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#8 Confirm Ice Skating Committee Appointments CITY MANAGER’S MEMORANDUM December 1, 2009 TO: City Council FROM: Eric J. Levitt SUBJECT: Confirm Council President appointments to the Ice Skating Advisory Committee Request I request the Council confirm the appointments of the Council President requiring confirmation. City Manager Recommendation No recommendation. Motion I move to confirm the appointments of the Council President requiring confirmation. Summary Recently the Council established a new Ice Skating Center Advisory Committee. The Citizens Advisory Committee on Appointments met to make their recommendations for Council citizen nominees to this committee. Please find below their recommendations. President Truman is appointing those recommended by the Committee. Application forms for those recommended by the Committee, a listing of all citizens that volunteered, and the unapproved minutes of the Appointment Committee’s 11-12-2009 meeting are included for your reference. Eligibility To be eligible for an appointment to a standing committee, individuals must be a resident of the City of Janesville and have interest or knowledge in the committee’s subject matter. Recommendations for Council President Appointments (confirmed by entire Council) Council President Truman is appointing those recommended by the Committee. Ice Skating Center Advisory Committee ? One citizen member shall represent Janesville's youth hockey organizations; ? One shall represent Janesville's figure skating clubs; ? One shall represent the NAHL/Wisconsin Hockey Partners organization; ? One shall represent the Janesville School District; and ? Two citizen members shall serve at-large. 1 The Committee recommends Steve Walker to represent Janesville's youth hockey organizations; Mardel Wien to represent Janesville's figure skating clubs; Dane Litke to represent the NAHL/Wisconsin Hockey Partners organization; Steven Eichman to represent the Janesville School District; and Elise Erdmann and Bill DeCremer to serve at-large. They also recommend Diane Runde as an alternate hockey representative if Steve Walker is not able to accept the appointment; Kelley Kaiser as an alternate figure skating representative if Mardel Wien is not able to accept the appointment; and Frank Dmuchowski as an alternate at-large member if Elise Erdmann or Bill DeCremer are not able to accept an appointment. Additionally, Council President Truman is appointing Councilmember Rashkin as the councilmember to the committee. Attachments CC: Jacob J. Winzenz, Administrative Services Director Rebecca Smith, Management Assistant 2 Page 1 Fact Sheet for Ice Skating Center Advisory Committee Purpose The purpose of this committee is to advise the City Administration and the City Council on issues regarding the City of Janesville Ice Skating Center. They will also review and make recommendations on matters pertaining to the operation, maintenance, marketing, programming, and fee schedule of the Skating Center based upon the community's needs and interests. Vacancies 6 vacancies One citizen member shall represent Janesville's youth hockey organizations; One shall represent Janesville's figure skating clubs; One shall represent the NAHL/Wisconsin Hockey Partners organization; One shall represent the Janesville School District; and Two citizen members shall serve at-large. Eligibility to Serve To be eligible for an appointment to a committee, individuals must be a resident of the City of Janesville and have interest or knowledge in the committee’s subject matter. They should also represent the categories outlined in the vacancy section. Current Members None. Council President William Truman will be appointing Councilmember Yuri Rashkin as the City Council representative following confirmation from the City Council. Volunteers Name Address Occupation Judith Atkinson (At Evanville Manor – Licensed Large) 552 North Chatham Street Practical Nurse Hedberg Public Library – Material D. Maureen Birchfield Processing Supervisor; Bede (At Large) 326 Kellogg Avenue Reflexology - Reflexologist George Collas (At Regal Cutting Tools – Accounting Large) 139 Forest Park Boulevard Manager Bill DeCremer (At Large) 1111 North Lexington DriveRetired Frank Dmuchowski Retired IT Executive at Garden (At Large) 317 Lyndhurst Drive City Group, Inc. Steven Eichman School District of Janesville – (School District rep.) 828 Victoria Place Manager of Purchasing Elise Erdmann (At SPX Corporation – Production Large) 1711 Meadowlark Drive Planner/SAP Superuser Goldstein, Chuck (At Large) 4027 Wilshire Lane Johnson Bank – Insurance Agent Sandy Heidecker (At 1105 Kellogg Avenue; Apt. Creative Community Living Large)A7 Services – Caregiver Page 2 Name Address Occupation Joe Hoppenjan (At Large) 1112 Burbank #208 None Francis James (At Large) 1158 Richardson Street Retired – General Motors Kelley Kaiser (Figure Skating rep.) 2307 Plymouth Avenue Sam’s Club Jeffery Keena (At Large) 1402 South Willard AvenueRath Gibson Tom Lemmer (At Large) 324 Linn Street Family Dollar Dane Litke Wisconsin Hockey Partners – (NAHL/WHP rep.) 2619 Affirmed Drive Hockey Coach Diane Runde (Youth Janesville School District – Hockey rep.) 3823 Curry Lane Teacher Gary Schmidt (At Large) 3718 Chesapeake Avenue General Motors – Assembler Phil Schram (At Large) 1228 Grace Street SSI Technologies - Engineer Steve Stephenson (At Large) 1062 South Pearl Street Unemployed Terry Thompson (At Large) 1411 Sharon Street General Motors – Retired James Wagman (At Retired Health Care Large) 1529 Dayton Drive Administrator Steve Walker (Youth Mercy Health System – Hockey rep.) 513 Oakland Avenue Purchasing Agent Mardel Wien (Figure 1202 North Washington Unemployed; Counseling/social Skating rep.) Streetwork The applicants below indicated on their Committee Member Application Form a desire to serve on “Any Committee”. Judith Atkinson Bill DeCremer Sandy Heidecker Joe Hoppenjan Francis James Jeffery Keena Tom Lemmer Gary Schmidt Phil Schram Steve Stephenson James Wagman Record of Citizen Advisory Committee on Appointments November 12, 2009 Page 1 Meeting of the City of Janesville Citizen Advisory Committee on Appointments held in the Municipal Building first floor conference room on November 12, 2009 Committee Members Present: David Riemer, Judith Detert-Moriarty, Mary Willmer-Sheedy and Ron Combs Staff Present: Rebecca Smith Agenda Items Roll Call The meeting began at approximately 2:33PM with Detert-Moriarty, Riemer, Willmer-Sheedy and Combs present. Approval of October 5, 2009 meeting minutes Reimer motioned approval of the minutes. Combs seconded the motion and the vote was 4- 0-0 in favor. Selection of recommended nominees for the following Boards, Commissions and Committees Ice Skating Center Advisory Committee Following committee discussion, Reimer motioned to recommend Dane Litke to represent the NAHL/Wisconsin Hockey Partners organization; Steven Eichman to represent the Janesville School District; Steve Walker to represent Janesville's youth hockey organizations; Mardel Wien to represent Janesville's figure skating clubs; Elise Erdmann and Bill DeCremer to serve as at-large members. The motion also included Diane Runde as an alternate hockey representative if Steve Walker is not able to accept the appointment; Kelley Kaiser as an alternate figure skating representative if Mardel Wien is not able to accept the appointment; and Frank Dmuchowski as an alternate at-large member if Elise Erdmann or Bill DeCremer are not able to accept an appointment. Detert-Moriarty seconded the motion and the vote was 4-0-0 in favor. Action on Possible Changes to Committee Member Application Form Following discussion of the handout provided to the committee based on questions asked before the meeting, Combs motioned two concepts be added to the letter sent to committee chairs at the beginning of year: The letter should let the chairs know that they may contact any appointment committee member to share their ideas regarding individuals that should be appointed or attributes they would like to see represented on the committee. The letter should state that if a chair knows of a city resident that would be well suited for committee service that the chair is encouraged to invite the person to volunteer by completing an application form and to let the citizen know to mention his or her contact with the chair on the form. Riemer seconded the motion and the vote was 4-0-0 in favor. Record of Citizen Advisory Committee on Appointments November 12, 2009 Page 2 Riemer motioned to include two new questions on the application form: How long have you been a City of Janesville resident? Do you own or rent your home? Combs seconded the motion and the vote was 4-0-0 in favor. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 3:20PM. These minutes are not official until approved by the Citizen Advisory Committee on Appointments. Rebecca Smith, Management Assistant