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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Leadership Committee For Senior Services - 04/05/20181 Leadership Committee for Senior Services (LCSS) Meeting Minutes Thursday, April 5, 2018 Garden Senior Center ►The meeting was called to order at 3:36 pm by D. Villagran, LCSS Chairperson. ►Roll Call Roll Call was conducted by C. Rodriguez. Members present: G. Bryant, P. Lewis, M. Hansen, G. Berry, K. Heslip, D. Villagran, P. O’Brien, K. Diggs, E. Bell, and I. Garcia Members absent: E. Flores, T. Garcia, W. Hardeman, Dr. M. Zhao ►Approval of Minutes The meeting minutes for March 1st were approved by E. Bell and second by I. Garcia. All were in favor, none opposed. ►New Business A. Committee Vacancy D. Villagran reviewed biographical forms to the committee for Melanie Munoz with La Coast Dental, and John Mechelb, a retired volunteer. P. Lewis made a motion to add John Mechelb to the committee and P. O’ Brien seconded the motion. All were in favor, none opposed. B. FY 19 City Budget Update L. Oliver reported the City of Corpus Christi going through a deficient of $10 million decrease creating a $1 million decrease for the Park and Rec Dept. Each of the 5 divisions within the department were given a percentage of reduction, Senior Services was to reduce the budget by 6%. The meal program was not involved in the 6% due to being funded through a grant, leaving center operation to undergo a decrease of $173,860 in the budget for fiscal year ’18-’19. The proposal created was to decrease one full time site down to a 19 hours site, site chosen was Ethel Eyerly Center. Also included was the closure of Broadmoor center and decreasing all sites administrative support from full time to all part time positions. Because there is a deduction of funds to the program services division this meant closure of two recreation centers, Oso Recreation and Lindale Recreation. Both rec centers activities and staff would then be moved over to Garden and Lindale Senior Center, this transitioning from being a ‘Senior Center’ to the proposal of ‘Community Centers’. The proposal was presented to the City Manager where it was then presented to the Mayor and city council members to review and discuss. The city Mayor has made his email available to the public for comments regarding the budget cuts. L. Oliver will send the committee a flyer copy of the Mayor’s community invite. She checked in with Broadmoor members and received positive feedback and plans to meet with members of Ethel Eyerly members to inform them of the proposal and answer questions they may have. The City’s manager and Council members will discuss the proposal and make the official announcement in September 2018. Budget cuts are to be reviewed for the next 5 years. Plans for the Broadmoor center, if closed for center operations, will be offered to non-profited businesses so the facility does not stay vacant. Reports of Cullen Middle School to be closing in the near future, with possible growth if needed in long term for the joining of Oso Recreation with Garden Center. The C.C. Master Gardeners plan to lease the land behind Garden Center to develop a community learning garden. The Elderly Nutrition Program’s grant was recently reduced by $28,000 for fiscal year ’17-’18 with possible reductions for the next fiscal year. C. Subcommittee Assignments L. Oliver explained the separate of special events/development subcommittee into separate committees. Special event committee will continue meeting before each regular monthly 2 meeting and the Development committee will meet on a separate time. K. Diggs and D. Villagran volunteered their time to meet in the development committee ►Old Business A. None ►LCSS Subcommittee Session/Project Status Report A. Development & Special Events – G. Bryant reviewed upcoming events from special events calendar. N. Chavera reported the total earnings for the Hamburger Sale and Chili Cook off at $5,741.00. B. Program Evaluation – M. Hansen reported mostly good reports on comment cards. P. Lewis suggested to change comment card format for better input from members completing. I. Garcia mentioned members at Greenwood center complete cards but made comments that no one takes into consideration of their comments. C. Program Operations – P. O’Brien reviewed the current status on the RFP to still continue at Ethel Eyerly Center. L. Oliver mention to check on the status on the deficiency of computers at the center as reported by G. Berry. ►SCS Division program updates A. General highlights & – Highlights were discussed during the budget update. L. Oliver mentioned the Transfer of Death Deed clinic. Attorney officials will be onsite assisting with death deed at no cost for persons 60 years and over. B. Senior center operations – Center Operations were discussed during the budget update. C. Program performance reviews – C. Reschman will bring review updates at next committee meeting. ►Items for next Agenda None. ►Public comments None. ►Adjournment • The meeting adjourned at 4:50 pm.