HomeMy WebLinkAboutHRCAgenda_2021_12_16Human Rights Commission
City of Brookings
Meeting Agenda
Brookings City & County
Government Center
520 3rd St., Suite 230
Brookings, SD 57006
Phone: (605) 692-6281
Fax: (605) 692-6907
Brookings City & County Government Center
520 3rd St., Room 300
5:30 PMThursday, December 16, 2021
1. Call To Order
2. Approval of Agenda
2. Introductions
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Public Comments
5. Old Business
a. Complaint Training
b. Signs recommendation (Inclusivity WG)
c. All of us update
d. Statewide HRC
e. List of Ideas update draft
f. Volunteering
g. Griffith Lecture/ Budget update
h. Photos of the Commission
i. Members/liaison members who do not attend
j. Media/evaluation by Carter Muller student
k. Signs
l. Update for the MLK Essay and Poster contests
m. BHRC effectiveness conversation continued
5. New Business
a. Request to add Advance Competition category and Award Money to MLK
Poster and Essay Competition (Black Culture WG)
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6. Liaison/Executive Reports
a. BPD
b. SDSU
c. Brookings School District
d. Sustainability Council
e. Other
7. Adjournment
Human Rights Commission Members: Meagan Irvine-Miller, Lawrence Novotny, Erinn Thomas, Dan Berg, Dianne
Nagy, Nieema Thasing, Erica Moore, and Joel Gindo. Chisimdi Iheme, College Student Representative, SDSU
Liaison: VACANT, Brookings School District Liaison: Michelle VandeWeerd; County Appointment: Charlie Ward;
LGBTQ Liaisons: VACANT, Brookings Police Dept and Lawrence Novotny; Police Liaisons: VACANT, SDSU
Police Dept.; Mayor's Office & Human Rights Commission; Officer Keith Theroux, Brookings Police Dept.; and
Sheriff Marty Stanwick, Brookings County Sheriff's Office. City Staff: Susan Rotert, Human Resources Director,
Casey Bell Human Resources Risk Manager.
Assisted Listening Systems (ALS) are available upon request by contacting (605) 692-6281. If you require
additional assistance, alternative formats, and/or accessible locations consistent with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, please contact Susan Rotert, City Human Resources Director and ADA Coordinator at (605)
692-6281 at least three working days prior to the meeting.
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