Commission for Citizens with Disabilities

Regular Meeting

Arlington Heights, IL · May 13, 2025

Minutes

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMISSION FOR CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES TUESDAY, May 13TH, 2025 6:30 P.M. BUECHNER CONFERENCE ROOM I. CALL TO ORDER The regular Commission of Citizens with Disabilities was called order by Commissioner Durkin at 6:32 p.m. in the Buechner Room at the Village Hall. II. ROLL CALL Present: Roxanne Calibraro, Commissioner Eva Mullinax, Commissioner David R. McCallum, Commissioner Brian Harrison, Commissioner Pam McVoy, Commissioner Beth Deiter, Commissioner Jennifer Durkin, Chairman Also Present: Hannah Kane, Liaison TreWan Collins, Health & Human Services Absent: Seth Goldberg, Commissioner III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made and agreed upon the Commissioner to approve the minutes of March 11th, 2025 Commissions for Citizens with Disabilities Meeting. IV. REPORTS A. Update from Liaison Liaison Hannah Kane shared with the Commission the ADA Complaints that she received from residents. One of the complaints came from Crescent Place off of Rand Rd in Arlington Heights, the doors are too heavy for anyone to operate she has tried to get in contact with the property manager and was unsuccessful in getting a response from the property, which has led to The Village sending a violation letter to the apartment complex. Another complaint was from a private condo association company within the community, some residents are having difficulty getting from the parking lot to the complex. The condo building has built a railing along with a ramp for residents to access the parking lot and the complex with ease if they are wheelchair-bound or unable to use the steps. B. Chairman Appointed Jennifer Durkin was appointed as Chairman for the Commission; All Commissioners congratulated her. Jennifer is ready to take on the new role as Chairman for the Commission and is eager to learn Roberts Laws in order to ensure the success of the Commission with the help with the Commissioners. V. OLD BUSINESS A. Strategic Goals Chairmen Durkin revised the three goals that the Commission agreed upon, one of those goals was "The Community Recognition Award". Each Commissioner had the assignment to go home and write a prompt for the award to be marketed, two drafts were sent to Hannah Kane. The Commission decided to combine both written prompts together in order to post them on our Village Social Media page and get the ball rolling for the award. Going forward The Commission is to touch base on ideas and try to combine them together in order to make this happen by the end of June. Having an ADA public speaker for the year was another one of the Commission's goals. Commissioner Calibraro brought up how we have had Peter Burg who works at UI Health he also supervises the entire university; they could be a good source for an ADA speaker. Commissioner Calibraro also stated that The Commission needs to find someone that "won't do it by the seat of their pants, someone that does this every day and that can field the questions". Noted challenges in getting the business owners to engage. Commissioner Calibraro says in her experience it's been easier to get business owners to attend these events in the morning rather than in the afternoon. The Commission wants to consider having two ADA speakers one for business and another one for the public. Commissioner McVoy suggested that the Commission has someone who works in the Social Security Office come speak at an event to inform parents how the approval/denial process works. Commissioner Roxanne agreed that it was a great idea because a lot of parents just don't know how to apply or where to go to start the process. Chairman Durkin also suggested a Q/A session with a speaker from The Village, to discuss parking around Alfresco and ADA Accessibility for people with disabilities. VI. NEW BUSINESS A. Frontier Days All Commissioners had the responsibility of coming up with questions for there survey that they were going to have at Frontier Days. Not everyone was able to complete the assignment due to concerns about The Commission not having a table at the event this year. Tre Collins offered to hold hard copies and pass out the survey as a solution. The Commission took the time to just brainstorm a few questions for the next meeting, one question was "What is the age range of you? or the person you know with a disability." Liaison Hannah Kane informed The Commissioners that there is Construction at the Park District this year so the event has limited space. Unfortunately, this is the reason why The Commission is unable to have a table at the event this year. The majority of The Commissioners will be able to attend Frontier Days which is on July 5th from 9 am-11 am. C. Identify and discuss Federal Actions Liaison Hannah Kane shared with The Commissioners that she attended training through Access Living, they gave a wonderful presentation on what happens on the federal level when comes to the disabled community and ADA. Chairmen Durkin offered other resources called 5 Calls.com where you can register and discuss the issues in your community with your local senate. XI. ADJOURNMENT With no further business to discuss, a motion was to adjourn by Commissioner Calibraro, Seconded by Commissioner Harris, and approved by unanimous consent. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 P.M.

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AGENDA Commission for Citizens with Disabilities Commissions Room Arlington Heights Village Hall, 33 S. Arlington Heights Rd., AH 60005 May 13, 2025 6:30 PM I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Approval of March 11th, 2025 Minutes IV. REPORTS A. Complaints B. Chairman Appointed V. OLD BUSINESS A. Strategic Goals VI. NEW BUSINESS A. Frontier Days B. Identify and discuss Federal Actions VII. OTHER BUSINESS VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT Anyone wishing to speak on a subject not on the Agenda may speak at this time. Please limit your comments to three minutes. IX. ADJOURNMENT Persons with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services, such as an American Sign Language interpreter or written materials in accessible formats, should contact the Health & Human Services Department, at 33 S. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, healthmail@vah.com or 847/368-5760. Page 1 of 6 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF COMMISSION FOR CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES TUESDAY, March 11TH, 2025 6:30 P.M. BUECHNER CONFERENCE ROOM I. CALL TO ORDER The regular Commission of Citizens with Disabilities was called order by Commissioner Roxanne L. Calibraro at 6:32 p.m. in the Buechner Room at the Village Hall. II. ROLL CALL Present: Roxanne Calibraro, Commissioner Eva Mullinax, Commissioner Seth Goldberg, Commissioner David R. McCallum, Commissioner Brian Harrison, Commissioner Pam McVoy, Commissioner Beth Deiter, Commissioner Jennifer Durkin, Commissioner Also Present: Hannah Kane, Liaison Darren Brown, Health & Human Services TreWan Collins, Health & Human Services III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made and agreed upon The Commissioner to approve the minutes of January 16th, 2025 Commissions for Citizens with Disabilities Meeting. IV. REPORTS A. Introduction to new liaison The new liaison social worker Hannah Kane was introduced to the commission, all commissioners went around the table and shared their backgrounds and experience with disabilities whether that be with themselves or a family member. B. Complaints Darren brown shared with the commission that there were a few complaints that are still open and one that was resolved, Hannah then shared the complaint that happened at the gas station that was located at Algonquin and Arlington heights Rd. A resident that was in a wheelchair came to the gas station to pump gas when calling the number by the gas pump to receive assistance, the resident was told by the employee that he/she “will not be coming outside to help he is to busy at the moment.” Once the village was informed Hannah had reached out to the employee Page 2 of 6 and informed them of the Illinois State Law and that they have to accommodate for the resident. VI. NEW BUSINESS A. Frontier Days TreWan asked the commissioner if they would like to sponsor frontier days again for $1,000, which included A sign or banner, A business name in the brochure, along with a table at the event. Commissioner suggested that we ask for a sensory tent for the kids that are affected by the loud sounds or that just get over stimulated by waiting, Darren then recommended that 21 senses should be contacted to also sponsor the event. Roxanne calls a motion to donate $1,000 dollars to Frontier Days, Brian seconds the motion, motion was carried. B. Chairman update Commissioner Roxanne would like to know where things are at with assigning a new Chairman for the Commission, Darren spoke with the mayor about 2 weeks ago. The mayor is aware that there does need to be new chairman for the commission. No further update was given at this time to the commission, we are hoping to appoint a new chairman by the next meeting. C. Strategic Goals Jennifer had referred to the idea of the “Good Neighbors” Award that was brought up earlier, Eva also spoke on how it would be a great idea to highlight the people in town that have gone above and beyond to help other residents of the town. The commissioner immediately gave out several ways to take nominations from the community, as of right now it is still something the commission is working on. The commission was wondering are we going to have a guest speaker this year, Brian shared that the commission should bring someone in that speaks about SSI/SSD. Beth brought the recommendation of doing a kind of Book/ Movie study that would involve everyone in the community not just the disabled, she shared that it would be a good way to get people to think or even show more care towards people with disabilities. The commissioners motioned to approve the 3 goals which would be the “Good Neighbors” awards, Frontier Days, and Speaker/Host that will touch on SSI/SSD. IX. ADJOURNMENT With no further business to discuss, a motion was made to adjourn by Commissioner Calibraro, Seconded by Commissioner Mullinax, and approved by unanimous consent. Meeting adjourned at 8;17 P.M. Page 3 of 6 Page 4 of 6 Commission for Citizens with Disabilities 5/13/2025 Item: Frontier Days Department: Health & Human Services Item Description: ATTACHMENTS: None Page 5 of 6 Commission for Citizens with Disabilities 5/13/2025 Item: Identify and discuss Federal Actions Department: Health & Human Services Item Description: ATTACHMENTS: None Page 6 of 6