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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
Brookings City & County Government Center
520 3rd St., Room 300
5:30 PMThursday, January 11, 2024
1. Call To Order
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Public Comment
5. New Business
a. Confidence vote (Bell)
b. HRC membership update (Nagy)
c. Filling vacancies on HRC (Bell)
d. Diversity in the Brookings Police Department (Drake)
6. Old Business
a. Working Group attendance
b. HRC Calendar/File sharing (Bell)
c. Budget (Bell)
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January 11, 2024Human Rights Commission Meeting Agenda
7. Reports
a.Liaisons
i.Brookings Police Department
ii.SDSU Police Department
iii.Brookings Sheriff Office
iv.Brookings School District
v.SDSU
vi.Disability Committee
vii.CLEAR
viii.SDSU SA
b.Task Forces
i.PEAK campaign (Moore)
ii.DEI Initiative (Gatzke)
c.Working Groups
i.Social Media/Communication
ii.Common Read
iii.LGBTQ Awareness
iv.International Outreach
v.Inclusivity/Community Outreach
vi.Trainings/Complaint Process
vii.Africans in the Diaspora Culture Awareness
1. MLK essay contest update
2. Poster judges?
viii. Indigenous Peoples
8. Adjournment
Human Rights Commission Members: Amanda Fickes, VACANT, 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: VACANT; 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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