[Music] okay good morning today is February 12th and we are here at the Council on Aging in a cush and this is our monthly board meeting and um I am not
Dan Dan is home today um and Deb is the vice chair but she gave me permission to sit here next to L and pretend that I know what I'm doing um okay um it's 10:00 and I would like to have um
someone make a motion to open this meeting make a motion to open okay okay so I got the two got Pauline and I got pette and Pauline okay um and we have minutes I just gave them to you a little while ago but there it's what we talked
about last month and I've included on there and as you can see all of the things that Lauren told us that went on at the uh Council on Aging during 2024 and what we plan on doing during
2025 and um and everything else is pretty much the same so may I have a motion to accept um motion okay second okay see we got Patricia again two piece
Patricia mki and Paula okay um under old business and we say this every single time but I think it's kind of important that there are newsletters available throughout the town um and we also put them at one of
the churches the Methodist church and we put them at two cookies and we put them at um Stu and shop and um then Lloyd's Market which which is Rochester but a lot of Acushnet people shop there but our Council on Aging and our our
programs are not just open to the people of a Kush net it's all surrounding areas and we have many people come here from dmouth and Rochester and Maring and M poisa and for Haven and your bit of course um so we want them to know what's
going on here um we do have a lot of medical equipment here at the Council on Aging and we Rend it out free of charge and we also have some incontinent supplies and those are also free of charge if anyone wants to make a little donation it's accepted but
it's certainly not necessary um and we have plenty so don't be afraid to call us you know and um the medical equipment we also loan it to people from the Bedford and for Haven and for Haven does that for us too you know so it's you know One hand washes the
other it's not just for Miss residents right yeah in Clement weather um we've been having some of that lately you know I didn't ask for it I wanted Sunshine but but that's I don't always get my way um and I hope everybody has been
safe and we're going to talk about that in a little a while because Dan um he he gave us all I'm GNA talk about it right now at the end of the last meeting Dan Smith said to us be careful like be careful with your wood stoves and your
electrical stoves and be careful in this weather and don't be afraid to ask for help and if you're out shoveling be careful and if you're out walking be careful so Dan decided to take his dog for a walk yeah and he did fine right d right the house right until he got back
home and Kaboom well not a big couple for doesn't give so no yeah but he didn't make a lot of noises when I he just kind of went down in fact I didn't know until they came living in the house oh well that's that's what
husbands are for right you have to take care of them you have to take care of them but anyways Dan did warn us and um I guess he didn't he his own warning but no he did he did he I'm sure he was very careful in that and that's what I want to talk to
people about that still be be careful out there because it's still February and we have a few more little storms coming up and I have to be careful and I can't see with all my glasses I'm putting that back on again um let's see um so if the weather is not good and the
schools are closed we are closed but Lauren will be here I will and she'll be here with staff and they um you know you can still call in and see if programs are going on um and if the school is closed a town hall is also closed
yes okay um now on oh may I have a motion to accept the old business and a second okay and Jerry good I got two different ini now no more okay um oh they have a thing on me
can't take that off very important okay under the new business Lauren our director has something to tell us yes so our last meeting I kind of gave a brief um update of everything that we've done in the building um in the last year um
so unfortunately one of our Heating units has let go it's been um some time that it's in our large function room so we're only running off of one furnace right now um with the heating unit so we did have to get a res Reserve fund transfer approval so that went through
the board of selectman and the finance committee they both did approve of that um just because we didn't have the money in our budget to um to fix that um so thankfully we did get that approved so they will be out next week so hopefully we'll get that fixed and we'll be up and running again but that's been a concern
of mine just again in that large room it is so large only running off of one one unit in there it's been a little chilly so um especially with us being a um thank you a warming Center that was important that we did get that fixed so thank you to both of those um boards for
allowing us to use that Reserve transfer money to to get this fixed soent so hopefully that'll be it got a lot of maintenance things going on recently so I think it's good that we keep the building up and you know and avoid things before they even happen and
then you know then it's easy to take care of something that does happen Okay Outreach specialist person uh the interviews are still in progress we have a few people that we're looking at and they seem good so we're going to see
what happens in the future you know and we'll keep you updated and we have our ex Outreach person sitting right here so yeah we need her in a hurry you have a phone number okay okay so um that's good to know and
uh representative Paul smid every time I type his name my computer corrects me but it's Smith Paul Smith he's our representative I don't mean to interrupt um it's Mark Sylvia now oh okay good I
hope I can handle that my complete canand I do have it updated in the the newsletter so okay s y LV I a yes and Mark with a K in the arade okay good first Monday of every month as in the past good yes yep um he'll be here 10 to
11 10 oh okay different time change oh sorry I didn't touch that no that's 10 to 11: so first Monday up every month yes what kinds of things do people talk to him about I honestly don't know I haven't se like when Paul would come in
representative um Schmid when he would come in I didn't see anybody come in to to talk to him I don't know in the past what they've discussed um I think just maybe any concerns that they have um and then he's just like about the community yes yeah nothing like specific to hear
it's just a an open form that if anybody did have any concerns it was like an open um office is M also a representative yes he took the place of oh he he is our new representative okay I guess I should keep up on little
politics um veterans coffee hour social the first Tuesday of every month Brad Fish is our official um person that you would want to talk with and um veteran uh office from the Veterans office uh
which is here in town at Town Hall so if anybody wanted to stop in they could go and see him there but we have a phone number for Paul off for bread and it is 508 99802 which is all of our town number St
99802 okay uh 0207 and it's extension 4207 and um if you need to get in touch with Brad you can call the council and lawen or one of the secretaries will for
aush only I don't know yes I believe because Dan used to know onia from okay he's worked in other towns but I think when he's yeah yes he's for us okay good and do they need to call that number to set up an appointment for him for the Tuesday or do they just come in it's they just
come in we have coffee and Brad usually brings in Donuts is there a certain time it's 8:30 to 9:30 8:30 to 9:30 for the coffee social as far as making an appointment with him I would suggest that um that folks call him directly with his extension because he only works
certain hours um and then he would be able to to schedule like a a personal appointment if anybody needed assistance thank you thank you okay coming February 12th that's today right yeah well we're having a nutrition demonstration today
um and people did have to uh register they that was required and they are going to be I think snacks yeah something to eat even though it is today I would like to mention just anybody watching at home for a future um references it's through Community nurse they have a special grant that they have
that they do um different Outreach with us um and it's a nutrition demonstration with a nutritionist and she cooks live in front of everybody um I keep joking that it's like the Food Network set up tables around the kitchen window and she's cooking live in front of them they leave with the recipe and they get to
sample it too so it's it's really fun a lot of people we have a weit list for it too it's it's really um it's really a fun fun program so is it every month not every month um we try to do it every month but of course with um like scheduling conflicts but um right now
there's only 12 that can we can fit in at at a time um just to kind of make it doable with she's purchasing the food and all of that um and we do have a weight list like I mentioned so okay so people should look at their bulletins at the beginning of every month and see
what's happening you know as we come to the middle of the month because when we're talking here on the cable station it's kind of late for this month but you know so get your just if anybody was questioning what that was yeah thank you
uh also having tomorrow A Valentine Bingo um it's Thursday the 13th tomorrow at 12:30 um and there is a charge for that and if this is successful I'm sure there'll be other bingos that come up
and it's 50 cents for a card which isn't too bad and uh the coverall is a dollar and I'm sure you can win what 100 thousand well you can you win something and um light refreshments and registration is required so kind of late
for um Thursday February 13th but look at your newsletters because I'm sure if it's successful there'll be other bingos yep okay beginner watercolor class on February 19th there has already been one
here it is $10 a registration is required we had one I think February 6th we had one earlier but um it's not too for people to call and register for that class you know and it's going to be taught by Jerry
Jerry but Jerry Cook Jerry is an excellent excellent artist does a nice job and we're starting up our travel program again um and we have a few um places already scheduled and what you do is you come here you come to the center
or you call and you speak with our travel lady Jan Barrett and or anyone here and they'll tell you about the programs there are Flyers out there but I'll tell you a little bit about them now uh they're going to Foxwoods on March 13th it's a Thursday they're going
to the Boston B Wang center on Tuesday April 15th they go this one looks good they're going to the Clambake restaurant and Len and Libby's chocolates Thursday May 15th Charles River Cruise and lunch and
the cheese factory or maybe it's at lunch at the cheese factory um Thursday June 19th so a lot of good little and we do have more trips coming too we're just releasing we're trying something new this time around and we're releasing a few at a time and then we'll do more um
the late spring into um summer so nice and all of this information there are flyers for all of these things that you can come in and look at and think about and they do fill up fast though they really do and we always have a waiting list so yeah um okay does anyone
beside me because I am going to mention a few things if it's okay with L I didn't even remember I guess it has to be but she's a really good kid so I mean child I mean a lady lady anyway now that I'm call you
all kinds of names um um does anyone have any other information okay I want to mention websites again sure uh we have a website here at the Council on Aging and on that
website Lauren always puts a lot of the things we talk about and a lot of the events so if you missed this broadcast just go to the aish council oning website and you can find out what's going on here and I want to also mention that the library has a lot of wonderful
programs and they they have a fantastic website too and Jerry's one of the friends on the library and um you are a friend went to the library right yeah okay trusty and trusty and um a lot of good things going on there and why am I
mentioning all this because I'm on the a Chris cultural Council and we also have a website and we sponsor through the Massachusetts cultural Council and the aishna cultural Council a lot of events and some of them take place here at the
senior center some take place at the library some take place at the local schools um focus is the citizens of a Kush but others are also invited you know so if you want to come with a friend from dmouth or behaven I'm at a
place that they invited you know and um but you need to know what's going on and you have to find out on the websites so periodically with Law's permission I'd like to mention that on uh different um board meetings because I you people kind of know but I want the people out there
to know absolutely and um oh and Pauline you have a website too for the um the museum long Plane Museum and the historical commission and I can't think of oh I think if you go to the ACC cushion town website then there's like a drop down of
all the different um boards or um I can't think of what I want to say Yes um where the say like Council on Aging library and you can find it that way too um along with the Facebook pages um I know the library has a Facebook page we have a Facebook page the town has their
own Facebook page so lots of information there okay uh the other thing I wanted to do that I neglected to do is I need someone to approve the new business that we just talked about okay another
pisy and someone to second okay okay here we go um and our next meeting if no one else has anything to add will take place on Wednesday March 12th at 10 a.m. here at the Council on Aging
and um and we're going to adjourn I need someone to make a motion that we adjourn this meeting motion to adour Deb and a second second Cherry one okay thank you over and out John a
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