09-07-99 Regular Meeting of La Porte Complete Count Committee

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~ ~ City of La Porte Census 2000 Complete Count Committee Meeting Minutes of September 7, 1999 Members Present: Jeanne Zemanek, Colleen Hicks, Tim O'Connor, Mazk Snider, Tom Rafferty, Randy Gilchrist, Marlin Fenn, Vicky Abshire. Members Absent: Beth Rickert, Tom Rawls, Kathy Alberts, Ada Bowen, Wayne Speazs, Susan Parastar, Steve Jacks, Lorraine Jeffery, Linda Bazley, Debra Kurz and Joeena Davis. Others Present: Gwen Goodwin, Census Bureau Representative Citv Staff Present: Martha Gillett and Masood Malik. I. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order at 6:20 P.M. by Masood Malik. II. Elect a Chairperson and aVice-Chairperson Committee members wanted to wait until the next meeting to elect these offices due to the number of absences of committee members. III. Consider approving minutes of Special Called Meeting on August 25, 1999 Motion was made by Tim O'Connor to approve the minutes as presented. Seconded by Colleen Hicks. The motion carried unanimously. Ayes: 8 Nays: None IV. Consider Issuance of Proclamation/Resolution Outlining the Partnership With the U.S. Census Bureau The committee agreed they should forwazd the information to the Mayor so a formal Proclamation could be issued by the Mayor's Office. V. Define Sub-Committee Structure of Complete Count Committee Committee members discussed and volunteered to serve on various committees. See attached chart for committee assignments. In addition, ideas were shared for tasks of each specific committee. Committee chairs will outline tasks and provide to the chairperson when one is elected. Tim O'Connor advised the group he knew of additional people who might be interested in serving on this committee. He believes the group needs to be more diverse in order to reach certain tract groups of minorities. He will provide names to City staff.