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COUNCIL ON AGING <br />BOARD MEETING, OCTOBER 14, 1986 <br />PRESENT: F. Richard Felone, Chairman; Rosemary Gibbons; Sebastian Tine; <br />Aloyse Jellison; Gladys Cail; Barbara Doucette; and Associate <br />Member Loretta Spaulding, Rheta McKinley, COA Staff <br />ABSENT: Woody Baldwin; Ruth Montague; Jane Soule; John Montgomery; <br />Assoc. Member. Eric DellaRusso. <br />The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Dick Felone. <br />Motion MADE, SECONDED and VOTED to accept Minutes of previous meeting. <br />FINANCIAL REPORT. Rheta reported that $61,935.76, or approximately 8% of <br />budget, has been spent through.September 30 for F.Y. 86/87. Motion MADE, <br />SECONDED and VOTED to accept Financial Report. <br />REPORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY.. Motion MADE, SECONDED and VOTED to <br />accept report of Administrative Secretary. <br />OLD BUSINESS <br />ANNUAL DINNER. The tentative date for the Annual Dinner is November 23, 1986, <br />to be held at Austin Prep. Discussion ensued about inviting Selectmen, <br />Town Manager, Senators John Brennan and Bob Buell, and Representative <br />Geoff Beckwith. <br />Rheta will contact Weston's Greenhouse and Eric's about donating flowers <br />again this year. She will also contact Susan Whettle, Art Director of <br />Reading School Department, requesting that students again-make place mats <br />for each person atteding dinner. She will also call Joie Asgeirsson abou r <br />providing entertainment. <br />In order to eliminate the mass confusion preceding the dinner, it was decided <br />to eliminate the ecumenical service which was held upstairs in the chapel <br />' at noon. By doing this, there is no reason for people to start coming at <br />10:-30 a.m.. Dinner will be served at 1:00 p.m. and no one will be allowed <br />to enter before 12:45 p.m. <br />OTHER BUSINESS <br />POLICY STATEMENT Motion MADE, SECONDED and VOTED to accept the Policy <br />Statement as written. <br />Barbara Doucette informed the Board she had contacted Mark Nichols, Shop <br />Steward for the clerical workers union, about upgrading Rheta McKinley who <br />is presently classified as Clerk. <br />Dick again expressed the Board's frustration concerning this position; <br />the Board has been trying to correct this for several years. Having a <br />'clerk who is in the union manage the office is not fair to the Council on <br />Aging staff because Rheta, being in the union, is not allowed to attend <br />Department Head and Management meetings held by the Town. Consequently, <br />