SECA Commission — Naperville, IL
Date: 2021-12-01

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



 Meeting Agenda

 SECA Commission

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 6:00 PM Meeting Rooms A&B




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:
 21-1544 Approve the SECA Commission meeting minutes of November 13, 2021


E. NEW BUSINESS:
 21-1545 Review the CY22 SECA Grant Fund allocations and finalize a Commission
 recommendation for City Council approval

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



 Meeting Minutes - Final

 SECA Commission


Wednesday, December 1, 2021 6:00 PM Meeting Rooms A&B


A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Chairwoman Brodhead called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m.

B. ROLL CALL:
 Present 10 - Judith Brodhead, Vasavi Chakka, Nancy Chen, Jaqueline Clermont, Vicki Coletta,
 Shannon Greene Robb, Donna Kearney, Tom Miers, Theresa Sullivan, and Nancy
 Turner




 Commissioner Turner participated via teleconference

 Also Present: Dawn Portner, Special Events Coordinator and Student
 Commissioners Rahil Patel and Carol Yin

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 No speakers for Public Forum

D. OLD BUSINESS:

 Approve the SECA Commission meeting minutes of November 13, 2021

 Commissioner Kearney requested the minutes be amended to show she left
 the meeting of November 13, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.
 Commissioner Clermont made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Greene
 Robb to approve the SECA Commission meeting minutes of November 13, 2021 as
 amended. The motion carried by the following vote: 9-0

 Aye: 9- Brodhead, Chakka, Chen, Clermont, Coletta, Greene Robb, Kearney, Miers, and
 Turner

 Abstain: 1- Sullivan

E. NEW BUSINESS:

 Review the CY22 SECA Grant Fund allocations and finalize a Commission
 recommendation for City Council approval
 Chairwoman Brodhead proposed that the Commission accept the median
 average of all the allocation recommendations listed on the CY22 Combined

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 Commissioners Worksheet and, if approved, it would leave a balance of $2,775
 to disperse.

 Commissioners discussed organizations that requested funds for fundraisers,
 specifically Academy of the Arts Gala and the Alive Center's Color Me Alive
 event, the definition of a fundraiser, and that this topic should be discussed at
 the CY22 SECA review meeting.
 Commissioner Chakka made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Miers to
 accept the median average of all the recommendations excluding the following
 projects related to North Central College: Lighting Upgrade, Home for the
 Holidays in Naperville and Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month
 Celebrations.

 Commissioner Kearney offered an amendment to the motion to also exclude
 the Academy of the Arts Gala and the Alive Center's Color Me Alive event.
 Commissioner Chakka accepted the amendment.
 Commissioner Chakka made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Miers to
 accept the median average of all the recommendations excluding the following
 projects related to North Central College: Lighting Upgrade, Home for the
 Holidays in Naperville and Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month
 Celebrations as well as the Academy of the Arts Gala and the Alive Center's
 Color Me Alive event.

 Aye: 6- Brodhead, Chakka, Chen, Kearney, Miers, and Turner

 Nay: 3- Clermont, Coletta, and Greene Robb

 Abstain: 1- Sullivan

 A motion was made by Clermont, seconded by Coletta, to remove the Academy
 of the Arts Gala ($1,889) from the final recommendations, since a majority of the
 commissioners recommended not funding the project. The motion carried by the
 following vote:

 Aye: 9- Brodhead, Chakka, Chen, Clermont, Coletta, Greene Robb, Kearney, Miers, and
 Turner

 Abstain: 1- Sullivan

 A motion was made by Kearney, seconded by Greene Robb, to remove funding
 for the Alive Center's Color Me Alive ($1,667) event because SECA does not
 currently support fundraisers. The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 9- Brodhead, Chakka, Chen, Clermont, Coletta, Greene Robb, Kearney, Miers, and
 Turner

 Abstain: 1- Sullivan




 The meeting recessed from 7:24 p.m. - 7:35 p.m.
 Commissioner Chakka exited the meeting at 7:24 p.m.
 Chairwoman Brodhead recused herself due to a conflict of interest and left the
 meeting from 7:35 p.m. - 7:40 p.m.
 Commissioner Coletta assumed Acting Chair.

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 Review the CY22 SECA Grant Fund allocations and finalize a Commission
 recommendation for City Council approval
 A motion was made by Greene Robb, seconded by Clermont, to approve the
 three items related to North Central College for CY22: Lighting Upgrade, Home
 for the Holidays in Naperville and Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History
 Month Celebrations. The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 7- Chen, Clermont, Coletta, Greene Robb, Kearney, Miers, and Turner

 Absent: 1- Chakka

 Abstain: 2- Brodhead, and Sullivan

 The Commissioners considered the balance of $6,331 resulting from the
 removal of The Academy of the Arts Gala, the Alive Center's Color Me Alive
 Fundraiser, and accepting the median average for all projects.


 A motion was made by Greene Robb, seconded by Kearney, to fully fund the
 Memorial Day Parade at $29,157. The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 8- Brodhead, Chen, Clermont, Coletta, Greene Robb, Kearney, Miers, and Turner

 Absent: 1- Chakka

 Abstain: 1- Sullivan

 Commissioner Chen made a motion to allocate the remaining $3,372 to OPUS.
 The motion did not receive a second.

 A motion was made by Miers, seconded by Kearney, to allocate the remaining
 $3,372 to Naper Pride for Pride Fest. The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 7- Brodhead, Clermont, Coletta, Greene Robb, Kearney, Miers, and Turner

 Nay: 1- Chen

 Absent: 1- Chakka

 Abstain: 1- Sullivan

 A motion was made by Miers, seconded by Coletta, to accept the new allocation
 recommendations as presented: 1) add $2,959 to the Veterans of Foreign War for
 the "Memorial Day Parade," 2) add $3,366 to Naper Pride for "Pride Fest -
 Operations." The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 7- Brodhead, Clermont, Coletta, Greene Robb, Kearney, Miers, and Turner

 Nay: 1- Chen

 Absent: 1- Chakka

 Abstain: 1- Sullivan

 A motion was made by Miers, seconded by Coletta, to approve the CY22 SECA
 Grant Fund Unified Recommendations as amended. The motion carried by the
 following vote:

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 Aye: 7- Brodhead, Clermont, Coletta, Greene Robb, Kearney, Miers, and Turner

 Nay: 1- Chen

 Absent: 1- Chakka

 Abstain: 1- Sullivan

F. ADJOURNMENT:
 Commissioner Clermont made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Greene
 Robb to adjourn the SECA Commission meeting of December 1, 2021 at 8:00 p.m.
 The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 9- Brodhead, Chen, Clermont, Coletta, Greene Robb, Kearney, Miers, Sullivan, and
 Turner

 Absent: 1- Chakka




 /S/ Dawn Portner
 Dawn Portner
 Special Events Coordinator




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