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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 06/10/1987r Senior Advisory Board June 10, 1987. Members Present: Mildred Arnold, Yetta Rollin, Joe Campanella, Ruby Lynch, & Sam Rosenthal. Members Absent: Patty Raco-Wunsch, Nancy Luttrop, Arlene Simon, Phillip Simon, Pat Long, & Roxanne Smock I. Call To Order Meeting was called to order by Chairperson, Joe Campanella II. Review of Minutes Motion was made by Joe to approve the minutes as read. Motion was seconded and all approved. III. Introduction of John Daggett, representing Transfort The Saint and Caravan boards have not been merged at this time. John feels positive regarding the opportunity to put Saint under the "umbrella" of Caravan, just as RSVP is under that umbrella, allowing Saint to apply for grants and not be seen as a government entity. The RSVP board is under and reports informationally to the Caravan board, however the Caravan board avoids involvement in the operations of the program. John reports that the boards are currently on very good terms, and communications strong. Their number one goal is to increase the number of trips available to the seniors in the community. The stated purpose of the discussions of concern to our board is to maximize the effectiveness of the resourses of both these groups to the benefit of both the seniors and the handicapped. The city will still control the funds for both agencies, and will ensure continued service contractually. Mildred expressed the concern that very often transportation providers are rigid and unable to provide a convenient way to the Dr.'s office in an emergency. This concern was expressed by all in attendance. John explains that this is one of the issues which the Transportation Task Force is looking into, and suggested that we individually or as a group express our concern to Gina Jannett at 221- 6611,the coordinater. We should avoid conflict and represent • 0 Ok the need we see in the senior community. Saint currently operates on demand response 68% of the time, while Caravan is less than 10% demand response. We all agree, a combined cooperative effort utilizing all the resourses of both organizations would be most desireable. The possibility of also utilizing the taxi cab companies contractually to help fill some of the demand response support was also discussed. We viewed the recruiting slide show for Saint. The presentation was very professionally done and certainly Inspiring in its effort to encourage volunteerism on behalf of Saint. IV.Paint-a-thon The boards involvement in the project was discussed. Joe met with representatives of the office on aging and developed in part a form to be used to evaluate the various applicants and their homes. A preliminary copy is attached. Please look it over and respond to Joe with any suggestion for improvement by 6/24/87. We currently have 9 applications to process, so its not to early to begin our evaluation work! V. Adjournment The table was polled for further new business, and motion was accepted to adjourn. Respectfully SubTij ted, Jl�l .F.C.