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Human Rights Commission Minutes January 21, 2015 – Draft Minutes Page 7 of 8 269 Chair Groff volunteered to be on the HRC Award Committee. 270 271 Commissioner Singleton volunteered to be on the HRC Award Committee. 272 273 Vice Chair Thao suggested Youth Commissioner Cederberg participate in the Committee. 274 275 Chair Groff confirmed the members for the HRC Award Committee were: Chair Groff, 276 Commissioner Singleton, and Youth Commissioner Cederberg. 277 278 279 Chair’s Report 280 281 Chair Groff did not have any additional updates. 282 283 284 Youth Commissioner Report 285 286 Youth Commissioner Cederberg asked if the Commission had any suggestions on what book 287 should be used for the Summer Read program. 288 289 Commissioner Bachhuber suggested forming a committee to work on the Summer Read 290 Program. She volunteered to work with Youth Commissioner Cederberg. 291 292 Commissioner Carey volunteered to work on the committee. She thought the Commission had 293 decided to tie the book to the civility training. 294 295 Vice Chair Thao suggested talking to the CEC because they had done something similar with the 296 School District last year. 297 298 299 Staff Report 300 301 a.Finance Update and Discussion 302 303 Ms. Collins stated the new budget of $2200 reflects the $200 balance from last year in the form 304 of a Target gift card. She stated she would update the budget to reflect the $300 allocated for the 305 Mental Health Forum. She suggested the Commission map out expenses for other programs so 306 these can be accounted for in the budget as well. 307 308 b.Other Items 309 310 Ms. Collins stated the City has joined a group of organizations that have agreed to meet to work 311 with the Karen Organization on housing issues that have come up. The City has also been 312 working with the International Institute that works with refugee resettlement and also working on 313