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Home My WebLink About1980-02-18 Council on Aging MinutesRegular Meeting Feb. 1.8,- 1980 Council on Aging Thy regular meeting of the Council can Aging was held on February 18, 1980 at Tannerville-•. Chairman Harold Wyatt presid-ing., lZef erl ing to the mailed report of the January 14, 1984' meeting and. agenda for the February 18, 1980 m:ye'cing, no, corrections or, objections were, noted.., In the abrc nce: of hrs.- McKinley, Frank Lemai.re- was requested to,, take notes. 'the following. items, as listed on the agenda -were, acted upon.. 1. It was agreed that the use of the =~ulti-wpurpose- Se-niot Center by outside bodies must be cleared thru and scheduled by the Council ear Its' Administrative Secretary to avoid. conflicts and misW-understandings. . 2. In considering the requested use of the, van for the x•Iarch 15th Shaw Bros-..-Cancer fund "fund raiser" it was understood that the. regular driver was nat going to be availa.bl tla ,s in- sufficient information about who, how many or to the ,-xtent of transportation was required it was unanimously moved no_t to _prmit the vW to be used-:. 3.J3hn Mac Donnell ?proposed, seconded by Larna Knapp and voted unanimously to raise van fares in town from 250 to 30a-ad' out of town rides from 500 to 750, effective at once The proposal of paying for job related courses for the admin- istrative secretary (Rheta) and the outreach worker (Ruth) was discussed to refered to the next meeting. The idea was favored but questions as to whether it was in the budget or- could. Mr. Agnew arrange to have sums transfe ,ed fro,r the., educational supplies account ? It was suggested that they determine what_ courses and the costs of the courseo that that' are 1 nte-re ted in. 5. Darold spoke oT the possibility of developing a spirit and t: reward the volunteerJ workers at the ;peal site, and the nco-o e who deliver: Alc~_:, on wheels. There'-may be twenty to thirty inv,-1ved.. He would' Like.: the Council.. to arrange a party scorer ev,:ning in toe last of April or May. H: would solicit funds fro_:_ D-atside. No, objections were n.ot_d: 6.., U?poh the: proposed second vic=e c;ha rr-an a discussion dev loay:, that Mr. Wyatt was "ready to ra8ign tonight and.take his reoignation to Mr. John Agn.er,r, d- r. tomorrow a he needed to be busy with his profession and the spring season approach- ing that he had spent too much time tiith Council affairs in thr T' ?.s- rlgonth. " That an Administrator was needed to carry out t-ht policies of the Board and' that the Chairman should only preside er the meetings." Discussion, folloi,7ed concerning nth- activities and responsibilities of the-Adninistrative ocretary and being p,lid at a clerk's rate, etc.. 1-orna Knapp made: a motion, seconded by J.-)hn, Mac Donnell, that Rheta's rate be, incre sed from 3.,89/hr. to 4.50/hr., unanimous vote.. Consid=erable discussion foiloTvied, concerning reports of talks with Mr,. or-l r of the Personnel Boa.rd., Finance Commi tee and ethers. Andew Mulhinch said "we shca uld have some by--laws" Council on Aging page 2 Discussions continueA and Jahn Mae Doh.nell. agreed to meet with Rheta on Tuesday for information on duties added since heT appointment in June 1977 and then to call, on r Morley again in regard, to upgrading her job d'iscription® fir. William ughas, re ire Tentative of the- Finance Committee, agreed to sec ?he to Tuesday morning (2/19/80) to go over the next year's bu&get with hero In the discussions of the possibility of freeing the Administrative Secretary for the problems of scheduling, super- vising, report making etc~ that it would be helpful. to have. a socials worker to check the calls and determi .e the proper referrals a Ruth has too little time ta, check the many, demands an a part time basis, Lorna reminded your clerk that her on ginaL motion to incre e Rheta's hourly rate als put off asking for a social worker until 1981. when the Town will have, tled union ncgoiations in 1980 and be mores receptive to increased payrolls., In refering to the agendas s cold business-, 1- The> propc se :-trip to have: buses (cost $320• to Manchester, J.R. blower show eras voted upon and approved. 2. The nos ibility of using High School Students for Meals an Uh el volunteers had not further infornation at this time. eanison has been trying to get in touch with the students advisor) MoDamas noted that, with the short ;periods that unless the students had the following periods free that thcro act be time enough for theme to come? from high school., deliver meals and roturn to class. Also: it not realized that the Malden d: 3 , very van is rather erratic at t ime2 requiring Freater flexibility in -tieing. It was also noted that add.itional. typing. r_til:ls couY be very helpful. At this time Levaire br°aught to tho attenti, of they group) "hat Lhe Do Elder .Af'f'airs pror, ose r tructin7 the ai~°ea ~ t4"(0, "~~,rt~[1cI~t of ~c3 ~ vgenc_ieo on Aging so that Mystly Valley ._IC= Affairs would no longer ' have control of the funds that . contributed to teals on Whesls~ Ungreg ,te Meals, the renovation of the Center and other services, and Reading; and associated towns and cities would be grouped with two structed organization with the cities of Chelse as Cambri.dga, Somerville, cvare and Wiathrop. A dissenting letter was read and CUE Lorna maAe a notion to send a letter for the Council. "sayin ^ the: Counci? does not support the nronosed re-organization believing that the present system is Providing better coordination and services' to the el derlyt Notion seconded and approved. Meeting adjouned 9: 23 Prsnt James Dumas, Jr. Betty K nnx Lorna. Knapp. rnmk L_ maire- John Mac Donnell Andrew Mulhinch Hary 0ttine Harold. Wyatt ResDectfullt submitted E. F. Lem Hire:, Clerk prey tem. Absent Eleanor Keating Guy Dennison Observers: Joe Rinmer Myrtle Lemaire another lady William Hughes., Finance Committee