Commission on Aging Meeting

City of Galt MINUTES COMMISSION ON AGING 610 CHABOLLA AVENUE, GALT, CA Thursday, March 23, 2023 10:00 AM Chairperson: Andrea Johnson Vice Chair: Libby Robbins Commissioners: Bob Balliet, Phyllis Johnson, Bob Wilson 1. Call Meeting to Order 10:04am 2. Roll Call: Andrea Johnson, Libby Robbins, Bob Balliet, Phyllis Johnson, Bob Wilson Advisor: Monica Lopez – Parks & Recreation. Guests – Kenneth Lee, Lorri St.Claire (GSRC), Tara Wilson (GSRC), German Ayon (Area 4 Agency on Aging), Matthew Malone (Galt Herald). 3. Public Comment: Under Government Code Section 54954.3, members of the audience may address the Commission on any item of interest to the public or any agenda item before or during the Commission's consideration of the item. Speakers shall restrict their comments to issues that are within the subject matter authority of the Commission and limit comments to a maximum of five (5) minutes. • Kenneth Lee asked to speak at this time. Mr. Lee wanted to discuss Senior mobility issues. Dial-a-ride is $1.75 each way. This is hard to schedule for seniors. School kids have discount cards, but seniors do not. Mr. Lee would also like to se park benches on the 4th Street Promenade at 7th and C Street (already have 3 on A to B Streets. Mr. Lee also asked if future bus trips could schedule one of their picks ups at Galt Place. • German Ayon – Can arrange to do a presentation on 211 through Agency 4 Area on Aging. Mr. Ayon also indicated that his agency is assisting with the Cal Fresh Applications. • Tara Wilson – could like to ask corporations to donate • Lorri St. Claire asked for more information regarding the Vaccine Clinic on 3/27. 4. Acceptance of Minutes: Special Meeting of February 23, 2023. (Wilson motion, P Johnson seconded, all in favor) 5. Presentations: NA 6. New Business: A. SUBJECT: Bylaws Update RECOMMENDED ACTION: Recommend to the Galt City Council that they adopt a resolution amending the Galt Commission on Aging Bylaws. Comm Balliet made a motion to recommend that City Council adopt a resolution amending the COA Bylaws as amended. Wilson seconded the motion. All members voted in favor of the motion. B. GSRC Budget Comm Robbins distributed a possible budget for the GSRC. Comm Balliet made a motion to approve up to $1,000 being allocated for the GSRC for one year. Comm Wilson seconded the motion. All members voted in favor of this motion. C. GSRC activities D. GSRC Phones Members discussed getting a new cell phone or possibly sharing the MOW phone number. To get a cell phone through the City (contract with Verizon), the cost for a flip phone is $39.99 with a $19.99 monthly fee. To use the MOW phone line, a cordless phone would need to be purchased. The Commission chose the Verizon option. E. BINGO SWAG Chair Johnson suggested the COA get items to hand out at events (pens, stress balls, pill minders, etc). 7. Old Business: A. COA/GSRC’s Emergency Contact List Comm Balliet has been working on this. He is currently still adding information to the guide. Plans to have completed by 3/31/23. Please place on the April Agenda.  B. Bus Trips for Seniors to Casinos Comm P Johnson is working on this. Through the NextDoor App, she was put in contact with Emmajean Espinoza who works with Sky River Casino. The casino is working on getting what is needed to have buses come to the EG casino. This should be happening in the near future. Please place on April Agenda for updates. C. Bingo Updates V Chair Robbins will create a list of who is in charge of the April Bingo Mondays. D. Galt Senior Resource Guide (expenditure of up to $1,200.00 for up to 500 copies) Comm Balliet made a motion to spend up to $1,200 on updated Galt Senior Resource Guides for up to 400 copies. Comm P Johnson seconded the motion. All members voted in favor. 8. Commissioners’ Reports: a. Chair A. Johnson: N/A b. Vice Chair L. Robbins: The GSRC is getting more active. Expressed concerns with the homeless being so close to the building. c. Commissioner B. Balliet: Donated coffee pot to be used at Bingo. Kudos to V Chair Robbins and the Commissioners on Bingo. d. Commissioner P. Johnson: Concerned about running out of Bingo cards. Chair A Johnson ordered more at this time. e. Commissioner B. Wilson: 211 president to attend an upcoming Bingo. Would like to Add the Sunshine Closet to the 5/25 Meeting Agenda, and Denny’s to the 6/22 Agenda. 9. ADJOURNMENT: NOTE: MONICA LOPEZ, RECREATION SUPERVISOR: The agenda for this Commission on Aging meeting is posted in the following listed sites before 5:00pm on the Monday before the meeting. 1. City Hall Lobby 2. U.S. Post Office 600 N, Lincoln Way 3. Galt Parks & Recreation Office, 610 Chabolla Avenue 4. City Website