Senior Advisory Committee

Village of Wellington 12300 Forest Hill Blvd Wellington, FL 33414 Action Summary Thursday, October 13, 2016 3:30 PM Village Hall Senior Advisory Committee Mary Kastner Sharon Lascola Veronica McCue Sally Schwartz Howard Trager Sampson Nebb Jose Soto Senior Advisory Committee Action Summary October 13, 2016 I CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 3:32pm II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved unanimously. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES SAC15-028 Approval of Minutes 9-8-16 Motion was made by Ms. Kastner and seconded by Ms. Schwartz to approve the minutes with two typo changes. IV. PRESENTATION SAC15-031 Presentation - Education Committee The scheduled speaker was not able to attend and was rescheduled. Ms. Tuckwood gave an update on recent and upcoming programs and events. Mr. Nebb mentioned it is a Village Council meeting and they would be voting on the Senior Club Funding. Mr. Soto said he has information on County programs and would pass it along so a partnership can be created. Ms. McCue asked if there were a lot of calls from seniors for assistance. Ms. Tuckwood mentioned that the Hurricane Helpers program was able to help a number of residents but that the demand was far higher than the program was able to handle. Mr. Trager asked if it was possible to do a CPR class. Ms. Tuckwood said she would look into it. Mr. Trager also asked about plans for getting information to the public. Ms. Tuckwood said they planned to use the newsletter, the Golden Banner, newspapers etc. Ms. Schwartz asked how the newsletter gets to the seniors because she had not received one. Ms. Tuckwood said it goes in the mail and that if she could be provided with names and addresses of people who did not receive the newsletter she could be sure they were added to the mailing list. V. OLD BUSINESS Mr. Trager mentioned that there have been multiple articles concerning the success of public schools and that the key is volunteers. He also thanked Ms. McCue for her work on the project she had done with connecting seniors. Village of Wellington Page 1 Senior Advisory Committee Action Summary October 13, 2016 VI. NEW BUSINESS VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS Mr. Fransetta from the public suggested that the committee forward a request to Council that the meetings be played on tv at stated times. He suggested that maybe it would help get more people at the meetings. Mr. Trager reminded those in attendance that the Senior Advisory Committee was going to be invited to the next Senior Club meeting so they could be introduced to the members. VIII. BOARD COMMENTS Ms. McCue asked if they could know about who would be speaking at upcoming meetings. Mr. Boyd said he could get the agenda out slightly earlier if that would help. Ms. Kastner asked if Mr. Trager had communication with the Council. Mr. Trager explained that communication has to go through the Village Manager. Mr. Nebb warned that calling members to discuss upcoming meetings could be a violation of the Sunshine Law. Ms. McCue mentioned that there are a lot of opportunities to volunteer outside of schools as well. Mr. Trager mentioned the next meeting would be November 10th. IX. CLOSING COMMENTS X. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 4:15pm. NOTICE Village of Wellington Page 2