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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-02-04TEEN COURT ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 4, 2021 STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF TARRANT § • •-� The Teen Court Advisory Board of the cities of Hurst, Euless and Bedford, Texas met at 6:00 p.m. by video conference on the 4th day of February, 2021 with the following members present: HURST: EULESS: Robin Edwards, David Lawwill, Joe Robinson, Renu Sloan BEDFORD: Chris Morrison, Sara Steves, Kathleen Toms TEEN REPRESENTATIVES: Hurst Council Liaison — Bedford Council Liaison — Euless Council Liaison — Eddie Price HEB Teen Court Coordinator — Mindy Eichorst HEB Senior Teen Court Clerk — Also present: Hurst City Secretary — Rita Frick Euless Court Manager — Claudia Quintero Bedford Court Manager— Doug Campbell Hurst Court Manager — HEB Teen Court Teen Liaison. Bedford Administrative Services Director - MEMBERS NOT PRESENT: Bien Camungol, Lorrie Dickerson Chairperson David Lawwill called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. with a quorum of six Board Members present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Consider approval of the following Teen Court Advisory Board minutes: a) January 7, 2021 Regular Meeting Robin Edwards made a motion to approve the January 7, 2021 regular meeting minutes and Renu Sloan seconded the motion and all were in favor. 2. Introductions Introductions were done. OLD BUSINESS 3. Discuss Fundraising Options. Chairperson David Lawwill mentioned he had been researching about online fundraising platforms and narrowed it down to two different ones, GoFundMe and Fundly. Mr. Lawwill mentioned that Fundly was the easiest platform to use where a link could be sent to friends with sponsorship or donation options and the fees would be taken from the organization not added to the donor. An example is a donor donates $100 and the organization sees $92 where an 8% fee per donation goes back to Fundly. Advisory Board Members are a "team" and can individually send out emails to family, friends, and potential sponsors. Fundly is easy to set up and the administrator of the funds can be easily assigned to anyone. Joe Robinson mentioned that the City of Euless has a monthly newsletter that goes out with the water bill and he would be able to get with Betsy Deck (Assistant to City Manager). Teen Court Coordinator Mindy Eichorst mentioned that each city has their website and social platforms that it can also be added to. There are several options for donor sponsorship and the question came up of what to include with each of the different sponsorship levels. There were suggestions of ride4ongs with the Police Chief and Fire Chief of each of the cities or lunch with the City Manager or Mayor of each of the cities. City of Euless Councilman Eddie Price mentioned he would ask the Euless Chiefs, City Manager and Mayor if they would be interested. Renu Sloan mentioned that the City of Euless has always been very generous and gracious with assisting for silent auction items. City of Hurst City Secretary Rita Frick mentioned she would check with her City Manager for a few other options as sponsorship options. Joe Robinson mentioned he was working with Betsy Deck and Lance Moran (AV Production teacher with HEBISD) to produce a few informational videos for teens who are interested in volunteering and teens who have received citations. Teen Court Coordinator Mindy Eichorst mentioned she would get with a few of the teen volunteers to see if they were interested in being interviewed. She also mentioned that she has put out a request via social media platforms for all past Scholarship Recipients to contact her to "see where they are now". Teen Court Coordinator Mindy Eichorst mentioned she would need to check with the City of Bedford Finance Department about how to set up the account to be tied with the Teen Court Scholarship Fund. She also mentioned she would need to check with each of the cities to make sure that this fundraising option is acceptable. NEW BUSINESS 4. Discuss and possibly take action on a date for the next Teen Court Advisory Board Meeting. The next Teen Court Advisory Board Meeting will be on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. via videoconference (Zoom). Ms. Eichorst presented the Coordinator's Report for January 2021. Ms. Eichorst presented the Teen Court Scholarship Fund Report. ADJOURNMENT Robin Edwards entered a motion for the meeting to be adjourned and menu Sloan seconded the mo ' an voted ir�fave� T",—R,� eting was adjourned at 7:08 p.m. David Lawwill, Chairperson