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I would entertain a motion to call this meeting to order. >> Second. >> So second. >> All right. Uh all those in favor. >> All right. Um, I'd like to review and

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approve the meeting minutes from 6826. >> Motion to approve this. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I. And then the first order of business is

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the election of officers. Uh so just to review the process uh anyone can be nominated for any of the offices. Uh the offices we have are

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the chairman, vice chair, and clerk. The clerk is traditionally responsible for the meeting minutes, but Kathy's also said that she would >> No, I didn't. >> Cindy said she'd be willing to uh help out with that. So, um, you can nominate

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yourself and you can nominate other people. Are there any questions? >> Do roll call. >> Uh, we've taken roll call off the agenda. >> Um, it was in when we were doing everything by Zoom, it always had to be

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done that way. Okay. >> Uh, now that we are just recording the meetings, but we can go around and say everything's name. Actually, before we go any further, I'd like our newest member to introduce himself and talk a little bit about what brings you to the

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count on aging and uh yeah, just a little introduction. >> Well, my name is Joseph Kennedy. Uh I'm president of Bfields since 1992. Brought up five of my children here in the community. We have used the services

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of the town quite extensively over the 3 plus 5 plus years that we've been here. Been a great community for us, me and my wife and my children. Uh fortunately, we're the only two left right now. Everyone else has moved on. Um, my wife

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is very active in the Council of Aging and now that I've retired from working in business and I've been visiting the Council of Aging, I see that I can maybe hopefully

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help out and show up and be here. And you know I have some construction background in my previous life and I just try to help out wherever I can you know. >> Oh thank you for joining us.

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>> Well welcome aboard. Thank you. >> He's being quite modest when he says he has some construction quite professional. >> So you know it's all just for the right of for the community you know. >> Yes. And for the older people who put so

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much into it, >> I think we all serve because we want to help that. Yep. >> And who's going to sit in today council on aging and her husband John as well?

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>> That would be great. Yeah. >> They're both good servants of others and she is a remarkable neat volunteer and sort of be a step closer. But she had a ride into Boston today and she couldn't make it at 9:00. >> Shocking. Yeah, she's always driving

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people into Boston. >> She is. Well, she's >> great. >> She's take she takes me an assassin on a regular day. >> She does a lot of people. That's awesome. I bet she's hard to find. It is hard to find people like that. So, >> and the other the other lady

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Austin is Bonnie Jean. >> She's a she's a truck driver. She's got a for pick up. >> Very nice. >> All right. So, I've derailed us a little bit. I'm sorry. >> Uh but so it is time to do the election

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of officers. I think we'll go through them one at a time. So, first the chairman. So, if you would like to nominate someone or nominate yourself, just say who you'd like to nominate. >> I nominate Damon Justice.

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>> Second. >> All right. I accept the nomination. Are there any other nominations for chairperson? >> All right. Uh rather than doing a written vote then since there's only one person uh all those in favor say I.

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>> I. >> All right. Uh do we have a nomination for the vice chair? >> I'll be vice chair. I'll nominate myself. >> Second. >> Second. Is there anyone else who would like to

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be nominated? All right, I will do the same thing. No paper ballot since there is only one candidate. All those in favor? >> I. >> Is there anyone who's willing to serve as the clerk? >> With help, right?

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>> With help with taking the notes myself. >> Second. Thanks. >> Thank you, J. I've done it. So, >> we thought we might throw Joe under that bus, but he touched that bullet.

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>> Yeah. >> Again, since we do only have one candidate jumping in front of the bus. >> All those in favor, >> I thank you both for stepping up. I think

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that's the fastest we've ever done that. Um the next thing we have to do is uh sign a certificate uh allowing us as the chair and vice chair to sign payroll and

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receipts. Um otherwise it has to come before the whole committee. So I would entertain a motion for the certificate of uh for the signing of a certificate to authorize the payment processing. >> So move. >> Is there a second?

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>> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I will pass this along. Yes. Yes, sir. Last night was after we chatted into the history

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books. Thank you. All right. Now, on to the chairperson's report. Uh much of the month of June I was traveling for work so I've not been around as much as I would like. Um I

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have continued to have meetings about the uh a permanent building and how we're going to move that forward. Uh I have also been harassed by the town clerk for not everyone getting uh all of

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their documents in. I think you have to do your ethics training online which means logging into the state website and doing that I think everyone else is caught up. Um I also had to get myself

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signed in cuz I forgot about that. >> How do we find out if we >> I will double check with Gretchen afterwards. I know Chuck had to do his ethics training. Um, and I think everyone else is now caught

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up, but I get notes from her periodically saying, "This person needs this." And then sometimes before I talk to them, they've done it. So, uh, >> she remember that with you, Joe. Right. >> Right. >> Yeah. Uh, >> it's one of those things when you think

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of it, you don't have the time. When you have the time, you don't think of it. >> Absolutely. It's easy to slip the mind or you don't have you're not near a computer but you know sometimes sitting at the airport is a great time to do all that work but >> the laptop. >> Yes, only if you have a laptop.

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Uh beyond that I think as we continue to look for more members is a a good thing. finding multigenerational members I think is good because >> it's traditionally being a council of

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aging by the aging for the aging and I think if we can get younger people involved earlier it helps get their parents services helps them understand what the council does and will help us as we try to move forward to get funding for the council on aging building because I

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think it spreads the understanding of what the council on aging is and what it does. Um, so if you think of people who are not necessarily using the services but might be able to help provide services, please invite them to attend a

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meeting. >> Um, cuz I think it will help uh grow our presence in the community and our ability to help people. Uh, and speaking of that, uh, the member report, I've not been

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able to attend any events. I have pushed people to attend events, um, because, uh, that's usually the best I can do is bully other people into pretty much in the same boat between work and car show. So,

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pretty full of that. So my bad >> and I agree with you with too many young people but unfortunately in this world >> they have to work both of them and this is a difficult time for them. >> Yes and meeting out. Yes.

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>> Yeah. I mean I don't I'm not advocating for changing the meeting and all but we have full lives. >> Yeah. Even today is difficult for young couples. >> What is this? a move >> to grab to have new people join us on this

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>> more members of the board. >> How do you get how do you get somebody in their 30s who's committed to Boston to come in on a Monday morning at 9:00 >> but um >> unless they're working from home. >> Yeah. The current thing on the agenda is actually discussing the what I've asked

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is at each meeting we talk about what we've been able to attend and if we've been able to get people to come to things um just to because I think we are better advocates if we are able to participate in activities >> and so finding out what people have done

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whether it's play pickle ball or come to game night or you know do the CPR training or you know there's there's so many different activities that talking about it is uh I feel like helps people understand what we're doing and share

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that. I think one of the biggest things I've just seen over the years being that I I'm an avid reader so I get a lot of the news I read three or four newspapers a day is now I see the Daily News putting more of the council of aging um

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projects or issue or whatever they're doing on the front page >> whether it's our council of aging whether it's Newberry's council of aging it just it plants a seed is Is that Salsbury? Is that Georgetown or is that is that uh Amesberry or is that Newberry

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Court? And it it gets people recognized. I think the more it's like free publicity. The more Newberry Port does gets the people in Newberry. I want to find that I I want to My consultation does that. Well, would they do that or can they do that? emphasizing the free

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the meals, the the functions, the dinners, the events, which it seems like there's been a lot more of that I've noticed over the probably the last three or four years on maybe I haven't paid attention to it,

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>> but I've it seems to be off every week there's something on console amazing. So the more the better >> for whatever the daily, you know, take and leave on the daily news, but it's that's one good thing they do, you know, absolute free advertising

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for someone else. So that's like you said, the exposure you have to let them know everything you're doing, you know, >> more is better. >> Absolutely. >> What about yourself, Janine? >> I really haven't had much.

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>> Yeah. I've been kind of busy this month, too. So, a little >> summer's a tough time. >> Well, it's it can be, but you can, you know, just we I tell everybody, go down, play cards, get a cup of coffee, get a donut. It's free. You know, stop is

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free. was there for free. job. uh up then to a few of the events to couple the traveling chef events in the veterans veterans lunches and

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have been chatting corresponding with Jimmy noise trying to he's he's become an active member now on the sidelines becoming more involved and trying to get together a group of men to uh quite frankly every

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time I dropped in when I had to see uh Diana or or or company I stick my head in here and it's 90% ladies night or afternoon or morning and and I as I've chatted with

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Cindy and Kathy you know it's the great alone for the boys and girls meet face to face and always typically be shouldertosh shoulder watching a ball game and trying to get them to be face to face and

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I've made a run at Lowe's boat shop to maybe set up a class where a group of men can be over there if we can afford it and build build a scuttle >> and from start to finish just the way the kids at guns did and kids at Triton

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regional have done they do a good job of teaching kids one of the great arts at Woodman and the director was pretty active. >> So, regarding that, the men's group Kathy did uh set a date for our first

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meeting in September. So, that'll be in the newsletter. I don't have the date on me. >> Um but there is a there's a date to get things moving. >> Yeah. >> That would be excellent. >> Yeah. It's going to it's going to take some phone calls and face to face to get

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people up in here. >> Right. Well, I think people uh need to understand a lot of these things are a slow roll. A lot of things that we start happen early. You know, a couple people come at first. We just have to be persistent with it. So,

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>> she's committed committing that work. >> We'd love you to join us. here. >> And Jim Noise has been very helpful giving us lots of ideas. >> Yeah, he's a good man.

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>> Yeah, he was one of my top puples. >> His father was the first person I met which brought my wife and I to Newbury pure accent. stopped and they were looking to be tested somebody at the old back used to

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be a diner and they said ask him he's opening up across the street and I met uh ver that would have been March of uh 1977 72 and uh

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we we were so delighted uh you know spotting his welcome and he was he was the citizen I we met the look up in I grew up in the south end of Boston Chelsea was the Northshore

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we discovered the Northshore in this reality >> um I attended a lot of the meetings but I would like to point out that the one that really caught my eye was the um one on the Declaration of Independence after and that goes so smart that we we

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had I believe a lunchon first and then afterwards everyone just stayed and it was a full house >> and this man D we had had him before in Lincoln and he did it by via the computer cuz he's now in

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Florida but he was excellent and uh we as a family our son was taking at the same time because he teaches in Cambridge of course with a person on the Declaration of Independence And so we had a great discussion cuz we all learned things.

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>> Very cool. >> Cool. >> Um there was one thing I forgot to mention which is uh we will be bringing a local documentary in October. I think >> we're hoping for October. Yes. >> Hoping for October. A fellow in Newbury

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Port created it and it is documentary about the transition into retirement and keeping a purposeful life. It's called a force for good. Um, and so that project will be hopefully

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coming here at some point. Nice. And uh yeah, it's a very I saw the the premiere and it's a very some of the stories are very moving from the people who are in it, featured in it

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and he wants to continue to expand and almost do what the Library of Congress does with stories about people where he records people who have and continue to explore life in their older years as

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opposed to just uh retire hiring out of existence. >> That's extremely important because I know some people do they stop and then what do I do now? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. That is excellent.

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>> Uh all right. So we had discussed at one of our previous meetings. I don't remember if it was our last meeting or not. the van transportation to town meetings and I believe uh you have not connected with

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town council. >> So I will be her next um session I don't have a time yet in August. So I will be meeting with town council to talk about that and then I'll come back to you guys so we can >> so I would move uh entertain a motion to table this till our next meeting.

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>> So move. >> Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Any any discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> And this is a meeting with the town council. I'll meet with town council to talk about is it appropriate to bring

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use the van to go to elections or town meetings. I just want to make sure I'm not all anything out of term. >> If we Yes. If we offer a service from the town, some for something that's federally regulated, we want to make

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sure that we're not disenfranchising someone and opening the town up to a lawsuit. >> Oh, that's important. >> Um, so while we want to help everyone vote or help everyone get to town meeting, it may be that we have to open

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it up to everyone to give free transportation, not just the elderly. >> Oh. And so I just I need to know we need to know as a council where that stands before we can approve the use of the van is my feel. >> Oh yeah, absolutely. You got to be

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careful think of that. If you someone will bring up some sort of presence and you got to pay for hours cuz if you're instead of just going to the seniors and not taking the handicap taking the handicap just doesn't have you know

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>> and so just someone who's >> some town council to make sure >> that if we decide we want to do that we do it in a way that is safe. Um, >> and then the law at the meeting is extending and half want to leave and the

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other half jumps. >> They want to stay for the very last vote. >> Well, you have to rule. This is the deal. >> You're on the bus or off the bus. >> Exactly. >> Um, so there's, you know, it's a simple idea. We want to help people get meeting. We want to help people vote.

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But >> yeah, how to how to do it so that everyone is served well and protected is not so simple. Um, Friends of the Newbury Council on Aging Report. I was at work during the last one.

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>> I bet. Um, okay. So, they did have a few resignations and they had their annual meeting and three new people did join um the board. So, there's a sort of a new start, fresh crop um of people. Bill Deo

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actually uh joined that board. So he and um Ann Robinson is relatively new to town. She moved up here from Connecticut, was looking to do something, get involved in the community. Um and then who was our Kelly?

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>> Trish who comes here to a lot of events. >> Um Trish has a lot of fundraising background um from when her kids were younger. So she is excited to start helping. So they were discussing different events that they're working on. They um just had their calendar

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raffle in May. They're working on their holiday boutique for November, I believe it is. Um and then a couple other things. So, they'll be um they'll be working on that. In this edition of the newsletter, they are requesting if people want to help with any of these

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events, they would love volunteers to help them. So, instead of it just being the board, um maybe you want to help out, but you can't commit to being on the board. you can just help out for a few hours with this event, something like that. So, they are looking for volunteers. They're also working on a

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potential fundraiser if anyone has any kind of bags, handbags, cosmetic bags, purses, backpacks, anything, lunch boxes, whatever that you're looking to purge um that are gently used or even new. If you had new ones, you just

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bought it, you never used it. um they are collecting these bags until the end of this year. >> Um and they're going to do a hopefully do a fundraiser with a sale for that. So that is something that is in the newsletter as well. >> Um >> wallets.

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>> Yeah, wallets. Everything. So they are on a >> Where can those bags? >> You can bring them right here to the COA and then I'll make sure that they get them. Um so that's something that that they're working on, but they have a lot of different thoughts and ideas. I think

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they have to have meetings to just discuss fundraising cuz they have a lot of sort of housekeeping that they've been taking care of. >> Um, but they're they're on an upward swing here of really moving forward with

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fundraising. So, that was good news to hear. It was a very positive meeting. So, I think they're off to a good start. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can I make some comments about the friends? Not only did they have a

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meeting, but they elected new offices. Mhm. >> I joined as a director. I was elected as the president of the friends. Trish Patricia Kelly is the VP or co-chair. And >> Ann Robinson is the clerk.

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>> So, >> and Jim stayed as the >> Yeah. Jim Jim Car as treasur who thought that was was important. And um I focused a lot at that meeting to talk about when it was time to talk about the need to look at their bylaws

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>> particularly for your sake. Bylaw says that you you are allowed to attend their meetings but it doesn't say that you can't designate someone. >> Yes, >> you can expect that to change. >> Also, I think it will allow Cindy to designate someone in case she can't make

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a meeting as well. So, we have our presentation staff and Yeah, right. I I kind of um well it was not it was kind of aggressive but I said I was

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contemplating changing the name from friends of the new council on aging to fundraisers the new council on aging because they're right now one of the bylaws says they should have a standing committee is bylaw committee fundraising

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committee and >> nominating committee committee And there are three people in the fundraising committee and as far as concern all 10 people on all 10 directors should be involved with fundraising not just three.

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>> Mhm. >> Okay. And that's when we talked about sharing some of the projects as well. So um just uh there'll be some significant changes made I think in terms of support because the reality is um

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if if if they are able to raise $3500 $4,000 a year that doesn't keep pace with what should be allocated to you folks for a year. So they have this balance on hand money that will be depleted in

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probably five years, four years. So until 3500 becomes 20,000, that's that would be that's my goal to put them on that trajectory. >> Mhm. >> Otherwise, they'll go out of business.

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>> Fair enough. It's just there's so many opportunities for people of good means to to give. There's a a brand new historical society on the lower green does not incorporate our our

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major major families up on Newman Road. It's Robin Ethridge and initiated that historical society. it's coming to its fruition and the sort of secretary of the group. Uh the Clark

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family Lori has put together a list of 28 families that have now joined husband and wife teams all the way from uh Bronfield which is the last house in Newbury on the high road all the way

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down to the river. And that's a group I would love to get involved where I could actually get Lori to set up a meeting in what they have is a spectacular barn which houses all of the gatherings and they do it as a have it catered and

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basically uh give you a chance to address them. That's a lot of folks to join the council on aging at a whole lot of levels and and the idea of builds a very giving group of people giving of time and money for the historical

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society that if they knew you were here and what you were trying to do and these would be good listeners and they would be listening to listen not to speak. Mhm. >> I know. >> Sorry. >> Forgot to show to

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love to figure out how to get them more involved. I'd say the median age of the group is uh ranges from 38 to 81. >> Big range. >> Yeah, big range. And uh very active, very interesting people.

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Um, Bill, while I have you talking about things, could I also ask you to uh if there are any updates on a memorial for Jeff Walker and it's as far as what is going on there and

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>> Sure. Um, it's been advertised in the newspaper and I think Josh is posting Facebook. on Thursday the 23rd at 4:30 there will be a ceremony at the lower green

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um and it lasts until 7 o'clock. At 6:00 they have a a service designated. I'm not sure what that means. Jeff Chap is not a very religious person. That would be a service. Um they intend to have uh parking available at

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25 high road and the police station. I believe that the council on aging van will be transporting people from the police station to the lower green so people can park their cars there and get to the lower green safely. I'm sure there'll be police presence um at the

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lower green from across the street or whatever. Um a tent will be set up um just to make sure everyone knows the use of the town property was officially approved. there was a concern by some citizens about when that had happened

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and it was rac um and I'm not sure who's conducting it. I know that that u Nathan's significant other was an event planner. I believe she coordinated the whole thing. I don't know if there's a particular program or

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who's going to um coordinate it, who's going to see it, but uh those are all the details available. >> You might you might consider a heads up call to two families that are on the green and that's the uh the Kenny family

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and and the Kurdish family. And as I indicated to you, the the seven tavern is going through enormous reconstruction and very active, you know, contracting vehicles, trucks, cars, uh, and

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those two families literally parking on their sidelines. Uh, >> so your point is I should contact them both to potential to allow people to park their vehicles there. No, just to let them know that it's going on and and just give them a heads up. I mean,

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there's plenty of spots to park on the on the parking on, but 1A is a state highway and I'm not sure that the chief I don't think Patty's going to want a whole lot of cars parked on the high road.

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given that's the point of having 25 that's that's going to account for what 25 cars what if there are 75 police stations as well on a so it's a

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point well taken John um you know >> I'd like to say since you're so close to those people it would be great if you convey that that contact >> and I'll CC you on the email >> that would be awesome Awesome. I can't do that. >> They're two nice families and I

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>> Good call. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> It's always good to let people know. Also, while just for the uh legal ease of it, the town does have an easement on all the roads. So, you can park on the side of the road unless otherwise stated.

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>> Understood. Nice to know. But >> in a uh >> for something like this, the politeness factor over over trumps the legal factor. >> So I just wanted to make sure that we'll put it out there. >> Thank you for asking.

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>> Um cuz you know he has been a servant of the town for a long time and >> I think I think that this is the first instance of a seated town official >> passing away. Not at all. No, >> no. Dave Martin,

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>> Mike, >> they were all hacking. Okay. >> Yeah. >> And the long road. >> Okay. That's >> he was chair of the >> That's good to know. >> Um >> Saunders. Bruce Saunders. >> Okay.

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>> Yeah. He was chair when he passed away. >> That is good to know. >> All right. >> Was like he was involved for many, many years. >> Uh so we've gotten thoroughly derailed. I'd like to get to the director's report. >> Okay. So, we have noticed the setup

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today. We have our traveling chef today. Um and then we have it again on August 18th and September 21st. This Thursday, Animal World Experience will be here. That is a live animal show. Um who have been here before. So, he is planning to be here on the 23rd. We do this

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generally on a school vacation week or over the summer so that people can bring their grandkids and whatnot. Have it be sort of an intergenerational type event in August. I'm sorry. >> Sorry. When was that? >> This Thursday. >> This Thursday. >> I think it's at 1:30.

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Could be 1:00. Um, an Afternoon with Susan B. Anthony. This is a woman who um portrays historical women. She recently was at Newbury Court doing Abigail Adams. Um, we decided to have her do Susan B.

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Anthony in August. I believe it's around the anniversary of the 19th of May. So, we went with Susan B. Anthony. Dinner club is back on September 15th. Cooking with Bill is back on September 24th. We are doing dinner at the Biffield Fire

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Station on September 29th. And our upcoming tech classes are August 13th and September 10th. I was contacted by uh Representative Seth Molton's office to do it uh one

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time only constituent services. Um every month Senator Tar's office and Representative Casner's offices here they do constituent services. That's been since I started before I started this job. We've never had someone on the

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um federal level come to us. Um but Seth Molton's office reached out. I asked if this was going to be ongoing. Um they said no it would be a one time only thing. I did remind them that there is no campaigning here. Um just I wanted to

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make that very clear. Um so they will be available. They said they can talk to folks if they have questions or concerns about federally funded u programs, social security, Medicare, things like that. So I did put it in the newsletter. That is not something I expect to

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continue. again they said it be a one time only I think um pickle ball ends for us uh in August we have our beginner class um this month and then for August and we have the open play on Thursdays and then the rec committee will take over um

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offering at the wall usually they do that through the fall um and then as I had mentioned the men's club will start in September so our August September newsletter just went to the printer last week I hope to have that in the the next week or two. Um, where we did put a save

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the date for the Know Your Community Fair that was going to be on Tuesday, October 20th from 1 to 4:00 p.m. Similar to last year, Connley's Pharmacy will be here. They will be here from 2:00 to 4:00 to offer flu vaccines and then a bunch of other different vaccines will

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be offered. Um, they do request people do an online registration. So, people, we're not opening this up for registrations yet. Um, but once >> once that opens, yeah, the best thing to do is to call us so that we can get you

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registered. They will accept walk-ins, but it's just more difficult for them on this. It's October. October. Thank you. >> October 20th. >> Thank you. >> Uh, so we'll have a lot of vendors, too, door prizes, giveaways, things like that. Uh, upcoming holidays for us is

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Monday, September I think it's 7th. I wrote second, that's wrong. I think September 7th is Labor Day. >> Labor Day. So, the office will be closed that day. Um, there are several uh vacation days coming up between the three of us. So, some days there'll only be two of us here. We just ask for

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patience. Um, our shine counselor, Max, is available year round to talk about Medicare. People do call us. What we do is we email Max. He then calls people and talks to them about their Medicare questions. So, we encourage people to call us. Um, open enrollment begins in

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October. So all of the will be here and you can make changes to your Medicare options then. But in the meantime, if you have questions, people should call us. >> Um again, we're always in need of volunteers to drive for the meat program. And um I will be working with

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Damon on procurement for a new vehicle to us. We got that passed at the town meeting to have another vehicle. So whether the van is occupied or we don't have a van driver available, um having a smaller vehicle where any of

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us staff could go pick someone up, pick up their prescriptions, bring them to a medical appointment, whatever. If the van isn't available, need's not an option for whatever reason. We wanted to have another option, transportation option. Transportation is a big deal in this town. We're not on a fixed route

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service with MEA. Um, we do have the option for the um, Mini Viva, which is a handicap accessible vehicle that is a ride share. So, if they pick you up and then they pick him up and then they pick her up, you know, it's >> it's a lot. Um, and neat is not, again,

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those are volunteer drivers. They're not always available. So, we're we were just trying to find another way to get people what they need. If they wanted to come here to a program, we can just go pick them up and bring them here. >> I assume we looked into the liability of you guys doing that. rather than >> right cuz it would only be staff town

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staff that would be driving. We would not have a volunteer drive a vehicle like that. >> Um but we can't put people in our own vehicles. So I mean I would go pick anybody up and bring them where they needed to go but it's it's not allowed. So this just gives us a little bit more flexibility. So we will be working on that procurement process.

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>> Um and that's it. >> And yeah and once that vehicle is procured we will have to go over a policy just like we have for the van policy. Um, so, uh, before we finish the meeting, Cindy pointed out that it is

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the skincare awareness month. So, I also wanted to point out, you know, >> for many of our residents, the smoke that's been coming down is dangerous. So, >> during the summer, it's always good to check in on people. heat, smoke,

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sunshine, they can all be uh dangerous for us, which is sad because, you know, we all just want to enjoy the summer. But please do keep aware of your neighbors, check in on people, and make sure everyone is handling the situation

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all right. And now, uh, I was thinking our next meeting date would be August 17th at 9:00 a.m. I'm entering a motion Oh, and a second. >> And is there any discussion? I see

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Janine getting at her phone. >> I think I'm aware that we But that's somebody else that we off. >> No, I got my dates mixed up. >> I That's okay. >> Okay, >> I can do it. >> Um, yeah, it's only one member who can't

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be here, I think. Uh, >> we'll be fine. >> We'll be okay. So, all those in favor? >> I >> All right. I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> So, moved. >> All right. All those in favor?

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>> Joe, would you second that? >> Second. Thank you guys very