Attendance
Members Present: Sidna Madden Trimmel – Chair, Scott Ellis – Treasurer, Dana Tallon – Secretary, Rochelle Alexander, Franklin Barnes, Tom Burke, Jackie Havery, James Helm, Tabitha Pope, Liz Scheffe, and Lori Wathen,
Member Excused: Adam Lane – Vice-Chair, Vera Cheek, Marilyn Dillon, Larry Hopper, Zubayr Rahman, Curtis Singleton, and Ken Wyatt, Keith Wilkinson,
Members Unexcused: Dr. Henry Asin, Herb Bailey, Heather Hancock-Blackburn,
Guest: Joy Reardon
Call to Order
Chair Sidna Madden called the meeting to order at 9:02 am
Introductions and Welcome:
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Reports: Executive Committee Reports
Approval of December 2021 Minutes – Dana Tallon
- Minutes approved – passed unanimously
- Moved: Lori Wathen
- Seconded: Scott Ellis
- Treasurer – Scott Ellis
Current balance $6,490.90
Sidna accepted on behalf of the committee
Vice-Chair – Adam Lane
- No Report
Chair – Sidna Madden
- Membership update – we have taken off the membership roster Jacob Hill and Sandi Webster
Reports from Emergency Management and City ADA Coordinator
Emergency Management – Frank Barnes
- COVID Report
- We are in the middle of another surge
- Hospitalizations and Intensive Care cases are down
- Deaths are staying low
- City is mainitaining continuity of operations because of the rise in case but not reductions in services
- Feb and Mar. is wild fire risk and we are encouraging everyone to be fire wise.
City ADA Coordinator – Keith Wilkinson
- No report
Reports
ADA Workshop — Sidna Madden
- Looking at March to hold the session
- CEU’s are approved
Awards — Tabitha
- No report
Audit — Marilyn Dillon
- No Report
Barrier-Free Design — Scott Ellis
- No report
Outreach — Herb Bailey
- No report
Emergency Response — Ken Wyatt
- No reports
Expo – Adam Lane
- No report
Luncheon Activities — Dana Tallon
- No report
Membership Review —Lori Wathen
- No report
Public Relations — Zubayr Rahman
- No report
Strategic Planning — Larry Hopper
- No report
Ways and Means — Marilyn Dillon
- No report
Other Business
- Grant application: Lori Wathen reported the grant was of approved for us to give 40 Walmart delivery subscriptions to people with disabilities in the OKC area.
- Created a subcommittee to work on this with Tabitha Pope and James Helm.
- Due to the short deadline of Feb. 28, the subcommittee has the authority to make all the decisions and implement the distributions.
- Will give 10 subscriptions to Mid-America PVA to give to veterans
New Business
- noneg
Reports from Members on Boards and Commissions
- Youth Council meeting: Tabitha Pope attended they had 4 presenters for the students; she would like a folder about the committee to give out.
- Downtown Urban Committee: Tabitha Pope needs meeting information and hasn’t been contacted by the committee yet.
- Plan Review: Scott Ellis attended; they had one issue with the egress of a bathroom. Scott recommended changing the swing of the door and it would be fixed. They were happy.
- Library Commission: Lori Wathen did not attend Decembers. January is cancelled.
- Zoo Trust: Jackie Haverly – attended December’s end of year meeting – no news; will attend Jan mtg later this month.
- Housing Authority meeting: Liz Scheffe attended mainly about personnel issues and a little budget.
Announcements from Members
- DRTC is partnering with Goodwill Oklahoma and hosting an Abilities Fair on Feb. 17 from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the State Fair grounds Hobby Arts and Craft building
- People with Disabilities Awareness Day is March 8 at the Oklahoma History Center
Adjourn: Next MCDC Meeting – February 12, 2021, at 9 am
Scott Ellis made a motion to adjourn
- Adjourned at 9:39 am.
It is the policy of the City to ensure that communications with participants and members of the public with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. Anyone with a disability who requires an accommodation, modification of policies or procedures, or auxiliary aid or service in order to participate in this meeting should contact the MCDC Chair, Sidna Madden at (405) 951-3581 or smadden@oksilc.org no later than 48 hours (not including weekends or holidays) before the scheduled meeting. If you need an alternate format of the agenda, please contact Ms. Madden 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.