HomeMy WebLinkAboutTCA 2007-10-22 Minutes
Teen Court Advisory Board Meeting
Monday October 22, 2007
I. Call Meeting to order- Meeting called to order at 6:34pm by Janet Golightly.
Boaxd members in attendance were Ron Moore, Karen Russell, Eric Trainer and
Janet Golightly.
II. Discuss vacant board member position- Discussed vacant board member
position, some names suggested to fill the position were Vanessa Trevino, Emily
Ashmore, Mr. Hernandez (Criminal Justice Teacher at Haltom/Birdville). Send
recommendation to Tim Welch? (1 ha~~e nc~tecJ that Re~ecca 4~riI1 ask`?j. City
Secretary sends out `interest card' for them to fill out. Also, Michael Birch has
missed his 3rd board meeting. Decided to send this information to the to see
if it meets the criteria for removal from the boaxd.
III. Review and revise Scholarship Program Procedures-
a. Lots of discussion on revising the Point System for scoring the
Scholarship applicant. The following motions were made:
i. Category 1& 3- Ron made the motion to remove the 5 point
residency and move those 5 points to years of service. The motion
was seconded by Eric, there was no discussion, and with a
unanimous decision the motion was approved.
ii. Category 2- Attendance points. Discussed combining years of
service points and attendance points. Tried to find good formula
for 40 points. 4o pc.~int5 poi~~tslyear, 3 sessior~s = 1 poir~t, 6
ses5icans firr l paint. 1-leather- tt~esc are the notes I 1~ave- f did
NOT ~r•~rite down c~l~c~t was decided, and at Cllis poi?~t I cannoC
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iii. Category 4- Ron made the motion to move professionalism points
and add schedule interview. After much discussion the motion
was amended to add "Submit bio (resume) and photo with the
application". The motion was seconded by Eric, and with a
unanimously decision the motion was approved
iv. Category 5- the wording was changed on the Scholarship Rating
Sheet to read "judged by 3 to 5 persons in addition to the Teen
Advisory Board". (Previously read appointed by).
b. Scholarship money- Discussed donation of funds for additional
scholarship money and decided to contact local businesses to donate to
scholarship fund. Rebecca will generate letter, email to the board for
approval by Friday. Rebecca will submit and mail using the Teen Court
Budget. If anyone knows of someone or a business to send to, please send
the info to Rebecca.
c. Exit interview for all scholarship applicants- "What if anything would you
recommend changing about Teen Court". Hopefully this will help us
become more effective.
IV. Review and Revise Discipline Grid-
a. Eric made the motion to move "assault family member" and Assault
physical contact" to Class 6. Karen seconded the motion, and with a
unanimous decision the motion was approved.
V. New Business- There was no new business to discuss.
VI. Adjournment- The meeting was adjourned at 7:SOpm.