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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Leadership Committee For Senior Services - 01/07/2016 Leadership Committee for Senior Services (LCSS) Meeting Minutes Thursday, January 7, 2016 City Hall 3rd Floor/ Smart-board Conf. Rm. ►The meeting was called to order at 3:41 pm by I. Hobbs, LCSS Chairperson. ►Roll Call Roll Call was conducted by E. Flores. Members present: G. Bryant, E. Flores,T. Garcia, W. Hardeman, I. Hobbs, R. Irwin, E. Lopez, E. Savoy, D. Villagran,A. Woosley Members absent: C. Canales,V. Salinas R. Irwin requested count for vacancies. L. Oliver reported two vacancies;V. Salinas has indicated he will be resigning due to medical issues and for C. Canales due to her attendance, City Secretary will have to send her notice which would leave C. Canales ineligible. L. Oliver reported a total of four Community at Large vacancies and one designated service agency. E. Savoy asked for Breanna Ryde that was elevated to high position from Well Med to fill one of the vacant positions. L. Oliver reported B. Ryde would have to submit her biographical form. E. Savoy requested she attend the next meeting. I. Hobbs reports B. Ryde's position is regional and doubts her availability. ►Approval of Minutes The October 1, 2015 meeting minutes were reviewed. I. Hobbs reported a comment towards a repeat statement on the section of Membership vacancies and requests one be deleted from the minutes. L. Oliver reported the Membership Vacancies Report would remain on New Business. R. Irwin made a motion to approve the meeting minutes; E. Savoy seconded the motion. All approved. None opposed. ► SCS Division program updates A. Election of officers: I. Hobbs opened the floor for the nomination of 2016 officers. T. Garcia moved to elect D. Villagran as LCSS Chairperson. D. Villagran accepted the nomination. E. Savoy seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. D. Villagran moved to nominate E. Flores for Vice Chairperson. R. Irwin seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. G. Bryant moved to nominate T. Garcia as Secretary. T. Garcia accepted the nomination. E. Savoy seconded the motion.The motion was unanimously approved. B. General Highlights- H. Lara reported the renovations at Northwest Senior Center were finished in December 2015.The facility next in line for renovations is the Lindale Senior Center by the end of month in January leading into February,which could impact on hosting the future plans for the Super bowl party. Planned improvements for Lindale Senior Center such as roof, interior and exterior painting, etc. H. Lara also reported Greenwood Senior Center would be following shortly after for renovations for new roofing. C. Program Performance Reviews-C. Reschman reported the Texans Feeding Texans grant was awarded for $53,550.41 which is used to supplement outreach salary and food costs that will be used for the next budget year effective February 1, 2016. C. Reschman also reported the vacancies posted on the city's website are Kitchen Supervisor and part time Cook.The positions for Outreach Worker and part time staff assistant will be posted online by the end of the week. C. Reschman recognized the central kitchen staff for managing to get through the December 2015 holidays special events which included the Winter Wonder Ball and the HEB Feast of Sharing-Home Delivered Meals. HEB sponsored meals which staff prepared for both the community and the Home Delivered Meal clients totaling out to 1,017 meals served. C. Reschman reported SCS registered with the Meals on Wheels association in partnership with DoSomething.org for the third year to have Valentine Day cards made by students from around the U.S. to deliver to the clients at home with their meals.The central kitchen is also currently seeking volunteers for the March for Meals campaign, if interested in participating please make contact with C. Reschman. D. Senior Center Operations- H. Lara reported two Building and Grounds Custodian positions, three Staff Assistant positions and one Center Supervisor positions are vacant and will be conducting interviews within next couple of weeks.The positions currently being filled with temporary employees until interviews have been made. E. L. Oliver recognized the volunteers and volunteered drivers that also helped during the HEB Feast of Sharing that celebrated its 27th year. In addition,the It's Time Texas wellness program that will be implemented as a department,to highlight fitness in the cities begins in January. Persons can register online www..Jttccr_m_munitychallen e crrg. L. Oliver reported Corpus Christi is currently running in first place and Mayor Nelda has also joined to help compete. Also in the Area of Partnerships/Community Education will be coordinating a legal awareness event for the community in regards on how to get affairs in order, dealing with advanced planning, power of attorneys, and etc. effective in March 2016 in partnership with Area Agency on Aging. ► New Business A. Membership Vacancies- L. Oliver reported that there are now four vacancies in the Community At Large category. I. Hobbs reports four biographical forms have been submitted of which two are senior center members and due to positions filled they are ineligible. Two persons who would fit the Community At Large category are Yvonne Solis-Recio with the category of the State Human Health Services and Rodney Buckwalter, President of Caliber Patient Care. I. Hobbs recommended trying to diversify the LCSS group by only selecting people from Community At Large and/or direct Service agency. E. Savoy made a motion to fill vacancies with those who have applied in those categories. G. Bryant seconded the motion. All approved. None opposed. I. Hobbs reported terming out of her sixth year and E. Lopez will be terming out in February which leaves two additional vacancies. ► LCSS Subcommittee Session/Project Status Reports A. Development&Special Events- R. Irwin reported on subcommittee events: • Super Bowl Party(Question on Location due to renovation at Lindale) • February 4t"—Retreat at Garden Senior Center • March 8th—Daylight Saving • Month of March—March for Meals • February and Senior Day—Volleyball Tournament(Tentative) • R. Irwin reported for the Strategic Plan for Meet &Greet through the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce with the combining going on there are then other suggestions like West Side Business Association. • E. Flores reported ideas for Proposed Funding Calendar to raise funds for Meals on Wheels starting in January. One of the proposals is to have a Restaurant Night with a percentage of the meals benefiting HDM. Fuddruckers and I-Hop were contacted.The general manager at Fuddruckers will donate 10%for night also seeking media attention. E. Flores stated this would involve everyone's participation with fundraising. • L. Oliver reported for Miles for Coins to involve schools and proceeds would go back to the waiting list of Meals on Wheels. A Proposed packet would be developed and identifying schools with route within meal routes to be contracted to participate. B. Program Evaluations- E. Savoy reported the subcommittee discussed: • Comment Cards collected reflected 69 comments; all were positive. E. Savoy 3 call backs in October. • Baber Boomers- E. Savoy reported that a Walking Club would be getting stared in January to get some baby boomers involved. C. Program Operations- D. Villagran stated the subcommittee has been working on: • Regarding 21"century equipment purchase for senior centers is pending due to proposal of sponsorship. • Accreditation- D. Villagran reported that assignments have been assigned, schedule meeting later in the quarter and discuss to update the calendar. Meeting date to be announced. • Name Change- D. Villagran reported the name change is currently on hold. • Partnering with local university- D. Villagran reported E. Flores will be helping by partnering with Dena Cazales, CPA for assistance with financial auditing of special event committees. • The renovations at Zavala Senior Center with WellMed started Dec 3, 2015. At Zavala Center new carpet, new wall painting, dance floor have been completed. Additional equipment pending to be installed approximately another three to four weeks to complete finish. Senior members have currently relocated over to Joe Garza temporarily for meal service. Plans include a soft opening and grand opening in the near future. ►Items for next Agenda None ►Public comments None ►Adjournment • The meeting adjourned at 4:32 pm.