Okay. I call the Council on Aging meeting to order. Monday, May 12th at uh 12:31. Can we have a roll call vote for attendance, please? Paula here. Carol Laughlin here. Elaine here.
Jack here. Carol Smith here. Donna Boisey here. Okay. Uh public participation. Okay. Uh everybody receive April minutes. Yes.
Yes. Any uh corrections or changes? I have a motion to accept April's minutes. I'll second the motion. Okay. Any further discussion? Okay. Roll call vote to accept April's minutes. Paula, yes.
Carol Laughlin, yes. Carol Smith, yes. Jack, yep. Donna, yes. Okay, approved. Okay, moving on to new business. Lisa, what do we have for new business? Um, we got the health fair this Friday. We have the meet and greet with the fire
department um on the 22nd. Registar of deeds is coming on the 28th. Um, our dishwasher died. We bought a new one. Our refrigerator died. We bought a new one. Our stove died. We bought a new one.
I think they were all 30 years old. That's what I got. But that's all right. Same time. Yeah, I figured. Oh, here we go. Yeah. None of us are going to be here when the next ones go. It's not my problem. Um, so that that's I mean um so those
are all in the process of getting in. We have a three-bay sink that we're putting in um to get rid of the small one. Um Board of Health wants the three bay sink just makes it a lot easier to um to to to do meals with. Um
June 10th I'll be at class for uh Surf Safe. So um I'll have that done. I had to cancel the March. Oh, there's Harvey. He's here. Um, cancelled the one in March. I I forgot what we had here that
I couldn't get out of, but um and then what else did we have? I have a potential new um counseling group starting in August. Um grief counseling or just regular counseling. So, people
have been asking for that. So, I found a couple. I'm just trying to decide who, you know, how much and how often they'll they want to come. Um, found out that we were going to do the big tent outside um behind there and
um Nicole didn't like it because she was well, she's checking in with the insurance and all that, but we really wanted a place to have get the people out of the kitchen on nice days like today. if it was really nice, we could have them outside. Um, get a big tent and then just do that. And then we were
going to have like a few music people come and just, you know, how we have Jane Pelliter come, she just does the guitar. Do that during lunch. Um, and then, um, but then I found out that we have the pavilion on the side of the
building is ours from when they did the construction, they moved it from over the front of the building to over there. So that's ours. So, I'm getting rid of the round picnic tables cuz they're really hard to I I didn't even know which way to get in it. So, we're going to get rid of those ones. We're going to
donate them over there to the playground area, which will be they could use them. Um and then I'll just get straight tables and put three out there just like we have in the dining room and then just get some um better chairs. Um and we should be good. So, the tent would be
set up for the We don't need the tent. Nope. I wanted it out back thinking that was the only spot for it. Thinking that was a big enough spot, but then why reinvent the wheel? We already have the pavilion and I think the only one that uses it for lunch um in the summertime
is Karen upstairs. And I told her if we go out there with a music event, she can come out and eat or she can I'll just let her know in advance. And she said that was fine. So, we'll be doing that. Um, and then I'm looking into getting a ice cream cart where we can put the ice
cream things in ourselves and then um pull it out there and have I do it like a little ice cream while they're eating lunch. So, sounds good. About all I got. Anybody else? New
business? No. Okay, moving on. Update on classes. They're still doing good. I mean, for the exercise classes, yeah, they're they're just I think the other day was
103 for the week for one week. So, we're up there in numbers. Something going on about the money box that I heard that. So, when we moved everybody up there, we everybody was like, "Oh, now I got to sign in down here, sign in up here. What
am I What am I doing?" So, we gave them the little fob to sign in that they just click their card up here. I don't know what they did wrong. Some it would work on some, wouldn't work on others. So, we just said, "Okay, forget that. That's just too much time consuming thinking
about it." So, we put the box. So, we left it the money up there and then we just put a pad up there. Said the people that still come in downstairs, sign in downstairs. When you go upstairs, put your money in the box. It'll be fine. And then every day we look on the
computer who signed in. And so we had they had the instructors tell us I had 23 people in there and only on the computer signed in. We only had like 15. So then we have to figure out who the other people are. It's just taking up too much time. So I said, "Listen, you're all adults. You either figure
this out and get it right or we're going to have to cancel some of the classes." And as soon as I said that to the instructors, they're like, "Okay, so I will make sure that I give you the number." And then, so now we said, "Leave the box down here because threearters of the people sign in down
here." So now today was the first day we did it different. We had an envelope. The instructor brought me down the list of the people that were in there that didn't sign in here cuz they're parking over there, right? Which is fine. It's the older It's the older crowd. So I don't I don't care. I'm not going to
stop five people. But if they don't sign in and they don't pay, that's against the instructor. So, we're we're hoping this week we get it right figured out. But that's it. That's for the money box. And careful about that older
people. I park over there. Well, I don't consider you older. I you know, hey, brown bag. It's stewing small amounts, but we're doing it. And most of them get picked up in time. Yep. And we
only have a few that come on Thursday or Friday. Yeah. So, we have it tomorrow. Yeah. So, I won't be there tomorrow because I'll be working in BS. That's a good excuse. I know. Carol's excuse. It's a tough thing to use for an excuse
to be said. Remember, yeah, sure. dining room doing I mean other than that the idea of eating out and setting up out there is a that's a great idea. Yeah, we figured you know one or two days a week if it's nice weather and stuff like that get get them out of the dining room it's
so stagnant in there in the summertime. So they're all excited about it. Yeah. Yeah. Too hot. Yep. Have the numbers increased at all or are they staying about the same? Actually, they've increased and then um we have the um pool table uh pool table the pool
there's a four four people that come to play pool and they're they want to come for lunch. Oh, that's good. So, um yeah, we've probably increased a little bit. So, you think that's what's bringing more people in by having something new in
I think when they see it then they come out and because I always tell them feel free to go out and get a coffee, water, whatever. And um when they come out, they see lunch happening and then I think that that's when they ask and then Denise and I or whoever's in there will tell them, "Oh, you're free to have lunch here anytime. You just got to let
us know in advance so we put you in for a meal." I still would like to do the meals a little differently in the future. But we'll see. Yeah. I just think the eating out of the thing is just I get it for co but I it's not I'm
not a fan. Uh maybe in the future. Finances, we're doing good. Um we got the second the first one of the um formula grant got deposited. So we got that and just in time to buy all
the new appliances. But they're one time buys. You know, you do you do that. Would have been like my plan for the winter was to to go in the kitchen and kind of re revamp it, but it just happened when it did. Yeah. Yeah.
You can't control that stuff. No. And we definitely I mean, we threw a lot away a lot of food. Um because when we came in in the morning, everything we had just bought big five big things of ice cream and that was all melted. And it it is what it
is. And we're still just waiting for the Sarah. Sarah. Yep. Someone told me um I put I asked Lynn from library, but she was on vacation last week, but I asked her and um someone said that they believe it's at the end of June is when you know. So, we just got a little
little bit more. I have things already ready to order. I just got to hit the button. Good. Okay. Old business. How's pickle ball doing? They put they're putting the fence up today,
so that's good. Um, we're still waiting. They got to do the 46 um days of curing and then they'll come paint it. Um, the lines. Paint the lines. Yep. Cuz it's a shuffle board, pickle ball, two pickle
ball, and then on the other end is the half a basketball court. Good. So, good. Um, what's happening with the garden? I see that the boxes were Were they always out there? They're out there. The boxes for the garden. Yeah, those are
out there. I had I told the garden club if the vegetables that you're doing in the garden are coming are going to the majority of them. I I get it. if you're going to take a tomato or whatever you want. But if we do them if we do it this
year and it's like I can't spend money under the grant to buy dirt and all the the um plants for I can if I for the senior center. So if we're going to put some of the vegetables up on the tree. So everyone said they that's what they were doing last year. I said okay. So
then I have a a guy that's going to deliver um bags of dirt cuz the dirt is really low in the boxes. And then I have two different farms that'll donate some of the plants. Boxes look a little bit like cracked or kind of messy. The box
itself I haven't physically gone out there to look yet. Yeah. So I will to see if they need a few couple of them probably just need to be like tapped tapped or whatever maintenance taken care of a little bit. Okay. Were we trying to get a few more boxes for the
other tree? Yep. Yeah. Yeah. I haven't found the paperwork on where she got those from, but um I can probably just go on Amazon and find it. I have a feeling they were at Ocean State. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Really? Yes. I think because I think I remember
something like that was advertised. Okay. Last year, so I'm thinking that's where she got them. They really aren't raised, are they? They're No, you have to They had to be built up. They're I saw the guy building them. Yeah, they
had to be Well, yeah, cuz they were taken apart after. Yeah. And then they had to be painted and everything because they they're cheap wood. Yeah. Yeah. They look like fine. They're like, "What if we have someone make them?"
Well, that's not a problem. It's only a square box. That's not right. Yeah. It's not rocket. Get those on Amazon. I'm sure you wonder if it would be cheaper to do to make them. probably harder to find somebody to at that time. That's true. Boy,
I can ask around. Well, we'd have to supply those. Well, it h it would have to be again like yesterday. Yeah. So, but I'll I'll find out. Throw in your tomatoes the end of the month. Yeah, mine are
already in frost last night in the birchers. Yeah. Yeah, they always do that after you put your plants in. Of course they do. Always. There's always got to be one frost. No, people are going. So, yeah. So, hopefully I'll get the dirt this
week delivered and then um we can um look at the boxes. Have we scheduled a day or time yet or we go back to our regular? It was last year it was Tuesday at 10. Yeah. Tuesday. Every Tuesday in the morning. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. You know, that's right. I think something needs to
be put in the newsletter for anybody that wants to help. Mhm. You know, I mean, last year we started we had quite a few. Yeah. We were actually tripping over each other. Yeah. I mean, we really did. We had a lot of people who were interested. Okay. Well, you'll have more
boxes and you got more room. Yeah. We won't over stuff them this year. No. Well, if we get new ones in the other section, then it'll you'll be able to spread them out and not put three different things in one in you. No, you wouldn't have believed it.
Charlie brat came with a shrub and the whole bath was plants. Some of them look pretty ill. Well, they came Yeah, they did okay, you know, but it was just like she said, too much in one. Yeah. Yeah.
We didn't want to throw anything away. And we didn't have a lot of dirt. Yes. And most of us are not really gardeners or or farmers. Okay. I see I'm taking this over here cuz I don't let plants die. Diane will tell you that. Um Yeah.
Okay. So, we'll get the dirt and then how about you guys want to set up a I'll do a you tell me what day. Do you want to start it next Tuesday? is always So, how about if I do a bolo call on the ones that we know were the in it last year as a reminder.
Okay. Yeah. All right. Yeah. Works. And really, we don't need to have like one person that is in charge of this. No, it's nice to just have everyone, you know, bring their ideas
and we just all work together. Yep. Good. But since I see it from my window, I'll be out there every day making sure you're not killing plants. You over watered a few times, too. Oh, was it wet? Some of them with you rained, right? Yeah. Somebody was
scheduled to come every day to check. We need water. They water anyways, I think. Yeah. Well, it does. It's rains, right? But it's if you don't water, you can
always weed or scratch up or you know well lots of times you don't check. It's probably wet underneath but down the top was dry and everybody thinks oh you need to put water in but there's moisture I need to share any other old business
5.4. Do you put um planting mix in with the soil or are you just getting dirt? So, I'm not sure what they have in there now. I have to go check. But I do compost with my dirt, my my planting soil. So, I I do a mixture. Yeah.
Right. Right. Yeah. Yeah. I see. I don't know what they've originally put in there. I'm not sure. But it's going to be on the bottom anyway. So, yeah. Didn't somebody donate something that we mixed with the soil?
Didn't we get something? But I'm mixing a year ago. Remember, we can remember a year ago. Something in Probably did. We did. Yeah, cuz someone donated. There were some bags. I'll take care of the dirt,
getting it all put in with the with the stuff and then we'll book you guys to come plant. Someone saying they go to the dump road, you know where the dump is, and they get compost. Oh, there is compost. Yeah, there is. Yeah.
And can you also use the ground? Do they have to be raised beds? Because you could do beans on bean poles on the ground and you and get additional froth in there. Are you giving us permission to dig up the graph?
No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'd have to go out there and really walk around the tree and stuff like that and just check how much space is there. But yeah,
you're going to be in charge of pole beans. Yeah. Right. Any other old business? Anybody? Okay. Moving on then to the master plan
action items for the Council on Aging. So, we have a guest to speak to us about that today. Getting share at the table. Yes. Diane Gail. Uh Ham Gani was here with you prior
um to talk about the master plan action items. And honestly, I'm not sure where she left off explaining that to you or what you have or may not have done with those yet. I think you all got the action items. Yep, they're on the agenda. Okay. Have you prioritized
those? So right now, so for um right now the one with the um we're looking into the ride share thing. We're working with um Nicole to see if we can get another van for FRTA
um or if we can switch to PVTA to do some of it. Um cuz one of them doesn't allow us, we're not supposed to take certain patient um cancer patients. Um our contract the way we have it now is we're not supposed to be bringing a
cancer patient that needs therapy three times a week, twice a week at the same place because it's really for like if he's going if he's getting a haircut down the street and then just going to the bank and then going home. Well, our driver is now in Springfield or Awam.
Um, a lot of them go to that, but we do have two that we are taking care of. One was done prior and we just got permission for one more. Um, and it's just one day that they'll get dropped off in Awam. Um, so that we're working
on new new stuff. FRTA is also trying to get a second van for here so that we can go they can go to um, Granville and Talin because they don't have anything up there. They don't have senior centers. if they do, it's it's out of an office that's not theirs. Um they don't
literally have a um a spot like ours. Um I think the women pick a different place every month to meet and um so they're thinking of bringing anyone that wants to go to a senior center and we opened ours up to them until they can get one which could be five years from now a
space or when they get their senior centers. So we are working with FRTA for that. The other thing, the other one with the group um counseling agent, the agriculture um reached out and we are doing um a
ride every month in the summer. Um I'm not sure if it goes into the fall. I don't know how many farms there are, but they're going to be going taking the seniors to two farms a month. And the first one is U Blossoming Acres and Cowards for for May, I believe. No, for
June. It starts in June 17th. So, we're working with them. Okay. Did Did you send anything back to the master plan committee? No. Prioritizing those. So, are you doing that collectively as a group
that that just comes through the senior center where Yeah. the other um they're the FRTA the the other one that's just in the works and and a lot of it has to do with the FRTA and the PVTA contracts and how they want
to write it and if they could find drivers like our FRTA guy Gary he retires on the 23rd they literally just hired someone today and the guy is on vacation for a week so he's only going to get two days training Oh wow and our people are going to be like devastated
because He picks them up every day. Yeah. So our Oh, and they love him. So he's retiring. And so that so they a lot of the FRTA and PVTA that is like on them. So we're always waiting for
answers from them. Yep. So um the So while that's in the works, say that would be your biggest priority over the farm op. Yeah. Because the the farm stuff that's just an activity that they're going to do and I can put that in anytime. Okay. Okay. So, let me just
tell you why why I'm asking and why why we're asking you to prioritize. And again, I don't know if um Pam went through this. So, you're the lead on these two items and there are supporting agencies behind you. So, like CEO would
be helping with this. On the other set, there's a lead agency and you would be supporting them to accomplish those actions. We're asking or prioritizing both of those so that if these are your
leads, if the CIO select board and I don't know who else were your supports, if they all ranked them also number one, we know that's a go get going. If you ranked it number 12 and everybody else ranked it number one, we would come back
to you and say, "What did we miss? Why isn't this as important or how do we need to?" Right. Same thing where you are where you are the supporting parties. If they rank them 12 and you all ranked them one,
we'd come back and say, "How is this so important to you? What did we miss as the lead? What are we not seeing?" So, we have more than just those two. Yes. You have You have We didn't get those. You have six. Oh, yeah. You have You
want to give me those, please? You have six. Yeah. Two was easy. I thought we were ahead of the game. Yeah, six support ones. So again, you can do this as a group or you can do them individually. That will be up to you.
Um, everyone else pretty much did them individually because what you think is the most important for you, but two or four for you on that same item. And then we would weight all of that. And this goes into one big matrix so that where all of the other
parties on housing 2.5 if they all rise to the top that's the first thing we want to hit. So you have two on housing, one on climate change, one a historical project, um
preserving the history through, you know, people's recollections and documents and so forth. Um facilities, um and then the master plan implementation committee, obviously that's already in process. It's why
we're all here. That's why I'm here. Um, I felt like that was kind of a wasted vote, but I guess that would be number one. And then you're going to rank the other five. You can pass that around. That's another copy of that if you want to do that. Wait, I'll make copies of this for I'll
go downstairs. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, we didn't get that one. We just got that one. One, two, three, four, or five. Okay. On on the others. And you can leave the other one blank or make that number one and do the do the other five, however you choose to do it. Um, and then if you need question, any
clarification on anything, one or all of you can each shoot me question and I can direct you. Um, if you need help filling those out or understanding what the what the goal is of that action item. I'm well verssed on the book. I can steer
you, give you whatever information you need on that. So like this first one is housing um mass save assessments and all that stuff. Is that just giving like putting that stuff in my newsletter and giving having a second? It could be as simple
as that. It could be setting up an appointment with something like a presentation to do that. There are there for for Massave in particular, there are certain um providers that coordinate. You can schedule something
here and maybe they can come in and and make appointments with people. Yeah. Right. There. Yeah. And explain what the benefits are. That kind of thing. Yeah. That would be Okay. So, that's what that means. Okay. Yep. Okay. So, we'll get copies after and
then we'll each review, right, those and then put it on for our next meeting. For the next meeting. over. It's in June. It'll be June. It's the second Monday. Second Monday. Second Monday in June.
June 9th. Okay. So, if you complete them individually, you can come to the meeting and she can just email them to me once you get them. Would that be That's fine. If you do it on a piece of paper and just want me to pick it up,
just let me know. I'll come grab it. You can leave it in the selectboard office or they can bring it to me and then Yeah. and I can deliver them to and then I can scan them for you. Who's going to do the data? Whatever works for all of
you. You're looking quizzical. What's your question? No, I was just reading. No, I'm just make trying to make sure I understood what it's asking. But okay, that's easy enough. Okay. Um, were any of you did any of you
participate in any of the master plan meetings or forums or community events that were happening, which is where all of that came from. These didn't just come out of a book where we made choices and picked these things. There were
um forums on every topic. So like the public have been voicing their opinion on what they need after the initial survey. Yeah. And then there were individual forums for like housing, for climate, for um facilities, every topic
had at least one forum. And then out of all of that and all of the input from the community, that's what ended up in all of these action items. All of the content was boiled down to actions. And if there's something on there that
you think is not in your realm whatsoever, you can let us know that too and make a recommendation. This really doesn't belong with us. It belongs with buildings and grounds. Okay? For instance, if you see something in there
that totally is out of your reach and these are only recommendations. That doesn't mean every one of these will actually be implemented, right? And then of course funding is an issue always. Well, the historical commission, I mean,
that's just engage all citizens in the story of South. That's just getting them to come and do a presentation like at one of their history things. collect. You You might do collect copies of old family photos or old family homesteads or something to
to then provide to the historical society or the historical commission, right? To collect and preserve that history. It it doesn't have to be a Nobody has to be intimidated and asked to do a presentation. Yeah. Yeah. If you found something you want to donate
copies, not originals, of course. It could be it could be anything like that. Okay. Any I will touch base with you Lisa before 69 and and see where you are. Yep. They can. Yeah, it's easy enough.
Okay. Sounds good. Thank you. All right. Did you necklace? I did. You did? I've been looking at that one for the ad for the other thing.
I made a similar one and then he did a little different. Yeah, we're at the end. Okay. Any any other any other old business or business in particular? M. Seeing none. Do I have a
motion to adjurnn? Motion to adjurnn. I'll second the motion. Any further discussion? Thank you for having me. Thank you. Okay. Roll call to adjourn. Paula, yes. Carol, yes. Carol Smith.
Jack, yes. Hardy, yes. Donna, yes. Dave return at 102.