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Town of Southold Youth Bureau Board Minutes
July 13, 2015
YB Present:
Laura Held, Robert Duffin, Jeff Standish, Cristina Witzke, Elaine White, Karen
Excused:
McLaughlin, Officer Bill Brewer, Councilman Jim Dinizio and Phillip Beltz. Linda
Ruland, Ryan Case, Patricia Mellas, Jillian Ruroede and Councilman Bill Ruland.
Approval of Minutes:
The minutes of June 15, 2015 were approved.
Teach a Kid to Fish:
Unfortunately no students from Southold will participate.
Suffolk County Summer Works Employment Program:
Two employment slots
will be offered for income eligible high school students at the Highway Dept.
YAC Membership:
At least two students are needed from each school in
September.
Parent University:
Attachment provided, SC Youth Bureau would like to sponsor
two Parent University trainings—one Eastern and one Western Suffolk. This is
targeted towards school personnel and youth providers to assist in building
community, reaching parents and providing resources and support. They need
place to provide training on East End—Phillip thought that Mattituck may be
interested in hosting.
North Fork Initiative:
The North Fork Alliance hosted a meeting with local service
providers to discuss unmet needs of youth within the community. Consensus that
a critical need exists for afterschool Youth Center. The Southold Youth Bureau
was asked to articulate what elements would ideally exist within a center. Below
are items discussed at June meeting:
Program would exist in Town asset such as Recreation Center
Program should provide tutoring and homework help, counseling,
recreational activities, mentoring
Must provide transportation
Could offer with a sliding scale fee
Need to determine what ages it would serve
Consider issuing survey to students to see if they would attend and what
activities would they like to have (also consider survey for parents)
Visit Southampton Youth Services (SYS) located Major’s Path. Note
everyone should review website www.sysinc.org
Further discussion of youth center at July Youth Bureau meeting, agreement that
initiative should be a pilot for approximately 30 students in the Southold UFSD
middle school students as the Peconic Lane Community Center and Recreation
Center are in geographical catchment and possibly school can provide
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transportation. Phillip will discuss with Superintendent David Gamberg and
further discuss with a subcommittee consisting of Laura Held, Elaine White, Patty
Mellas, Jillian Ruroede and Andrea Nydegger.
Summer Activities:
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North Fork Ospreys Youth Bureau Night-Friday July 24 7 p.m. at Cochran
Park
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Family Movie Night in the Park-Saturday, August 29 sundown (7:30 p.m.)
at Tasker Park—Wizard of Oz
Phillip indicated that he will need volunteers to serve popcorn at the events. Bob
volunteered to assist with both events and Elaine for the movie night. Let Phillip
know if you can volunteer--he will make flyers/posters and Crissy will update the
Facebook page.
Meeting with Town Board:
All Town committees are requested to meet with the
Town Board to discuss goals and objectives. The Youth Center initiative would be
a good discussion with the Town Board in the near future.
Next Meeting
:Board decided to skip August and meet in September.
Respectfully Submitted,
Phillip Beltz
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