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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 05/13/1987C� • 5snlor Advisory Board May 13, 1987 Members Present: Mildred Arnold, Nancy Luttrop, Yetta Rollin, Joe Campanella, Arlen Simon, Phillip Simon, Ruby Lynch, Pat Long, Roxanne Smock, & Dwight Saunders. Members Absent: Patty Raco-Wunsch, Sam Rosenthal. 1. Call To Order Meeting.was called to order by Chairperson, Joe Campanella 11. Review of Minutes Motion was made by Pat to approve the minutes as read. Motion was seconded and all approved. ill. Old Business - Committee Reports: Letter to Rick Ensdorf, city engineers office, was read and ammended to request a response to our concern regarding the traffic light on Lemay. The Public Utilities Commission will not allow a senior discount for the area taxi companies, due to a recent ruling that discounts for seniors are discriminatory. We appreciate Sams efforts in this regardl We briefly discussed the results of Nancy's survey on touching, which was administered at our last meeting. Nancy reports some interesting variations of attitudes seemingly related to age and early learning of values. The new format for Greening Leaf was discussed. Mildred feels the paper is a bit more difficult to read, possibly due to the kind of paper used. Nancy agrees, and is working on a more legible print for this kind of paper. Arlene Simon reports the following activities at the senior center: a picnic, a breakfast, bingo, a style show, the addition of horseshoes to the senior games and the strong Popularity of the muffins, available for only $.35, which includes a cup of coffeel The center board feels the need for a new senior center with a lap pool. Mildred Arnold reports that the Ethics Committee upon which she serves for the hospital is undergoing reorganization. Dr. Lorenzo is in charge and willing to listen to the concerns of the community. Susan Pedersen is scheduled for their July meeting. Pat Long reports that Tara Zeleny has contacted him in regard to our effort to encourage the senior men in our community to volunteer in the school system. They will meet soon to organize their efforts. We briefly discussed the paint-a-thon which we will help sponser, and decided not to request permission to use the City logo, but rather to request that the office on aging still use their logo. More on this mext month. IV. NEW BUSINESS Nancy reports that Mayor Estrada may be our new City Council Liason, however she is not sure this is the case. Joe will contact the council to verify the identity of our liason and invite him to our meetings. The merging of the Saint and the Caravan boards of directors was reported by Nancy. The city apparently does not want to be a service provider, which they feel they currently are with Saint. Concern also is voiced over the cities liability problems. Only $2000 of Saints' funding comes through the city. Mildred and Yetta are very concerned about this merging of the boards, and will attend to express their concern. They will report at our next meeting. V. Adjournment The table was polled for further new business, and motion was accepted to adjourn. Respect ly Submitted, J.F.C.