Montpelier Senior Activity Center Advisory Council
Regular MeetingMontpelier, VT · December 10, 2018
Minutes
Montpelier Senior Activity Center
58 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT 05602
A Place for Healthy Aging and Lifelong Learning
802-223-2518 • msac@montpelier-vt.org • montpelier-vt.org/msac
2ND DRAFT Advisory Council Meeting Minutes
September 17, 2018
12:30 – 3:00 PM
MSAC Resource Room, 58 Barre Street, Montpelier, Vermont
Meeting convened at 12:35 PM
Present at Roll Call: Chair Bob Barrett, Mary Carlson, Liz Dodd, Bill Doelger, Fran Krushenick, Barbara
Ladabouche, Dianne Maccario, Eric Rajendra, dianne richardson
Director Janna Clar
AC Members not present: Laura Morse
A quorum (6) was exceeded
Guest: Mary Alice Bisbee
July 16, 2018 Minutes were approved with change adding that Advisory Council voted to approve the FY19
GASP action plan as revised during that meeting.
Votes
In Executive Session, Mary Alice Bisbee was approved to finish the remainder of Sue Stukey’s term
through June of 2019
MSAC Governance Policies and Procedures document amendments were approved
First in Fitness contract was approved by AC members (Director addendum later: proposed contract
was changed multiple times by First in Fitness and not signed)
Announcements
Janna will be speaking October 26th at the Killington Aging in Vermont Conference organized by the
Vermont Association of Area Agencies on Aging (V4A) and the Vermont Association of Senior Centers
and Meal Providers (VASCAMP) and she encouraged the Advisory Council members to attend.
Montpelier’s website will have a platform to show their progress on city matters and eventually plans to
include a Citizen Dashboard for residents to navigate.
Director's Notes
Available at the MSAC front office.
Discussions:
Liz Dodd and dianne richardson reported on their progress with the Safety Committee and wish to hold
a Safety Drill in October. Janna agreed to upgrade the building’s First Aid kits to include tourniquets
and explained that permission to make MSAC a weapons free zone had to be approved by the City
Council. The first Accreditation Standard is basically completed so teams will concentrate on the other
8, and an orientation session for accreditation teams and partners will be on Thursday, September 20th.
Actions
Mary Carlson requests help from the AC Members for the Code of Ethics needed for the Accreditation,
please email any language or edits directly to her.
Invite Todd Provencher to discuss City budget.
Add to November 19, 2018 Agenda:
Increasing Annual Meeting turn out.
Todd Provencher budget presentation.
Accreditation update with possible vote to add new ethics language to the Governance.
Save The Date
Monday November 26, 2018 MSAC Open House 5-7 pm
Meeting adjourned at 3:05 PM.
Next meeting(s):
November 19th, 2018 12:30 – 3:00 PM, Resource Room
Respectfully submitted, Jessica Sanderson, Secretary Superannuated
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FY19 Advisory Council Meeting Dates
January 14th (second Monday), 2019
March 18th, 2019
May 20th, 2019
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
MSAC Annual Meeting Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
Agenda
Montpelier Senior Activity Center
58 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT 05602
A Place for Healthy Aging and Lifelong Learning
802.223.2518 | msac@montpelier-vt.org | montpelier-vt.org/msac
MSAC Advisory Council Meeting Agenda
Monday, December 10, 2018, 12:30 – 3:00pm
MSAC Resource Room, 58 Barre Street
• 12:30 Call to Order:
Roll call of present and missing members, note and introduce any guests
Confirm quorum for voting (6) and identify any votes for start of meeting
• 12:35 Review and vote on minutes from previous meeting (September 17)
• 12:40 National Accreditation Process (includes some voting)
o Governance Policies & Procedures revision
o Ethical Behavior Guidelines
o GASP (status of Goals and Action Steps Plan…)
o Status of Standards work/subcommittees
o Next steps and timeline updates
• 1:40 Supporting Towns and Barre City effort/rationale (new at Town Meeting 2019)
• 1:50 Break
• 2:00 Winter Registration / Programming updates and plans for early 2019
• 2:10 Budget and First in Fitness program expenses
• 2:30 MSAC Annual Meeting and Open House
• 2:40 Agenda setting for January meeting
• 2:45 Questions about Directors Notes not already addressed, other business
• 3:00 Adjourn
Reminder: Wednesday, December 12, 11:45-1:00pm: Volunteer Recognition Luncheon
Holiday Closures for MSAC: December 24-28, January 1, January 21. We are OPEN
December 31.
Winter Program Dates: January 7 – March 29 (make-ups March 30-April 7)
Next AC meeting: Monday, January 14, 2018, 12:30-3:00pm in MSAC Resource Room (not 3rd
Monday due to MLK Day)
12-10-18 Advisory Council Agenda, distributed 12-7-18, JC
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