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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
Senior Services
Manager
OSHKOSH COMMITTEE ON AGING (COA) MINUTES
July 10, 2012
PRESENT: Kim Bauer, Peggy Bellin, Claude Benedict, Lurton Blassingame, Jesse Fillmore,
Kathryn Glander, Julie Hert, Deanie Minniear,
EXCUSED: Xandy Kloeckl, Deb Pahl, Judy Richey
ABSENT: Clark Seibold
STAFF: Mark Ziemer, Director of Senior Services; Kathy Snell, Administrative Assistant
Meeting called to order by Kim at 8:00 a.m.
Jesse Fillmore began the meeting by stating he would no longer be a member of the Committee
on Aging (COA). He had enjoyed his time with the committee over the past several years.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Kimberly requested a motion to approve the May 1 and June 5,
2012 meeting minutes. There were two changes to be made to the minutes. Kathy will make the
corrections. Claude motioned to approve the minutes as changed. Peggy seconded the motion;
meeting minutes approved as changed.
MANAGER OF SENIOR SERVICES COMMENTS:
New Program Coordinator to Start
Carrie Ottum will start her position with the Seniors Center on Monday, July 23.
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Business Success Center
Through the Business Success Center of University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
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(UWO) we have identified and hired a part time Kinesiology student to teach
exercise classes in the North Building.
Alex DeWitt will be our instructor through the end of the summer.
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We are still considering all of our options as we look to the fall classes.
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Prevention Summit
Mark stated he attend this year’s Prevention Summit a couple of days ago
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along with Paula Stephens, Seniors Center RN.
He would like to connect more with other county services.
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Mindworks
Is scheduled to begin this summer through Lutheran Social Services (LSS).
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Retired Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP)
(RSVP) will hold office hours in the North Building beginning July 30.
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With this connection we hope to be able to continue developing new volunteer
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opportunities not only on our campus but supporting RSVP’s efforts with
connecting seniors to volunteer opportunities throughout the community.
4-Imprint
Once again they have donated a great deal of items to fill bags for the Fall
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Family Fun Fest.
Winnebago County Public Hearing
Mark attended the hearing to thank the county for their continued funding.
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OCMS
Senior Saavy Tapings
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We will begin taping the next couple of months of Senior Saavy next
week. We will focus on reintroducing the Seniors Center and highlight
the upcoming Granny Smith and Fall Family Fun Fest.
If you would like to be a guest on the show or know of someone who
would be interested in being on the show, please let us know. We will
always be searching for new ideas and topics.
Downtown Flower Pots
The pots are being well cared for by the volunteers from the Center.
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Parade
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On the 4 of July we participated in the parade downtown. We invited Seniors
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Center veterans to ride on a vehicles donated to us by Dave Kerzstyn and the
Veterans Museum.
Remodel
Flooring is almost complete
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Painting is still to be completed
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The New Desk for the South Building has been ordered.
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NEW BUSINESS
Review and Discussion of Planning Session
Peggy and Mark will schedule a time to meet with the Mayor
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Mark asked the officers to identify agencies in the community that we would like
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to have at our next meetings.
Peggy suggested once the various needs in the community are identified each
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COA committee member could take a topic and conduct the research to bring
back to the rest of the committee.
Review of Committee Survey
Kathy S. handed out the survey results to each of the COA members. Kathy G.
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spoke to the various questions asked and answered.
Nominations
The nominees for the 2012-2013 COA Committee are as follows: President,
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Peggy Bellin; Vice President, Julie Hert; and Secretary, Judy Richey.
There were questions surrounding the bylaws and whether or not a quorum
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was based on the number of positions on the committee or the number of
occupied positions on the committee.
It was determined that at this time we do not have the answers to this
question and therefore will not vote at the meeting on the nominees.
Mark will take the bylaws to the City Attorney regarding the number
required for a quorum. Once the wording is adjusted Kathy S. will make
the changes to the bylaws and bring them to the next meeting.
Due to the concerns around having a quorum at the meeting it was determined
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that the Slate of Officers and election ballots would be mailed to all COA
members for their vote via absentee ballot. They will have one week to
respond.
OLD BUSINESS
Vacant COA positions
Everyone is asked to try to come up with someone they know of that may be
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interested in being a part of the committee.
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS/CONCERNS:
NONE
ADJOURNMENT
Deanie motioned to adjourn the meeting; Kathy G. seconded the motion; all were in
favor. Meeting was adjourned at 9:20 a.m.
Respectively Submitted,
Kathy Snell
Lead Office Assistant, Senior Services