Kankakee LAC July 14 meeting minutes

Summary of Minutes

The Kankakee Local Advisory Council meeting was held on Thursday July 14th, 2022 at 1:30 pm via Zoom teleconferencing.

Local Advisor Council Members Present:

1. Robin Passwater
2. Camilla Rose
3. Samantha Rocknowski
4. David Guzman
5. Bryan LaRoach
6. Rhonda Currie

1. Chief Passwater: Meeting was called to order at approximately 1:30 pm and rollcall was taken. No one from the public was present so there was no public comment.
2. Chief Passwater announced that the meeting would be recorded. David Guzman recorded the meeting due to technical problems with Chief Passwater's computer. Chief Passwater also advised he would be responsible for taking notes of the meeting.
3. Roll Call of members present: Robin Passwater, Camilla Rose, Samantha Rocknowski, David Guzman, Samantha Rocknowski, Bryan LaRoach, Rhonda Currie.
4. Summer Funding Distribution Discussion: Members discussed the funding distribution request. Members had been emailed copies of the funding allocation categories. Chief Passwater read through the four allocation categories available to the Kankakee LAC.
   1. Violence Prevention: 50%
      • Chief Passwater mentioned that because the City of Kankakee was in the process of hiring a Violence Prevention Coordinator funding this category at 50% would be reasonable. Members agreed with the 50% funding level.
   2. Trauma Informed Behavior Health Services: 20%
      • Camilla Rose said she would like to see this area funded substantially. She advised that the library already does some of the trauma counseling but more is needed and there is a need for training. The members came to a consensus that 20% of the funding should allocated for this program.
   3. Youth Intervention Services: 20%
      • A discussion between members thought that many of the comments of this funding category would also be part of the Violence Prevention program. When compared to the Youth Develop Services funding category Chief Passwater advised the School District receives substantial funding to support Youth Development Services so we should more heavily fund Youth Intervention. The members came to a consensus that 20% of the funding should be allocated to this category.
   4. Youth Development Services. 10%
      • Members came to consensus that 10% should be allocated to fund this category
5. Chief Passwater made a motion, seconded by Bryan LaRoach, that the funding should be allocated as such:
   1. 50% Violence Prevention
   2. 20% Trauma Informed Behavioral Health Services
   3. 20% Youth Intervention Services
   4. 10% Youth Development Services
6. A voice vote was taken and the motion passed
7. Chief Passwater advised the group that it was unclear if our community was able to receive the Violence Prevention funding per the website information. Chief Passwater advised that an email was sent to clarify if Kankakee qualified for Violence Prevention Funding, however, no response had been received. Camilla Rose also advised she read the information and was not clear on the funding. The members came to a consensus that if we were not able to receive funding for Violence Prevention then 40% of the funding would go to Trauma Informed Behavioral Health Services, 40% would go to Youth Intervention Services and 20% would be allocated to Youth Development Services.
8. Chief Passwater discussed the next meeting and advised that it would be best to wait until the Violence Prevention Coordinator was hired before meeting again. The next meeting would likely take place in August.
9. There was no other discussion and the meeting was adjourned.