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MAFIELD COA BOARD MEETING
JANUARY 12, 1998Iq
Present: S. Walgreen, E. Flint, M. Butler, E. Sliney, Sr., A. Milliken, G. Elliott, D.
Harrington, F. Nilson, G. Farrugia.
Meeting called to order at 7:30 p.m.
Motion to approve December 8, 1998 minutes of COA Board Meeting. Unanimously
passed.
Motion to approve budget status, warrants and treasurer's report. Unanimously passed.
Gift account: $4,205.46
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
January 25 special town meeting to be held at the high school. Members urged to attend.
Charter commission meeting to be held January 27. Eileen and Mary to attend.
January 28 meeting with the Finance Committee at 7:30 p.m. at town hall. Again, board
members urged to attend. �
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McKinney Grant — Debra pant along with fellow colleagues in social services applied
for and was awarded this grant to service the Attleboro and Taunton areas in the amount
of $267,000 toward the homeless coalition. Congratulations to Debbie on her good work
in winning this grant money.
Southeastern Regional Schools — Gale and Althea Sankey to meet with Mr. Creed at
Southeastern Regional to tour and find out about classes for seniors.
7:50 p.m. — Special Meeting with Town Manager, John D'Agostino and GATRA
representative Frank Gay.
Meeting to discuss needs of seniors and handicap in town and services provided by COA.
New shuttle to replace old vehicle this Thursday or Friday.
Frank, Gale and John had met in the past to discuss future needs of services to be
provided to meet the rising demand for transportation with the seniors and handicap in
town. With this increase in demand also puts the town at increase risk of liability. With
contract to expire at the end of June, 1999 proposal to alternative transportation with
private company coming in and taking over the running of the shuttle in Mansfield.
Questions were raised to what would be the exact cost and savings to the town if
Mansfield were to contract out the transportation portion of seniors along with the
handicap in town. What savings to the COA budget would be realized and to the town.
John D' Agostino to look into this and report back to the board these cost and savings. An
April deadline would need to be met so RFP's could get out in order to have everything
in place for expiration of contract on July 1.
Meeting with town manager and GATRA ended at 8:40 p.m.
DMCTOR'S REPORT cont.
DPW Reorganization — Meeting with Gale, Leslie Pasch, Library Director, and town
manager to discuss Donald Mercier's job responsibilities. With change in organization of
DPW tree possibility of Donald becoming a float with in town. Need for full time
maintenance person discussed and Gale to get back to us with up date on Donald's status.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR'S REPORT
In November the GATRA van traveled 1210 miles with 265 passengers. 810 signed in at
the center. In December the GATRA van traveled 1786 miles with 472 passengers and
717 signed in at the center.
NEW BUSINESS
Again, reminder of Finance Committee meeting for COA budget review on Thursday,
January 28 at 7:30 in meeting room 3 AB at town hall.
Outreach positions — Gale to interview two people this week for this position.
i Committee Reports —
BESI — Expansion still going on with phone lines and the hiring of seven new case
managers to handle the increased volume with work load at Bristol Elder Services. Most
people still happy with the caterers.
Cable — No meeting planned. Everything turned over to town manager.
Meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.