01-06-2009
RICHFIELD HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Meeting Minutes for January 6, 2009
ROLL CALL:
LIAISONS:
COMMISSIONERS:
CITY COUNCIL _______
p__ANDREWS, James (Mike)
______
__p__BRADFORD, Anthony
_c__ BRINKER, James – Sec/Treas
_A__DAVIS, Josh
SCHOOL ___P____ TOENSING, Peter
_P__GOMEZ, John -Chair
CITY STAFF: ____P___ Todd Sandell
__ab_GUYTON, Laura
_ ab__McCLELLAN, Johnathon
OTHERS
_P___PALMS, Heidi –Vice Chair
PRESENT: __________________________
__P__JOAN Kraft
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
C indicates Chair advised of absence. This indicator was decided after discussion to record known absences.
P indicates Present
2008 Attendance Roster
NAME FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN
P P P P P A P P C p p
Andrews, James
P P P P P P P C P c p
Bradford, Anthony
P P C C P P C C C C c c
Brinker, James
P P P P P P P C P P p p
Gomez, John
P P C P P A C A C a a
Guyton, Laura
P P P P P P P P P P p p
Kraft, Joan
P P A A A A P a p c
McClellan,
Johnathon
P P P P P P P P P C p p
Palms, Heidi
Total # 9 5 8 9 5 6 4 5 5
6
Quorum (Y/N) Y Y Y Y N Y N y y
Y
City Council
City Council -
Alt. -
School --
Toensing
p
City Staff - Todd
Sandell
ITEM #1 CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm
ITEM #2 ATTENDANCE CHECK
ITEM #3 OPEN FORUM (15minutes maximum)
No speaker present. Open forum closed
Vote/ Unanimous
ITEM #4 APPROVAL of MINUTES for December 2008 Meetings
Quorum Approved
ITEM #5 OLD BUSINESS/REPORTS
1) James Brinker not present to give Financial Report.
RICHFIELD HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Meeting Minutes for January 6, 2009
2) John Gomez reminded members that a Martin Luther King celebration would be held at the
Lutheran Prince of Peace Church on Jan. 19, 2009 at noon.
Happenings:
City council – not present, no report
School – Peter Toensing reported that he is committed to finding ways to involve students in the Human
Rights Commission.
City – Todd Sandell was introduced as the new City Staff, replacing Kathy Farris who moved away. He
was not given much information about the Commission prior to the meeting and asked several questions
about procedures and what we do.
RCHSPC – Joan Kraft reported a successful 2008 for the council.
ITEM #6 NEW BUSINESS:
1. The quorum voted for 2009 Commission positions.
John Gomez was unanimously voted to remain as chair. He accepted, but before hand he made it
clear that he wanted anyone else on the commission to have a chance to serve in that capacity if he
or she was interested.
Joan Kraft was unanimously voted Vice Chair, she accepted.
Anthony Bradford was unanimously voted Secretary and Treasurer, he accepted.
2. Heidi Palms resigned as Vice Chair and member of the Commission. She served her full term
and will be moving on to other areas to serve the community.
3. John announced that new members of the commission should be in place for the next meeting on
February 3, 2009.
4. The following commissioners resigned prior to the January 6, 2009 meeting. They were not in
attendance.
Josh Davis
Brett Hagglund
Theresa Olson
Leya Senbeta
5. A strategic Planning meeting is scheduled for January 10, 2009 at 9:00 am in the City Hall.
Adjournment at 8:00 pm
Submitted by Anthony Bradford 1/23/09 cc John Gomez, Linda Anderson