1985-11-12 Council on Aging Minutes

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MINUTES - Board Meeting Monday - November 12, 1985. Present: Dick Felone, Aloyse Jellison, Frank Lemaire, Woody Baldwin Rheta McKinley, Jane Soule, Lorna Knap?)and"Sebastian. Tine. Brian McMenamin-of the Finance Committee. Meeting opened at 7:35 p.m. A motion MADE and SECONDED to accept the minutes of the previous meeting. FINANCIAL REPORT: Jane Soule reported that, based on the October printout, everything seems to be in line and we are where we should be. Motion MADE and SECONDED to accept the Financial Report. ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY REPORT: Rheta's report was distributed. Regarding the second paragraph covering FRIENDLY VISITOR, Dick Felone related his own personal experience with Lee Roberts. He finds her to be a "sensitive, car- ing and gentle person. We are truly fortunate to have this person on our staff." Our responsibility was discussed with relation to a situation, such as recently happened, when a door is locked and all the shades are drawn at the home of one of our clients. Dick thought that we should perhaps discuss this further with the Police Chief. Dick thought that perhaps he could out- line a course of action. The Board did not feel that it was our responsibility to walk around with "a fist full of keys". The consensus was that we just get some emergency numbers on file at the office. COMPUTER COURSE - The question arose regarding sufficient interest in this program. Rheta says that people have been asking about the program. It would cover thirty people. We are trying to get the cost taken care of by a grant. If this does not work out, Dr. Munnelly is very agreeable to work out something through the Adult Educa- tion Program. Motion MADE and SECONDED to accept the Administrative Secretary'.s Report. OLD BUSINESS: Annual Dinner - covered pretty well in report. Dick thought it would be nice to have as many Board members in attendance as possible. Twenty residents are coming from the Daniels Nursing Home. They have hired a bus for transportation. They had wanted to utilize our van for this purpose It was pointed out to them that we were very busy using the van for our .own clients that day. Regarding the notes from the school children we receive for use at the Annual Dinner, Aloyse Jellison has agreed to appoint representatives at each table to see that the guests write a little response to each of the children. She will then collect them, and with her own committee, see that they are sorted and returned to the school. B -Laws - Woody has been holding up working on these pending the appoint- ments of the two new Board members so he could get someone to work with him. Woody asked if the two new people could attend the meetings now. Lorna pointed out that since the meetings are public, anyone can attend them. However, they would not be able to be a part of the By-Law Committee until they were sworn in. Jane Soule agrees to sit in on the By-Law Committee. DISCRETIONARY ,RANT: A motion MADE and SECONDED to apply for a grant covering a clerk volunteer coordinator as explained in Rheta's report.