Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-03-2010 COA MinutesCity of Oshkosh Community Development Department Senior Services Division Oshkosh Seniors Center 200 N. Campbell Rd. Oshkosh, WI 54902 Mark Ziemer (920) 232 -5300 (920) 232 -5307 FAX Director, Senior Services CENTER OSHKOSH COMMITTEE ON AGING MINUTES MARCH 3, 2010 CLASSROOM 8:00 A.M. PRESENT: Corky Abraham, Claude Benedict, Lurton Blassingame, Kathryn Glander, Harold Singstock, Glenn Steinbrecher, Xandy Kloeckl, Jesse Fillmore, Dr Jean Caudle, Peggy Bellin EXCUSED; Kimberly Bauer, Ruth McGinley, Ann Jungwirth STAFF Mark Ziemer, Director of Senior Services, Gerry Haverty, Office Assistant, Melissa Koopmann, Student Intern UWO. Meeting called to order by Corky Abraham at 8 Motion made Jean and seconded by Jesse to accept the minutes of the February 3, 2010 meeting. Unanimous motion carried. CORRESPONDENCE: 5111111111110 0=0 OLD BUSINESS: • None NEW BUSINESS • Corky announced the nomination committee for new members to the Committee on Aging. The committee will be made up of Xandy, Harold, Peggy, Kathy, and Mark. A motion was made to have the nomination committee approved. Motion made by Jean and second by Lurton. Unanimous motion carried. Corky said there are four members that need reappointments that end June 1, 2010. They are Harold, Claude, Ann, and Lurton. The executive committee met before the meeting and discussed term limits. Harold went on to explain that this board has a three -year term. They had suggested that a person should serve two three -year terms and they become an associate member to the committee. At this time there are no associate members to this board. The by -laws provide for associate members. There are no term limits in the by -laws. Claude said he would like to be on the COA for one more term. If anyone is still interested on being on the board, they should let Corky know so it can go back to the Mayor for his approval. Mark is going to check with the City Attorney and see if there maybe a municipal code that guides the terms on the board. • Corky suggested changing the meeting day, in order for Mark to attend monthly department head meetings. The department head meetings are held on the first Wednesday each month. Corky suggested the first Tuesday of each month for the Committee on Aging to meet. Motion made by Lurton and seconded by Jean. Unanimous motion carried. COMMITTEE REPORTS • OSC Board: Claude reported that a design for the recognition tower was given to Gilbert who is part of the workshop to build. There will be one movable tower in each building. Annual appeal earned $5,565.00 and FOSC has given $10,000 to help with wages for Linda Verweil who has become the Volunteer Coordinator. • Education Committee: Glenn questioned from last meeting's minutes about Kim contacting the Lakeland district in doing a presentation. He said she is not on the education committee and did not know anything about it. Contact will be made with Kim so she can make contact with Glenn about this. Glenn reported that Joe Nichols of the Oshkosh Police Department will be speaking at the April 6, 2010 meeting. Corky suggested that Joe Nichols speak at 8:00 a.m. and his presentation should only last one half -hour. The topic of Joe's report is about home security. Glenn handed out a book pertaining to Joe's topic. Glenn then handed out forms for a Ride a Long with a police officer. Each person would have to fill out their form and return to Dorry Wilner at the Oshkosh Police Department. There are three shifts available to ride with the officer. Glenn said it is very interesting to see what our police department does on each shift and areas of the city. Glenn continued that over the last six months we have had five programs presented to the COA. The education committee will be having a meeting on the 16 of March to discuss how long we are going to have these educational programs. Glenn has several other people with programs that he would like to come to the COA. He was asking the committee, "Now that we have all this information, what do we do with it? Where do we go from here? How is it going to benefit the seniors in the community ?" Glenn would like the committee to be known for something, maybe like home safety. Corky suggest that we could have an open forum. Lurton said may Molly could put some of this information in the Senior Doings. Corky encouraged Glenn to work with his committee about forums and get the information out to the community. Harold said we do not want to educate the community right now because of the conference in October. He said many of the presentations that the committee has had could be forums or booths at the conference. Cory questioned how do we get the frail elderly identified that need the help? Glenn mentioned the Grandparent Program put on by Advocap and having them come in May to do a presentation. Harold mentioned that on the bottom of the agenda he had a question put what two issues or projects do you suggest that we accomplish within the next 12 months. Safe Watch and we need to make the conference work. Kim Bauer asked about free transportation to health clinics. If anyone had any ideas about this. Jesse said that the Red Cross has a small transportation program which is similar to Dial a Ride. DIRECTORS REPORT: • Corky asked Mark to pass around the sign -up sheet for the conference. • Mark has challenged his staff to help with the committees. His time is limited because of his dual roles at this time. • Mark has assigned most of his staff to one of the committees and their roll will be to enhance the leadership, to share the leadership, or support the process of the committee. • Mark would like the staff to make contact with the committees on the list and get some of the processes going. • The conference center is going strong and owned by the city. We are locked in there. Mark informed the committee that there maybe some concern about the hotel. • Mark wanted to let the committee know that there is some concern about using the hotel. He was hoping that the hotel would still be open in October. Judy Brewer is working with the hotel confirming information with them. • Mark has met with the steering committee about concerns he has with the hotel. The steering committee is still moving ahead with the current plans. • Mark asked the committee to check the sign -up sheet to see if the committee they signed up for is correct. He informed the committee that several of the committees were combined. • Mark wanted to thank everyone who attended the Vision 2020 process. Many could not attend because of other commitments. Mark has gotten the notes from the facilitators, but not from Diane Penzenstadler of 44 Degrees North. When he has all the information, he will be sharing it with everyone. • Mark attended WASC and while he was there he asked if there were any senior centers that had a strong Friends group to back them. The answer he received was that Oshkosh has the best Friends group. Fond du Lac has a strong membership. In the future there is a trip planned to go to Fond du Lac and see what ideas they use to keep their membership over 3,000 strong. • Corky has encouraged all members who are on the committee to become a FOSC member. The cost is $15.00 for single and $20.00 per couple. • Tours generated $10,000.00 for support of the FOSC. Fond du Lac hires someone to do their tours. Our Tours is completely volunteers. • Fund Development Committee and representation from FOSC are going to bring Eileen Connolly - Keesler back in again because a huge significant piece that has been missing is a planned giving process. • Estate planning has benefited the Seniors Center by a person who left over $80,000.00 to the Seniors Center, the Library, and the Museum. This money has been put temporarily into our building fund. • Mark wanted to mention that he thought that the two health departments may not merge because of the way funding could affect a person's property taxes. This proposal has not gone to county board or the city council at this time. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS /CONCERNS: • Corky said the committee has a lot of discussion in the future. He also thanked Glenn for his very informative report. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Lurton /Jesse Unanimous. Motion Carried Respectively Submitted Gerry Haverty Office Assistant