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City of Brookings
Meeting Agenda - Final
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., Ste 230, Conference Room 241
5:30 PMTuesday, May 20, 2025
Meeting not held due to lack of quorum
1. Call To Order
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Public Comment
5. New Business
a. Mayor's Awards (Bell)
6. Old Business
a. Meeting schedule (Eagleshield)
b. HRC membership (Bell)
c. Budget (Bell)
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7. Reports
a. Liaisons
i. Brookings Police Department
ii. Brookings School District
iii. SDSU
iv. CLEAR
v. SDSU SA
vi. LGBTQ+
b. Task Forces
i. PEAK campaign
ii. DEI Initiative
c. Working Groups
i. LGBTQ Awareness
1. Pride in the park
a. HRC tabling
ii. Africans in the Diaspora Culture Awareness
1. Juneteenth
a. Food
b. Entertainment
i. Speakers
ii. Music
iii. Kids activities
iv. Games
c. Vendors
d. Info tables
i. HRC tabling
e. Publicity
f. Set up/tear down
iii. Indigenous Peoples
1. Arts Festival
iv. Training
1. Bystander to Upstander
v. Social Media/Communication
vi. Inclusivity/Community Outreach
vii. Complaint Process
8. Action Items
9. Adjournment
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Human Rights Commission Members: Rhiannon Nedlund, Elizabeth Jeffcoat Carla Gatzke, Keely Eaglesheild,
Dianne Nagy, Nieema Thasing, Denia Warne, and VACANT; College Student Representative: Elena Friedman,
SDSU Liaison: Marjoanne Collins, Brookings School District Liaison: Michelle VandeWeerd; County Appointment:
VACANT; LGBTQ Liaisons: Erin Lavender-Stott; Police Liaisons: Brookings County Sheriff's Department Marty
Stanwick, SDSU Police Department Chief Timothy Heaton, Brookings Police Department Chief Michael Drake. 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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