Council on Aging, January 5, 2017
HOLDEN COUNCIL ON AGING
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Conference Room – Senior Center
Present: Susan Sullivan, Faye Ellis, Wayne Howard, Eric Johansen, Maureen Locke,
Rebecca Tornblom, Peter Lukes, Louise Charbonneau, Maureen Buffone.
The Meeting was called to order by Sue Sullivan at 8:04 a.m.
The Minutes from the December 1, 2016 meeting were approved and accepted.
F.H.C.O.A. REPORT
Faye reported the account balances for the January 9th Friends’ meeting as follows:
Commerce Bank $15,212.00
Leominster Credit Union (furnishings acct.) $2,844.99
Leominster Credit Union C.D. $24,206.46
LCU Trip Account $5,592.93
The Friends donated $1,000.00 to Help at H.O.M.E. and $1,000.00 to the Wachusett Food Pantry.
The pool tables were refurbished for a total amount of $800.00.
The Friends contributed $340.00 toward the cost of the Christmas party.
Last year, the Friends agreed to give Clare $1,000.00 to be used towards programs. Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars was used to date for Rebecca Swett and Bill Sbrogna.
The Morning Glory Café was closed the last two (2) weeks for the holidays. It continues to do well.
American Girl clothes were sold for a total amount of $700.00.
The Friends will be meeting again on February 6, 2017 at 1:00 p.m.
HELP AT H.O.M.E. REPORT - Jim Robinson
Jim was unable to attend this morning’s meeting, but reported that donations have totaled $8,934.77.
BOARD OF ELDER SERVICES REPORT - Richard Mansfield
No representation.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT - Louise Charbonneau
JANUARY EVENTS
Monday, January 2 … Senior Center will be closed in observance of the New Year’s Holiday
Friday, January 6 … The Morning Glory Café will re-open at 8:30 a.m. after having been closed during the holiday season.
Monday, January 9 … Free Legal Clinic … Attorney Arthur Bergeron from the firm of Mirick O’Connell will offer a free legal clinic from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free 15 minutes appointments will be offered and can be made by calling the office. Appointments are REQUIRED.
Wednesday, January 11 … A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE … with Marti Sawyer at 1:00 p.m. We will take a sentimental trip down memory lane with the music of the 50’s and 60’s. The concert is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served. Snow date for this event is Wednesday, January 18.
Monday, January 16…The Senior Center will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Wednesday, January 25 … Adult Coloring - from 1:00-3:00 p.m. we will have an afternoon of fun, friendship and relaxation. It’s a great way to get your creative juices flowing and spend the afternoon chatting with friends - old and new. You can bring your own materials or we will gladly share what we have here. Please call the office to register.
BUDGET PROCESS
The FY18 budget process is moving along. Louise turned in our operating budget request. Basically our request was for level funding with the exception of increasing our program line item.
NUMBERS FROM DECEMBER
Harp Concert – 27
Rusty Guertin Concert – 40
Wachusett Community Band Concert – 33
Tree and Cookie Decorating w/Toddlers – 12
Christmas Party – 60
Mountview Breakfast - 126
Rotary Breakfast – 263 Total 93 of which were Holden elders
New Year’s Eve Party - 55
OLD BUSINESS
The Needs Assessment/Satisfaction Survey has been finalized and will go out in February’s newsletter. They will also be available here at the senior center. Sue Sullivan will go to the selectmen’s meeting on January 17th to talk about the survey and will also mention Help at H.O.M.E. while she is there. Peter suggested checking with Robin to get it on the town’s Facebook page.
Louise told Peter that she received a phone call from a gentlemen who said that his phone number was on the senior center Facebook page. Robin was able to take the phone number down, but could not get it off of the website. Robin reported it to Facebook and asked to have it taken down. It was noted that the senior center did not create a Facebook page.
NEW BUSINESS
None
CITIZENS ADDRESS
None.
ADJOURNMENT
It was unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting at 8:28 a.m.
Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 8:00 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Maureen Buffone