HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-03-25 Council on Aging MinutesCOUNCIL ON ACING
Regular Meeting, March 25, 19`14
The regular meeting of the Council can Aging was held on Monday,
March 25, 190, at he Recreation Building of the Sousing for the Elderly,
Reading, Mass,
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Tars. Nathalie C.
Beaton at 7:35 P,M. with the following members present, in addition to the
Chairman: Tars. C. Verna Lantz, Mrs. Elizabeth ouanis, Reverend Frederick
Enrich and. Mrs. Jeanne .rube; forming a quo.°rum. Mrs* Marion Tymi nski, the
Executive director, was also present.
On motion duly made and seconded., it was unanimously:
VOTE : To accept the Secretary's report of the previous
meeting, copses of which had been mailed to all,
Council members.
Mrs, Beaton read to the meeting a letter of resignation from Mrs.
Tyminski, and upon motion duly made and, accepted., it was unanimously:
: To accept with regret the resignation of Mrs. Marion
C. Tyminski as Executive Director and. Secretary of
the Council on aging effective March 29: 1974.
Mrs. Seaton announced that the Visiting Nurse, Mrs. Marion Thompson,
will now be in the office at 22 Frank D. Tanner Drive from 2:40 - WOO P.M.
on every Thursday afternoon for personal health consultations instead of at
the Community Center. Miss Virginia Cent, a representative of Blue Cross,
will be in the Recreation ?doom at Tannerville on Saturdays April 6 and. 20
from 9:00 t6 10:00 A.M. to answer questions the elderly might have on
Medicare, Medex and related subjects.
It was ddecid.ed that for the time being the Van would operate on the same
schedule, except that if the Van is available and 24 hours notice: is given,
an elderly person may be taken 10 an appointment, or on a personal: errand in
Reading or its Immediate vicinity, provided the Van is not otherwise occupied
at the time. For Reading trips the charge:would be 15 cents one way and
5 cents round trip.
Mrs. Beaton described. We j,lemen it Security Income Alert program
initiated by Social Security, The f Crw s Win charge of this program
locally. Mrs. Beaton reported that at a meeting with Reading Red. Cross
personnel and. Mr, Louis Lennick, Director of `supplemental Security Income
Alert, it was felt that it might be ad.va.Fe:7))lr to send out a mailing to all
elderly 65 Years of age or over, usin. h Council list. if this was finally
decided upon, it was s 7 ed. that the L rose
Council on ~ Ernest pay half' theecost and the
ng pay a~a,l~ . Mr. ~r. atson, the ?fed Cross Chairman, said
that he woul a< k his bard for approval of this plan. Ater discussion and
upon motiop duly made by Mrs. Dube`and seconded, it was unanimously:
A ; T, hat if it was decided to do this, the Council would:
send out this mailing under its own bulk mailing permit;
that the fed Cross would pay one half the cost and the
Council the other half; and Wat the Council would in-
clude an extra issue of the "11 darbexx.`i ss" newsletter
which could be inserted at no extra cost.
On motion duly rude by Mrs. Lantz and secone it was unanimouslya
VOTED; To accept the financial report of mire. Tyminski
in the absence o ir, Stratton, the Treasurer,
showing K balance of $9,686.84 in our 18-month
budget, and reporting that to date we have re-
turned to the Town $127.75 collected from pares
from the Van,
On emotion duly made by 4zr, Emrich and seconded, it was unanimously:
?~Ci` &Dt To accept the Budget of $179470.00 approved, by the
Finance Committee and voted at the Town Meeting
March 18, The budget is for the year July 1, 197
to June 30, 1975,
Mrs. Louanis announced that the Council trips this year will be,
June 5 - Nov.ck's in Millis, Bus will leave the Church of
the Good Shepherd at 10:00 A.M.
July 5 - The Old Grist iM ill In ~ -j j_-A-tt
Sept. - Yokam's, Portsmouth, N. Vii, (exact date to be
determined later).
On motion duly made by Mrs. Lantz and seconded, it was unanimously$
VOTED: That the meeting go into Executive Session. Mrs.
Tyminski left the meeting at this time,
Mrs. Beaten presented the names of twenty applicants far the position
of Secretary to the Council as the result of an advertisement in the Reading
Chronicle. 'ter discussion o the matter and upon motion duly made and
seconded, it was unanimously:
VC T. D: To offer the position to Mrs, Thelma J, Somers of 11 Pine
Ridge read., the starting date to be April 1, 1974,
There being no further business to come before the meeting and upon
motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimouslyt
VOTE W To adjourn,
The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 9;10 p, fit;.
Respectfully submitted,
Marion G. Tyminsk3
eoretar~r
and
C. Verna Lantz
Secretary Pro--Tem or Executive Session