HomeMy WebLinkAboutHRCAgenda_2023_05_11Human 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, May 11, 2023
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 Comment
5. Old Business
a. Educating ourselves (Thasing, Neubauer)
b. Taskforce to meet with Police Chief re. pamphlets (Fickes: schedule meeting with
Nagy, Thasing, Moore, and Collins)
c. DEI training (Fickes: outreach to Marlene Schultz)
d. Anti-bullying campaign (Thasing, Nagy)
e. Increasing our agility (Bell report on emergency meeting policies)
f. MEI presentation (Novotny)
6. New Business
a. Goal strategizing: Launch Citywide DEI and Welcoming Initiative (Nagy)
b. Expanding the budget (Thasing)
c. Officer elections (Thasing)
d. Funding for Pride event (Novotny)
e. Table and tent (Thasing)
f. Common Read event inquiry (Gatzke)
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7. Reports
a. Liaisons
i. Brookings Police Department
ii. SDSU Police Department
iii. Brookings Sheriff Office
iv. Brookings School District
v. SDSU
vi. Library
vii. Disability Committee
viii. CLEAR
b. Working groups
i. Social Media/Communication
ii. Common Read
iii. LGBTQ Awareness
1. Brookings Pride, June 3, Pioneer Park
iv. International Outreach
v. Inclusivity/Community Outreach
vi. Trainings/Complaint Process
vii. Africans in the Diaspora Culture Awareness
1. Juneteenth, June 17, Pioneer Park
viii. Indigenous Peoples
c. Budget (Bell)
8. Adjournment
Human Rights Commission Members: Amanda Fickes, Lawrence Novotny, Carla Gatzke, Emma Nusrat Qurashi,
Dianne Nagy, Nieema Thasing, Erica Moore, and Pastor Mark Johnsen; College Student Representative Joseph
Ulloa, SDSU Liaison: Marjoanne Thompson, Harley Fischer, Brookings School District Liaison: Michelle
VandeWeerd; County Appointment: Behnoosh Amandi; LGBTQ Liaisons: Lawrence Novotny; Police Liaisons:
Brookings County Sheriff's Department Marci Gebers, SDSU Police Department Chief Timothy Heaton, Brookings
Police Department Caleb Johnson. City Staff: Casey Bell Human Resources Director.
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Disabilities Act, please contact Casey Bell, City ADA Coordinator and Human Resources Director, at (605)
692-6281 at least three working days prior to the meeting.
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