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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Leadership Committee For Senior Services - 02/06/2003 LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE FOR SENIOR SERVICES City Hall—6th Floor Conference Room February 6, 2003 Alan Bligh called the meeting to order. A moment of silence was observed in memory of Mr. Pete Oliver. Lucy Johnson conducted roll call and noted the absence of Patricia Shulfet. MINUTES The committee reviewed the January meeting minutes and it was moved by Rex Amick with a second by Apolonia Cantu to approve them as submitted. The motion was approved. INTRODUCTION Elsa Munoz introduced Tom Smith as the newly appointed Nutrition Program Coordinator for the Senior Community Services Division. Linda Hodge was introduced as the new Assistant Director of Programs for the Park and Recreation Department. Ms. Munoz also announced that Leticia Ochoa has accepted the Kitchen Supervisor position. COMMITTEE REPORTS • Program Operations — Rex Amick presented staff's recommendation to change from offering the six types of milk currently served to the senior participants (chocolate, buttermilk, homogenized, skin, 2% and lowfat) and only offer 2% milk. This will result in cost savings to the program, including labor and product costs. Mr. Amick made a motion to endorse the Staff recommendation to implement this change. Motion was seconded by Russell Stovers. The motion was unanimously approved. Staff will begin contract modifications. Staff will develop plans for educating the members about the change, which will take effect in July 2003. The next subcommittee meeting is scheduled for February 20, 2003. • Program Evaluation — No Report. Ms. Munoz clarified that all subcommittees should not be deterred from meeting and finalizing project plans even if the staff liaison is not available. • Funding & Resource — Ms. Pauline Johnson proposed a fundraiser to help support the Annual Holiday Dinner. Ms. Johnson stated that the fundraiser would involve the senior center Site Councils to host a fundraiser during the summer. The goal would be for all centers to raise a minimum of$1,000 for the Annual Holiday Dinner and if any center exceeds that amount they would use the difference towards a Wish List. Russell Stowers motioned to approve a fundraiser Q for June 2003 to be coordinated by the senior center Site Councils and Lucy LU Johnson seconded. The motion was approved. Z ❑ Special Events—Lisa Oliver reported on the following events and distributed the monthly calendar of events: O > 02/04/03 — Senior Day at the Capitol —46 individuals attended the event and met with local State Representative Vilma Luna, office designees of Jaime Capelo and Senator Juan Hinojosa. > 02/08/03 — Coastal Bend Crown Club Sweetheart Dance at the fld Greenwood Senior Center from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with music by Carl Lewis and the Deadbeats. Tickets are $2.50 per person and $5.00 per couple. ➢ 03/09/03—Ms. Coastal Bend Senior Pageant PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS o National Institute of Senior Centers—Elsa Munoz has been appointed as an At- large Delegate Council Member to the National Institute of Senior Centers (2003- 2005). She will be attending the National Council on Aging Conference in Chicago from March 10t through March 15th , 2003. o Kitchen Update - Staff is following up on"punch list" items(hand washing sink and loading dock issues). When these items are completed, the certificate of occupancy will be received and plans for the grand opening will be finalized. Ms. Munoz commended the kitchen staff for an outstanding job in getting meals out on time due to the shortage of staff(due to illness). In addition, Ms. Munoz thanked the Park Operations and SCS custodial staff for meeting production goals. Ms. Munoz also reported that the compressor for the freezer had to be replaced. Based on the recommendation of Bobby Salinas (cook), supervisory staff researched the warranty coverage for the freezer repair work. It was determined that the item was still under warranty and costs were minimized. The employee will be nominated for the City's Incentive Award Program. ❑ Lindale Senior Center— Councilman Brent Chesney visited the Lindale Senior Center and toured the facility. Mr. Chesney will sponsor and attend the center's dance next week. o Ms. Munoz announced that all supervisors have been reminded about City Policy G-22.0 "Political Activity at Senior Centers"and that Mr. Daniel Whitworth will be forwarding a memo to City Council members in reference to the same policy. o CDBG — Ms. Munoz reported that staff is in the process of developing the proposals for the Community Development Block Grant funds. Proposals will be forwarded to the director for review tomorrow. The following recommendations will be submitted by the Senior Community Services staff: ➢ Multi-generational facility in the Southside to be completed in three phases. Phase I: to include recreation, game, wellness and activity rooms. Equipment for wellness center. Phase II: indoor and outdoor heated pool. Phase III: Outdoor sports complex area to include playground area, equipment, benches and softball field. S. Expansion of Broadmoor Senior Center > Upgrade fire alarm and install/ upgrade indoor security system for all senior centers. Ms. Munoz asked the committee if they had additional recommendations they would like to discuss. Mr. Stowers addressed the need for a senior center on the Island. OLD BUSINESS Alan Bligh provided an update on actions that the committee had already taken in naming w N the new kitchen. Mr. Bligh reported that in October 2002 the committee participated in a group activity to propose names and present their recommendations. These were narrowed down to five names. Representatives from the LCSS committee (Patricia Shufelt, Roland Medrano, Gloria Farias and Alan Bligh) met with the Del Mar College Board of Regents (Gabriel Rivas, Olga Gonzales and Dorothy Spann) subcommitte to consider recommendations on a joint name for the facility. After discussion, Olga Gonzales recommended that the facility be named "Our Central Kitchen" in addition to have the name also read in Spanish"Nuestra Cocina Central". After further discussion of the proposed name several concerns from the committee and staff were addressed as follows: Ms.Munoz encouraged the committee members to reflect on the issue and challenged them to propose a name that would be more descriptive of the unique relationship and project. Gloria Farias would like the name of the facility to include the name educational or nutritional on it. Larry Imhoff would like the name to reflect the duties of the kitchen. Roland Medrano asked if new recommendations could be accepted. With the consensus of the committee Gloria Farias motioned to disapprove the proposed name by Del Mar College Board of Regents for the new central kitchen and Roland Medrano seconded. All were in favor. Elsa Munoz announced that the subcommittee members need to meet before the February 18, 2003 meeting to come up with new recommendations. Connie Reschman will mail out the meeting notices. Anna Gonzales encouraged everyone to attend the next meeting. NEW BUSINESS Elsa Munoz conducted the swearing in of the "new slate of officers" for the upcoming year as follows: Alan Bligh—Chairperson Rex Amick—Vice Chairperson Lucy Johnson—Secretary Russell Stowers—Treasurer ANNOUNCEMENTS ❑ 02/21/03—Nueces County Medical Health Fair,Bayfront Plaza Convetion Center from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ❑ 02/22/03 —Black History Month Celebration at the Oveal Williams Senior Center from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ❑ 03/21/03 —2nd Anniversary Celebration for Garden Senior Center. Site Council will sponsor dance from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Ethel Eyerly Senior Center hosted a rummage sale on Saturday, February 1,2003 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and raised$400.00 in proceeds. Elsa Munoz thanked Lisa Oliver,Ward Kirkpatrick, Deborah Henry and Linda Ramirez for an outstanding job on Sr.Day at the Capitol. There being no further business,meeting was adjourned.