2027 Minutes

Public Information Advisory Board

6/10/2025

Attendees: Monika Salvage, Paul Boyer, Amanda Jaros Champion, Linda Holzbaur, Bruce Estes.

Updates from Monika:

• Monika announced that two new members have been appointed by the Legislature to PIAB. Ron VanOrman and Carissa Parlato. They will join the board once they have been sworn in by the Clerk’s Office.
• Monika has been working on a community engagement campaign for the Center of Government (COG) project. She is looking for community input regarding COG/County Services. Updates will be made available on the county website. There is also a survey for community members to collect how they interact with departments. Monika and other staff are visiting surrounding municipalities to talk to residents to help inform the project design. Monika worked with the Clerks in the County municipalities to help notify residents of the opportunity to participate.
• Monika is working to get the County employee Intranet page ready for an official launch.
• The Board of Elections has been working with Monika on their annual “I Voted.” Sticker contest. There are over 70 submissions. The BOE is working to narrow the choices before they are released to the public for voting.
• Monika wants to have a page on the county website for PIAB. The site will have a list of members, a schedule of meetings, and the summaries from previous meetings.
• Amanda said that Monika should think of ways that PIAB can support the work that she is doing as the Communications Director for the County. Paul said that board members have a lot of community connections, which may help Monika in the future when she needs to reach different parts of the community.

Appointment of Board Leaders:

• Amanda asked if the Board would appoint a Vice-Chair and a Secretary. This will be discussed at the next meeting. The group will choose some members to be on the Nominating Committee. Once a PIAB member is appointed as a Secretary, Ann will no longer attend the meetings.

  Future Meetings:

• Amanda asked that a meeting reminder be sent to the group from the Chair of the Board and that the reminder email includes an agenda.

  Paul Boyer:

• Convening, the local Press Forward group is moving ahead.
• Ithaca Voice recently received a grant to expand their staff.
• Ithaca Times is becoming a non-profit and is looking for volunteer “staff”.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:45 pm. The next meeting is on July 8th at 1:00 pm.

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