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Government Services Committee
Tuesday – October 2, 2012 Regular Meeting Minutes
Council Conference Room
5850 West Glendale Avenue
Glendale, AZ
Councilmember Joyce Clark called the meeting to order at 9:40 a.m. Present were
Councilmember Joyce Clark, Councilmember Phil Lieberman and Councilmember
Manny Martinez. Also in attendance were Kristen Krey and Kriss Carneal.
#1 – Approval of Minutes:
Councilmember Lieberman made a motion to approve the minutes from the August 21,
2012 GSC meeting. Councilmember Martinez seconded the motion. Motion approved.
#2 – Resignations: Joe Cable (Sahuaro) from the Aviation Advisory Commission. Joan
Brainard-Pinson (Barrel) from the Commission on Person with Disabilities. Allison
Tedford (Teen) from the Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission.
#3 – Audit Committee: Kristen advised that recommending an Audit Committee may
be discussed at the October 9th Council meeting. It was suggested to start thinking on
who will be making the recommendations on who will sit on this committee. It was
discussed in the past workshop that two Councilmember’s, two citizens (1 from MPC and
one with financial background), City Manager Horatio Skeete and Chief Financial
Officer Diane Goke will be on this committee.
#4 – Commission on Persons with Disabilities: This commission is now officially
under Parks and Recreation. Their first meeting was very successful. Kristen advised that
there is one commissioner who needs an ASL interpreter and that the Council Office is
paying for those services. Councilmember Clark recommended too look for a volunteer
from our community to provide these services, which will be looked into.
#5 – Library Advisory Board – Change Meeting Day: With a consensus, the Library
Board is requesting to change their meeting day to the second Wednesday of each month
at 6 p.m. The Government Services Committee approved the day and time change.
#6 – Basic Training Class on September 19 th – Kristen Krey: Kristen advised that the
training class was successful and majority of the individuals were experienced. The next
training class will be scheduled sometime in the spring.
#7 – Next GSC Meeting: October 30, 2012
#8 – Request for Motion to Adjourn.
At 9:45 a.m. Councilmember Lieberman made a motion to adjourn. Councilmember
Martinez seconded the motion.
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Prepared by Kriss Carneal