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Home My WebLink About1977-03-09-COA-min.pdf For Do .rei Meeting March 9, ±977 Joan iv1elesil•,r'' F.H:Lt,Lid ed U L, a,•al R.;vcnue Sharing Meeting at the Town Hall bh Town Manage 2, P request Jane Stum2pp and Joe Rooney were precent ralco V(4.17k.,IS7.1.14....,Ca« 1 rieiwere present We mad our Bugg, stion ,about future pending F'"asib:ility study of a ,i,-;nsor Citizen) Center, and future funding os Meals on Matsu LP iatchitis0LI doted that ways could probably' be 1oi:nd to iron Meals on I,Jha•`..L LlLtla; was said about the, Center, but we thought good ide to i1ontion it The Couac,i.Los budget will be taken, ii-ow LL OHS tor' this. year NL. t other tic eus of the tom dill he met through , h ? 1di .r; li, Wrz„ thoui;lit good idea to rotate different co(umitto r t°ucria.a;' through ae, fund .at,;Leraded .k Cro u!,r .1 Ii ,( no ilial• ilii, Meeting at the Town. hall a a.t the Selcotwaneo request incr again it was vcry pool _Ly a'et, iidod , but I t,.°> 3 L,luu Lae wore repro: dented. Nothing new wa, rc Lly mentioned , but 14r LL.i,Chinson wanted the Selectman to hear what had been sit it, !! Htout OHS . ?LL' :Ad ;d a IJuma.tz Services ivk,etr 1a, heLd try' .d a✓.!nrteh 2:ad qith jai Shavt t!ad th L,r,a. e of iJolu:noe Votes. It wan th b, t. ,.;teetingI have eft or o.tt'-•nd cl Thirty ,o,Uuia Pc 1;"r tout cd about 2'1 agerselL £ in town del in D 0UU t int are s It ;ave, a, R. Oh'a'1 LU I',LAOW Utk .1- 347(n:eic did, who we were talking too, and we 'ii .00vernu Whore ud( overlapped in :ieru c ?ad Ah to the &Afro .Jr Future 12 - ding( were L(;l4 Pi f9 Win br-) ,cut out �!. Attended a he Aria it ti- - !- -)1S.1-( i)t pio,.7eint i. ? o-"..'p I tined to Lacei v‘q- it we are doia, uoneorr1.:,.ug 1-iri:41.s 311 0hoe19 Dr r:iill:!th 4:-.1/L 1 LO i;o to .:ynnme one d..).y in 9. couple of 1,aoet .n Lo -Pt the b 01104, .nd iahlc a6 (M. food :iyl Q:1a ivierfeld wont with me Lie urel NOCt LbG )1pl.in:ing Mei. Ls on wh -Q-L, is really gathering- ste .:n ai of t.t: ; Monday we: will have eight clients Sylvia Md e Its L. 'i ,ut I cnitriti& h01". 3 on. the In:°Ojoci She attended (mu to Linn •<<h t; ULi "r tovtud did in ees. taiu situations etc She renally should go on the a" y roil Dot WitLiatas .Looked over the budget and thought: would bey ome money left over to fund her through May and ;Tuns: Then I think the Town. Manage). will cow. forth Sylvia will herr, iLter 'chi vauit* after a class she is attending o Th aewLlctter" gas moiled yesterday a6@u w., "e ;mile;e lo., 41i91 euu were deliver ad to 6,,.10 VU IA. e .a rl the Drop in Center In Lh V-utin e 0 w , olar:d to accept, checkLs only I or any money hr .n- - action oi. the Council We b we 71 poo;}ih volnp to the Flower Show March Gr: That 14111 be. 2? DueaL from C&W ,) Tr lrsDpor . tion. i wicking up 2) La week Today �'�. ho t,2 t � ,E3�. i ! :a,y ) j. Uj}.Lc I-ode t�1,. Lexington Council on Aging Meeting, March 9 , 1977 Visitors ' Center, Second-floor Meetin5' Room MINUTES Present CoA S Goodwin, A Jackson, A Paranya , M Ritter, J Stumpp, D.Williams Staff J Melcher, Dr S Merfeld Guest W R Page Observers B Sen,J Zoerheide 1 The meeting was called to order at 7 50 P M by Ch Jane Stumpp Minutes of the February 23rd meeting were approved as distributed, 2 The Council discussed Warrant Article #65, and it was moved, second- ed, and voted that the Council on Aging supports the concept of Arti- cle #65 but does not feel that it can, or should, be responsible for its implementation This decision was discussed with Mr Page when he appeared later on in the meeting, and various suggestions were made to him with a view to strengthening his presentation at Town Meeting, 3 Ann Greenway-Jackson' s report proposing the development of resource and referral materials and of evaluation techniques was thoroughly discussed It was moved, seconded, and voted that a sub-committee of CoA members undertake to edit the report and make plans for implement- ing it 4 Co-ordinator' s Report a Attended a General Revenue Sharing Meeting at Town Hall at the Town Manager' s request Jane Stumpp and Joe Rooney were present also Very few committees were present, We made our suggestions about future spending Feasibility Study of a Senior Citizens ' Center, and future funding of Meals-on-Wheels Mr Hutchinson noted that ways could probably be found to fund Meals-on-Wheels Little was said about a Center, but we felt it should be mention- ed The Council' s budget will be taken from GRS for this year The plan is to rotate different Committees ' funding through GRS funds b Attended a General Revenue Sharing Meeting at the Town Hall at the Selectmen' s request ; also a poorly attended meeting Nothing new was mentioned, but Mr, Hutchinson wanted the Selectmen to hear what had been stated about GRS funds c Attended a Human Services Meeting on March 2nd with Jeff Shaw and the League of Women Voters It was the best meeting I have ever attended Thirty people represented about 20 agencies in town and surrounding areas It gave us a chance to know what other agencies did, who we were talking to, and to discover where we overlapped in services , and where the gaps were Future meetings were planned Minutes will be sent out d Attended a meeting at the Health Dept to explain to them what we are doing about Meals-on-Wheels Mr Smith wants to go to Symmes one day soon to see the handling and packing of food Dr Merfeld went with me and did most of the explaining e Meals-on-Wheels is gathering steam, As of Monday, we will have eight clients Sylvia Merfeld has put in countless hours on the project, attending HEW to find out what other towns did in certain situations , etc She really should be on the pay roll It looks as if we will have some money in the budget to fund her through May and June, after which the Town Manager will have a plan f The Newsletter was mailed yesterday 2600 were mailed for 1194 48 200 were delivered to the Villages and the Drop-in Centers g In the future should we recommend accepting checks only for any money transactions of the Council like trip reservations? h There are 71 people going to the Flower Show on March 22nd, using 2 busses from C&W i Transportation patronage is picking up Twenty-nine people rode last week Today, 20 people used the bus The council agreed on the need to start paying Dr Merfeld; will make a decision next meeting It was moved, seconded, and voted that in the future , the CoA will request that payment for trip reservations , etc , be made by check, except in unusual circumstances 5 Rev Goodwin reported on the Home Care Nutrition Program The first of seven meal sites is expected to begin operating in April Budget is $209,000 of which $85, 000 goes to administration and support Plans are to serve 340 meals a day, 5 days a week at a cost of 81 44 per meal People coming to the meals will be invited to make a donation toward the cost Designated sites , costs , and number of meals to be served are Acton West Acton Baptist Church $150/month 60 meals Arlington Calvary Methodist Church $150/mo 70 " First Baptist Church 210/each day of use Bedford Congregational Ch. , Great Rd $762/yr 50 " Burlington Sr Center - Union School 40 " Maynard Elks Club 40 " Woburn Movable Unit - Library Center 6o " Personnel Janet Clark, Project Supervisor, $13,000 ; Co-ordinator, $8,500 ; bookkeeper-clerk, $8, 300 In addition, there will be site managers for 20 hrs /wk @ 24 00/hr and 3 meals drivers for 10hr/wk • $2 50/hr Sites will be available to people from other communities ; the site should be called a day ahead to reserve a place Donations ( 500 a meal) may be made , not required 6 Joan Melcher introduced Dr Sylvia Merfeld who outlined the status of Meals-on-Wheels More volunteers are needed, especially drivers Dr Merfeld also discussed the need for thermal containers for meals trans- port Ideally, each volunteer driver should have 1 hot , 1 cold con- tainer The possibility of using some of our special funds was sug- gested Dr Merfeld will do more research; adecision will be made next meeting after our fiscal review Dr Merfeld explained that the drivers do not stop at delivery of the meals, but go into the homes , arrange food for the noon meal, refrigerate the other meal, make a general check of the client and his situation Volunteer needs 1 packer daily, now; 2 drivers daily beginning March 14th 7 Dot Williams reported that she is beginning work on the May News- letter. M-M Voc can produce the Newsletter in one week if we send a copy-perfect version otherwise , they need our copy 3 weeks in ad- vance 8 Friendly Visitors Ann Paranya reported that there are now 8 friendly visitors who visit 9 people We could use more visitors - people who are willing to make a commitment to make regular visits. The next Friendly Visitors meeting will be held on April 12 , 1977 at 2 P M. in the Barn at Mystic Valley M H Center, Bedford Street. The Play Reading Group will hold its first meeting on Sunday, March 13 at 2 P M at Follen Church in East Lexington 9 Treasurer's Report Current bills outstanding Newsletter (printing) S 37 00 C&W Trans (transpotation cost for 1 blind person) 8 00 Ingalls ( office supplies) 22 35 Ingalls ( office supplies) 4 91 J Melcher (reimbursement for M-On-W labels , office sup ) 9 92 Rent on Post Office Box 14 00 P.0 (deposit for next Newsletter mailing) 200 00 Total `i 296 18 It was moved, seconded, and voted to approve payment of these bills 10 Next meeting, on April 13th, will deal with a review of the budget, expenditures to date, and allocation of remaining funds 11. The meeting adjourned at 10 55 P.M. Respectful) submitted, 44„ Ann G Paranya Secretary