HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-06-14-COA-min.pdf LEXINGTON COUNCIL ON AGING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
June 14, 1995
Attending Clark Cowen, Chair
Frank Chen
John Curry
Jackie Davison
Dan Fenn, Board of Selectmen
Jack Fisher
Roz Gittleman, Human Services
Phyllis Rand
Linda Crew Vine, Executive Director
Steve Baran, Staff
Rhoda Garfinkel, Nutrition Site Manager
Clark Cowen called the meeting at 4: 30 p.m. without further
comments.
Conareaate Meals Report - Rhoda gave a first-time report on three
kinds of congregate meals sponsored by the Senior Center the
Monday-Friday luncheons, the supper-club meals at senior housing
sites, and the Meals-On-Wheels plus the frozen dinners delivered to
the seniors All are provided by Minuteman Home Care, Inc The
frozen food program saw a doubling of clients to 14-15 per week It
consisted of a weekly drop of one meal per day, with a donation of
$1 50 per meal The Meals-on-Wheels scholarship fund amounts to
$3 , 200 for the year.
The luncheon operation is well handled by a group of senior
volunteers This has enabled Rhoda to spend time lining up special
activities, e g festive lunches at the center, the Senior Prom of
high school seniors with our seniors, a student intern, and Project
Bridges where our seniors are helping Cotting School interns learn
some social skills as well as computer literacy
Rhoda commented that changes in government requirements of
information will mean more paperwork for her Minuteman Home Care
is designing a new form to help gather the needed information on
our meal participants, principally to target the older and more
frail seniors
Letter from Bill Simmons - The letter protested against some —
remarks made by Clark Cowen on the Override issue Dan Fenn
suggested a friendly response from Clark to Bill
Director' s Report - Linda is currently negotiating with Minuteman
Home Care in an attempt to raise the funding of the Social Day Care
program from $20 to $24 or $25 per participant-day MMHC declined
our rate change request Linda will try again with Director Joan
Butler-West and may proceed further by approaching the MMHC Board
L
We have been level funded in the past seven years and the cost of
transporting the participants to the program is a major item in the
COA budget
Diana Grammont and Mary Gillespie reported that we were given a
state grant of $1,900 for our Intergenerational project
A library report and a FCOA annual report were handed out
By-Law Chanae - the Board voted unanimously to amend Article 2A of
the By-Laws to allow a two-year term for each Board member
Board Secretary - the Board also voted unanimously for Phyllis Rand
to replace Frank Chen as COA secretary to the end of October 1995
Treasurer's Report - John Curry provided a detailed discussion of
the COA finances with estimates to the fiscal year end We will
likely end the year with a minor surplus Items covered included
the Meals-on-Wheels fees, the Social Day Care costs, and the
Expense Ledger Some $11, 000 to $13 , 000 of Day Care transport-
ation costs may be absorbed into our budget The cost of a staff
member's payroll tax and insurance for the program is another
source of budget pressure We are also looking for grants to cover
wages for two social work staff And we are watching the cost of
paper supplies used at the center
An unencumbered sum of $1, 600 will be spent to connect three
personal computers to the Town's computer network This will
enable us to access town-wide information by computers and to send
or receive information to or from the Town Hall by computers
Event Notes The Long Range Planning meeting June 21 from 8 00 to
11 00 a m will be at the Gray Nun's Breakfast will be served
The Assisted Living Conference, also at the Gray Nun's on June 22 ,
same time as the above Phyllis Rand will attend instead of Clark
Cowen
The Board will meet next on 9/13 at 4 30 p m This meeting was
adjourned at 5 45 p m
Respectfully submitted,
Frank W Chen, Secretary