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Council on Aging Board Meeting 0? ER K
Monday - March 12, 2007 R. A' ~Reading Senior Center-Game Room
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Present were: Betty Cronin, Edwina Kasper, Carole Scrima, Stacey Bertocchi, Sally Hoyt,
Marguerite Bosnian, Barbara Powers, Margaret Havey, Dawn Folopoulos (staff), and Charlie
McDonald (associate member).
Absent: Carol Patterson, Ruth Goldberg.
6:30 Meeting Called to Order
February 12, 2007 minutes were approved.
Administrator's Report approved and accepted.
Financial Report approved and accepted.
Old Business
Dawn provided an update about the Nurse Advocate position. It is off the Town Meeting
Agenda for FY07.
Medical Rides update: The Hospital Trust Fund agreed to fund medical rides (Reading
Response) in and out of town for those that meet the income limits. Use of the Elder Service
Van is not income based and is only for in-town rides.
New Business
The fourth Annual Reading Friends and Family Day will be held on June 30, 2007. We will need
volunteers to man the table. We also discussed having a gift basket to raffle.
There was a discussion about how to create a fair policy for attendance at very popular Senior
Center Events.
REHS requested volunteer applications from those board members who had not yet completed
the application process.
Civil Behavior Questionnaires were distributed. Completed questionnaires were returned to
Dawn and will be delivered to the Assistance Town Manager.
Dawn distributed a newspaper article from The Reading Advocate that featured the was in which
The Silver Hair Legislature and Sally Hoyt are advocating for the seniors of Reading.
Motion to Adjourn 7:55 - Next month's meeting will be held on Monday, April 9, 2007.
Respectfully submitted,
Stacey Bertocchi