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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Leadership Committee For Senior Services - 01/04/2018 Leadership Committee for Senior Services (LCSS) Meeting Minutes Thursday, January 4, 2018 Greenwood Senior Center ►The meeting was called to order at 3:41 pm by D. Villagran, LCSS Chairperson. ►Roll Call Roll Call was conducted by T. Garcia. Members present: G. Bryant,T. Garcia, P. O'Brien, M. Hansen, G. Berry, K. Heslip,W. Hardeman, D. Villagran and P. Lewis Members absent:J. Garcia(excused), Meng Zhao(excused), Eva Bell, S. Fierro(resigned) and E. Flores ►Approval of Minutes The meeting minutes from the October 5, 2017 and Workshop notes from November 9, 2017 were both approved. Motion made by G. Bryant and second by P. O'Brien. All were in favor, none opposed. ►New Business A. Election of Officers D. Villagran reviewed with board members the recent officers of the board for Chairperson- D. Villagran,Vice Chair- E. Flores and Treasury-T. Garcia. P. O'Brien made motion to keep all officers of the board as they are, Ginger seconded motion. All were in favor, none opposed. B. Review of Biographical Form(s)to fill Vacancy L. Oliver address the one current Vacancy for Community at Large and a possible second vacancy due to minimal responses from S. Fierro up for reappointment. Also up for reappointment was P. Lewis, G. Berry, P. O' Brien,J. Garcia and K. Heslip.J. Garcia recently agreed to continue her next term via email with L. Oliver. All other members listed for reappointment agreed to be reappointed. L. Oliver reviewed all 4 biographical forms received from city secretary's office. G. Bryant made motion to welcome Mr. Gary Wicks to fill the vacant position for Community at Large and P. O'Brien seconded the motion. All were in favor, none opposed. W. Hardeman then made motion to have Ms. Inez Garcia as a backup replacement if the vacancy became available, had S. Fierro choose to decline reappointment. D. Villagran volunteered to reach out to S. Fierro after board meeting.T. Garcia seconded the motion. All were in favor, none opposed. C. LCSS 2017 Annual Report L. Oliver informed all members of the City requesting the highlights throughout the year of 2017 and is working on summitting a report in with City Secretary. Once completed and sent, L. Oliver will be send all committee members a copy of the annual report via email. D. Retreat Nest Steps: Develop Action Plan P. Obrien reported the current By-Laws up for review and to be updated to a cleaner, redefined document to include any potential financial items needing to be added. Construction of the By- Laws was last assigned to P. Lewis, M. Hansen and G. Bryant. Members agreed to find time with L. Oliver to begin reviewing and revising by-laws as needed. C. Rodriguez will send current by- law document via email to committee member for review. ►LCSS Subcommittee Session/Project Status Report A. Development&Special Events—K. Heslip informed members of Mardi Gras Carnival event on February Stn at the American Bank Center- Henry Garret Room. Members invited to attend. N. Chavera spoke on seeking possible sponsorship to help finance the event. C. Rodriguez will send all committee members a sponsorship packet via email one packet has been completed.The sub-committee is structuring a Burger sale and Chili cook off Fundraiser open to the committee at the Greenwood Center scheduled for Saturday, March 24th to raise funds towards the Meals on Wheels program. K. Heslip agreed to schedule time to visit each senior center and once again ask all members in person their thoughts of attending a possible Senior Prom on April 201h seeking any possible interests. 1 B. Program Evaluation—M. Hansen reported overall good remarks on comment cards. Some concerns were reported towards the waiting list for Meals on Wheels. S. Garza educated M. Hansen of the reason behind the waiting list. D. Villagran brought interest in visiting the Central Kitchen where meals are prepared from, L. Oliver suggested having one of the board meetings to be moved to central kitchen to be held next door in a DelMar classroom followed by a tour of the central kitchen. All were in favor. C. Program Operations—P. O' Brien discussed the last known hold on Senior Center Accreditation due to Hurricane Harvey creating a minor setback. A meeting was set for January 91", P. O'Brien will send a meeting appointment later in the week.The update for RFP, through trial and funding,the selected center was Ethel Eyerly Center.The city attorney of Corpus Christi recently reached out the City attorney of San Antonio for a copy of their RFP to help guide city staff to release guidelines created to solicit bids for possible healthcare partnerships. Program operation subcommittee agreed to begin meeting at 3:OOpm and complete subcommittee meeting in 30 minutes for following upcoming meetings. G. Berry reported the follow up made for potential exercise equipment donations on behalf of different corporations. G. Berry requested an updated equipment needs from each site and agreed to search deals online, such as Craigslist. C. Rodriguez will follow up with sites to update the equipment needs and will then send to G. Berry. ►SCS Division program updates A. General highlights—L. Oliver reported the Texas Feeding Texans Grant approved for$41,500. Unfortunately grant approved was$16,000 less than last year. Budget will only fund for an outreach worker due to decrease. Preliminary work to identify some facility improvements for the Bond Project being proposed.The powers-at-be will complete the initial assessments and prioritize within the department which items to be included as part of the Bond Project and presented to voters. Finalized list will be presented to committee members once received. Division was approved from the Community Development Block grant fund which will go towards the AC replacement at the central kitchen. Improvements reported at$49,000 worth in repairs and will be replaced by March 2018 with possible funding to go towards short term fixing to roofing at central kitchen. B. Senior center operations—Staff are continuing to maintain activities. C. Program performance reviews—1St quarter report for October, November and December will be presented at next month's meeting. ►Items for next Agenda None. ►Public comments None. ►Adjournment • The meeting adjourned at 4:45 pm. 2