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Home My WebLink About1976-11-18-COA-min.pdf Lexington Council on Aging Meeting, November 18, 1976 Visitors ' Center, Second-floor Meeting Room MINUTES Present CoA A Paranya , M Ritter, J. Stump, D Williams Staff: J Melcher Guests S Plumb, J 2oerheide Observer Bill Sen 1 The meeting was convened at 7 50 P M by Ch. Jane Stumpp After a correction the proposed Warrant Article should be submitted to the Town Manager' s office , rather than the Town Clerk' s , the minutes for Oct. 27th were approved as distributed, 2. Co-ordinator' s Report Joan Melcher reported the following a. The reception went well, but everyone would have liked better attendance, Publicity was not adequate b. With the closing of Stevens ' Market , the search is on for another market to provide a grocery delivery service for the elderly Sage's , Arlmont , Concord Hill , White Hen Pantry, Alexander' s , and Finast have been contacted No results so far c, Volunteer s and Newcomers Coffee Hour is slated for December 9th at 10 A.M at Buckman Tavern Invitations will be mailed on Novem- ber 22nd or 29th d More calls have come in from women who want friendly visitors, We need more women volunteers as visitors. e. I have spoken to the Jewish Tuesday Leisure Group giving essential- ly the same speech as at the nov. 7th Reception, f We are searching for a co-ordinator for Meals-on-Wheels CETA, in Newton, will hire only full-time workers vs Watertown which will hire half-time workers Elser Service Corps has also been contact- ed, but they can only hire those with incomes below 952 , 800 g Joe Rooney will handle publicity for the CoA h Barbara Luckman has volunteered to plan trips to the theater, etc that would be paid for entirely by the participants Encouraged her to look into it. i Arnold Green has suggested that AARP would be glad to co-operate with the CoA in planning a trip to the Flower Show in the spring, possibly a trip to Newport. j. Scout Master Hardy Margosian would like his scout troop to help the elderly and asked for suggestions (One was an idea that the• scouts might contact all householders/in the neighborhood of Greeley Village to urge that sidewalks be cleared of snow and ice promptly ) k. Lexington' s new Town Manager is reported to have a good record for assisting the CoA in Plainville, Conn 1, Mrs. Sullivan had a heart attack in the CoA office Police , firemen, and Arnold Greene were superb m Luther Reed expressed interest in taking the Lip Reading Teaching course so that he could teach lip reading in Lexington next year n The Transportation Sub-committee met on Nov 18th with Dot Williams, Elaine Dratch, Bill Sen, John Henry (C&W) , Joan Melcher in attend- ance 3 Mrs Williams reported on the Dial-aRide Program C&W has agreed to extend the Dial-aRide route to the Mall , with a pick-up at Filene 's at 2 P M for the return to Lexington. New flyers and Minute-Man publicity will be used to advertise the added service It was also agreed that a companion may go with an older citizen ; pick-up for both must be at the senior' s home Bill Sen, retired electronics engineer, is interested in analyzing data in regard to the Mini-bus to study trends Joan has been interviewed by WEEI about the bus program. Channel 4 I has called; has been asked to wait a week or two until the program is well under way 4 Marge Howard, Reference Librarian at Cary, will host library tours for groups of 10 persons Announcement in the next Newsletter 5. Newsletter copy should be in by December 4th. It was moved, seconded, and voted to approve the purchase of an IBM Selectric font in the type needed for the CoA Newsletter to be used by a volunteer who is willing to type the Newsletter on her own machine It was moved, seconde, and voted that the Treasurer make a postage deposit for Newsletter #5. It was moved, seconded, and voted to approve payment of a telephone bill for $51 15 6 Jean Zoerheide , of the LWV, presented a plan for an essay contest for senior citizens, the prize to be a "Gold Card" membership in the Lex- ington League. The idea was approved, and an announcement will appear in the next Newsletter 7. Scott Plumb, Co-ordinator of the Arlington CoA, discussed the Title VII Nutrition Program and Congregate Meals with us. Home Care Corp is working on the project , for which Scott is writing the proposal Six or seven meal sites are planned for the Minute-Man area Definite are 2 in Arlington, 1 in Woburn, 1 in Burlington Proposed are i in or near Maynard, 1 in Bedford or Lexington A local Council needs to a Locate a suitable site b Decide which support services at the site will be most important c Get commitments from local agencies - Tri-Community Health, MV Mental Health Center - to supply some support services as in-kind contributions. Possible Lexington sites were named Belfry Club, K of C, Follen Church, Sacred Heart , St. Brigid's. Volunteers offered to help Joan Melcher investigate sites An appropriate site should be able to ac- commodate 50 or more diners , have a small kitchen, storage space , toilet facilities on the same level, if possible The site owner will be paid enough to cover fuel and utility costs ; the difference between that amount and a normal rental to be counted as an in-kind contribution Before a congregate meal program can be started, trans- portation for elderly clients must be assured There must also be plans for on-site programs which may range from crafts to legal coun- seling 8. Scott Plumb also advised about Meals-on-Wheels He cautioned that we must be very selective in choosing recipients of the program They must have a doctor' s order and/or a diet order to qualify Scott also made suggestions about finding a CETA worker to manage Meals-on-Wheels. ( 9. Next CoA meeting will be on December 8th Agenda will include more discussion and planning for congregate meals and drafting of a Warrant Article to increase the size of the Council. 10 Adjournment came at 9 50 P M. Respectfully( submitted, (! , ,�<yy// ,