Senior Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2009 09 15

Home Browse Search

Senior Advisory Board Meeting Minutes 7/7/09 Page 2 of 4 Treasurer's Report-Rosalie Lynn - One of our two CDs was cashed and the interest goes into checking. The other was reinvested. We'll take a look at it in September. We have $1,000 available to spend. Claudine is on committee that with the City to reinstate the brunch or something of the sort to honor our volunteers next year. This year (July 9 Ice Cream Social), the volunteers will receive certificates. Staff Reports-Claudine Low The budget request for Client #2 that was postponed to this meeting has been rescinded as Boulder County is helping the person a lot. Claudine thanked the Board for contributing to Client #1 (needed dentures). Her daughter paid for the payment plan and she no longer has to worry about paying for her dentures. The Good Neighbor Report (see packet)-In May we had 12 new people walking in, and 15 in June. Many are moving here to be closer to their children and grandchildren. Some have had to downsize due to rent increases. Last week Selena had five homeless people come in. The recession is starting to impact Louisville. Rosemary Williams was going to attend this meeting but couldn't make it. Rosemary started Boulder County's Strategic Initiative (Creating our Future). She is now a faciitator and will bring her presentation, "Finding Meaning and Purpose in the Second Half of Life." to Louisville on October 6, 6-8 pm. This introductory session is FREE. A workshop on October 23 will cost $100 per person ($20 per session). One exercise, 'Who Am I?" will be advertised in the back of the Fall newsletter. Claudine asked if the Senior Advisory Board alios Activity Assistance scholarships to pay a portion of the workshop attendance fee to an income-eligible person wishing to participate (since normally the M scholarships are only for City activities and this is a contractor). We quadrupled the scholarship assistance total. The Board agreed that we could pay half of the $100 workshop fee. The Staff are submitting the 2010 budget requests at the end of the week. The Council asked for suggestions for reducing request amounts by 10%, anticipating a 10% city budget decrease. For seniors, this would require a decrease of $27,000. Based on minimal impact to our clients, Claudine suggested: reductions in free Special Transit service (senior services pay $3,000/month for the base fare and then per client; and Special Transit provides a free ride for Louisville residents to and from the Senior Center); and reduction chartered bus service/trips per month; and evaluation of the meal site program five days per week. Joe Stevens pointed out that after the first quarter, revenue to the City declined. The City is now projecting a revenue shortfall of 8% and is looking to salvage about $300,000 in savings from the General Fund this year. If the trend continues, every city department will be impacted. Claudine said the city has two budgets for seniors: 1) seniors; and 2) meal site. We looked at the impact of reducing 1 day per week of meals or reducing part- time staff time to 4 days a week with full-time staff picking up lunch coverage. We need to cut $8,000 from the meal-site budget. Our annual meal-site expense