HomeMy WebLinkAboutHRCAgenda_2023_07_13Human 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, July 13, 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. New Business
a. HRC’s role in City-wide DEI initiative (Jacob Meshke)
b. Officer elections (Thasing)
6. Old Business
a. Educating ourselves (Neubauer)
b. Taskforce to meet with Police Chief re. pamphlets (Fickes: schedule meeting with
Nagy, Thasing, Moore, and Collins)
c. DEI training [Scheduling with Marlene Schultz and Julian Beaudion]
d. Increasing our agility (Bell report on emergency meeting policies)
e. MEI presentation (Novotny)
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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
ix. SDSU SA (Asledi Castillo)
b. Working groups
i. PEAK campaign (Moore)
ii. Social Media/Communication
iii. Common Read
iv. LGBTQ Awareness
v. International Outreach
vi. Inclusivity/Community Outreach
1. Youth/Ally award nominations
vii. Trainings/Complaint Process
viii. Africans in the Diaspora Culture Awareness
1. Juneteenth debrief and costs (Thasing)
ix. 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 Marty Stanwick, SDSU Police Department Chief Timothy Heaton,
Brookings Police Department Caleb Johnson. City Staff: Casey Bell Human Resources Director.
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 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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