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DARTMOUTH YOUTH COMMISSION MEETING WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2002 PRESENT:
Christian Broughton, Chairman; Gale Schultz;
Deborah Smith; Lorraine
Gagne; Bruce Lider; Debra Brejcha; Kevin Lee, Youth
Advocate; and
Justine Clarke, clerk REGRETS:
Paul Foucart, Alison Nastanski
Chairman Christian Broughton called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m.
Ms. Smith stated that the Minutes of April 10, 2002 had her name and Ms.
Brejcha’s names spelled incorrectly. She
also noted that the word leagues
(paragraph 2) and the word are (paragraph
7) were spelled incorrectly on Page Two. Approval
of April 10, 2002 Minutes: Mr.
Lider made a motion to accept the minutes of April 10, 2002.
Ms. Brejcha seconded the motion. Voted unanimously. Old
Business: Discuss
Mr. Lee’s annual evaluation: ·
Mr.
Broughton distributed the completed Performance Appraisal results and comments
for Mr. Lee’s annual evaluation. Mr.
Lee and the Commissioners spent approximately 10 minutes perusing the results.
Mr. Broughton explained that the comments in italics were from Mr. Gagne,
Executive Administrator. ·
Mr. Lee
thanked Mr. Broughton for compiling all the results and presenting them in a
well-organized document. He stated
that he would like to review the results and comments in further detail, and
discuss them at next month’s meeting. ·
Ms.
Schultz also commented that Mr. Broughton did a terrific job.
The Commissioners and Mr. Lee will review the results and discuss them at
the next scheduled meeting. Update
on potential Youth Commission Candidates: ·
Mr. Lee
stated that Ms. Valerie Alves telephoned him and left him a lengthy message
stating that she sent a letter expressing her interest to become a member of the
Youth Commission, to the Select Board a few weeks ago and to date has not been
contacted. Page 1 of 3 Old
Business: DartmouthYouth.com
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Mr. Lee
asked the Commissioners if they were willing to have their names and phone numbers on the home page of the
Web site, in a password protected area. The
password will be given to the Commissioners allowing them to log onto the Web
site if they need to get a phone number or address of another Commissioner.
The Commissioners gave their approval. ·
Mr. Lee
mentioned that Brian Messier, our student Web developer, has been doing good
work; if he is closely supervised. He
lives within walking distance to Kevin and some mornings, when Kevin is doing
work from home, Brian will go to Kevin’s house and do his work there. ·
Mr. Lee
stated that he and Justine Clarke, clerk, have been sending out letters to area businesses asking for monetary
donations for DartmouthYouth.com. He
stated that today he received a check for $100.00 from Ms. Ronnie Glassman, of
Glassman Real Estate. A list of area businesses the letter
was mailed to was distributed to Commissioners. ·
Mr. Lee
stated that during the past week he has received at least three phone messages
from people who have visited DartmouthYouth.com Web site. ·
Mr. Lee
stated that he recently spoke with a young lady from his Teen Group who has a
friend who said she was pregnant, resulting from rape.
This teenager was visiting DartmouthYouth.com and found a link to a Web
site that provided information about what teens should do in the event of a
pregnancy, etc. ·
Mr. Lee
granted permission to The United Way of Greater New Bedford ‘s Web site to
link to DartmouthYouth.com. ·
To date,
we have received $300.00 from area businesses for promotional items for
DartmouthYouth.com. ·
Mr. Lee
is requesting that the Commissioners allow him to order promotional items from
Diversified Marketing Group as soon as he has received the allotted money.
The Commissioners gave permission. ·
Mr. Lee
stated that he recently received DYAA’s schedule and it will be posted on the
Web site. Old
Business from floor: ·
There was
no old business at this time. Page 2 of 3 Youth
Advocate’s Report: ·
Mr. Lee
stated that he is in the process of building a new client database using
Microsoft Access. Brian Britton,
from the treasurer’s office, has been providing the actual technical skills,
with assistance from Kevin. Once
this is complete, Justine Clarke, clerk, will transfer over the client
information, etc. New
Business: Update
on Finance Committee’s 2003 budget reductions: ·
Mr. Lee
stated that he recently attended a mandatory budget report meeting.
The Youth Commission’s expenses were cut
$340.00. New
Business from the floor: ·
There was
no new business at this time. ·
The next
scheduled meeting of the Dartmouth Youth Commission is scheduled for Wednesday,
June 12, 2002 in Room 318 at the Dartmouth Town Hall at 7:00 p.m. ·
Mr.
Lider made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Ms. Brejcha seconded the motion. Voted unanimously at 8:30 p.m. Christian
Broughton, Chairman
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