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DeKalb County, Illinois |
Minutes of the
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DEKALB COUNTY VETERANS ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
The meeting started at 7:00 with President Rich Joslin calling the meeting to order. There were 11 members in attendance. Frank Beierlotzer led us in the pledge of allegiance. Bob Bend was introduced as a new member from Waterman American Legion Post 654. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and Steve Scoughton made the motion to accept the minutes and this was seconded by Frank Beierlotzer. The minutes were approved as read. John Davis gave the corporation financial report and there is $1545.12 in the account. Victor Ingram seconded the report and the report was approved. Herb Holderman gave the superintendents report, and we helped 33 veterans with food, 25 with shelter and 22 with utilities. We transported 15 veterans to various VA hospitals. We also helped 8 veterans collect $7531.00 in monthly pay, and $94,271.00 in retro pay. We paid for one veteran to get CDL training. Our drivers worked 87 hours this month. Steve Scoughton and Tammy Anderson attended NACO conference and IACVAC meeting in Springfield. Tammy, Steve and Linda Drake will attend the annual training in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Frank Beierlotzer handed out information pertaining to all the different Memorial Day programs, and information about the annual Veterans Weekend in DeKalb. He would like to see as many of our members as possible to attend the Mayor’s Breakfast and the various programs on Memorial Day. Herb Holderman told us that he would like to hire Steve Kreitzer for the commission on June 1st at the entry level for a service officer. Steve Scoughton made this motion and this was seconded by Frank. Steve talked about what an asset Steve Kreitzer has already been to the commission. The motion passed. Mr. Kreitzer will attend service officer school in September in Bloomington. Victor Ingram made the motion to pay the commissions bills totaling $39,799.59. This was seconded by Frank and the bills will be paid. Herb told us that we have approximately $700,000 in reserves and that maybe we could help veterans with some dental care. Steve and Tammy will be checking out how best to do this and what dollar amount we should spend per veteran. Steve Walz made the motion to adjourn at 7:35 and this was seconded by Frank. We were adjourned. Respectfully Submitted
Steve Walz, Secretary
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