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Youth Commission Minutes, March 10, 2022
City Hall, Galesburg, Illinois
Meeting was called to order by Joy Bososa-Nzumba at 4:31 P.M.
Roll Call: Present: Members: Courtney Wallace, Jennifer Foubert, Brother Shabazz, Paula
Johnson, Precious Dortch, Mia Haneghan, Zakary Warfeild, Eciel Burns, Chantiara
Jackson, Joy Basosa-Nzumba and Director of Parks & Recreation-Tony Oligney-
Estill
Absent: Deion Crider
Minutes: Minutes from the February 10, 2022 meeting were approved.
Recreation Division Report:
• Director Oligney-Estill informed the commission that the sled libraries at Debbie Klapp,
Rotary and Kiwanis Parks have been removed and stored until next winter. The ice rink
at Rotary Park is not safe to skate on. Staff is just waiting for the thin layer of ice to melt
so the rink can be emptied and stored until next winter.
Old Business:
• Director Oligney-Estill asked to see who still needed to complete the Open Meetings Act
training. All the students still need to complete the training. Director Oligney-Estill said
he would work on providing a location and computers so all seven student
commissioners could do the training together.
• Commissioner Dortch said the Churchill surveys are still being collected. She hoped they
would all be collected by the next Youth Commission meeting in April.
• Commissioner Wallace said a group of South Side Task Force members will be helping
plan the Dale Kelley event along with members of the Youth Commission.
Commissioners Haneghan, Warfield and Dortch were selected to represent the Youth
Commission.
New Business:
• The next several meetings that Youth Commissioners need to attend is listed below with
the Youth Commissioner who volunteered to attend the meeting.
o 3/21/22 City Council Meeting – Commissioner Dortch
o 3/28/22 Work Session – Commissioner Basosa-Nzumba
o 4/4/22 City Council Meeting – Commissioner Warfield
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• Commissioner Burns attended the February 21st City Council meeting. Most of the
meeting was taken up with the proposed Residential Gardening Ordinance which was
voted down and the Terrace Landscaping Ordinance which was on first reading.
• No Youth Commissioner attended the February 28th Work Session. City Council Member
Smith-Esters informed the Commissioners on what was discussed at that meeting.
Topics discussed in that meeting that impacts the Youth Commission consisted of
additional discussion by the City to possibly acquiring Churchill School, possibly building
a new recreation/community building somewhere in Galesburg and how to proceed
with Hawthorne Pool. No decisions on these topics were made at the meeting.
• Commissioners Burns and Dortch attended the March 7th City Council meeting.
Commissioners Dortch and Basosa-Nzumba presented the Youth Commission report
which was written by Commissioner Shabazz, to the City Council.
• The City ordinance that formed the Youth Commission requires the commis sion to
provide programs for the community. A discussion on how to program, whether the
commission directly programs or partners with other organizations to do the
programming, was had. Additionally, the discussion included types of programs
including hosting an open mic, CPR classes, tours of Knox and Sandburg Colleges and a
youth town hall meeting. Commissioners were asked to think about this topic, talk to
their friends, family and classmates, and come back to the April meeting with ideas.
Citizen Comments:
• City Council Member Wallace said how proud he was of this group and the work they
were doing. He also said he would provide his contact information so any of the
Commissioners could contact him directly if they needed any assistance from him.
Meeting adjourned at 5:36 P.M.
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Tony Oligney-Estill, Director of Parks and Recreation