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MINUTES
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION
Community Center, Village Hall
Thursday, September 1, 2005
The Community Relations Commission (CRC) of the Village of Mount Prospect met Thursday, September
1, 2005 in the Village Hall of Mount Prospect, Illinois, 50 South Emerson Street.
CALL TO ORDER
At 7:05 p.m. Chairman Tolbert called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL
Present:
Chairman Tolbert
Commissioner Parikh
Commissioner Muench
Also in attendance:
Ruby Fuller
Clare Sloan, Community Development Neighborhood Planner
Richard Eddington, Chief of Police
MEETING DATE CHANGE
At the Chairman's prerogative the change in meeting dates was addressed first. This is point V of the
agenda. The Commission wanted to move their meetings to the second Thursday of the month. Motion
made by Commissioner Parikh and seconded by Commissioner Muench. A voice vote was taken with no
dissenting votes. A list of future meeting dates through December of 2006 was distributed to the
Commission members. That list is attached to the minutes. There were no readily apparent schedule
conflicts at this time.
UPDATE ON MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY
At the request of Commissioner Parikh, the update on Make a Difference Day was delayed until the next
meeting. A motion was made by Commissioner Muench to extend the timeline to September 18th for
Make a Difference Day. This motion was seconded by Commissioner Parikh and passed by unanimous
voice vote.
At this point in the agenda, Commissioner Parikh expressed his appreciation for the hard work of Village
Clerk Lisa Angell. Lisa Angell thanked the Commission and said what a pleasure it was to work with
them and looked forward to working with them in the future. The Commissioners welcomed Chief
Eddington as the new staff liaison to the Commission.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE VILLAGE BOARD FOR CDBG FUNDING
A lengthy and specific discussion ensued regarding the allocation of funds to the seventeen (17)
applicants that had applied to the Commission for CDBG funding. Attached is a spreadsheet that details
the distribution of the $77,000 to a number of these groups. Additionally Clare Sloan, Village Planner,
has been directed by the Commission to assign any additional funds in the following priority.
· Alexian Brothers Mental Health
· Journey's from PADS to HOPE
· WINGS
Further, a direction from the Commission was to communicate to specific organizations why their funds
had been reduced and communicate to other entities that this may be the last year of funding depending
on site visits and other evaluations by the Commission. Tentative dates for Village Board consideration of
the Commission's recommendations are September 20th and October 4th. Chairman Tolbert and Clare
Sloan committed to attending the Village Board meeting once the specific date is decided on.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion for adjournment was made by Commissioner Muench and seconded by Commissioner Parikh at
8:45 p.m. There was a unanimous voice vote with no dissenting votes cast.
Respectfully submitted,
Chief Richard Eddington
Staff Liaison