2000-04-04City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Council on Aging
Date: April 4, 2000
Place: Senior Community Center
Board members present: Joe Dettorre, Susan Albiero, Cynthia Montalbano, Bob
Marshall, Joan Fairbank, Nancy Winter, Ellen Skryness, Tom Scully, Kathy Burns
Board members absent: Kevin Ascolillo
Others present: Leslee Breen, Director of the Council on Aging
Recorder: Ellen Skryness/Leslee Breen
The meeting was called to order at 2:35 p.m. by Nancy Winter. Bob made a motion to
dispense with the reading of the minutes and approve the March 7, 2000 meeting
minutes, second by Cynthia. One typographical correction. Motion passed.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT:
There were four bingos in February and five building usages (City, election and
Recreation Department) in March. The Financial Report was reviewed. Bob made a
motion to approve, Ellen with second, motion passed. There were no questions about
the Bingo reports. UPDATE: Leslee reported that recently the staff has experienced
some personal tragedies such as deaths in family, but all are working to help each
other out. Activities are going well.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
COMMUNICATIONS MEETING: The group met on March 21st. There was a
discussion about Sgt. Tarsook's community project of clearing the land across the
street for parking. He has a group willing to take on the project and the Council has
agreed for them to do so.
FRIENDS MEETING: The group met on March 21st. The same discussion that was
held at the Communications meeting was held here.
FUNDRAISER COMMITTEE: Leslee reported that the event will take place on April 25th
from 7:30-9:00 a.m. The invitations went out on April 3rd and follow-up calIs will be
made the week of April 10th. Around 100 invitations were mailed.
FINANCE COMMITTEE: No meeting.
OLD BUSINESS:
DUPLICATOR: Leslee reported that the costs for the duplicator purchase were picked
up by the Friends and Bingo.
PORCH QUOTES: Leslee reported that one quote had been received from Raffa
Construction regarding the repair of the porch. The quote was made for enclosing the
porch only. Another quote for non-enclosure still needs to be obtained. The City has not
been approached to pick up the costs of this repair but the Board wishes for the City to
be approached. Tom Scully will follow-up with the Building Inspector to see if the repair
costs will be paid for by the City. He will report back at the next meeting.
BADGES: Leslee reported that upon further investigation that making new badges for
such a small staff would be cost prohibitive. She submitted samples made in-house of
badges. The Board agreed to one of the samples. Tom Scully made the suggestion of
using the lettering/wording from the Fundraiser invitation for April 25th event on the
badges and offered to scan all the information and make the badges. Leslee will have
Sheila follow-up with him.
NEW BUSINESS:
MEMBERS TERMS: .Leslee reported that three members' terms are due to expire on
June 30 2000. They are Susan; Ellen, and Nancy. Ellen and Nancy will not seek
reappointment due to professional commitments. Susan would like to seek
reappointment. Leslee reported that two individuals have expressed interest in serving
on the Board: Peter Gilmo, re and Francine Temkin. Tom Scully will wdte a letter to the
Mayor reqL/ested reappointment for Susan. He will also write a recommendation for the
appointn~ent of Peter Gilmore. Tom will contact Francine to schedule a meeting with
her before we make a recommendation to the Mayor. He will report back with an
update at the next meeting. Two additional candidates for the Board were mentioned:
Jean Jaworski and Joanne Hanson.
The above discussion lead to an additional discussion of restructuring the Board to
include Joan Fairbank as an individual member and not an ex-officio member from the
Recreation Department. Everyone agreed this was a good idea, Additionally, the
Board raised the issue to having the Housing Authority's representation clause
removed from the Rules since there have been attendance issues. Everyone agreed
that with new Board appointments this would be a good time to discuss the structure
and make-up of, the Board. Discussion was also held on the number of Board members
that should also serve. This issue will be discussed at the next meeting.
JULY MEETING: The July meeting was rescheduled for July 18th at 2:30 p.m.
SENIOR DAY IN THE PARK: Leslee reported that Senior Day in the Park will take
place on August 3rd. She requested that the Board think about someone who could
emcee the event. If no one is available, Sheila could do it.
EDITORIAL: Leslee presented an editorial from the April 3, 2000 edition of the Salem
Evening News regarding transportation. She stated that she had personally
responded, on a general level, to the letter, but wanted the Board to be aware of it.
The Board discussed the transportation program in general and asked if an unmet
need list was kept. Leslee stated that it was. The Board requested that this information
be brought to the next meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None
Joe made a motion to adjourn, Cynthia with a second, motion passed. Meeting
adjourned at 3:40 p.m. The next meeting will be May 2, 2000 at 2:30 p.m.