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Home My WebLink AboutCOA 12/12/1988MANSFIELD COUNCIL ON AGING 255 HOPE STREET MANSFIELD, MA 02098 MEETING OF December 12, 1989 �i JNN _ a 1990 President - Patricia J. Hume Director - Gale Farrugia Vice Chmn - Judy Cucinotta Asst Director - Ada Milliken Treasurer - Vicki Prasad Secretary - Joseph F. Corliss Sr Member - Sonia Walgreen Member - Lois Thomas Member - Joy Lee Eppes The meeting was opened at 7:95 PM by President Pat Hume. Vicki Prasad, Sonia Walgreen, Lois Thomas and Joseph Corliss were present. Joy Lee Eppes and Judy Cucinnotta were excused. Vicki Prasad thanked the Board members for the gift of flowers sent to her home Saturday. In the minutes of the meeting of November 15, 1989 a correction is needed. The last sentence of the first paragraph of the Dir- ector's Report is amended to read as follows; " The matter has been referred to the Town Manager and MIAA." On a motion by Sonia Walgreen, seconded by Lois Thomas the minutes of the pre- vious meeting were accepted. The Treasurer's Report, Warrants and Budget Status Report were accepted on a motion by Joseph Corliss, seconded by Vicki Prasad. DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Gale reported on the Inter -Generational Sub - Committee meeting that was held in November. Approximately 15 persons from the community attended including the Town Manager. A -short Film and information from Pat Barnicle from Minn. was in- cluded in the program. The next meeting will be held on December 13th at 3:00 PM for all the participants who showed an interest in becoming part of the Sub -Committee. The State Grant for the Co -Ordinator of Vol- unteer Services has not come through. Due to the fiscal crisis at the State level all State monies are frozen. Gale reported that there was a possibility that the MBC may be taken to court by the building Contractor for non-payment of monies being held by the Town due to the poor r" landscaping job. See report at end of New Business for report by Joseph Corliss on special meeting he had to go to tonight. The Executive Director of Bristol Elders Service Inc. will be leaving that position in January. The Board of Directors of BESI will be interviewing candidates for replacement within the next month. PAGE TWO - MANSFIELD COUNCIL ON AGING - DECEMBER 12 1989 Lorilee, Recreation Director, has informed Gale that the Day Care program will be moving to the VFW for the January and February sessions. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR'S REPORT: In November we transported 262 per- sons a total of 1,036 miles in the GATRA van. The Christmas Party was held in the Public Meeting Center and a grand time was had by all. Entertain- ment was provided by The Classic Sound choral group. OLD BUSINESS: A memo from Town Manager Tom Dwyer regarding the Public Meeting Room policy statement was received by Gale and Dinah. Mr Dwyer feels that there are several items that are not addressed in the present policy. A lengthy discussion by the Board followed the reading of the memo. Many of the items on the Town Manager's list have already been discussed prior to our acceptance of the meeting room policy. The Library Trustees would like to send a letter to Mr Dwyer stating their position in this matter with a counter signature by the COA Board. It was the opinion of the COA Board that we should talk with the Library Trustees again to see if we can come to some mutual agreement that will satisfy all those parties involved. President Hume and Gale met with the Town Manager regarding the budget requests for fiscal 1990/91. The COA budget is up 22% over this year. The increase is due to the following line items: Assistant Director's Salary - from 32.5 to 37.5 hrs Van Driver's Salary - Increased from 1 to 2 Drivers Increase in all Line Items re-imbursed by GATRA in- cluding the Special Services Account. A possibility of cutting out the Co -Ordinator for Voluntary Services in September after the $3,240.00 Grant runs out was discussed by the Town Manager. NEW BUSINESS: A mandatory Drug Testing Law goes into effect in December. The Director and Assistant Director as Primary Dispat- chers and the Van Drivers will have to be tested. Francis Gay of GATRA will let us know when and where the testing will take place The COA/LIBRARY share % in the utility bills for the new building are as follows: ELECTRICITY: Library ----- 66% + 1.5% Meeting Room -----67.5% C 0 A ----- 31% + 1.5% Meeting Room -----32.5% PAGE THREE - MANSFIELD COUNCIL ON AGING - DECEMBER 12 1989 HEAT (BAY STATE GAS) Library ----- 67.5 % C 0 A ----- 32.5 % WATER: Library ----- 31.0 % C O A ----- 69.0 % (Due to Kitchen Water usage) SPECIAL REPORT: Joseph Corliss was absent from most of this meet- ing due to a special meeting called by the Chairman of the Muni- cipal Building Committee. A letter has been received by the Com- mittee from Minute Man Engineering claiming the Town is withhold- ing monies due them for completion of the building. The MBC has authorized its Chairman, Steve MacCaffrie, to work with Town Counsel and provide him with full details on the Landscaping and our reasons for withholding payment. This was a unanimous vote of the MBC. Mr Corliss will report in detail at the January meeting. This meeting adjourned at 9:45 PM. Respectfully submitted, i �ose�h F. Corliss Sr Secretary With Gale's Assistance