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City 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
OSHKOSH COMMITTEE ON AGING (COA) MINUTES
May 1, 2012
PRESENT: Kimberly Bauer, Peggy Bellin, Claude Benedict, Lurton Blassingame, Jesse
Fillmore, Kathy Glander, Xandy Kloeckl, Ruth McGinley, Deb Paul, Judy Richey
EXCUSED:
ABSENT: Dr. Jean Caudle
STAFF: Mark Ziemer, Director of Senior Services; Kathy Snell, Administrative Assistant
Meeting called to order by Kimberly at 8:03 a.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Kimberly requested a motion to approve the March 27, 2012
meeting minutes. Lurton moved to approve the minutes as written, Claude seconded the motion;
all were in favor. The meeting minutes were approved as written.
NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTION: Mark introduced Judy Richey, the newly appointed COA
member. Judy works with the Oshkosh Family Meals on Wheels program and with the Helping
Hands program.
SENIOR SERVICES DIRECTOR COMMENTS:
City of Oshkosh Service Award
Mark congratulated Ruth McGinley and presented her with a plaque honoring her 5
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years of service with the Committee on Aging.
Health Department Update
Thursday the offices will be moving. Next Monday, May 7 will be the official
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date of the consolidation. There are still some ordinances pending. This
change will affect the Seniors Center organizational structure slightly. Mark
and Kathy’s titles will ultimately be changed and the Seniors Center will now fall
under the Parks department.
Molly’s Resignation
Staff is going through all of the programs and services that Molly has been
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involved in and determining how each may be handled in the coming weeks.
We will hope to have someone hired around July.
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We will have a cake and goodbyes on the 10; 10 a.m. at the North building
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and 2 p.m. at the South building.
Downtown Flower Pots
The individuals who stated they would be willing to help with this project will be
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contacted as we get closer to the planting date (potentially mid May).
Anyone else interested in assisting, please contact Jane.
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Chicago Bus Trip
The trip will be rescheduled. We are hoping to look at this again in July or
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August when we are fully staffed.
Painting / Flooring
Mark announced the dates we will be closed in June for flooring installation.
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South building will be closed June 6 -8
North building will be closed June 13-15
Chairs
Received another 60 chairs from American Family Insurance.
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RSVP Relationship
Working on a Memorandum of Understanding in which the RSVP Coordinator
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for this area would have office hours at the Seniors Center.
Senior Publication
The Oshkosh Northwestern will be printing a new publication. The Oshkosh
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Seniors Center, Evergreen Retirement Community, and Learning in Retirement
are the groups that will be featured monthly.
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4 of July Parade
Seniors Center will again be participating. We are seeking Veterans that would
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be interested in riding or walking with us in support of the local troops and all
veterans.
If you are interested, please let Kathy know.
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NEW BUSINESS
Letter to City Council
Lurton moved to approve the letter; Claude seconded; all were in favor; letter as
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approved.
Nominations
Xandy stated it would be difficult to proceed with an election under the current
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situation.
Lurton suggested the remaining committee should evaluate the situation and come
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to some resolution to be addressed at the next meeting.
Kathy G. motioned to postpone nominations for a couple of months to pull together
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a list of nominees. Jesse seconded the motion; Lurton opposed. Motion passed to
postpone the nominations.
Mark stated he would challenge the group to review the municipal code to
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determine what role the COA has and determine what the COA should look like.
Also suggested bringing in a facilitator and proceed with some strategic planning.
Perhaps discuss modifying the leadership to have co-chairs in order that no
one individual would assume a sole leadership role as Chair.
This brought about discussion regarding the purpose of the COA. It was
stated that since the COA did not have any funds to develop and coordinate
resolutions to issues that have been identified, this causes some confusion
as to what the purpose of the COA is.
Lurton stated he felt once the needs were identified it is his
understanding that the COA’s role was simply to pass on this
information to the City Council and it would then be their
responsibility to determine what, if anything should be done.
Judy Richey asked if the COA perhaps would have to take
everything to council or whether or not the committee could instead
leverage various community groups to assist in resolving issues
identified.
Mark asked the group if in fact we could proceed with a facilitator at
next month’s meeting to assist us in re-examining the committee
structure and determine how the committee can accomplish the
goals that have been set for them. It seemed the majority of the
committee members were open to this. Mark will work on contacting
a facilitator.
Xandy asked how reappointments would be handled this year. Xandy,
Kathy G. and Ruth are up for reappointment. It was determined that Xandy
and Kathy would remain on the committee.
OLD BUSINESS
Housing Speaker Session
Numbers were lower for this event than the last. Discussed why this may have
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occurred.
Evaluations
Kathy G. stated only 5 evaluations have been received. She will compile the data
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she does have. Kim requested that anyone that had not already completed the
evaluation, please get that to Kathy G. as soon as possible.
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS/CONCERNS:
Kathy G. stated that though the committee is going through a lot of changes right now that
this should not be looked down upon, rather that this should be an exciting time and a
time to begin making a difference.
ADJOURNMENT
Xandy motioned to adjourn the meeting; Jesse seconded the motion; all were in favor.
Meeting was adjourned.
Respectively Submitted,
Kathy Snell
Administrative Assistant, Senior Services