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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes Leadership Committee For Senior Services - 01/11/2007 V Leadership Committee for Senior Services ��C� F �VQ City Hall— 1201 Leopard f91 0 2�7/O January 11, 2007 C7 Roland Medrano, Chairperson, called the meeting to order. rySfCRfg"rSOFFjCE Mr. Medrano opened the meeting by stating that subcommittees would meet first to give them an opportunity to meet since there were no meetings held in December. Before the subcommittees met in their groups, he read correspondence received from the City Secretary's Office. The letter stated there were members eligible for reappointments in February. The names listed were Alan D. Bligh, Marion Ball, Kathy Harron, Donna Marie Cisneros, Trinidad Benavides, Mary Garana Allen, Joan Veith, and Roland Medrano. All accepted reappointment but Joan Veith declined. Mary Allen was not in attendance. Staff will contact Ms. Allen for her response. Mr. Medrano reconvened the members after the subcommittee meetings. MINUTES Kathy Harron made a correction to the November 2006 minutes in the LCSS Member Announcements section. It was announced at the November meeting that members from the LCSS were invited to attend the "Strength in Teamwork" Seminar at the Holiday Inn Emerald Beach. Kathy Harron made the motion to approve the meeting minutes from November with changes and seconded Barbara Deguzis. The minutes were unanimously approved with changes. COMMITTEE REPORTS PROGRAM OPERATIONS Barbara Deguzis reported on the Program Operations Committee meeting held December 21, 2006. • The Senior Net Program was approved by City Council on December 12, 2006 and the MOU has been signed. A timetable was developed during a phone conference with Senior Net on December 19. A one-week volunteer and staff training will begin February 5 and the Grand Opening will be on March 28 at Greenwood Senior Center. Senior Net is hoping to have an employee from Microsoft attend the Grand Opening. We have 14 volunteers signed up as instructors. The trainer Jan Adkins, will also be available in the evening for volunteer training. On January 17, SCS staff will visit the Austin Senior Net to observe how the program operates. SCANNED 1 (ir VI • The Identity Theft Workshop and Shred-A-Thon Fundraiser will be on January 20 at Greenwood Senior Center from 9:30 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. in conjunction with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). Reliant Storage Solutions will provide a portable industrial shredder. There will be a $5 donation fee per box: The box should be the size of a case of paper. The workshop topics will be on "Identity Theft Protection & Medical Identity Theft" by Alan Bligh, Better Business Bureau (BBB); "Offline Protection" by David Abarca, Del Mar College; and the CCPD Crime Prevention Division has been invited. • The Program Operations Committee has been reviewing a successful Accreditation application from Wood County. They have has 5 centers accredited. We need to collect newspaper articles and create a notebook to submit with our Accreditation applications. The committee suggests creating two committees, in house / staff and volunteers. The volunteer committee should include at least one member of each Senior Center Site Council. Dr. Deguzis asked the center supervisors to announce and request for volunteer representative at their next Site Council meeting. • This year"Senior Day at the Capitol" will be on February 13, 2007. In the past, Senior Community Services has hosted the trip (transportation, hotel, and 2 meals). This year due to unavailability of funds SCS, RSVP, and SCP will split the cost of transportation only. The trip cost is $55 to include lodging, transportation, and 2 meals. An itinerary was distributed to members with trip details. • Members from the LCSS Committee and SCS Staff attended the 2-day "Strength in Teamwork" Seminar at the Holiday Inn Emerald Beach. Members and staff attended various training topics. All information learned and received will benefit Senior Community Services. Seminar briefings by attendees will be presented at future LCSS meetings. PROGRAM EVALUATION Donna Cisneros recommended keeping the Program Operations Committee and the Program Evaluations Committee as two separate committees due to their functions. LCSS members were in consensus with the recommendation. FUNDING AND RESOURCE Marion Ball announced that Financial Report for the 2006 Holiday Dinner. The revenue from the ticket sales was $2,887 (total of 717 tickets). The sponsorship total was $505 and the decoration sale was $145.27. Total Holiday Dinner income was $6,536.65. Total includes $3,537.27 from 2006 Holiday Dinner, plus $1,294.52 1/3 income from the 2006 Casino Night and $1,704.86, the balance from 2005 Holiday Dinner. Total expenses were $4,860.31. Totaling a Net Balance of$1,676.34. (Report available) An LCSS member requested information on the decoration sale. Lisa Oliver informed the committee that all decorations were sold rather than storing them and risk damage or loss in storage. 2 1611, ‘11110 SPECIAL EVENTS The 2006 Holiday Dinner was held on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the American Bank Center, Watergarden Room with over 600 in attendance. The event began with a free prize bingo and concluded with a dance with music by the Charles Boeckman Band. The Holiday Dinner was an overall success with everyone enjoying themselves. A wrap up meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 24, 2006 at Lindale Senior Center. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Lisa Oliver invited LCSS members to attend this years "Senior Day at the Capitol". The cost will be $55 per person for lodging. The daily itinerary is available from the SCS office. The event is an excellent opportunity to meet our local legislative delegation and share issues and concerns facing older adults. A. Senior Centers - + The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding process has been initiated. Ms. Oliver reviewed the proposed list SCS submitted to Parks & Recreation Administration. 1) Fire and security alarm upgrade and/or installation at all the Senior Centers 2) HVAC replacement at Ethel Eyerly and Oveal Williams 3) Broadmoor expansion project - Phase 1 for Planning and design 4) Expansion to restroom facilities at Ethel Eyerly 5) Automatic dinning room door openers for both Greenwood and Lindale 6) Vinyl (CVT) flooring for the Bingo Room at Greenwood 7) Installation of fiber optic cable at all senior centers, excluding Greenwood 8) Northwest - Phase 1 - structural evaluation, foundation shifting 9) Evaluation of Zavala roof The Director of Parks & Recreation makes the final decision of what will move forward for our department to be presented before the Planning Commission. If any of the SCS Projects are selected, LCSS members will be notified. The process continues through March and April. RSVP & SCP Volunteers have been working with three neighborhood Headstart Schools to prepare for the Martin Luther King Day celebration. The children and volunteers have been arranging a banner for a walk on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King. On this day there will also be a community breakfast and program from 7:30 a.m. till 9:30 a.m. Ms. Oliver invited LCSS members to attend. 3 NESC A. Leticia Ochoa reported that the Cl units for DADS are slightly below contract. HDM (Home Delivered Meals) are slightly below as well, she also informed members that we no longer have a waiting list. The Title XX units are slightly low as well. We have submitted a list of Title XX clients in the hospital or clients that have moved into a nursing home permanently to our contact person for evaluations. They are now slowly, placing new clients on. The total units for CBA are on target. B. Greenwood Center site visit was great, all folders were updated, kitchen was clean, and comment cards were on display. C. We have a new program, "Feel Good Food Program" in partnership with the Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) and Humana. Humana sponsors frozen meals for their patients released from the hospital. This program is available to all Humana members, any age. Each client will receive 10 frozen meals and 10 snacks. Our job is to insure that the client is at home and O.K. Staff will follow up with 7 telephone reassurance calls unless the client informs us that they are O.K. and no longer want us to call. As of today we have 8 clients. There are 3 funding schedules to follow for funding of meal deliver Schedule A - Corpus Christi area $40 Schedule B — Nueces County areas $50 Schedule C —Aransas and Kleberg Counties $20, because we will "drop ship" We are currently working on a contract to have R&R Delivery Service deliver these meals. The funds received from the MOWAA program are separate from the ENP grant. NEW BUSINESS Nominating Committee - 2007 Elections Kathy Harron announced the slate of officers the Nominating committee was recommending. They are as follows: Chairperson - Barbara Deguzis Vice-Chairperson - Kathy Harron Secretary - Miltan Martiz Treasurer - Marion Ball Roland Medrano asked if there were any other nominations. There being no other nominations, made the motion to accept the slate as presented and seconded by Apolonia Cantu. The slate was unanimously approved. UNFINISHED BUSINESS — No Report LCSS MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS — No Report There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. 4