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Champaign County Racial Justice Task Force met April 27.

Here is the minutes provided by the Task Force:

I. Call to Order

Carolyn Randolph called the meeting to order at 6:35 pm.

II. Roll Call

Members Present-

D. Harber, R. Hughes, A. James, E. Patt, C. Randolph, S. Silver, G. Walter.

Members Absent-

M. Ar-Raheem, S. Balgoyen, L, Branham, S. Byndom, E. Dee, A. Felty, A. Evans, S. Lerner, H. Ross, A. Shelton, D. Turner.

There was no quorum for this meeting.

III. Approval of Agenda

This item was tabled because of the lack of a quorum.

IV. Approval of Minutes

This item was tabled because of the lack of a quorum.

V. New Business

Meeting with Police Training Institute

Ryan updated the group on the meeting with the director of the Police Training Institute on April 13th . The meeting included introduction to the institute’s history, the curriculum, and collaborations with the U of I and other organizations.

Esther asked about the format of the final deliverable. David responded that he was unsure that a final structure has been determined. He noted that the resolution includes “...within a time frame and format to be agreed upon by the County Board.” Esther suggested including this as a point to bring up with them at the next meeting that we attend. Susan was concerned about sections of the reports that are written differently and do not work together well. Carolyn recommended looking at the Urbana IDOT Traffic Study report as a template for writing the report. Esther suggested adding one page to include what we are asking for to be included in the agenda so that they have advance notice to think about the format of the recommendations. Artice asked if we should consider what it is the County Board would want in terms of format. The process of asking the County Board about the preferred format was discussed. The task force will ask the County Board if the task force can decide on the format of the final recommendations.

It was recommended that the task force split the requests for budget and time extension. We are not on the County Board agenda. Carolyn recommended that the subcommittees begin working on their sections in case a time extension is not granted.

VI. Presentations

There were no presentations at this meeting.

VII. Public Participation

There was no public participation at this meeting.

VIII. Task Force Member Comments

IX. Subcommittee Meetings

This item was tabled.

X. Adjournment

Esther moved to adjourn.

http://www.co.champaign.il.us/CountyBoard/RJTF/2017/170427_Meeting/170427minutes.pdf