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Home My WebLink About2022-08-02 Council on Aging Minutes-RECEIVED Town of Reading TOWN CLERK Meeting Minutes READING, MA. ?.k 2023 JAN -9 AM 11: 26 Board —Committee -Commission —Council on Aging: Date: 2022-08-02 Time: 6:51pm Purpose: Council on Aging Location: Zoom Meeting Members Present:, John Parsons, Marilyn Shapleigh, Debbie Small, Nancy Ziemlak, Rosemarie DeBenedetto, Beverly Cunio, Nancy Tawadros Members Not Present: Jolyn Ek, Sally Hoyt, Joan Coco, Jackie Behenna, Barbara Carney, Karen Pinette, Karen Fabric, Sandy Shafer, Others Present: Amy O'Brien,EHS Administrator/ Karen Herrick, Select Board Liaison/ Jenna Fiorente, Community Services Director/Bob Holmes, Reading News Minutes Respectfully Submitted by: Nancy Ziemlak • Meeting Called to Order at 6:51 • Motion made to accept minutes from June 2022: all voting members voted in favor to accept minutes with noted corrections. Select Board Uaison Report/ ReCalc Update —Karen Herrick • Recent Forum participant. Very informative. • Update on RFP status. SB discussed it in executive session. Walgreens offered a 10 year lease for $1BKmo$36K increase after 10 years) for 15,000 sq ft. ada compliant, located in Downtown Reading, available parking is about 30 public spaces, 6 dedicated spaces. Town is looking into alternative parking for all town staff. Initially, overall SB favorable for short term use but need to do further research to assess other costs (i.e. build out costs, ADA compliance, etc). Election of Officers • After motions made and vote taken the following members were elected for FY23 - • COA Chair: Marilyn Shapleigh, Vice Chair: John Parsons, and Secretary: Nancy Ziemlak FY23 Meeting Schedule • After discussion, motion made and members voted in favor of meeting on the first Monday of the month. FY 23 Meeting Dates: Sept 5 will be moved to Sept 6 due to the Holiday, 10/3, 11/7, 12/5, 1/2, 2/6, 3/6,4/3, 5/1, 6/5, 8/7 Welcome New Members • Rosemarie DeBenedetto (Associate), Karen Janowski (Associate), Nancy Tawadros (Associate), Beverly Cunio (Associate). • It was suggested that new members review the town's Council on Aging website for further information. https://www.madingma.gov/558/Councilon-Aging. Elder Services Report • New Senior Center Coordinator has been hired and starting August 15", full time M -Th 8:00-4:30, Fri 8:00-12:00 • Jenna is coordinating ARPA Funding activities. Some of these programs currently include trips in OCr/NOV which will be discounted 25%-50% using the ARPA funding. Also, planning to collaborate with the Library for a 6 week "Wellness Wednesdays" series. Also looking into RCN recording the program sessions for later viewing. It was suggested when discussing with the Library to schedule evening activities for working seniors. • Memory Caf€ will be scheduled again in collaboration with Stoneham, Also, Elder Affairs is actively recruiting volunteers, currently about 25 applications, which will be reviewed. • A participation report is attached below with details. Financial Report • Three reports are attached. Marilyn reviewed the purpose of each fund. The reports are attached to the minutes each month for background information. Amy reviewed the most recent expenditures. Plans to Recognize Sally Hoyt's Service to Reading • Plans are well underway for August 17 Proclamation Signing, 9:30am, Pleasant Street Center. lCoffee and pastries included • Sally will also be recognized at the monthly Birthday Lunch on August 25u' at ipm Elder Services Requests for Funding • September Funding Request for $600 for monthly Birthday Lunch. All voting members voted in favor of the request from funds from Burbank Trust. • September Funding Request for $250 for a Welcome Coffee with the New Senior Center Coordinator. All voting members voted in favor of the request from funds from Burbank Trust. Discussion of possible use of Trust Funds for furniture etc in expanded/new space (if/when the opportunity arises) • Marilyn was asked to present the idea to COA for the possible purchase of furniture forthe temporary Senior Center Site should one become available • Jenna suggested a meeting with Amy O'Brien, Sharon Angstrom, Mark Dockser, others to further understand the details of the Trust Funds especially in relation to this question. Adjourned at 8:15pm Note: the packet of information presented at the meeting is included with these minutes below. If printing just the minutes make sure you select just pages 1 and 2 to print. Note: the full audio for this meeting is available at RCTV.org, click on Video, scroll for meeting date to open. Coamunis.pdf aaaR� �1 JIM lih�l��i t ynil �1 JIM t JUNE & JULY 2022 MONTHLY REPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT ELDER/HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION Pleasant Street Center Highlights: JUNE • Birthday lunch- 29 ppl • Patriotic 4" of July Celebration with Kalifornia Karl- 30 ppl attended. We booked him 2 more times. • Movie & Pizza- 13 ppl Pleasant Street Center Highlights: JULY • Birthday lunch- 26 ppl • Ice Cream social- 40 people • Movie & Pizza- 12 ppl * yn a r)nsaa nm nn hn)d fn. S...n.na. mhlrh n. vn)n:n Ihu dor.onco in n..mhA 2022 STATISTICS J F M A M J J A S O N D YTD Social Services 158 169 171 168 174 251 272 Nurse Advocate Clients 128 139 128 158 141 82 110 Van Rides 312 315 316 312 286 322 321 Special Lunch 19 28 32 46 54 59 26 Exercise 486 482 443 401 449 501 242 Games 201 187 175 180 302 263 220 Misc. Education & Support 21 21 32 45 59 66 54 Averaee Daily Attendance Report: June 2022 Checkin Count 685 Days in Range 21 Avg Duplicated 32.62 Avg Per Weekday Monday 56 Tuesday 27 Wednesday 40.2 Thursday 29.8 Friday 14.75