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Yakima City Committee Minutes
ETHICS AND EQUAL RIGHTS COMMITTEE
Yakima City Hall, 129 N. 2nd St., Yakima, WA 98901
September 14th, 2017
A meeting of the Ethics and Equal Rights Committee was held at 129 N. 2nd St., Yakima, WA
98901, and was called to order by Madam Chair Maria DJ Rodriguez at 5:30 p.m. The purpose of the
meeting was for discussion of the agenda items listed.
Those in attendance were:
Maria DJ Rodriguez
Diana Lopez-Batista
Deb Sterling
Felipe Vargas
Absent:
Bradley Hill: Vice Chair
Isaac Garcia: Secretary
David Morales
The September 14th, 2017 agenda items were addressed as follows:
1. Minutes of Previous Meeting: The minutes of September 7, 2017 were presented. Diana Lopez-Batista
moved to approve minutes, Felipe Vargas seconded the motion. All were in favor.
2. Review Permanent Committee Outline: Deb Sterling provided a draft of the committee’s report that
included input from other committee members. The eight (8) topics that were presented in the report for
presentation at the City Council’s October meeting were as follows:
• Purpose
• Membership
• Internal organization
• Meetings
• Staff assistance
• Actions to be taken by committee
• Termination and transparency
October 3rd, 2017 is when the written report is going to be presented to City Council. The committee
members then went thru the report item by item to discuss why each topic was included and how it related
to our mission. Bradley Hill then Joined the meeting during this time.
3. City Council Presentation 9-19-17: Madam Chair went over the layout on the presentation. It was
determined that this next report would be the committee’s final recommendation that a permanent
committee should be established. It was agreed that the final report could be finalized between committee
members by email.
4. Next Steps: It was agreed that the final report could be finalized between committee members by email.
5. Audience Participation: No public audience was in attendance.
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Meeting adjourned, at approximately 6:06 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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Isaac Garcia, Secretary
ACKNOWLEDGED:
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Maria DJ Rodriguez, Madam Chair
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