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Oshkosh Committee on Aging Minutes
May 5, 2005
Attendance
: Claude Benedict; Dr. Jean Caudle; Kristin Cimera; Ann Jungwirth; Jerry
Konrad; Jerry Kratsch; Don Kutchera; Toby Rosenberg and Mae Ziebell. Excused
members were Corky Abraham and Ernie Kandler. Attending Staff were Sue Kreibich,
Aging Services Manager and Bobbie Luft, Office Assistant.
Vice-chair Kristen Cimera called the meeting to order at 8 a.m. M/S/C, (Kutchera;
Caudle) agenda and minutes accepted after change was added to minutes. It had been
mentioned that some members would like to see a name change be made to the Annex.
Possibility of adding an additional name after Fox Fitness Center of who ever would
sponsor the renovation.
Correspondence:
Sue Kreibich announced that she received a letter asking if the
Committee would like to have Mary Schmidts, Representative Tom Petri’s senior aide,
as a guest speaker. Jerry Kratsch commented that he would like Candice Corbett,
Benefit Specialist for Winnebago County to give a presentation on Medicare D. Toby
Rosenberg suggested to have Candace in September. The committee received a letter
from Willow Brook Apartments in Ripon announcing openings. She also announced that
nomination form were due by June 30for Andrus Award for Community Service of
A.A.R.P. Sue passed around information for a do not call list for cell phones. If this
goes into effect it would cover a five year period. The phone number is 888-382-1222 or
the web address is . There is a bus leaving from Green Bay
www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx
and stopping in Oshkosh, to go to the Rally at the State Capital. The cost is $8 per
person and the deadline to reserve a seat is 5/5/05 by noon.
Kristin Cimera; Jean Caudle and Jerry Konrad’s terms have expired. Sue needs to e-
mail Jackie Challis to let her know if they are willing to continue to serve or if they would
like to step down. All members agreed to stay as members of the Committee. Jerry
Konrad did say that if there were anyone interested in joining he would step down.
There is still the need to replace Barbara Brook who has resigned.
Housing Committee:
Bids for printing were received from two companies; Castle-
Pierce cost was $1000 for a quantity of 1000. If the size was reduced slightly and use of
one color rather than multi-color, there would be a significant change in cost. Steinert
Printing cost was $800 for a quantity of 1000. Sue Kreibich is going to check with Brad
Masterson of the Housing Authority to see if he is willing to sponsor some of the costs
for this publication. Corky Abraham of Lutheran Homes said they would be interested in
co-sponsoring the cost. Sue will also check into cost with suggested changes made.
Oshkosh Seniors Center Board of Directors:
M/S/C/, (Kratsch, Kutchera) to accept
Jim Dyer, Bob Hoffman and Don Wolter to serve on the Board of Directors for three-year
terms; and Mona Walker to serve a remaining two-year term.
Poleshed Update:
The roof at the Annex is complete as of 5/4/05. There was no
additional cost. An estimate of $20,000 will remain of block grant dollars and this can be
used to hire a consultant to estimate renovation costs for the poleshed building. Sue will
put specs together and call some firms for quotes. Jerry Konrad suggested looking at
the Centers’ total needs and not to zero in on only using the poleshed for the fitness
center. He suggested updating the Long Range Plan.
Election of Officers:
M/S/C, (Konrad, Kutchera) to keep Corky Abraham as Chairman;
Kristin Cimera as vice-chairman and Mae Ziebell as secretary.
Winnebago County Commission on Aging:
Jerry Kratsch reported that he will no
longer be on the Winnebago County Commission on Aging.
Senior Shuttle:
Sue Kreibich passed out a monthly rider-ship report from Bev Mallon of
City Transit. April rider-ship has increased. There is a need to try to get riders of all
ages to utilize the service to help increase the daily average of riders.
Member Comments:
Ann Jungwirth would like to see a change made to the
announcing of the awards that are given at Taste of the Towne. Ann said it was hard to
hear and get the attention of all participants. It was suggested that the awards be given
at a City Council Meeting. Sue Kreibich will check into this. The Committee as a whole
would like to see more nominations made.
With no further business, M/S/C, (Kratsch/Kutchera) to adjourned at 9:00 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Bobbie Jo Luft, Office Assistant