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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-02-04 TEEN COURT ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING MEETING OF FEBRUARY 4, 2016 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, Conference Room Upstairs, on the 4th day of February, 2016 with the following members present: HURST: Jen Tucker EULESS: Aaron Lindeman, Ken Carroll BEDFORD: Janet Key, Kathleen Toms HEB Teen Court Coordinator—Mindy Eichorst CALL TO ORDER Advisory Board Chairperson Kathleen Toms called the meeting to order at 5:04p.m. with a quorum of five Board Members present. NEW BUSINESS 1. Review and evaluate Scholarship Applications. There were three scholarship applications to look over. The applicants: Jack Boyd, Nolan High School, Colton Bozeman, TreeTops International School and Kiyeon Lee, L.D. Bell and Texas Academy of Mathematics and Sciences. Ken Carroll made a motion to award Colton Bozeman with a $1,000 scholarship and Aaron Lindeman seconded the motion. All Committee Members were in favor. Kathleen Toms made a motion to award Jack Boyd with $1,000 scholarship and Ken Carroll seconded the motion. All Committee Members were in favor. Janet Key made a motion to award Kiyeon Lee with a $1,000 scholarship and Ken Carroll seconded the motion. All Committee Members were in favor. ADJOURNMENT Th.emeeting was adjourn a at 5*55p.m. Kithleen Toms, Chairperson TEEN COURT ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 4, 2016 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 4th day of February, 2016,with the following members present: HURST: Lorrie Dickerson, Jennifer Tucker, Dawn Jordan-Wells EULESS: Al Browning,Aaron Lindeman, Ken Carroll 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—Rita Frick Euless Staff Liaison —Teresa Alexander Bedford Court Manager— Hurst Court Manager— HEB Teen Court Teen Liaison-Jack Boyd, Nolan Catholic High School Bedford Administrative Services Director- CALL TO ORDER Advisory Board Chairperson Kathleen Toms called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. with a quorum of six Board Members and one Alternate Board Members present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Consider approval of the following Teen Court Advisory Board minutes: a) November 5, 2015 Regular Meeting Minutes of the January 7, 2016 Regular Board Meeting were reviewed. A motion was made to approve the minutes. The motion passed unanimously. OLD BUSINESS 2. Discuss ideas for fundraisers. On Thursday, February 25, 2016 from 5-9 p.m., Chick-Fil-A located 767 Grapevine Highway at Hurst Crossing, will be hosting a Spirit Night for HEB Teen Court. Teen Court Coordinator Mindy Eichorst sent around a half sheet that explains a little bit about the teen volunteers and the scholarship. A suggestion of adding the actual percentage (20%) will be donated when HEB Teen Court is mentioned. Eichorst mentioned she will fix that and send out new ones via email. She also passed around a sign-up sheet for Board Members to select either 5-7 p.m. shift or 7-9 p.m. shift. Al Browning mentioned the idea of placing signs in the businesses that would support or sponsor HEB Teen Court, He mentioned there is a database to get all of the local businesses and also the Advisory Board put together a spreadsheet of sponsors or supported HEB Teen Court. The sign could possibly be a cling-on or a sticker that is placed on the door or counter, or something that can be framed on the wall. Browning mentioned he will look into it and see what the different prices would be. 3. Discuss and possibly take action on items as they relate to the 2016 annual Teen Court Banquet. Chairperson Kathleen Toms talked about the banquet and a little more about the silent auction. She explained a little bit about All for G0000000d, who will assist with the silent auction. Toms mentioned that they will include signed memorabilia, fine jewelry, and wonderful vacation trips. Some of the trips can include St. Lucia, and St. Thomas, and wine tours in the Hill Country of Texas. Toms asked the Advisory Board to still target the local restaurants and stores for donations and gift cards, Lorrie Dickerson explained that a few ideas might be to put together gift baskets with gift cards from various restaurants. Dickerson also mentioned that the committee had decided to have Jake MacLoed, Founder and President of Gray Beards Consulting, as the speaker for the banquet. He will speak for 20 minutes. There is no fee for the speaker, but a unanimous decision was made by the Advisory Board to give the speaker a $150.00 gift card, There is a possibility of asking a past teen court volunteer to come and speak for about 5 minutes. The committee is checking to see about a few local teens that might be available. Dickerson had one last idea to bring up to the Advisory Board about the banquet. The idea of the Teen Court Banquet is to celebrate the teens and their accomplishments along with recognizing them as scholarship recipients. There is also the silent auction and a way to raise more money for future teens' scholarships, The Banquet Committee wanted to propose a change in the name from "Teen Court Scholarship Banquet"to "Teen Court Scholarship Gala". After a bit of discussion, Aaron Lindeman made a motion to change the name from banquet to gala and Al Browning seconded the motion. This was a unanimous decision. NEW BUSINESS 4. Set a date for the Teen Court Scholarship Banquet Committee to meet and discuss items as they relate to the annual Teen Court Scholarship Banquet. The Board Members made the unanimous decision to have the Banquet Committee meeting on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Bedford City Hall, downstairs conference room. 5. Set the date for the next Teen Court Advisory Meeting. All Board Members made the unanimous decision to have the next meeting on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at Bedford City Hall. REPORTS Teen Court Coordinator Mindy Eichorst went over the Coordinator's Report and Finance Report for the month of January 2016, Ken Carroll asked about the interest on the Teen Court Scholarship Fund and how come it was such a small amount. He asked what type of account was utilized and if the money was in a money market account. Kathleen Toms asked how come some of the money could not be put into an annuity. Eichorst advised she would check with the Finance Department on the type of account the money was placed in and also how the interest was calculated. ADJOURNMENT Aaron Lindeman entered a motion for the meeting to be adjourned. Al Browning seconded the motion and all voted in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 7:18 p.m. Kathleen Toms, Chairperson