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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
Virtual Meeting5:30 PMThursday, January 20, 2022
If a member of the public would like to join this meeting virtually,
please call the HR Dept. at (605) 692-6281 for meeting access.
1. Call To Order
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Public Comments
5. Liaison/Executive Reports
a. Brookings Police Department
b. Brookings Sheriff Office
b. SDSU
c. Brookings School District
d. Sustainability Council
e. Other
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January 20, 2022Human Rights Commission Meeting Agenda
6. Old Business
a. Common Read Update
i. Charlie joined the campus committee
ii. Book for Fall 2022 is Crossing the Line by Kareem Rosser
b. Complaint Training
c. Updates from Casey on Budget, Complaint Training, Diversity Potluck
i. MGVC reserved for April 3, 2022
d. Signs order
e. Welcoming new arrivals new arrivals
f. Final discussion on list of ideas
g. History of HRC
h. Vote on when the Chair and Vice-Chair are installed
i. Statewide HRC update
j. Griffith Lecture
k. Report on missing meetings for liaisons
7. New Business
a. Liaison for the Disability Awareness Committee.
8. Reports from Working Groups
9. Adjournment
Human Rights Commission Members: Tracy Chapman, Lawrence Novotny, Erinn Thomas, Dan Berg, Dianne
Nagy, Nieema Thasing, Erica Moore, and Joel Gindo. College Student Representative Chisimdi Iheme, SDSU
Liaison: VACANT, Brookings School District Liaison: Michelle VandeWeerd; County Appointment: Charlie Ward;
LGBTQ Liaisons: VACANT and Lawrence Novotny; Police Liaisons: Brookings County Sheriff's Department
VACANT, SDSU Police Department Chief Timothy Heaton, Brookings Police Department Keith Theroux; 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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