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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-11-05 TEEN COURT ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF NOVEMBER 5, 2015 STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF TARRANT § CITY OF BEDFORD § The Teen Court Advisory Board of the cities of Hurst, Euless and Bedford, Texas met at 6:00 p.m. at Bedford City Hall on the 5th day of November, 2015,with the following members present: HURST: Phoebe Soward, Dawn Jordan-Wells, Jennifer Tucker, Lorrie Dickerson EULESS: Renu Sloan BEDFORD: Janet Key, Kathleen Toms TEEN REPRESENTATIVES: Hurst Council Liaison—Anna Holzer Bedford Council Liaison— Euless Council Liaison— Eddie Price HEB Teen Court Coordinator—Mindy Eichorst HEB Teen Court Assistant Coordinator— Also present: Hurst City Secretary— Euless Staff Liaison — Bedford Court Manager— Doug Campbell Hurst Court Manager— Lisa Howard HEB Teen Court Teen Liaison- Jack Boyd, Nolan Catholic High School Bedford Administrative Services Director- CALL TO ORDER Advisory Board Chairperson Phoebe Soward called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. with a quorum of five Board Members present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Consider approval of the following Teen Court Advisory Board minutes: a) October 1, 2015 Regular Meeting Minutes of the October 1, 2015 Regular Board Meeting were reviewed. Dawn Jordan-Wells made a motion to accept the minutes and Lorrie Dickerson seconded the motion. There was a unanimous vote. OLD BUSINESS 2. Discuss ideas for fundraisers. Lorrie Dickerson gave an overview of the presentation that Vickie Aulie from All for G000000000d! for those Board Members that were not present in October. It was explained that there are several options for fundraising, including trips,jewelry, and memorabilia, that can be options for the banquet. Dawn Jordan-Wells brought up checking into Chick-fil-A in Hurst (a new one opening on Hwy. 26) and seeing if they had any evenings available. Lorrie Dickerson suggested Raising Cane's located in Hurst and will check with the manager and see if there are any evening dates available. Kathleen Toms suggested the months of January and February were good months since that is when companies have more money to contribute. Kathleen Toms made a motion to utilize All for G000000000d! and Vickie Aulie for the 2016 annual Teen Court Scholarship Banquet. Janet Key seconded the motion and the motion was unanimously approved. 3. Discuss and possibly take action on items as they relate to the 2016 annual Teen Court Banquet. There was a discussion of where to have the 2016 banquet. Many options were suggested including the Old Bedford School, located in Bedford, Bedford Public Library, located in Bedford, Brookside Center, located in Hurst, Texas Star Conference Center, located in Euless, and Hurst Conference Center, located in Hurst. There was some concern at Old Bedford School with the amount of space and the layout, plus it would need to be catered in. The Bedford Library and Brookside Center would also need to be catered in. The Board Members narrowed it down to the Hurst Conference Center and Texas Star Conference Center. Kathleen Toms made a motion to have the 2016 banquet at the Hurst Conference Center and Janet Key seconded the motion. This was a unanimous vote with all of the Board Members. The decision was made by all Board Members to have a few dates available on a Thursday evening in the month of April. Their decision was April 21 as their first choice, April 7 as their second choice, and April 14 as their third choice. NEW BUSINESS 4. Set the date for the next Teen Court Advisory Board Meeting. All Board Members made the unanimous decision that the next meeting will be on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 6:00 pm at Bedford City Hall. REPORTS Teen Court Coordinator Mindy Eichorst went over the Coordinator's Report and Finance Report for the months of September and October. ADJOURNMENT Janet Key entered a motion for the meeting to be adjourned. Jennifer Tucker seconded the motion and all voted in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m. r ' Phoebe Soward, Chairperson