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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutesCity of Oshkosh Community Development Department Senior Services Division Oshkosh Seniors Center 200 N. Campbell Rd. Oshkosh, WI 54902 (920) 232 -5300 (920) 232 -5307 FAX Mark Ziemer Director, Senior Services BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OSHKOSH SENIORS CENTER MEETING MINUTES August 31, 2009 PRESENT: Claude Benedict, Bob Cornell, Ellen Hofeldt, Dennis Penney, Judy Pierson, Dale Sonnenberg, Ralph Nielson, Donna Pipkorn, Barb Goldthwaite, Don Wolter STAFF: Mark Ziemer, Director of Senior Services, and Gerry Haverty Officer Assistant Meeting was called to order by Ralph Nielson 1 pm. Minutes corrections were made, motion to accept. FACILITIES COMMITTEE: W►C•7T FUND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: No minutes were available at this time Judy did comment about discussing evaluations at their meeting. Working on Thank you's. Dale Sonnenberg mentioned about using the senior center for their Kiwanis meeting maybe in October. GOVERANCE COMMITTEE; August meeting finalized the nomination process and orientation process and it was put into the Governance Committee master binder. Discussion on evaluation forms being prepared by Mark and Claude. Evaluations for individual board members and advisory board as a whole. It is not the purpose of this committee to evaluate the director this is done by the city and his supervisor. There are master binders that have all of this information in the office assistant's office. FRIENDS: Donna reported that Elvis concert had earned $1,700.00 on September 22. The center had 3 Elvis impersonators that put on 2 shows in the North building. Donna has invited Tom Spanbauer to attend one of the Advisory Board meetings. Mark stated he would be in contact with him. Ralph is asked to come to our meeting September 24 to ask questions and see how FOSC operates. Donna handed out an article about how FOSC had many fund raisers that are no longer being used. Fall Family Fun Fest was continuing to come along well and the committee is very well organized. Bake sale, tickets and a dunk tank were also mentioned. COMMITTEE ON AGING: Claude mentioned about Power of Attorney information that was brought in from CWAG and myths that go along with it. Lurton Blassingame is new member on the committee on aging. Hoping to get a variety of speakers for the 2010. New brochure that is almost ready to hand out for the Seniors Center. Mark and Cindy met with JJ Keller Foundation. City of Oshkosh meeting on bike trails and walking trails. Barb Goldwaite attended the meeting she said that about 20 -30 people did show up. City of Oshkosh had several maps on the various areas that they are studying to improve these sites. Some people from the Seniors Center did show up at the city meeting. UWO is having a bike ride for everyone instead to their homecoming parade anyone can attend but must have a helmet. DIRECTORS REPORT: Mark attended a bike and walking trail meeting to promote the trails along the river. Two Elvis shows were held and approximately 200 hundred attended. Did very well and people had a great time. Judy and Linda and other staff made it possible. Laurin our maintenance person had shoulder surgery and is doing well. Now in rehab. We have 2 title five workers that are doing the housekeeping. Laurin will be out for 2 more months. If necessary we can get help from the maintenance personal that city hall. City attorney had questioned the membership and had some concerns. CWAG does not higher lobbyist. City Attorney has now given the Seniors Center their approval so we can be members again of CWAG. CHIP hosted first meeting at the Seniors Center, 40 -45 people attended. Paula and Mark are working on the CHIP committee the main thing is prioritize the top 5 needed issues. Board member suggested we need a higher authority to make sure that changes are made. City manager Mark Rohloff and Mark Harris Winnebago County made opening remarks. Candace Corbett and Joan Jaworski will be at our normal flu shot routine because of the mass confusion for the last 2 years. We will have phones, envelopes and forms to help the person who have supplements. This is a money maker for us. Mark and Cindy did meet with JJ Keller Foundation. Met with foundation director and gave her tour facilities. Paula and Mark have talked with Lutheran Social Services about memory clubs. Paul Esslinger gave us a check for $500.00 that was from the Mayors Breakfast. Ombudsman Group met in the Willows Rooms first meeting for service providers and nursing home staff and directors. State program Winnebago County is one the counties doing this program. Recruits volunteers, trains and assigns them to a nursing home and do site visits. Do a visual and have an interview of with a resident. This is set up to check on quality of care. Mark made contact with this group at the CWAG and volunteered to have the meeting here at our facility. Making the ride happen. Winnebago is writing a grant to expand this service to entire Winnebago County. Arranging transportation to cross county lines. Mark met with the Center for Community of Partnerships at UWO. Mark Rohloff suggested making contact with group. Human services intern this fall Jason Hubbard. Working with staff in programs that are going on at the center. Average 20 -25 hours a week Handed out information on Living Well after 50 that is being held October 2 at the expo center. Wii systems will be in each building. These were purchased through a grant. There are tournaments that already being planned. Brochure handed out from Caregivers Coalition. Mary Kay in our Senior Connections person has more information on what can be done to help the caregiver. Met with Mark Rohloff and Peggy Steeno for the budget. 0% increase in the budget. OLD BUSINESS: Vision forms were handed in. There was discussion that some of the questions were repetitive. Trying to finish the Master Plan, need guidance on what we want for the future of the Seniors Center. Oshkosh Seniors center should be well maintained, add programs to keep it well rounded. Sharing programs with other centers. Keep our center flexible because of the changing times and the economy and what is happening with our healthcare. We want the WOW factor, for when they come and WOW when they leave. Place to meet friends and make friends. Rework our mission statement. Keep it short. Purpose statement is longer. Vision is always looking ahead. NEW BUSINESS: Linda Verwiel gave a presentation on Fall Family Fun Fest what was going on with a dunk tank, raffle tickets, grab bags and other things. There will be vendors outside. Miss Oshkosh will make an appearance also Mc Gruff the dog. Music by Railroad Ron. Baking contest and bake sale. FFFF will be having their strawberry shortcake sale. There will be grill food offered. Kid's corner will be there to keep the young ones busy. Need volunteers for clean up and they also need volunteers to set up and help with the different activities planned for that day. Respectively Submitted Gerry Haverty Office Assistant