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<br />Council on Aging Board Meeting <br />Monday, April 13, 2009 <br />Reading Senior Center Game Room <br /> <br />Present <br />: Stacey Bertocchi, Steve Oston, Marguerite Bosnian, Margaret <br />Havey, George Lonergan, Carol Oniskey, Carol Patterson, Barbara Powers, <br />Carole Scrima, Gina Nelson (Associate), Dawn Folopoulos (Staff). <br /> <br />Call to Order: <br />6:37 PM <br /> <br />Minutes: <br />approved and accepted for the March 9, 2009 meeting. <br /> <br />Administrator’s Report: <br />approved and accepted. <br /> <br /> <br /> The Council had questions about the smoke detectors for seniors to be <br />purchased by the Reading Firefighters Union. Staff will check which <br />of the two common types will be installed. <br /> <br /> Staff has agreed to supply YTD information for various programs and <br />services. <br /> <br /> The new volunteer game leader position will start in May. Whist will <br />be a new activity. <br /> <br />Financial Report: <br />approved and accepted. <br /> <br /> <br /> The request for funds relative to the jelly bean suggestion box was <br />deferred to next year. <br /> <br /> The request for funds to purchase emergency preparedness kits was <br />moved (Stacey), seconded (Carol Patterson) and approved 9-0-0. <br /> <br /> The monthly financial report for Elder Services has been reduced to <br />four pages as requested by the Council. <br /> <br /> There is a new substitute van driver; funds for that position are nearly <br />expended for this FY. <br /> <br />Old Business: <br /> <br /> The Council decided to request an amendment to the budget during <br />th <br />the upcoming Town Meeting that begins on April 27. The budget <br />being proposed does not include salary funds to refill the Coordinator <br />of Volunteers position. Steve prepared a list of talking points that was <br /> <br />