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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7. SCC Subcommittee Minutes 12/01/2014 Mount Prospect Sister Cities Commission German Subcommittee December 1, 2014 Minutes DRAFT st Meeting Location: Mount Prospect Village Hall-Community Room-1Floor 50 S Emerson St, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 Call to Order I.:by Acting Chairman SkipFarley at 5:51pm. Roll Call II.:Skip Farley,John Eilering,and Paula Randantwere in attendance. George Busse arrived at 5:53 pm. Georgia Mitchell was absent. Approval ofMinutes III.:On a motion by John Eilering and a second by Paula Randant, the minutes of the meeting held on November 3, 2014 were approved. Citizens to be heard IV.:No citizens came forward Old Business V.: A.There was nothing to report on communication with Hamelin, Germany. John Eilering will email Mayor Juracek and request an update on her efforts. Mayor Juracek reported that she has received no reply at this time on Tuesday morning, December 2. B.Review of Sub Committee communications 1)Bussehas not received any feedback from his outreach to the Meyn family. He will contact the Mount Prospect Historical Society to investigate additional German cities that our early settlers came from. 2)Mitchellhas not received feedback from two other cities she was to contact. 3)Randantdiscovered that she would not be the appropriate party to contact Sister City International. They require a village official, consequently she will ask Marianthi to make this contact. 4)Eilering reported that his communication with the German Consulate in Chicago was frustrating. Thepersonhe spoke with stated that helping us out with a twinning city would be quite difficult. The same person suggested that we try contacting Sister City International. When Eilering reported that we had, she replied that we should keep trying. She closed by stating that the Consulate could not make a recommendation. New Business VI.:The subcommittee will continue to follow up on twinning with Hamelin, and if there is no success, we will take recommendations from Sister City International. Other Business VII.:For now, the subcommittee will continue to meet monthly. Next Meeting VIII.:January 5, 2015 at 5:45 p.m.at the Mount Prospect Public Library, if available. Adjourn IX.:The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m.by Chairman Farley. Respectfully submitted: John G. Eilering Acting Secretary