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Dr. Cosgrove said that he had been asked if he would go along with the Council on Aging having a blood pressure clinic. Dr. Cosgrove said he had no objection if everyone else felt it was advantageous to all concerned, including the senior citizens. After the Board Meeting went by (April 13, 1981) that Mr. Rooney did not show up at, the Council on Aging contacted the Town Manager stating that they did not hear from the Board of Health about these clinics and apparently felt that the Board was not interested. Dr. Cosgrove stated that the Council on Aging took his idea and when the Town Manager was contacted, they had given him the impression that the clinic was their idea. He said that was not a very nice thing for Mrs. Melcher to do. Mr. Rooney spoke and said they want to move one of the clinics at least, to the Council on Aging because they feel they are infringing upon the privacy of the residents at the villages when the blood pressure clinics are there. Dr. Cosgrove asked what was wrong with Greeley and Vynebrook before the Council on Aging came into existance? Mr. Rooney said the halls at the villages are the residents living room for the elderly. They do not belong to the Town. Mr. Lambie asked if residents outside of the villages resent having to go into the villages? Unfortunately people resent going there, Mr. Rooney said. Mr. Lambie asked: "Is there a problem there?" Mr. Rooney said that the senior citizens opposed the setting up of the Council on Aging. There is a big difference between the council and the senior citizen group. Mr. Rooney cannot understand their attitude. Mr. Rooney said the elderly have paid their way in Town and should have their privacy at the villages. Dr. Cosgrove said the clinic that is run at the bank, sponsored by the Rotary, does not have any steps to go up or down but the church where the Council on Aging is does have steps to contend with. Dr. Cosgrove resents anyone that says that the Board hasn't done a good job in supplying clinics for the elderly. He said that he took the oath to do a good job for the residents of this Town. Dr. Cosgrove said again it was his suggestion to go along with the clinic at the Council on Aging, not Mrs. Melcher's as she claims. Mr. Lambie said I think we are all interested in doing the best for the elderly of this Town. Mr. Rooney said, "Years ago when this came up, the Housing Authority could have turned down these clinics." "The Town has never paid one cent to main- tain these villages." 1 1 1