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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
September 4, 2012
PRESENT: Peggy Bellin, Lurton Blassingame, Julie Hert, Deanie Minniear, Xandy Kloeckl,
Judy Richey, Clark Seibold
EXCUSED: Deb Pahl, Kathryn Glander
ABSENT: Claude Benedict
STAFF: Mark Ziemer, Senior Services Manager; Kathy Snell, Lead Office Coordinator
Peggy called the meeting to order at 8:05 a.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Clark requested that meeting minutes use full spelling of items vs.
using acronyms as not everyone is aware of what these are. These changes will be made.
Lurton moved to approve the minutes as changed. Julie seconded; all were in favor. Minutes
approved as changed.
SENIOR SERVICES MANAGER COMMENTS:
Recognition of Downtown Business District Flower Pots
There was an article in the Current and the Chamber of Commerce newsletter
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thanking the Oshkosh Seniors Center volunteers for their commitment to the
downtown flower pots. They look wonderful.
Retired Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP)
The position on campus is currently vacant. They are looking at a replacement
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and we are hoping to move forward with the partnership.
Lutheran Social Service (LSS)
The Senior Connection position is currently open. They are doing interviews
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this week and we will hope to see someone back on our campus soon.
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4 of July Parade
We did have a presence in the parade in July and will be gearing up soon for
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the Holiday Parade.
Fitness Coordinator
Looking at hiring a ½ time Fitness Coordinator
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This position would oversee the Fitness Center and maintain exercise
classes.
Currently the Business Success Center at the University is assisting us
in finding students to assist in teaching classes.
Budget
This year we were asked to project a 5% decrease in our 2013 budget. This is
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contingent on the state funding. We will not likely see these numbers before
November.
Fall Family Fun Fest / Granny Smith
Please join us for these upcoming events and show your support of the Seniors
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Center.
Senior Savvy
We are revisiting the name of program and are always seeking new ideas and
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would welcome anyone that would be interested in being on camera or behind
the scenes.
Program Coordinator
Carrie Ottum started a few weeks ago. This has brought the Center up to a full
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staff. Excited to see where we can go from here!
Fisk Gallop Fund
This fund was set up many years ago to assist individuals in Oshkosh with their
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healthcare needs.
Due to the merge of the Health Departments it was determined that the Seniors
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Center would handle the distribution of these funds. This is something that staff
is working on to define our guidelines.
NEW BUSINESS
Slate of Officers / Election
Due to the election being done via absentee ballots. We would like to vote to
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approve the election results. Clark moved to approve the results. Deanie
seconded. All were in favor, election results approved. Peggy Bellin,
President; Julie Hert, Vice President; Judy Richey, Secretary.
Potential Members
Currently we have three openings. Please brainstorm any connections you
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may have. If you know of someone you think may be interested, please have
them call and speak with Mark. Applications are available from Jackie Challis
at City Hall.
OLD BUSINESS
Bylaws
Mark didn’t have an opportunity to discuss the bylaws regarding the number of
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individuals required for a quorum with the City Attorney. He will continue to
pursue this and discuss this at the next meeting.
Planning Session
For future meetings we will be inviting different speakers from local
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organizations to come and speak with us about what they view as senior needs
in our community.
From there, we would like someone from this community to research the
issue and bring back information to discuss with the full committee.
At that point we can discuss how we can be a resource for individuals in
the community facing these issues as we can’t develop new programs
but we can educate and provide resources.
This led to further discussion regarding ways in which we could be a resource.
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One suggestion was to once again hold a conference with different speakers
coming out to educate people. Another suggestion was a guide that would
answer questions or lead individuals in the right direction for their questions to
be answered.
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS/CONCERNS:
NONE
NEXT MEETING:
October 2 at 8:00 a.m.
Will invite a speaker for this meeting, possibly a discharge planner.
ADJOURNMENT:
Deanie motioned to adjourn the meeting; Lurton seconded the motion; all were in
favor. Meeting was adjourned.
Respectively Submitted,
Kathy Snell
Lead Office Assistant, Senior Services