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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil on Aging 07-18-1996ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMAUTTEE MEETING TO: Robert Boche, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Myrtle Munns, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Council on Aging DATE: Thursday, July 18, 1996 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: Government Center, County Board Room CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: August 15, 1996 ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED ISHED BUSINESS: Fundraisers NEW BUSINESS: Election of Officers Senior Statemanship Reports: Carol Keller Lola Fouks Leadership Training Staff Reports Center Board Updates ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Sandy Gehrmann DATE: July 3, 1996 COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE COUNTY CLERK NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING JULY 18, 1996 GOVERNMENT CENTER CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 9:05 a.m. by Vice Chairman, Herb Giese. ROLL CALL: Members present were Larry Weisenburger, Herb Giese, Lee Kellaher, Andy Germain, Roberta. Moe, John Mortensen, Mary Lou Smith, and Delores Loock. Phil Hammer, Ethel Peterson, and Myrtle Munns were excused. Also present were Cindy Icard, Sandy Gehrmann, Jonna Fedie, Barb Blaisdell, Carol Gorke, Jean VandeBerg, Lorraine Jacobs, Donna Zacharias, Peggy Patterson, Elma Liberty, Kathryn Grootenhuis, Lola Fouks, Virginia Peterson, and Carol Keller. ADOPTION OF AGENDA: A motion was made by Lee Kellaher and seconded by John Mortensen to adopt the agenda with an addition of the Nominating Committee report; motion carried. DATE OF NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will be August 15, 1996. ACTION ON PREVIOUS M NUTES: A motion was made by John Mortensen and seconded by Lee Kellaher to accept May minutes as printed; motion carried. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Fundraisers: The 2,000 cookbooks will be here today. The books were purchased for $1.91 each. A motion was made by John Mortensen and seconded by Larry Weisenburger to sell the cookbooks for $7.50 with the profits going to the Nutrition Trust Account; motion carried. Human -I -Tees has new products coming out in September. We cleared 130.00 on last sale. If we would do this the proceeds would go to DayAway. Andy Germain said that he will check with a place in Somerset that does t-shirts and hats to see if they would be interested in doing a fundraiser with us. Hospitality Pacs will sell for $20.00 for Jumbo, $16.00 for medium, and $13.00 for small. The Fundraiser Program will receive $4.00 on each sold. Another possible fundraiser would be selling M & M's for the Faith In Action Program. We would sell each box for a $1.00 and would keep 35C. The consensus of the Council was to go ahead with this. At the County Fair we will be selling popcorn, juice, Hospitality Pacs, picture buttons, and cookbooks. NEW BUSINESS: Nominating Committee Report: Lee Kellaher nominated Herb Giese as Chairman and Andy Germain as Vice Chairman. Election of Officers: Nominations were called three times from the floor. The third time Andy Germain nominated John Mortensen as Vice Chairman. A motion was made by Mary Lou Smith and seconded by Delores Loock to accept the nominations of Herb Giese as Chairman and John Mortensen as Vice Chairman; motion carried. Senior Statesmanship Reports: Carol Keller and Lola Fonks: Thank you letters were read from Carol and Lola for their trip to the Senior Statesmanship in Madison. They shared what was discussed at their meetings and materials that were given. Leadership Training: All Board members and staff need to attend the training on Wednesday, September llth from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Bob Boche will discuss County Government and Barb Thoni will do a presentation on "How to Advocate for What You Need". Staff Reports: A Certificate of Appreciation was given to Jean VandeBerg for her support to the Nutrition Program. She is going to retire the end of July from the Woodville Nutrition Site. Virginia Peterson will replace her. A handout was distributed on the percentage of Wisconsin's 75+ population and 75+ low-income population. St. Croix County has a small percentage of elderly people over age 75, but 15-20 % of them have incomes below the poverty level. NAPIS reports are still being done by hand. The second quarter nutrition and transportation statistics were discussed. On October 4th staff will be expected to attend training at WITC from 8:30-3:30. Topics will be dementia, elder abuse, communication, listening, confidentiality, and ethical issues. This is a certificate program. The Fund Statement from the '95 Audit was discussed. The Center Board Coalition met at 8:30 this morning regarding the United Way request. A motion was made by Andy Germain and seconded by John Mortensen to approve New Richmond and Glenwood City out of County van trips; motion carried. SITE/CENTER REPORTS: DEER PARK: Participants will be going to Eau Claire. Participants have been working on their display for the County Fair. GLENWOOD CITY: Bingo is going well. The Center is planning the 2nd Annual Salad Luncheon on August 16th. BALDWIN: Diners are playing cards and Bingo. They have a Show and Tell Day. Participants are looking forward to going to the County Fair. Thrift Sale is August 1 st. HUDSON: Videos are shown every Monday. Queen and King will be in the Pepper Fest parade. On August 1st, there will be a day trip to Osceola. Rolling Hills 4-H Club will perform at Center. NEW RICHMOND: The Center cleared $604.00 at the brat stand. Augusta trip is being planned. There is interest in card recycling program. SOMERSET: Air Conditioning is in Senior Center and working well. They had an Anniversary Party and two magicians performed. The Auxiliary donated a flag. WOODVILLE: Playing Bingo and 500. On August 9th a Salad Luncheon is being planned. A Bingo machine was donated. A motion was made by Andy Germain and seconded by Larry Weisenburger to adjourn meeting at 11: 30 a.m. ; motion carried.