Council on Aging

MEETING: Council on Aging Board of Directors Meeting DATE: February 20, 2024 TIME: 8:30 ATTENDANCE: Jim Confrey, Joe Bisol, Leslie Biggar, Pat Gallier, Judy Kane, Ray Magee, Donna Scalcione, Linda Warren, Judith Benedetto, Zelle Haesche,Trish Pope, Kathy Faddoul I. Called to order at 8:30 AM II.December and January Minutes approved lll. Mayor J. Christian Dumais spoke to the Council and discussed some initiatives and upcoming events. 1. Chat and Chew will be here at the Senior Center on Saturday 2/24 2. There is a survey on the website that everyone is encouraged to fill out. 3. Mayor Dumais is hoping to fill a Communication position at City Hall 4. Discussed the new Boardwalk on Lake Williams that should open in April. lV. Director’s Update: 1. The lottery buckets for exercise classes are out. There are 22 different classes offered 2. The AARP Tax preparers are seeing 24 people a week 3. The first bus trip is on 4/18/24. We are using Bloom Tours. The trips are expensive but they fill up. 4. Arthur Bergon will be retiring and will not be available for legal advice. There is a local attorney who will continue the program. This program offers advice and does not help prepare legal documents. or Power of Attorney with MetroWest Legal. 5. March 5th is voting for the primary. The center is open for regularly scheduled programs but there is no additional programming that day. 6. Lisa has been going to the senior housing in town as part of her outreach. She has seen an increased interest in the senior mobile market. In order to qualify for the senior mobile market, a person needs to be homebound. Most of the people Lisa is seeing are not homebound, they just need a ride. The senior center bus will be picking people up at senior housing and  bringing them to the food pantry as a new initiative. All of the details have not been worked out yet. The Food Pantry is in the Walker Building. 7. Mayor Dumais is having the Chat and Chew on Saturday. 84 people are signed up and 15 people are on the wait list V. Board discussion 1. Trish Smith from Springwell will be at the next meeting on March 12th The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 AM