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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-07-20-COA-minI- J ton c.,ounc on �c, V lv, eetin �D 91'7 I S it ors C 0 17 o o r e e In Room 1057 JUL 2" 7 N 10: 23 M I N U TPE 9 111 iam S pre sent : Coil: SeClark, S.G.00dw*n, A*Jackso 1 - 1 r Lac W,Sen i 3 f 11111ller, R.Wei J. Ca rl s on , C.1 A S S T11)9�11 U Staf f J . Malcher Observer,!, i.Sen -The meetin was called to order at 7:45 Pl,,Ma b Actin Cha 4 S Ann Jack on, M * nut e s for the June 22nd meetin we�re ap-oroved, as d stributed 2. Mrs. Jackson announced that until the four new *positions on t "3oj ne voted by the Town Meetin last M approved are aproved b the Attu. Y IG'eneral I s of ice, the newl appointed _members L' cannot. be sworn, in Theref ore ,. she moved that fo-r-mal orientation of new . *m4.1z..mbiE,:!rs and the election of new Co _P, officers be postponed unt'l all rmembers 1.^.,ave 10 sworn in, Voted, Mr. Clark and Mr. Sen who replace two ret-,iring, -'3101A me-mirbers have be-E-.:!n dul sworn int 3. Pro evalu'at ions made in' June- were presented and d Chan in wordin were made in th,.::.� Friendly IT "tors and Tr'-D V J grams evaluations, (Corrections on of -fice file codes. ) Questions which arose about -the proso,-rams wc.,%,]r_-e: r c :1n- defe'r- red a. Should the Newslette.- In'lude ad-vertAsin Dec sic b. What can be done to protect vol-tzei.teer drivers ? 1C a n'c in case of a� Steven Clark a to look into she auestion of liabilit c. What act-ft.ons ecisions should be taken about tra-,n_sDort-.at-.4,_on? D-te- ferred until September, Rev Goodwin reported that M lnu'L.. e - Man Ho dare has reacel.ved a '_'ri a ditional g rant o' " 23,000 for -tTh1ch' the Boarrd- has to -qtativE.,-.,-1 s�lmp ij-o prioritieso ou -" q uestion wyas r an of it could be u'sed c r trans-portation to lt_-O'on Me,' is ea 5. Mrs. Jackson pointed out thca vollintec_.�.r A. f or %CoA act iv ties and p er e 4. have been ver succsl=,.�ssfuj, Over .299 hours moni.-.h e. vic s havc) g iven by vo-lunte4..�.�rs "if paid for at t1ne. T minims .,-age level, mn services would have cost $787.50, 6,0 the absence of a r.1L1reasura1-_,kr, Mrs, Mel the pr-ese-nted two bill's. Telephone --------------- 590 vw 0 -.2 M-M Ho7me Care contribution 10-or '78 t-A, VW. Oft AON ^W 2 2-� 0, M otal 2 92 Tt waS Moved and voted that these bills be pa id 7. Co-ordinator lls Re.-PorL. J.- a . Bob Cassid of Xerox Corp. has offered Le"xincrton m a 0 1 0 .-e t - ,,2 0-'u"500 for a worth proJect. Ch. St-tUrmpp vial c on s le d s u;z�,.,_ ed tha-1-J, t1ne:� mone could be used to de ray stammer 'rans-por-t-a � � costs and wrote a letter of explanatio C.a ss id M o a-"* "I s w F., r has been. received to date, b. 011-.ongre. Meals ts llz._Rionini:� in ropulal Dur' nizi- 'he weel-k-. ot' ­�-t at i on. t o I-` 1 11 J-al 18Nth, 10 people , -a t r e re y r e, q uu- le t r n s o s a, D Bedford meal sitle on M 0 (3,, a y e n d -1 r - It d a y Voii could o, t found. on short so T`Tith Mrs,, Stllmmm) ap"oroval, a 4- �;,,Tas for both days x °� or � =�a mrtread that ouh... S e n 0 r ^1,211 d _ _meet at Greele to t-a!-�e tIrl-a bus. Bus cha--,-Fc��,s a-r-e ��20 -io;=,r da L om''E!, Care was contacted to find- out -if their nut, i on bud coul�f, pa the bill t on ic 0onP,,r-,=_XWate . Lexin w ill have to develop a transporter L i poi f or N.e�-a]._s. There are some volun-Leer drivers, but not enou to handle lars 7, e num-bers., M-M Home., Ca-Ie has a new transportation Direct­or who ma be able to helD. J- c,, An invitation to j oin the Kass. Assm, of Senior Center Directors and ("I.oA Directors has been extended,, This seems a g ood wa to pick up ne idea s, Dues are $10.00 pfz-.r y ear, C -It vices moved and voted that Joan Melcher *Oin Mass, Assn,, of Senior Center Directors and \0-,oA Directors do On June 28th, ei Co..,,% co-ordiftnators from nei tovns came t Lexin for a ver successful meetin -here Tiiras a 13*_v,.:.:1.l exchan of ideas, and all present a that g ettin g toFetheer occasionall would be helpful. Anot'her meetin was tentativel scheduled f o.-r C c t. 1 How to reach people was the -main topic of discussion,, Doroth _Kenned of Bel descr!b-E,_,.1.a their pro Youn people from, a hi school . group arE3, canvassing threl a?vn nei , offering C'� � %-.* I _ inf-"ormatio n about the Council and services ava-il-able , and reportin b K to the Coll of 'N Ice- on the 1�And of reception the received and their 0 impressions of the people the visited'. One ol- our sum-mer volunleers, Brian landoli of the LHS ned-I L Care cal C_101,11ub, has been told about this and - thinli:s it would make an excellent 7pro�ect for his g roup In the fall, e. Friendl Visit hF-10.-d a "meeting lvTith Rivka Grub.-.J- of M Valle 79- C o une t n c� lflher are now 1-5 friendl visitors, n J 28 Meals-o-,n_-Whec._.�Is s g o 0 ULI, f I ing 'rwTell., '10tals f or a {"e Meals senTed- Total - patrons 2 Totfal volunte�rs J`5 To-'L-.-.al vollunt-eel,_% tiImte ­165 hou-r,,:3 Somie rout e for pa Dr-, Merfela... from Jul 1,1 -P 977 h,,7 L s o b4n, set u. P 7. I.Pransportation is still a strug Recreation I) -p +U, has been a s eed to pick up the tab f or the bus f or the se-,riicr ci"_tizF3.ns -Pion-10, T he L ex in ton Cab C o. 1,)_ .der n-.--_-!!w mana crement) is rep to be w* lin to g ive 20% off fares to Sr. Citizens, D ot -Thl 1 111' a mn s has been asked to look into this h. A greal man referral. reques's are ccmin in, CoA me `hers interested in ref errals are Ilnv*Ited to come to thE�.il offft-ce to look at. the reCo-I-,'ds., An e "" Recentl the oA worked with Tri-Com-munit Church of Our Redeemer, and numerous individutal a. s to g et bed and inens for a n older wor.11an 31-n need The se for C-1-tizen Picnic was a success in spite 0-4L"' the he 4- and dela g ettin g the f ood. ThEE!, y oun g peop e of the Recreat' on- .Se v7crkG_-*Id ver hard on the P ic. ico j * The 8th ITIewsiet-ter_ is in he w -14-1 1 t *1 n g sta An TiTith n 1=11�,Tvi s - rnq 9, - IV-erlal sY-1.ould contact Dot Williams Jo Sen, or the of k Il'inutlEN.-Man Home Care "is writin a proposal reauestin CETA workers for full or part --t..€ -mieJ work, and ur Lexin to, nrj:-,�Iques t one. We could *I use such a person the 1--iS Drop-ain Center (0-p Art) 6 easi -a da-Nr 5 days a week, and t e re has been made, The MinuICr._--.,-Man is P lannin g to o 9. pictur.--_-,�., editorial o'n- (N) til h 40-1 our publicit in tie M'nW-e-Man has on da y Jul 22,, been disappoint-11-n recent1v. The Cols ca'-I.-endar has not 9.-Ppearecl_ so J"ar -P this mo-vtit-h, and publicit about the picnic was I*nad-,--,:� qua-I,-.I... J. erhaps ha-ving a sloeoial *nubI*c.*ty pz.:Ihrson--vT0 u I d h 1 -0 th or obI ems 0-f the 'j g o n Jul , dealiong w- .11 0 -t n e THuman Services meet - n * a was excrIE1.11ent, Alo-n w_I,_4U-h repres,%:_-,.%ntatives of 'JE omn M.un it y andl t Minute-Man Hom4...�, Care I explained what th"e Co-il -rviras and- what prog-ra,mrs it of f ers Co-o and communicat ion. amon the a aes 14n. voiV.-. n'd in servin older people is developin 8,, There lvTas some discussion, about the need to have volunteers i the office re to answer and screen, am* -Dhono calls so that Joan has mo.re time for other duties. No de Inite action wias tal n 9. There was g eneral a that Wed.).,.esda evening TkTas an acceptable tirtz'E'l. for meetin Dot Williams 'pointed out that we should avoid the third WedniElsda of each month so that CoA members can attend Re'cz-%eaion D,.-"- meeti-n if the -wish.. The next Cols m. e in g T,-ia s set- fo-.r7 Wednesda Au 10, 1977# The meetin adjourri�d at 9*27 P.M. 10 Res -poet fuily sub-mitted, Ann G, Pa ran va, SE-3.cretar V C/I LIJ M-W LIJ C IIQ C=