June 2022 Regular Meeting Minutes

Attendance

Members Present: 

Scott Ellis – Treasurer, Dana Tallon – Secretary, Rochelle Alexander, Marilyn Dillon, Audra George, Jackie Haverly, Larry Hopper, Tabitha Pope, Liz Scheffe, Lori Wathen, and Ken Wyatt

Member Excused: Sidna Madden Trimmel – Chair, Adam Lane – Vice-Chair, Tom Burke, Vera Cheek, Heather Hancock, James Helm, Curtis Singleton, Bryan Taylor, Keith Wilkinson,

Members Unexcused: Dr. Henry Asin, Herb Bailey, Zubayr Rahman,

Guest: Dave Bertsch, Joy Turner, Faith McMillin

Call to Order

Treasurer Scott Ellis called the meeting to order at 9:00 am

Introductions and Welcome:

Audrea George and Bryan Taylor, from the City’s Emergency Management department



Public Comments: The Oklahoma City Mayor’s Committee on Disability Concerns welcomes citizens comments at the beginning of each meeting. Comments shall be limited to three (3) minutes and citizens must sign in at least five (5) minutes before the meeting is scheduled to begin. Citizens that are not committee members are not permitted to participate in regular meeting discussion. By signing up for comments, you acknowledge the commenting procedures of the committee.

Reports:  Executive Committee Reports

Secretary – Dana Tallon

  • Sent May Minutes for approval
    • Rochell Alexander moved to approve
    • Ken Wyatt seconded
    • Motion passed unanimously

Treasurer – Scott Ellis

  • $19.90 was spent to file taxes
  • Total $6,471.00

Vice-Chair – Adam Lane

  • No Report

Chair – Sidna Trimmel

  • no report

Reports from Emergency Management and City ADA Coordinator

Emergency Management – Bryan Turner

  • No report

City ADA Coordinator – Keith Wilkinson

  • No report

Reports

ADA Workshop — Sidna Madden

  • No report

Awards — Tabitha Pope

  • Needing to connect with Scott and Lori on duties
  • Marilyn Dillon has all the past documents and will email them to Tabitha.

Audit — Marilyn Dillon

  • Jackie Haverly is combining all documents into a spread sheets for the Audit Committee and they will meet when she has completed the compilation.

Barrier-Free Design — Scott Ellis

  • There is no such thing as a grandfather clause. If your out and want to talk to a business about an accessibility issue there is no grandfather clause.

Outreach — Herb Bailey

  • No report

Emergency Response — Ken Wyatt

  • No report

Expo – Adam Lane

  • No report

Luncheon Activities — Dana Tallon

  • No report

Membership Review —Lori Wathen

  • David Birch out due to the weather, Joy Turner, and another are at the conference

Public Relations — Zubayr Rahman

  • No report

Strategic Planning — Larry Hopper 

  • Attended the mobility world wide event at the Route 66 parks.
  • Larry wants to put together activities to use the park more.
  • Scott also attended. It was good.

Ways and Means — Marilyn Dillon

  • Still waiting to get permission on Give Lively

Other Business

  • 

New Business

Reports from Members on Boards and Commissions

  • Scott’s meeting was cancelled
  • COPTA awarded contract to new loop on NW Expressway. Level boarding and every 12 minute frequency. Published the CLIMB ride report. Embark will help victims of white collar crime with transportation. Buying new buses. Larry asked Marilyn if MCDC could be invited to the ribbon cutting for the new BRT – she replied that yes there will be invites sent out. Larry also asked if children with disabilities where given special treatment in the foster care, Climb Ride program? She said that there have been quite a few children with disabilities in the system and they would qualify them for Plus.
  • Jackie Haverly attended the Zoo Trust and they have started a sign language interpreter program once a month.

Announcements from Members

Adjourn: Next MCDC Meeting – July 13, 2022, at 9 am

Marilyn Dillon made a motion to adjourn

  • Adjourned at 9:37 a.m.

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