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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