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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10 13 2017 Employment Trends and Issues Minutes MEETING MINUTES Employment Trends and Issues for Individuals with Disabilities Subcommittee October 13, 2017 11:00 AM St. Croix County Services Center Rm 172 St. Croix County Services Center - 1752 Dorset Lane, New Richmond, Wisconsin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived Dave Ostness St. Croix County Supervisor Present Paulette Anderson St. Croix County Chair Present Laurie Pelnar St. Croix County Committee Member Present James Schreiber St. Croix County Vice Chair Present George Zaske St. Croix County Committee Member Present Others present were Brad Beckman, Aging and Disability Resource Center Administrator; Fred Johnson, Health and Human Services Director. PUBLIC COMMENT Convener Chair Supervisor Anderson opened the floor for public comment. There was no public comment presented. BUSINESS ITEMS 1. Election of Subcommittee Chair Employment Trends and Issues for Individuals with Disabilities Convener, Supervisor Anderson, asked for nominations for Chair. Supervisor Ostness nominated Supervisor Anderson, nomination was seconded by Committee Member Pelnar. Anderson asked if there were any other nominations for Chair, hearing none, nominations were closed and a voice vote was taken. Anderson was appointed as Chair. 2. Election of Subcommittee Vice Chair Supervisor Anderson, asked for nominations for Vice Chair. Supervisor Ostness nominated Committee member Schreiber, nomination was seconded by Committee Member Pelnar. Anderson asked if there were any other nominations for Vice Chair, hearing none, nominations were closed and a voice vote was taken. Schreiber was appointed as Vice Chair. 3. Scope of Work Plan for Employment Trends and Issues for Individuals with Disabilities Subcommittee Anderson opened the floor for recommendations from the committee. It was mentioned to potentially look at the barriers as to why there is difficulty in employing individuals with disability by doing research. An end goal that was mentioned was to see the unemployment numbers go down. Topics discussed were: look at current facility based employers, business that have hired individuals with disabilities, community based employment, and possible barriers faced by individuals. Another avenue discussed was to look at those that are in the transitioning age group of 14 to 21 years of age and how schools are working with the children, families and outside agencies. The four groups of folks to look at are those in facility based employments, those in community based employment, those in the workforce and those who are not working for a variety of reasons post-graduation. There was dialogue of whether it would be best to bring in businesses currently employing individuals with disabilities and see what they are doing, how they did it, provide pros and cons and how would they may be able to help the group to expand to others employers. Vice Chair Schreiber suggested that each member come back with two barriers and determine which ones the group would be able to achieve as a goal. Chair Anderson again mentioned bringing in employers to provide insight and speak on the pros and cons. Chair Anderson suggested having a speaker from Center for Independent Living at the next meeting. 4. Meeting Schedule The Subcommittee will meet the 2nd Friday of the month after the Council on Aging and Disabilities meeting. Meetings will be held at the St. Croix County Services Center. REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Possible name change for subcommittee Discussion of barriers Speaker from Center for Independent Living ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE None DATE OF NEXT MEETING Friday, November 10, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.