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Home My WebLink About1997-06-11-COA-min.pdf LEXINGTON COUNCIL ON AGING BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES JUNE 11, 1997 ATTENDING Clark Cowen Chairperson Phyllis Rand Jack Fisher Sheldon Spector Nancy Freed, Staff Anne Kriebel John Curry Jacqueline Davison Peg Jemison Gene Isotti ABSENT Ed Grant Barbara Rubin CHAIRPERSON' S REMARKS Clark Cowen called the meeting to order at 4 35 p m and welcomed the Board _a.: the new Adult Day Care house Clark explained that the terms of four Board members are up for renewal- -Clark Cowen Jack Fisher hd Grant and Phylli Rand Ai .. except Ed Grant have indicated the' want to continue -As member Ed will let Clark know of his decision MINUTES The minutes of the May 21 meeting were accepted with one amendment Under the section FRC...RAM COORDINATOR on page t should be noted that Peg Jemison recommended a comprehensive needs assessment be made to help with new program ideas TREASURER' S REPORT John Curry reported that the COA budget and the Da. Care budget al Oh a f, .ai , e, _ _] , be dune bt f r _ n-. the end of the fiscal year John aiso gave a follow up on the MOW budget The FCOA has verbalsy agreed to a scholars.0 p of $1558 C ,r the MOW budget for FY96 and 97 Other measures to be instituted include closer monitoring of the daily meal orders checking bilis against the orders. prompter billing and follow-up phone calls to delinquents and more program advertising through ho- pit.al and nursi:g homes John exp_a_ .ed the there s a mode L sur ] i of about $3000 which can be applied towards meals program resu t there shou _d be a posi _ = a bos trio L !cr DIRECTOR' S REPORT ADULT DAY CARE PROGRAM Nancy reported that the new site has been open a week and a half and eller and their fam_lie are ✓et pleased with the new site The program is full now and there is a waiting list from which Ca_ ,ly Graff t es processing assessments Invitations to the Open House to h neld on Wednesday June 25 5 to 8 to m have been sent to abo_ 250 people in Lexington and Lincoln- -town officials town mee ing members , school committee members and Minuteman Tech School officials There will be publicity in the Lexington Minuteman It was suggested that invitations should also De sent to the local clergy as well as ser ice providers The suggestions was made that name tags he worn b\ the staff and COA Board members who will serve as guides NUTRITION PROGRAM Nancy reported on the status of the MOW account as of June 6 1997 There is a deficit of $1938 with receivables for Mar and June of over $5000 The COA transfer of $3000 and the FCOA scholarship of $3698 should resolve the problem In the future bids will be sent out by the 10th of each month with personal contact on delinquent accounts Also quarterly scholarship reports will be sent to the FCOA PERSONAL A new administrative assistant has been hired, Diane Snell ; she will start on June 30 JULY/AUGUST PROGRAMS The Rotary Club will host two picnics this summer at the Villages - -July 16 at Creeley Village and Asyu.st 13 at Vynebrooke for Vynebrooke and Countrys_de Leside.' s On Tuesday August 5 there will be Summer Cookout on the soccer field adjacent to the Senior Center This will be catered by DAKA the food supplier with a requested donation of $1 75 It was suggested that in order to avoid parking problems with the tenants shuttle bus service be made available for the residents of the Villages Another suggestion was to solicit rhe help of the Ponce Department with parking on Mass Alt On behalf of the Education Committee Gene Isotti will be present a program on the History of the American Musical Theater in July "here will be four sessions on Tuesdays at 1 p m - -July 8 15 , 22 and 29 Jackie Davison discussed ideas for programs for the fall - - sampling of foods presented by different Lexington restaurants and a program on depression Clark brought up the idea of a weekend Elderhostel offering several different courses Peg Jemison will work with Clark and Chris Gerling on this Clark asked Jack Fisher to review the by-laws especially with regard to the proxy vote Board members were invited to the annual FCOA Breakfast on Friday Tu_.e 13 , 9 to _ a m Clark will represent the COA Board and speak about the 96 -9- e•-encs and future plans The meeting was adjourned at 5 45 p m Respectfully submitted Phyllis Rand secretary