HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-12-08-COA-min.pdf MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 8TH, 1987, C 0 A BOARD MEETING - Page 1
MEMBERS PRESENT Terry Gent, Dorothy Boggia, Wendell Benway,
- Kevin Grimes, Ed Grant, Louis Tropeano, George Doughty,
Connie Foster, Ruth Butler
STAFF Linda Vine
OTHERS PRESENT Jack Eddison, Mary Brock
ABSENT Barbara Rubin
The meeting was called to order by Terry Gent He distributed a memo on
the Accessory Apartment Partnership and how we could proceed with step
two of the Partnership He asked the members to review the proposal
and that it would be discussed at the January meeting
He also stated that the Senior Health Monitor Program would require
lengthy discussion and encouraged members to limit their comments to
twenty (20) minutes
The Minutes of the November Meeting were accepted as presented
REVIEW OF MONITORING TOOL presented by Wendell Benway This tool is to
be completed yearly by the Senior Citizens Club The intent of the tool
is to keep better fiscal and programmatic statistics by the Council
Louis Tropeano felt the tool would be easily completed by the Club
The C 0 A asked that a report be given for this year Motion to adopt
the usage of the monitoring tool was accepted by the Board
SENIOR HEALTH MONITOR REVIEW A Review of the sub-committee's report was
given by Ruth Butler and Terry Gent A copy of the reply from Harvey
Lowell , Co-chairperson of the Human ServicesCommittee was distributed
Wendell Benway expressed his feelings that this was a most important
challenge faced by the C 0 A He felt that we should not be afraid to
venture forth, the money should not be a concern
Dorothy Boggia felt we needed additional time to examine the proposal
as presented She felt if we assume responsibility for the program we
do not want to fail, but must be prepared to do it well
Ruth Butler expressed her desire to see Minuteman Home Care Corporation
become involved in the case management segment of the proposal She
felt that a better system of coordination among the agencies was
desireable, and to avoid duplication of service
Terry Gent expressed his concern over the various budget sources and
would like further detail on what the Senior Health Monitor actually does
He stated he was in favor of the program but not without further
explanation and exploration as to how the program is worked, what are
the goals, and how do we measure the results?
Linda Vine- expressed her hesitation to continue to provide assistance
to the Human ServicesCommittee in light of the misunderstanding She
encourages direct communication between the two groups
( Ed Grant questioned what our role was to be Were they asking us for a
deadline, sponsorship or what? He concludes that they evidently took
the view that we were not prepared to do anything
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Jack Eddison noted that the November 27th memo to Human Services was
merely comments from the sub-committee and not a statement reviewed and
voted upon by the Board He also mentioned that as far as liability was
concerned he felt that any claims against the C 0 A would be backed
up by the Town Terry Gent disputed this matter and claimed that liabiry
was something that had to be spelled out clearly and resolved, else he
as a businessman would be compelled to resign as he could not afford to
jeopardize his own business
Jack referred to Point 3 regarding funding If a good case were made to
the Town there should be no problem The Town would find a means to
provide necessary funding for use by such an important group If the
future funding seemed unclear, he suggests that the prospective treasurer
of the group should approach the Town Manager for a clear cut plan and
he felt certain that backup funds would be provided He also stated that
the added cost for additional staff brought on by the increased responsi-
bilities on the C 0 A would be recognized by the Town, if properly
presented He defined the wording of the responsibilities of the C 0 A
as stated in Article 30 of the Town By-laws as "The Council on Aging -
There shall be a Council on Aging for the purpose of coordinating or
carrying out programs designed to meet the problems of the aging, in
coordination with the Dept of Elder Affairs " He believes that this
program should be handled by The C 0 A and that there is a need for a
lot more discussion and interrelation between the Human Services, and
other groups to figure out how to do it right He further explained the
role of the Human Services Committee in the Town They examine and review
requests for help or funds from the Town and they make recommendations to
the Selectmen, who do not have the time or the knowledge of each project
to make proper decisions
A motion was made that the C 0 A move ahead on the Senior Health Monitoring
Program Motion seconded and accepted
A second motion was made that a sub-committee, consisting of Terry Gent,
Ruth Butler, Dottie Boggia and Ruth Butler be appointed along with Linda
Vine, to schedule a meeting with a sub-committee of Human Services to
develop and record the details of that activity with the intent that we
are going to move ahead to support a mutually acceptable Senior Health
Monitoring Program The sub-committee will then report back to the Board
at the January meeting as to the direction to be agreed upon and resolved
at the February meeting Motion seconded and accepted
DIRECTOR'S REPORT - Linda Vine presented a proposal to implement a
Podiatry Screening Clinic at the Center (Please refer to handout)
Linda developed Procedural Policy for C 0 A Trips and Inclement Weather
Both policies were distributed to members
- Information was given out on the status of the F C 0 A A recent audit
review indicated records were in order, (refer to letter from Ralph
Hill, C P A )
- A Library Book Sale Report was received as well as an update on the
Meals on Wheels Program
The Director ' s Report was accepted as presented
George Doughty asked the Board to consider sponsoring a Life Line for in-
dividuals in need The members agreed to look at this idea and make
recommendations to the F C 0 A
Meeting adjourned at 6 10 p m
Respectfully submitted
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