HRIEC_2019_0116 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes December 19, 2018 – Draft Minutes Page 2of 14 47 48 Youth Commissioner Report 49 Youth Commissioner Hansel indicated nothing new to report. She stated the club is preparing 50 for the ninth-gradeteaching. 51 52 New Business 53 54 a.Proclamation Discussion 55 Assistant City Manager Olson provided a recapon the package of proclamations 56 presentation to the City Council at the November 26, 2018 Council meeting. 57 58 Ms. Olson noted the City Council requested the HRIEC look further at the formatting 59 and into the proclamations for uniformity. 60 61 Vice Chair Peterson noted the City Council mentioned specifically with the Women’s 62 History Month there was not a statement at the beginning regarding the history 63 behind it and in many of the other proclamations there was some discussion regarding 64 the history of when the proclamations were started, and the City Council would like 65 to see that in each proclamation. 66 67 Ms. Olson stated as part of the Women’s History Month she did look into and pulled 68 some information for the Commission to go over. She noted a lot of the 69 proclamations are federally or nationally observed. There were a couple 70 proclamations that were more local. Indigenous Peoples Day for example, there are 71 only a handful of states that have recognized Indigenous Peoples Day as opposed to 72 Columbus Day, Minnesota being one of them. 73 74 Vice Chair Peterson stated the City Council discussed bringing forward the 75 proclamations in groups, quarterly for review and approval. 76 77 Ms. Olson stated she had a tentative schedule for the Commission to go back at the th 78 January 14City Council meeting for presentation of the proclamations with 79 changes but that can be changed if needed. 80 81 Commissioner Bolinger stated she was at the City Council meeting as well and she 82 gathered the City Council wanted the Commission to add individual people. She was 83 not sure how the Commission would go about doing this and if permission would be 84 needed. 85 86 Vice Chair Peterson indicated she did not get that from the Council,but she might 87 have missed that. 88 89 Commissioner Hansel stated she was confused as well because with the American’s 90 with Disabilities Act how would the Commission pick one person, other than the 91 person that created it.