Today is the 11th of May and we're going to open up the cons meeting at the hospital. Um, and a couple of things. We do have a form because everything's here and we have to follow the open meeting
laws which we're all aware of and this meeting is being recorded. Okay, let's get started. Do we have any announcements? Anybody? I'd like to announce our one-year
celebration on Friday the 15th. Um, unfortunately, not everybody who would like to can attend, but we're lucky enough to have 125 attendance. So, that's pretty special.
So, please come and enjoy. Hardly seems possible that it's been a year. I know it's a very full year. feels like a year ago and a lifetime ago, but also yesterday at the same time.
>> Yeah. Yeah. But >> yeah, >> it's awesome. Awesome. >> And anybody else have any announcements? >> Only all of the uh food pantries need
need a little bit of refilling on their their chair is pretty full. some things in. >> Yeah, because the Baptist church one the other day was pretty empty. >> Well, that one I had trouble functioning right. Yeah, it's pretty cool.
>> Okay. Um the next is the um minutes of April. Did anybody have any concerns or problems with Could I have a motion? I don't accept
the message for second. >> All those in favor I >> and Peggy, you're up. >> I have no report. Um, we will be
discussing our reporting meeting tomorrow. >> Discussing. >> I'm sorry. >> Discussing what? >> Our report. And um it will be here in the blood pressure room
in the book. >> Okay. >> And that's it. That's it. And reports. Um, I think
you're being >> I wanted to actually thank you Barbara and the Peaches and Mary for helping out this past weekend. >> Yeah, I was going to >> I was going to do a thing to do with that. >> Okay. >> So, thank you for that.
>> Welcome. Very welcome. Wish that the weather had been dry. >> The sun was dry. >> I was home. >> Well, you were dry. >> I was dry, but it was freezing.
>> Man, can you address me? Sure, Marilyn. I sent you a text work on the lunchon Friday, but I never heard >> because I already I'm think but I probably had enough and I but I didn't know the numbers that increase. >> Okay. >> So, let me go back and check what
happened. Let's say >> Yeah, because now that it's increased, couldn't I? >> Wait and see. >> Yeah, I'll have >> and you get back to her. Let >> Yeah, I'll let you know. Okay. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Okay. So, >> I'm working on sharing my screen.
>> Do you Barbara? I know you're here for public input, but do you want to talk about it? What happened? I wanted to just say that Liz had sent out a request for people to help you with the friends table. And um I'd like to extend my
thank you to Mary and John and Maryanne um for all the work that they gave to Barbara Saturday and also our honorary volunteer Kathy Cofflin who was at your house at 6:30 in the morning.
>> Still in bed. >> Well, Kathy's early and everything so you have to >> Somebody's already here. Um I I actually have to say that I am really really very happy that the
friends of the COA are working together so well. Um I had the best reception of help from you know both boards you know help that morning help in the afternoon bringing the stuff back to my house. Um
pe you know people from you know bringing all week long bringing you know everything junk good stuff everything you know really from little nothings to really nice things to my house it was it was wonderful um and I do have to give a
shout out Mary's daughter um Sher um came she filled up her car and everything and we did not have a canopy and it was poor and it was awful. and she said, "You know what? Let me see if I can get one for you." And she called a
friend and her friend, you know, she went out of her way to get this, went and got it, brought it back, helped us put it up and everything. It was just amazing how, you know, really how many people really helped and were there all day long.
>> You guys couldn't have survived if you didn't have cover. >> But we we wouldn't have stayed to be honest. We would not have stayed if you didn't have it because Oh my god. >> On the front porch, >> hit the drying out. >> It was full. I mean,
>> I could not believe. Oh, Mike took it down this morning and it was still damp. So, it like burned around. >> It was We were We were drenched. I mean, it was it was it was cold. It was cold. It was damp. Um >> but just to go on just to so you can
start spreading the word. We are unless it's raining Saturday going to have um one at the uh the Baptist church. Uh we've got the okay to use the parking lot there. So we are going to have it from 9 to 2. Um so I can use help
bringing the stuff there again, you know. But um we we did sell, you know, a a good portion. Yes. But we have a lot. My car, we never even took the stuff out of my car. And my car actually had the better stuff, but it was the stuff that
I didn't want to get wet either, you know. So, um so we do have a lot of new stuff out there. So people say, "Oh, we saw that stuff. It was junk." You really there's a lot of new stuff there. Um, you know, hopefully we'll, you know, >> we'll do well.
>> What time do you need help? >> I'm not I'm gonna say 8 o'clock. Not 6:30. Yeah. >> I'm not going to tell Kathy. I know. I'll tell I might tell Marath. >> But really, I go I I just think it was
just great that you know that the help came through. It was wonderful. And then the other thing that I do want to say is we are I think most of you might know but we are collecting the sneakers. We I we finally got the lady sent me all the
information. She had she sent me the bags. Um so please spread the word about that to sneakers. Um and the sneakers it's really kind of cool. Um they they send send of me something every day saying you know thank you for
participating. But what they call it is pre-loved sneakers. >> That's what they they said and it's to help the planet >> because they recycle them. They use them. It doesn't matter what condition they're in, what size, what kind or
anything. And we will get in turn a dollar to $7 for every sneaker. So, so these are >> I mean it's like a no-brainer, you know. I have the bag at my house right now. I I think I only need maybe five more and I can send the first bag in
tonight. >> Okay. I'm just excited. I'm dying to see, you know, it actually go and see how much I get back. They they state >> that they will take $3 off of it. And that's the mailing thing. They have it
all the the mailing thing is right on the envelope. I don't have to do literally I just have to bring it. So, and right now we do have a a box at the library and we have a box here. Uh we are going to hope to get um maybe into the schools. Um I have to go to the
superintendent to see if you know we can you know do that. I heard of it if they're good enough to be never heard of it. But I just want you to be aware that it isn't really
>> okay. It is going to be in the broadcast. I know um Sandra wrote a thing and put it in there. I know it just I've been working on this seriously for over a year trying to get this lady this person was you know and they never they in the
beginning they just didn't answer me you know or anything and I left messages then all of a sudden I tried it again and within 24 hours she sent back and said you know oh I'm so glad you're interested everything and I was like oh you know and u and two days later I got
the bags in the mail it was like all of a sudden I I don't know why, you know, but so it's only been what, maybe two weeks, not even, you know, that that we, you know, we're we're going forward. Put it that way. >> Yes.
>> I I've I've been telling people and so many people said to me, "Rabbara, I was sick of saving them. I dumped them." No. You know, I said, "I told you I was going to get it dumped." But anyway, so that's where we're at. >> But it has to be Does it have to be a sneaker? It can be any type of shoe. Not
as sneakers. That's what they say. Yeah. >> And it will be an ongoing thing. It's not going to be like a two-mon deal. It's going to go on and on, >> you know, until I'm tired. >> Sneakers. >> How about it? Transfer station putting a bucket there.
>> Oh, they might. Yeah. People go there. >> I don't I mean I don't have a stick of fl, you know, I've seen sneakers in the recycle shed. >> From now on, I will bring them home. If the rest might
>> pick them up, too. >> We go to Dev and Charlie's a veteran and two of the sneakers that are in the bag came from there. So, >> you know, I said, >> "Yeah, they're recycle. Nobody was picking them up there anyway." So, I said, "Okay." >> And Nina, maybe you could take a bag to
the transfer station. >> Just a like a box, but old sneaker. I have a sticker. Yeah. It'll be great. Yeah. >> And I just want to thank you and Emily and the friends for doing what you're doing because it's bringing money into
the senior center and that's important and I'm telling you guys thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. Now I think I think this is ready. Okay. See you later.
That's right. Report. Let's start with the statistics. Um 3,36 signins last month. Our highest ever. >> It's 118% increase over April 2025.
Um I I guess I'm just going to repeat the same thing every month. We're just growing, growing, growing >> and working on maintaining um that great quality of service for everyone who walks through the door,
making sure that we're offering the programs that people want and in all the different categories. So, think we're doing an okay job. >> You pass. >> We pass that in regards. Okay. Um
everything else is holding pretty steady. um outreach numbers about the same and same with transportation. Uh we are down right now to three active van drivers when we typically have six. Uh
we did just start the onboarding paperwork for someone who um a potential candidate. So the offer letter is out there. We're just waiting. So that'll be really good. and he actually saw our van parked up at Market Basket and walked up
and started a conversation with our driver and said, "I just retired. Tell me about this job." >> So, um, Amy and I interviewed him last week and really nice fellow hopefully bringing him on board and get the van
more hours on the road. Any question about numbers, statistics? It's just unbelievable that everyone else it's going up up up and up, >> you know, it's just And I think it's so nice that
when you come in here, whoever you walk into, everybody is smiling, >> saying hello, being friendly. >> Oh, yes. >> Which is the guest as well as us. >> That makes that really nice. And there's new people at every program that you
know that you don't know that you've never seen before, never met. >> Yeah, there's a lot of new faces. >> Yeah. >> Um, ever since we opened um some out of town, some in town. We're still holding
at between 18 and 20% out of town. Um, patronage. >> That many though. I met a couple that's doing ukulele and they're from Westford and their comment was Westford shells from the ground. None of them can be little
>> and I thought I'm going to have to say that out loud like >> there a couple of gentlemen come down to Nasha play pool >> and they're all friends now. So it's become a nice little league. Hopefully
we can actually get a real league formed and get in on the >> that would Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Cribage too has increased. There's Graten coming and air and conquer come now to play >> and they have something every now and
then at Digital. >> They're having the big one coming out where >> this is the second or third one of the big ones at Digible. >> A cribage. It's a cribage >> tour. Up there though you pay. Oh, >> you get in and then when you play the
game, there's always points that you play for. So, it's And some of those guys from Conquered Man. They're they're good. They're sharp. They call coordin comes to a few things. There's a man
that just came to Littleton that was at balance plants with me last week and he wanted to know what was available and I said well there's cribage. He said when is it and he's coming tomorrow on Wednesday. >> So schools nice. I think you all do a
great job of networking and promoting trying and where you go. >> I love that. Next thing on my list, we have tick kits downstairs. There is a wire basket full of them. >> Tick kits.
>> Tick tick tick like the uh pass three times. >> T I C K. It's a little uh plastic bag. Inside is a magnifying glass, tweezers, aseptic wipe, a tick
identification card, uh all kinds of little things in there. So, we're doing that with the health department. So, on your way out, grab some if you need them. They're at the table underneath the solar system solar system solar array display.
Um, next on my list, our veterans breakfast. We rotate every month. Fire department, police department for cooking. They usually take the summers off. The DPW has stepped up and helped to um do the
cooking for us for the months of June, July, and August. So, we'll have our friends from the DPW over in the kitchen and one of the gentlemen is getting a Serafe certified. And >> they're all in. >> That's good.
>> And we have a new veterans agent, too. >> Yes. New veterans agent, Meg Murphy. Not Megan. Meg Murphy. She's downstairs right next to Megan Murphy. And we've already had
front desk mishaps. Sending the wrong person to the workers. >> Is the veterans agent position full time now? >> No, it's 20 hours. >> And she's working 20 hours and cover as
well as their veterans agent. That's great. They have things which is good for me. Um, lovely. We're doing a meet and greet in the June. So, look at the look out for that in the June broadcaster.
Um, in front of you, you have a PowerPoint handout from our intern who finished, Libby Donigan. She started up the program for our yard work and
snow shoveling. Um, so she actually did record the audio to not double double up here. Um, so I can either send it out afterwards to your emails. I think I'd like to send it to LCTV to
>> LCTV. Yeah. >> as well. So, we just this past this past weekend, we um had our very first senior um connection made. So, Libby created
the entire framework for this program. Uh she contacted the schools. She arranged the meetings down from the superintendent to the principles. um community service lea on there
created infographics for um uh like volunteer safety raking and shoveling safety for both age groups. Uh we have a waiver from town council for elders who are participating just to cover all of our bases. So, and he's
even um satisfaction surveys for post um yard work being completed. So, she did the entire project start to finish and a bunch of other little projects uh in between where she analyzed some of the data from Kerosollex, our mental health
um referral service and there um that's Ann, our painting instructor. Is it done through you or through through school if you're looking for help? So if you want if you are a senior
and you're looking for help, you let us know. Okay, that's what I want. Someone in outreach will get your name and information asking about your yard, how extensive the work is because it has to be appropriate for a volunteer. Nobody's using a chainsaw or no and power tools
instead of >> mostly seniors um senior and high school students. Um then outreach sends you the waiver. We upload the waiver. Once we have that back, then your name gets sent over to the school for the connection and then it's up to the student to reach
out to you to arrange the logistics >> and again community service hours for it. Yeah. >> Okay. So you're not paying for it. It's community service. >> No money is being exchanged here. >> Yes. I want to take care of the kids as well. What a good program as well. ask
how the kids, >> you know, how long have they gotten the kids? Because my grandsons, they've never I mean, they probably just didn't sign up, but they haven't said anything about >> it's brand new. So, right now, the um
community service leaison Nancy um she is working with the seniors who need their hours to graduate. >> So, she's going directly to build Right. >> Makes sense. >> Yeah. To have a certain amount of
community service hours for she's working with those who were on a time. >> Okay. I just I was just curious, you know, >> I didn't like to push them. >> Did you say she was put on the board of health? >> She got elected, right? Yes.
>> That's awesome. Awesome for her. >> That's great. >> This sounds fabulous >> cuz there's a big need. So she Yeah, there is a big >> uh one of her other projects was that she attended the uh the mature driver
seminar and created some flyers and driver safety infographics that we can hand out and um some resources for um women's mental health specifically. So
we'll be trickling those out. That's awesome. She did a fantastic job and she wrapped up on the end of April. >> Is she the one that you'd see sitting along at the tables along the
>> Yes. She had the darker brown hair. The lighter >> Yeah. >> was Ella. Ella. >> I talked to Libby a couple of times. She really had herself ready. She knew what she wanted. >> Oh, both interns were fantastic. They were really locked in. They needed
minimal guidance. They self motivated what they wanted to do. Got it done. And that's the old humus about this. But yeah, great. >> Are you going to get more interns
like wait a year schedule? Maybe. Um these two just happen to reach out to me. Oh. Um, so let's see. Maybe practical sites will now have our information and send to more island. That's it for the director's report. I
do have one two things for the outreach coordinators. Want me to do that? >> Sure. >> So, we had a meeting with Minute Man Senior Services this morning. Minute Man is the aging services access point, one
of I think four aging services access points in the state that divate money for elder services. Um they let us know that um the farmers market coupons that come out through them every summer will
be here somewhere around the end of June, early July. They are $25 per coupon. At one point in time they were $50. They said we'll probably never see you a $50 coupon again. And unfortunately they only
receive 175 coupons that need to be demied up between their however many communities they have. >> Yes. So you we usually get like between 12 and 20 >> or we lucky to get eight.
>> Yeah. 16. And they have some big communities. We're one of the smaller >> Yeah. >> Um and they so minivan also covers the home
care programs where the state helps cover the cost of inh home care. Uh, one of those programs, it's called enhanced community options program, ECOP for short. They said that has been absolutely decimated by budget constraints and it's very very um low
numbers at this point in time. So, a couple years ago, we were able to see um care plans for somebody trying to live at home with health about $800 a month, which would give you about 88 hours of service per week. Now people
are at the 3 to four hours of inh home help per week. Wow. Subsidized by the state. So unfortunately that program has taken a really hard hit. And on that note that's concludes on happy note.
>> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Can I have a motion to accept the director and Assistant director. >> I move to um accept the director and assistant director's reports as stated.
>> All those in favor? >> I old business. >> Strategic plan. >> That would be you. >> We again strategic planning update still negotiating. Um so I have grant funding
over the cost of the strategic planning process. This is going to be around 9,000 $9,500. Um, depending on the time frame of the consultant. So, I'm still negotiating on that. Um, but I do have approval from
town administrator and the finance department to move forward. Um, as long as I'm not over that $10,000 threshold, you know, pyramid laws, but if we need something different and I need to go higher, uh, we'll just go into the current
process. >> Well, we do have grant money for this. >> Yes. >> Yeah, that's awesome. Awesome. >> That's what I said to quite a bit of money. >> It is a lot of money. We don't usually do have any large expenditures of this
sort, but um I think this will be really beneficial and put us in a better position. >> Does that 10,000 have to be used in a certain amount of time? >> Um that's a good question. So the agreement
with the consultant would be signed initially for a 12-month period and he would build quarterly. Uh so it would be spent within one year unless we negotiate for longer
longer contract which would be more money which would go for I'd have to go out to bed. And we might see a month or two. >> You think he's having his knee surgery this? >> Yeah.
>> And any other old business you want to talk about? >> How about new business? Remember uptakes? Our members said always updated her ready to go. Let's see.
>> We haven't had a meeting a meeting this Wednesday. >> Oh, okay. >> So, next month. >> Next month. Next month. We'll have two meet up. >> Okay. Um this is from the affordable housing trust meeting of
April 14th. Um we approved another LREP um participant which is Littleton's rental assistance assistant program and there was um some talk of trying to get some more
information about the program out um and they contacted the schools and the counseling officers there um to try to um just give more publicity for the
program. Um it is just a rental program so that too. Um jerky question about that if you don't mind me jumping in. No. Um does the affordable
housing trust um do they fully know how many people are coming off the program due to the three-year limitation? Yes, with no extensions. It's pretty significant, >> right? It's
we've switched it around so that they all renew on this the beginning of the fiscal year. So, in June, people that are on the program have to renew if they're eligible to renew renew for the next year. So we
>> Yeah, it seems like there's about six or seven people dropping off >> who are running out of beer for years. >> Yes. And then that's another issue
in terms of extending under certain circumstances and that never as far as I personally feel never got totally resolved. So, I think it will I know it will come
up again because I'll bring it up if no one else does it. >> U because it's supposed to be a three-year and then they can Well, they it was always you could extend under c
certain circumstances that were approved by the affordable household trust. And so it might mean that they have to reapply to see what their status is. >> So they right and they have to
Amy checks their status every year anyway. They can't it isn't that they did it for three years and we ignore them for three years. I mean >> yeah every year you reertify. >> No reertify every >> now we're holding firm on the three years.
It was supposed to be it was originally three-year and then under certain circumstances and there were people who were extended beyond the three yes originally during the however many years the program has been there
>> and the program's been there for quite a few years. Yeah. Right. I mean, I would so I would argue that the intent of the program is to keep people in Littleton who are renting here in Littleton and some people's circumstances, no matter what they do,
are not going to change. >> Especially if you're a senior on a fixed income. They're not going to suddenly come >> absolutely money or get off of house. >> So, I think we're on the same >> on the same page. Yeah. >> You and I are on the same page. Yeah.
Yes. Okay. >> The voice of the COA is going to take that right over there >> to their meeting. >> I keep talking to Amy. I'm like, you're sure they know it's like six or seven people? Great. >> It's I mean, it's true that um it got
discussed at a couple of meetings and then the idea of coming up with some strict criteria and that never got anywhere. and it's still sort of as far as I'm
concerned it says 3 years and then certain circumstances and it's never really important stone as to what that would be. I don't think you can stone. Is there a priority if if somebody is
coming to their third year and there's still a need but then there's a new me totally new person with a need is the priority to >> there's enough money to cover >> well that kind of situation because
we've never we have a maximum of >> 15 15 people to be on it at any one time and he never met the fed at once. >> Really? >> It started at 20
started at 20. >> Yeah. And then started it and then we put it down to 15 when we increased the amount that was being given. Um we put it down to 15 people and we're
okay. It see it seems with all the people who are suffering and having a really hard time making your rental or mortgage whatever that that number is really low. Not to have 15 people in that program
seems very low. I think for some context, the rental stock in Littleton is pretty low and a lot of the rental units that are here don't qualify because they are already subsidized in some fashion like >> like over here
>> park or you can't also be in the program and have like a section a voucher or a voucher of any children. So there are some limitations. You can't double dip so to speak. Um, yeah, Littleton does have a low rental stock, but I think there will be discussions about
the new 550 and right size. >> And I agree with you that there's many people who are on it who are not going their situation is not going to change, right? I mean, like when it was during co for instance, yeah, people's
circumstances may change. They may be able to get a different job or a new job or something like that, but many of the people that are on there now are circumstances are going to change to
make it better for them. >> I'm not I'm trying. >> I know you are. >> I'm trying to be honest. Let's put it that way. >> And you do a good job. Yes. Yes. >> Um, what else? Derky, we're still
waiting for information and work being done by Mass Housing Partnership. Um, um, oh, what else? Oh, the small grants program, which was so successful. Um
Mark and Maryanne, the um chairman, are going to look for are investigating some other ways to fund the program. Um they have some solid ideas.
>> So because that would be a shame if that's you couldn't I know but it was a grant. They were looking also to have a program hope ideally have a program that would maybe fund or help to fund bigger
projects. The the small grant went small things which were very useful and very needed but there's also a need for some bigger projects that people might need. Um
I guess that's about it. I won't bring up King Street. >> That doesn't go anywhere. >> That's ongoing. >> I even other than affordable trust
meetings I try to follow, but it it's a moving it's a moving thing. Different information every time. So that's it. Well, thank you for that. Thank you very much. It's good
information. Does anybody else have anything under new that they'd like to talk about or bring up? This is a short and we have guest. you have any public input you'd like to just to say that the
intern Libby became board of health latest member. So just wanted to make that connection on an ongoing basis that she's serving. >> She's right there. Yeah, >> that's >> good good job done here and now a good job will be done over there. You know,
it's awesome. Very good. Congratulations to you for parking. Thank you very much. Is there anything else you bring up for discussion? Sure. You're going to make you're going to get there.
Pass. Yes. We if there's nothing else, I'm entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. >> I'll second. All those in favor? Uh, I Children.