Sister Cities Commission — Naperville, IL
Date: 2022-03-09

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



 Meeting Agenda

 Sister Cities Commission

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 6:30 PM




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. PRESENTATION: Mike DiSanto, City Attorney to provide OMA
Training

E. OLD BUSINESS:

F. REPORTS:
 22-0353 Approve the Sister Cities minutes of February 9, 2022


 Chairman's Report - Chairman Fuhrer

 Councilman's Report - Councilwoman Patty Gustin

 Councilwoman Gustin - Naperville Sister Cities is on facebeook

 Foundation Update: Commissioners Wang and Foyo

 Sister City Update - Commissioner Lowe


G. NEW BUSINESS:
 22-0354 Approve the purchase of a video from NCTV in the amount of $10 from
 Naperville first Hispanic festival

H. ADJOURNMENT:
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City of Naperville

 400 S. Eagle Street
 Naperville, IL 60540




Meeting Minutes - Final

  Wednesday, March 9, 2022

 6:30 PM




Sister Cities Commission
Sister Cities Commission Meeting Minutes - Final March 9, 2022


A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Commissioner Fuhrer called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.

B. ROLL CALL:

 PRESENT:
 Sophia Luo
 Lance Fuhrer
 Alan Lowe
 Arista Wang joined the meeting at 6:44 pm

 Mohammad Habeeb Khan, Student Representative
 Shruti Panse, Student Representative
 Tamana Ramkumar, Student Represenative
 Zach Wu, Student Represenative

 ALSO PRESENT:
 Councilwoman Patty Gustin, Council Liaison
 Rachel Pruneda, Staff Liaison

 ABSENT:
 Peter Foyo
 Bill Donofrio
 Joshi Vidya
 Neelam Saboo
 Shruti Panse, Student Representative

 There was no quorum for this meeting.




C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. PRESENTATION: Mike DiSanto, City Attorney to provide OMA
Training
 City Attorney Mike DiSanto provided training to our Commissioners on the Open
 Meetings Act, FOIA and the Ethics Ordinance. Mike gave a slide presentation
 and answered a series of questions.

 Sister Cities is not a legal entity and cannot accept donations. Commissioners
 do not have the authority to bind a contract or enter into an agreement.

 Public Forum - limit public comment to the Public Forum portion of the meeting.



E. OLD BUSINESS:


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F. REPORTS:

 Approve the Sister Cities minutes of February 9, 2022

 There being no quorum, the minutes were not voted on at this meeting.

 Chairman's Report - Chairman Fuhrer

 Chairman's Report: The Chairman touched on the refugee situation and stated
 that Slovakia is not as well equipped to help with the refugees. Lance has a
 contact in Slovakia and Councilwoman Gustiin has a couple of City Hall
 contacts and thought it may be beneficial to reach out to see what their needs
 are.

 Hispanic Festival - Commissioner Donofrio worked with Downtown Naperville
 Alliance last year. Bill did a significant amount of work to promote the festival.
 We would like him to continue those efforts for this years festival. A suggestion
 was made to draft a letter promoting Sister Cities and the festival to send to
 downtown Naperville businesses. We could reach out to the alliance to assist
 with this effort.




 Councilman's Report - Councilwoman Patty Gustin

 Councilwoman Gustin stated that there were 100 people in attendance at a
 candlelight vigil held in honor of support for Ukraine. Mayor Chirico will appoint a
 new commissioner most likely prior to our next meeting. CW Gustin asked
 Commissioners for their help in updating the Sister Cities display cases.
 Councilwoman Gustin also provided an equipment update on the ambulance.



 Councilwoman Gustin - Naperville Sister Cities is on facebeook

 Foundation Update: Commissioners Wang and Foyo

 Sister City Update - Commissioner Lowe

 Commissioner Lowe announced that Sister Cities Illinois Association is having
 a 2 day event on April 22 & 23. He encouraged the Commissioners to join the
 email list so that they will receive news and event notifications.



G. NEW BUSINESS:

 1 ) Recommendation that there be NO ENTRY fee to the Hispanic Festival
 for attendees and no vendor fees
 Commissioner Lowe states that the intent of the festival is to honor,

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 celebrate and appreciate the contributions of our Hispanic Community. We
 want this event to be affordable to everyone in the community. Currently, the
 SECA submittal states that there will be a fee for individuals and vendors.
 2) Recommendation that all Commissioners attend 80% of all meetings
 Commissioner Lowe wants to address attendance at our general
 meetings. When we do not have a quorum we cannot vote to approve/deny
 items on the agenda. In order to keep business moving, we need a strong
 attendance.

 3) Recommendation that the Commission team up with non-profit
 organizations to collaborate for various projects
 Current projects include a fundraising event for Lithuania, cultural events
 and the Hispanic Festival

 Approve the $100 registration fee for Commissioners to attend the Illinois
 Sister Cities Association annual conference
 The Illinois Sister Cities Association’s annual conference is April 22 to 23
 in the Tinley Park area of Chicago. We would like to send two (2)
 Commissioners to this conference.


 Approve the purchase of a video from NCTV in the amount of $10 from Naperville first
 Hispanic festival
 There being no quorum, the Commission was not able to vote on this item.

H. ADJOURNMENT:

 Meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm.




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