HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOA 03/12/2002MANSFIELD COUNCIL ON AGING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MINUTES TO MEETING UZ
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PRESENT: Donna Harrington, Ben Boynton, Eileen Flint, Sonia Walgreen, Mary
Butler, Gale Farrugia and Debi Surprenant. Ed Sliney, Sr., and Frank Nilsen
were excused.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:30 pm
WARRANT, BUDGET, MINUTES AND TREASURER'S REPORT: The Board
members reviewed items on the warrant and examined the budget. Mary
reported that the gift account balance was at $3,678.27, and that balance
reflected a recent donation of $;,589.93. 'Donna made a motion to accept all as
presented, with a second by Ben.
CORRESPONDENCE: The correspondence was passed around. Gale highlighted
items which were notable.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Walkway—Gale reported that the work on the brick
walkway is slated to begin this Spring. File of Life—The first project to be
undertaken by the Triad group is the File of Life, sponsored by the Fire
Department. The File of Life Campaign begins on March 18`h at the COA.
Multi-purpose Room—Gale related to the Board that there has been a problem E
with guest groups which use the Multi-purpose Room One group in
particular has a disregard for the importance of cleaning up lafter using the
room Our property has been misused, and has suffered damage, as a result.
This particular group, has been warned before. A warning letter will go out to
the group from the Library Director. Annual Conference -Gale will be
attending the Annual Conference in Colorado. She will be leaving April 2,
and she will be back April 8. Home Maintenance and Repair Program—Gale
updated the members of the Board on the Home Maintenance and Repair
Program We have 20 families on the applicant list. Friends of the DIC—The
Friends just had annual elections. Ada resigned as Treasurer. Althea has
offered to step in, pending an election. Ruth Boynton has also resigned as
Secretary. Bocce Court John has proposed building a bocce court on a small
piece of land over at Memorial Field. John, Gale, and Mike Ahearn visited a
bocce court in Taunton to get design ideas.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Statistics—There were in incoming calls
for the month of February, and 836 people signed in during the month of
February. Alzheimer's Group—The first group met on March 6. There were
29 participants signed in. Audubon Group—There will be a presentation and
slide show given by Lois Vaughan Eberhard on March 13. Birding groups will
begin in April. FEMA—There was a discussion about some controversy
regarding our application for FEMA funds. It is a competitive process. We
were granted almost $i,000 for food, but also $3,000 for mortgage and rental
arrearages. The $3,000 is being managed by InfoLine of United Way in
Attleboro. We will coordinate our application process with them Sonia felt
that we are well within our rights to apply for funding, since the process is
open to any group.
OLD BUSINESS: Budget -Gale led a discussion about the budget. This year, we are
fine. In formulating the budget for 2oo3, however, it looks like we will take
quite a loss, based upon the two scenario's developed—level funding, and a io-/o
reduction. Either way, the picture looks bleak. Gift—A decision was made to
hold onto the donation of funds for the seniors until the budget for z003 is
more clear.
MOTION TO ADJOURN: A motion to adjourn was made by Donna, and a second
was given by Mary. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm by a unanimous
vote.