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MINUTES
HANDICAPPED SELF-EVALUATION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
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MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN GEORGE SCHUM AT
4:43 P.M.
ROLL CALL:
Present:
George Schum
Catherine Mitten
Harry DiSalvio, Jr. (Alternate)
Absent:
Beatrice Thibault
Mary Decheine
Nee1 Duval
David Goan
.(Alternate)
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
MOTION BY HARRY DISALVIO, SECONDED BY CATHERINE MITTEN, TO
APPROVE THE MINUTES OF APRIL 26, 1991 AS CORRECTED.
CORRECTION: PAGE 1, ITEM NO. 4, LINE 2; NEAL DUVAL WAITED
WITH CHAIRMAN SCHUM FOR BRUCE COOPER FOR OVER
ONE-HALF HOUR AND THEN NEAL HAD TO LEAVE SO
CHAIRMAN SCHUM MET WITH BRUCE WHEN HE ARRIVED.
CHAIRMAN'S MATTERS:
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CHAIRMAN SCHUM PRESENTED HIS RESIGNATION AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE HANDICAPPED SELF-EVALUATION COMMITTEE
WHICH WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS
MEETING.
MOTION BY CATHERINE MITTEN, SECONDED BY HARRY DISALVIO
TO ACCEPT RESIGNATION FROM CHAIRMAN SCHUM TO BE
EFFECTIVE AT CONCLUSION OF MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 1991.
VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
CHAIRMAN SCHUM RECOMMENDED CATHERINE MITTEN BE
NOMINATED TO THE POSiTiON OF CHAIRMAN OF THE HANDICAPPED
SELF-EVALUATION COMMITTEE, EFFECTIVE AT THE CONCLUSION
OF THIS MEETING.
HARRY DiSALVIO QUESTIONED WHY CHAIRMAN SCHUM THOUGHT
CATHERINE MITTEN SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR CHAIRMAN AND
CHAIRMAN SCHUM ANSWERED THAT SHE IS CHAIRMAN OF THE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ON DISABILITY, HAS SENIORITY AND
IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HANDICAPPED NEEDS.
MOTION MADE BY CHAIRMAN SCHUM, SECONDED BY HARRY
DISALViO TO NOMINATE CATHERINE MITTEN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
HANDICAPPED SELF-EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
PRESENTED APPLICATION FROM THEODORE ZAMOSKY TO SERVE ON
BOARD OF HANDICAPPED SELF-EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
CHAIRMAN SCHUM MADE A MOTION TO MAKE HARRY DISALVIO A
REGULAR MEMBER INSTEAD OF ALTERNATE. HARRY DECLINED THE
INVITATION TO BE A REGULAR MEMBER. WOULD PREFER TO REMAIN
AS ALTERNATE WITH THEODORE ZAMOSKY AS REGULAR.
CATHERINE MITTEN MENTIONED THAT SHE HEARD NEIL DUVAL WAS
GOING TO RESIGN AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. NOONE ON THE
COMMITTEE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS DECISION. DISCUSSION
FOLLOWED.
CHAIRMAN SCHUM WITHDREW MOTION MAKING HARRY DISALVIO A
REGULAR MEMBER AND MADE A MOTION TO NOMINATE THEODORE
ZAMOSKY TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AS A REGULAR MEMBER PENDING
APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL. SECONDED BY HARRY DISALVIO.
VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MATTERS:
CATHERINE MITTEN REPORTED ON HOW WELL THE NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION ON DISABILITY MEETINGS WERE PROGRESSING
AND HOW WELL KNOWN THEY WERE BECOMING IN THE COMMUNITY.
A DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE
COMMITTEE OVER THE YEARS. ALSO, DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON
THE RESTORATION OF THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL AND
HOW IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE HANDICAPPED.
CATHERINE SAID IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE IN WHEEL-
CHAIRS TO ENTER CITY HALL ON THE PRESENT RAMP. SOMETHING
WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION.
A THANK YOU AND BEST WISHES WERE EXTENDED TO CHAIRMAN SCHUM
FROM THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL HIS WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS THE
PAST SEVEN YEARS.
ADJOURN
MOTION BY CHAIRMAN SCHUM, SECONDED BY HARRY DISALVIO TO
ADJOURN THE MEETING.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:05 P.M
APPROVED ON THE
1991
DAY OF
HANDICAPPED SELF-EVALUATIO~
COMMITTEE MEETING.
GEORGE SCHUM, CHAIRMAN