Bill introduced the two summer interns - Jake Felderman will work in the Human Rights
Department, and Crenna Bromwell will work with Bill in the Legal DepartmenL
Kelly reported on the following activities:
- Presented a fair housing segment at Maria House on May 13t~
- Met with Tom Tully to discuss recruiting people of color into the next Leadership Dubuque Class
- Participated in Police interviews
- Presented cultural diversity session for the Community Action Academy on May 16~
- Confirmed Central Iowa Center for Independent Living to present the Welcome to My World
Workshop for HR professionals as part of the Undiscovered Resources Job Fair on September 19a
- Working with planning committee for Martin Luther King breakfastJactivities
- Staffed a booth at the North End Neighborhood Fair on May 22"~
- HUD performed the Department's annual performance audit on May 28 and 29
- Planning a homebuyers seminar for September 28, 2002 from 9-12 at the Cemiskey Center
- Received a HUD contract for partnership initiative funds. Funds are to cover accessibility testing
in new multi-family construction, familial status and race testing for educational purposes.
Date Set and Select Facilitator for Goal Settin.q:
The Commission agreed that they would hold their goal setting from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. on August 29u~
(August 28~h as an alternate). Eliie Johnston and Joe Featherston were suggested as possible
facilitators. Corine will check to see if there is a room available at the Presentation, 2360 Carter. An
alternate site is the Garden Room on Davis Street
UPdates from Committee Chairs on Goal Activities
Commissioner O'Shea reported that he along with Evelyn and Lou were guests on a show hosted by
KDTH radio.
Commissioner Giesen distributed a calendar of events and provided an update on Faces & Voices
planning.
Old Business:
Commissioner Ross contacted Thom Determan regarding the anonymous citizen voicing concern
about the scheduling of spdng break on the DCSD school calendar. Thom indicated that he was
aware of the concern and that it was being looked into. It was the consensus of the Commission that
they do nothing at this point, just to be aware and watch for future concerns.
Commissioner O'Shea voiced cencem about the DCSD's hiring procedures and felt that the
Commission should take a look at it. This will be discussed during the goal setting session.
New Business:
Commissioners shared their thoughts and experiences from the HUD training.
Adjournment:
Commissioner Ryan moved and Commissioner Murray seconded to adjourn the meeting. All in favor.
The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
Minutes approved as submitted: ~ .
Minutes approved as corrected: