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Mark Ziemer
Senior Services Manager
OSHKOSH COMMITTEE ON AGING (COA) MINUTES
June 11, 2013
PRESENT: Peggy Bellin, Judy Richey, Deb Pahl, Lurton Blassingame, Claude Benedict, Deanie
MInniear, Clark Seibold, Xandy Kloeckl, Julie Hert
EXCUSED: Kathryn Glander
ABSENT:
STAFF: Mark Ziemer, Senior Services Manager; Kathy Snell, Lead Office Coordinator
Peggy called
the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
There is a correction to be made to the date on the minutes. Kathy will make that correction. Julie moved to approve the minutes
as changes. Judy seconded. All were in favor, meeting minutes approved as corrected.
SENIOR SERVICES MANAGER COMMENTS:
Nail care update – with Paula’s retirement, we are collaborating
with Valley Visiting Nurse Association to provide nail care services two ½ days per week at the Center. Our first day was Monday morning and all went smoothly.
Aging and Disability
Resource meeting – Deb stated she attended the last meeting and there was discussion around ReThink and their efforts around our aging population. Mark stated he also has been exploring
opportunities with ReThink and will continue these discussions.
Council Members – with the addition of two new City Council Members, Mark was asked to provide a tour. One new council
member attended.
UWO Presentation – Mark recently gave a presentation to the UWO employees about what the Seniors Center has to offer new retirees. He has also given a presentation
recently to the Mid Morning Kiwanis group.
Leadership Oshkosh – Mark recently graduated from the Leadership Oshkosh program. He stated this was a good opportunity for individuals to
learn more about our community. Perhaps there may be an opportunity for us to do something similar for retired individuals looking to stay connected to the community.
Red Cross – Mark has been made aware that the Red Cross is working on getting back to their core services (i.e. disaster relief) and perhaps eliminating some of their other programs.
4th
of July Parade – if anyone is interested in participating, we once again will have a presence in the 4th of July Parade. Please let Kathy or Mark know if you are interested.
North
Building Survey – surveys conducted by Dimension IV (the architecture for the North Building renovation) were to be submitted by Friday. If you would still like to complete one, please
do so immediately.
ADVISORY BOARD REPORT:
None.
NEW BUSINESS
Public Record Announcements via Email
Any email correspondence sent will be copied to a special email through the City
developed strictly for the Committee on Aging. Also a reminder, anytime there is correspondence with more than two board members it does constitute a meeting.
Review Results of Action
Plan Developed with Dale Feinauer
Reviewed our action plan
Peggy asked the group if they felt we had accomplished what we intended
How to identify needs.
Inviting individuals working
with seniors in the community to present to us what they experience.
The group feels we did a good job of bringing in presenters, but still are struggling with what to do with the information
received.
There are many sub groups working on these types of issues as well and the groups struggles with what their role is in identifying and recommending suggestions of how to close
the gaps in service.
Mark will be discussing this with City Manager Rohloff and Mayor Tower.
Nomination of Officer Announcements
Deanie motioned to continue with the current officers
for the coming year.
Clark seconded.
Peggy stated we would not vote on this today until we had further direction from City Council.
We will not hold another meeting until further notice.
Sub-committe
e Structure
Currently we do not have subcommittees meeting.
City Council Letter
Judy handed out the letter to City Council.
Please review and provide any feedback you have to Judy before
the end of the month. She will then put together a final draft and send this over to Kathy for forwarding on to the City Manager and City Council.
OLD BUSINESS
Municipal Code Suggestion
Changes
Mark reported that we are still waiting to hear from the City Attorney. He will follow up with her.
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS/CONCERNS:
None.
NEXT MEETING:
To be determined.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting was adjourned at 9:05 a.m.
Respectively Submitted,
Kathy Snell
Lead Office Assistant,
Senior Services