JOHNSON COUNTY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 9:00am – 10:00am
Hybrid – Physical location: Betty Sass (Admin Bldg. First floor Room)
Members Present: Dawn Alam, Ethan Bettis, Gary Boseneiler, Brandon Davis, Sean Donaldson, John Hannaford, Paola Jaramillo, Fiona Johnson, Laurie Nash, Annie Nugent, Kyle Phillips, and Kelly Weston.
Next Meeting Date and Time: Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Ice Breaker: Name Story. Is there a story behind your first name?
Introduction of New Members: Ethan Bettis and Kaitlin Schlotfelt from Auditor’s Office are new members. Kyle Phillips is moving out of state.
Budget Balance: $32,968.00. John broke down the budget line items.
Strategic Plan Review and looking ahead Pt. 2: Goal 1, Paola will look for attendance metrics to see how many DHEO’s or Supervisors attended and D & I training in the last year and how many trainings they attended. Goal 2, Paola will arrange for 48 sessions of 1 hour focus group with Top Rank. The groups are 50% virtual and 50% in person. The groups will be line staff intra-departmental groups and DHEO intra- departmental groups. Goal 3, Top Rank is proposing 2 manager workshops and 2 new employee workshops each quarter for a total of 16 training sessions.
We also discussed that the strategic plan should have long term goals and short term steps to reach those goals.
DI&I Symposium in Coralville – August 17, 2022 8 am – 1 pm. 6 participants currently with Public Health Department wanting to add some participants. Spots are still open if people are interested
Diversity Website: https://www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov/diversity
*ACTION ITEMS*
- ADA Awareness day article for JoCo Weekly
- Gary Boseneiler
- Deadline: July 21, 2022
Other items not on the agenda: None.