Senior Center Committee

BO AR D M EM BE R S Noreen Shea, Chair * Asuncion Austriaco Chizoma Nosike Christian Roberts Facely Henriquez * Lovo Koliego * COMMISSION ON ELDER AFFAIRS Matthew Torrey Olanike Ojelabi SENIOR CENTER COMMITTEE Pavel Terpelets Roxana Gomez Vargas MEETING AGENDA Sarah Faucher Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 12 noon, virtual on Teams Stephen Corridori * Tamara Cullen * Ted Biba Thuha Le This Commission on Elder Affairs-Senior Center Committee meeting will be *Senior Center Committee Members held remotely. Directions to participate: C ON T A CT Microsoft Teams Join the meeting now • Address: WSC, 128 Providence St. Meeting ID: 261 137 701 184 Passcode: 57Yf9P • Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Dial in by phone • Phone: 508-799-1232 +1 469-998-7682,,941310528# US Phone conference ID: 941 310 528# • Email: ______________________________________________________________________________ elderaffairs@worcesterma.gov For more information concerning this meeting, please contact the Elder Affairs • Website: Division/Worcester Senor Center by email at elderaffairs@worcesterma.gov or www.worcesterma.gov/senior-center phone at 508-799-1232. Please send written comments 2 business days or The Commission on Elder Affair is committed to more in advance of the meeting. If you need reasonable accommodations to ensuring that its public meetings are accessible to participate in the meeting, please reach out to the staff contact listed. While all. 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Envíe sus comentarios por escrito 2 días hábiles o más antes de la reunión. Si ‫تتوفر الترجمة الفورية وغيرها من وسائل التيسير عند الطلب المسبق‬ necesita adaptaciones razonables para participar en la reunión, comuníquese अनवु ा द र अ6य आवसह अ'-म अनरोधपचत ाु उपल5ध con el contacto del personal indicado en la lista. Aunque las juntas y comisiones हु6छ। hacen todo lo posible para atenderle, algunas adaptaciones podrían no estar Interpretação e outras adaptações estão disponibles si se solicitan con poca anticipación a la reunión programada. Las disponíveis mediante solicitação prévia. solicitudes de interpretación de lenguaje de señas estadounidense deben Përkthimi dhe akomodime të tjera janë në hacerse 10 días hábiles o más antes de la reunión. dispozicion me kërkesë paraprake. Kasa nkyerɛaseɛ ɛne akwanya afoforɔ da hɔ Call to Order – 12:00 Noon ma wɔn a wɔn bɛ bisa ato hɔ. Agenda Item #1 Attendance/Approval of Minutes Phiên dịch và các hỗ trợ khác có sẵn theo yêu cầu trước. Agenda Item #2 Finances: funding; allocations; licenses; DI V IS IO N S TA FF development. Amy Vogel Waters, Director Agenda Item #3 Operations: staffing; facility/grounds; programs. Patricia Hainsworth, Operations Agenda Item #4 Comments/Questions (up to 2 min. each) Linda Wincek-Moore, Senior Services Adjourn 1 *Insert dates* Commission on Elder Affairs-Senior Center Committee Meeting Minutes June 10, 2025 Virtual on Teams Attendance: Noreen Shea-Chair; Facely Henriquez; Tamara Cullen; Patty Hainsworth; Amy Waters; Ivan Bazitya joined from the public just as the meeting was ending. Call to Order: Noreen called the meeting to order on Teams at 12:10 p.m. The committee approved the minutes of April 8th and May 13th meetings (m/s/a). The next meeting was confirmed for September 9th at noon on Teams. 1. Finances Amy reported on the following which the committee reviewed and discussed: $4630 expended in last quarter of FY’25 on emergency one-time repairs & misc; started FY’26 elder service contract process; licenses for space were reviewed including QCC, Prime Movement to be extended this summer, and likely reduction in 7 Hills rental with fee proportionate to giving up RSVP offices; and, City awarding 2% cola to staff & new increases to those on the M pay scale. 2. Operations Patty reported on the following which the committee reviewed and discussed: Community Garden plots all taken; bike racks installed; parking lot re-lined; speed bumps to be installed in June; signage still delayed but coming; 25th anniversary event tomorrow; Coffee with the Doc (McGee) successful; Farmer’s Market going back to Thursday mornings; interviewing for property tax work-off positions at senior center. Adjournment: Noreen adjourned the meeting at 12:25 p.m. (m/s/a) 2