HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 3 -16Human Relations Commission
Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
Present: Chair Bill Williamson, Commissioner Danise Habun, Commissioner Winfried
Cooper, Deputy Chief Bill Wolf, Vice Chair Rich Jacobs
Absent: Commissioner Bob Whitt, Commissioner Aloun Khotisene, Commissioner Elisa
Lara
1. Call To Order
The meeting was called to order at 6:35pm.
2. Approval of January 5, 2016 Minutes
Commissioner Jacobs made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by
Commissioner Habun. Minutes approved.
3. Monthly Reports
Staff Liaison Cohen reviewed the monthly contract reports. For complaints
where Staff Liaison Cohen has provided advice to a complainant and has
requested the complainant to call with any subsequent issues, Commissioner
Habun requested that Cohen call complainants one final time before closing the
case.
Commissioner Cooper asked about Mr. David’s Flooring’s employee
demographics. Cohen will check on this.
4. Old Business
Diversity Committee Update (standing item)
Phil Reed, SNAP Consulting, provided a report to the Commission. Mr.
Reed stated that the role of the HRC is to monitor implementation of the
strategic plan. Reed showed the Commission a scorecard template. The
Diversity and Inclusion Committee will need to decide what is going to be
measured. Goals and key performance indicators (qualitative and
quantitative) need to be set. We will not measure a lot at the beginning
and measures should be simple and achievable. This year we will be
measuring at the organizational level; next year we will measure at the
Departmental level. Chair Williamson would like to see the
demographics for candidates offered jobs.
Measures will be internal and external as well as qualitative and
quantitative. The Diversity and Inclusion Committee will next develop
the metrics.
Black Lives Matter
Chair Williamson and Commissioner Habun received feedback on the
event which was overwhelmingly positive. Commissioner Habun is
sending an email to participants for additional feedback. There were
requests for more youth focus and a discussion on structural/institutional
racism. Chair Williamson said we should put some thought into how we
structure future events. Commissioner Habun has a list of people who
would participate individually in a conversation about race; “Bridge
Builders” who will help communicate information shared by the city to
different groups of Elgin citizens. Chair Williamson would like topics
work exploring for the next Community Conversation.
5. New Business
Budget update
Staff Liaison Cohen provided a snapshot of the HRC’s budget, year to
date. She will provide updates during the year to keep everyone apprised
of how much funds have been expended and remain.
Adjournment
There being no other business, Commissioner Cooper made a motion to adjourn,
seconded by Commissioner Habun.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Gail Cohen
Gail Cohen
Staff Liaison/Secretary