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Town of Reading <br />0 Meeting Minutes <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Council on Aging <br />Date: 2021-06-14 <br />Time: 6:30 PM <br />Building: <br />Location: <br />Address: <br />Session: <br />Purpose: <br />Version: <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />R'EEE'rV E D <br />TOWN CLERK <br />READING. MA, <br />2021 DEC -6 AM 10: 10 <br />Jacquelyn Behenna (Associate Member), Barbara Carney, Joan Coco, <br />Margaret Havey, John Parsons, Karen Pinette (Associate Member), Thomas <br />Procopio, Sandra Shaffer, Marilyn Shapleigh, Deborah Small, Nancy Ziemlak <br />(Associate Member) <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Brenda Cashman (Associate Member), Jolyn Ek, Karen Fotino (Associate <br />Member), Sally Hoyt <br />Others Present: <br />Kevin Bohmiller, Mark Dockser, Amy O'Brien <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Marilyn Shapleigh <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Note: Meeting was conducted via a Zoom video conference call (Open Session - Remote <br />Meeting). <br />Call to Order by Thomas Procopio at 6:33 p.m. <br />Acceptance of Minutes from May: Accepted by roll call vote. All in favor. <br />New Business (Kevin Bohmiller): <br />• Amy O'Brien was introduced. She began work last Tuesday, filling the Elder/Human <br />Services Administrator position. Ms. O'Brien brings more than 20 years of non-profit <br />experience to the job. She is welcomed by all. <br />• The Pleasant Street Center will be opening tomorrow. An open house will be held <br />from 9:00 - 2:00. <br />• A tent has been set up at the Pleasant Street Center. It covers 384 square feet and <br />will be up until approximately mid-September. <br />• The plan for the Pleasant Street Center is to ease into using the building, initially <br />confining use to the first floor, except for individual appointments with staff. The <br />goal is to keep everyone safe and comfortable. Congregate meals are not available <br />yet. Van trips to Walmart have begun again; up to 6 people per van ride. Masks are <br />advised in the Pleasant Street Center (required for those not vaccinated); compliance <br />will be via an honor system. <br />• John Parsons made a motion to allocate up to $2,500 from the Burbank fund to be <br />used between now and the next Council on Aging meeting (in August, 2021) to fund <br />Pleasant Street Center programming activities. Margaret Havey seconded the <br />motion. All approved by roll call vote. <br />• A concert will be held at Memorial Park at 11:00 a.m. on July ist. <br />Page I 1 <br />