DRAFT

MINUTES

COMMITTEE ON MINORITY AFFAIRS

MARCH 25, 1997

12 NOON

PRESENT: Chairman, Clinton I. Young, Jr. Members: Lois

Bronz, Bob Darcy Secretary: Lynne Creighton

The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm by Mr. Young.

The minutes of March 4 were approved on motion of Mr. Darcy,

seconded by Mr .Young, carried by a vote of 3-0.

There was a discussion regarding the committee’s meeting

with Mr. Dolan and Mr. Redd from Westchester Affirmative

Action regarding women in minority-owned businesses, which

took place on March 4.

Mr. Young said that he had been assured by the County

Executive and Jamie Hastings that there will be more of a spirit

of cooperation on their part and any request for information will

come through Mrs. Hastings’ office.

Mr. Young noted that he had not received the proposed legislation

for economic development from County Attorney Marilyn

Slaatten. Mr. Young said that in addition to two requests for this

proposed legislation, he followed up with two calls to Mrs. Slaatten,

who gave two different reasons for the delay.

During their first conversation Mrs. Slaatten said the delay had

to do with privatization. During the second conversation Mrs.

Slaatten said she had placed the assignment with one of the

other attorneys and that Mr. Young would be hearing from him

shortly, and that was over a month ago.

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Mr. Young opened the floor for discussion and Mr. Darcy said

that an inquiry should be made as to why there is such a long

delay in getting the information from Mrs. Slaatten’s office.

Mrs. Bronz suggested that the committee invite Mrs. Slaatten

to a meeting to address the problem, and Mr. Young asked

Lynne to type a memo to the County Attorney, inviting her to

meet with the committee.

Mr. Young said that today’s meeting of the Committee on

Minority Affairs would be abbreviated, due to a Committee of

the Whole meeting, scheduled to begin at 12:30pm.

Mr. Darcy entertained a motion to adjourn the meeting at

12:25pm, seconded by Mrs. Bronz, carried by a vote of 3-0.