Sister Cities Commission — Naperville, IL
Date: 2021-12-08

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 Sister Cities Commission

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 6:30 PM Meeting Room B




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. RECOGNITION::
 21-1600 Welcome our Student Representatives to Sister Cities Commission


D. PUBLIC FORUM:

E. OLD BUSINESS:

F. REPORTS:
 21-1596 Approve Sister Cities Commission minutes of August 11, September 9
 and October 13, 2021

 21-1595 Receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for August through December
 2021

 Foundation Update:

 Website Update:

 Festival Update:

 Propose purchasing $25 gift cards for students who helped with the festival

 Sister City Update:


G. NEW BUSINESS:
 21-1591 Approve Sister Cities Commission 2022 Meeting Schedule

 21-1597 Approve the purchase of $25 gift cards for students who volunteered at the
 festival



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H. ADJOURNMENT:
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
 be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
 630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every effort
 will be made to allow for meeting participation.




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City of Naperville

 400 S. Eagle Street
 Naperville, IL 60540




Meeting Minutes - Final

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

 6:30 PM



 Meeting Room B



Sister Cities Commission
Sister Cities Commission Meeting Minutes - Final December 8, 2021


A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Commissioner Fuhrer called our meeting to order at 6:40 pm.

B. ROLL CALL:

 Roll Call:

 Present: Lance Fuhrer, Alan Lowe, Bill Donofrio, Arista Wang, Peter Foyo,
 Neelam Saboo

 Josh Vidya was not present for roll call, but arrived at 6:43 pm.

 Absent: Sophia Luo

 Student Representatives Present: Tarana Ramkumar, Muhammad Habeeb
 Khan

 Absent: Zach Wu, Shrui Pansi

 Also Present: Councilwoman Gustin, Rachel Pruneda

C. RECOGNITION::

 Welcome our Student Representatives to Sister Cities Commission

 Our chair, Lance Fuhrer welcomed our student representatives to the Sister
 Cities Commission.

D. PUBLIC FORUM:

E. OLD BUSINESS:

F. REPORTS:

 Approve Sister Cities Commission minutes of August 11, September 9 and October 13,
 2021
 Motion was made by Neelam Saboo and seconded by Peter Foyo to approve
 the minutes of August, September and October 2021. Motion passed by the
 following vote: AYES (7): Lance Fuhrer, Alan Lowe, Bill Donofrio, Arista Wang,
 Peter Foyo, Nellam Saboo, Joshi Vidya NAYS: (0)

 Receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for August through December 2021

 Neelam Saboo presented a copy of the Treasurer's report to all of the
 commissioners. The report was accepted and filed.

 Foundation Update:

 There were no Foundation members present.

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 Commissioners held a brief discussion as to which of its members would like to
 serve on the Foundation to represent Sister Cities Commission moving forward.
 Peter Foyo and Arista Yang both agreed to serve as our representatives. We
 will add this item as a new business item and take a vote there.



 Website Update:

 There was no update provided on the Website.

 Festival Update:

 Propose purchasing $25 gift cards for students who helped with the festival
 A brief discussion about the upcoming festival was made. We are awaiting
 approval of grant funds by SECA. The date that was selected for next year's
 festival is September 17, 2022.

 Sister City Update:

 Alan Lowe discussed holding a future meeting with Cancun, Mexico. He has
 discussed reaching out to officials there to share ideas and collaborate on a pen
 pal project. Rachel Pruneda suggested to the group that we invite them to a
 public meeting or only have 2 Commissioners and CW Gustin meet with
 officials in Cancun.

 Councilwoman Gustin provided us with a brief ambulance update. There has
 been a delay in transporting the ambulance due to the government paperwork in
 Cancun, Mexico.

G. NEW BUSINESS:

 Lance continued a discussion under New Business in order to vote on
 designating two (2) members to the Foundation Board. A motion was made by
 Alan Lowe and seconded by Bill Donofrio to have Peter Foyo and Arista Yang
 serve as members of the Foundation. The motion was approved by the
 following vote: AYES (7): Lance Fuhrer, Alan Lowe, Bill Donofrio, Arista Wang,
 Peter Foyo, Nellam Saboo, Joshi Vidya NAYS: (0)

 Bill Donofrio motioned, seconded by Alan Lowe to pay for 12 months of
 maintenance to the Hispanic Festival Website in the amount of $35 to take us to
 October 2022. The motion was approved by the following vote: AYES (7): Lance
 Fuhrer, Alan Lowe, Bill Donofrio, Arista Wang, Peter Foyo, Nellam Saboo, Joshi
 Vidya NAYS: (0)




 Approve Sister Cities Commission 2022 Meeting Schedule

 Motion was made by Alan Lowe and seconded by Neelam Saboo to approve the
 Sister Cities Commission meeting schedule for 2022. Motion passed by the
 following vote: AYES (7): Lance Fuhrer, Alan Lowe, Bill Donofrio, Arista Wang,

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 Peter Foyo, Nellam Saboo, Joshi Vidya NAYS: (0)


 Approve the purchase of $25 gift cards for students who volunteered at the festival

 Motion was made by Bill Donofrio and seconded by Arista Wang to approve the
 purchase of $25 gift cards for our student volunteers that helped the Sister
 Cities Commission with its festivities this year. Motion passed by the following
 vote: AYES (7): Lance Fuhrer, Alan Lowe, Bill Donofrio, Arista Wang, Peter
 Foyo, Nellam Saboo, Joshi Vidya NAYS: (0)


H. ADJOURNMENT:




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