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Georgetown Commission on Aging
City of Georgetown, Texas
November 16,2015
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Regular Session
(This Regular session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any purpose
authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 5 5 1.)
Call to Order
Tim ONeill, Chairman of the Board, called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. All nine Boari
members were present, thus constituting a quorum. Also present were Staff Liaison Fire Chief John
Sullivan and Staff Liaison Office Specialist Linda White.
Statutory Consent Agenda
The Statutory Consent Agenda includes non -controversial and routine items that may be acted upon with
one single vote. An item may be pulled from the Consent Agenda in order that it be discussed and acted
upon individually as part of the Regular Agenda.
Legislative Regular Agenda
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B. Discussion and presentation regarding services provided by Gentiva Hospice in Georgetown
and its services provided to seniors, their families, and its interest in Georgetown - Vickie
Orcutt, Volunteer Services Manager, Gentiva Hospice in Georgetown. Ms. Orcutt was a member
of the team compiling and processing the data gathered for the Georgetown Aging Initiative Survey
Report. Ms. Orcutt shared her experiences and offered some direction to the Board in regards to
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piling a revised survey. t
C. Discussion of information to be included in a proposed report totho
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O'Neill, Chairman, Cmmission on Aging. Fire Chief John Sullivan share•that the Cmmissi
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on Aging is scheduled to speak during the December 8, 2015 City Council Workshop, Ginny Ha
provided an outline for a presentation to the City Council. The outline included an overview o
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the Commission for further research; various speakers who have spoken uri
the Commission meetings; thoughts on steps to move forward as a Commission and on developi I
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another survey; and identifying areas of priority for the 60+ aging population within t
Georgetown area.
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and areas researched for the November 30111 meeting. The information gathered will be formulaQ
into a presentation for ouncil Workshop on December 81".
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B. Discussion and possible action of either moving or cancelling the December 211, regular
meeting — Tim ONeill, Chairman, Commission on Aging. Due to the December 2111 regular
meeting being during the week of Christmas, discussion occurred as to either rescheduling the
meeting date or cancelling the December meeting. A motion was made by Dan Bonner to
reschedule the December meeting to Monday, November 301". The motion was seconded by Pat
Strickland, which the Board unanimously approved.
U. Discussion and possible action of moving the January 16 th meeting date because of the MLK
holiday — Tim ONeill, Chairman, Commission on Aging. Mr. ONeill shared that the 31d Monday
monthly meetings for the Commission on Aging were in conflict with his spring class schedule.
Discussion occurred to possibly change the monthly meetings to the second Monday of each month.
This item was tabled until the November 30111 meeting.
G. Discussion on future agendas and priorities — Tim O'Neill, Chairman, Commission on Aging.
Future priorities for speakers at the Commission on Aging meetings shared by Board members
were to invite Richard Plasco from the Housing Authority to speak, and invite Bill Dalton from the
Caring Place to speak in regards to homeless seniors.
Adjournment
Mayor Ross effective as of this date, November 1;6, 2015. Mr. Anderson explained that due to further
deterioration of his capabilities of hearing, it has become more difficult to hear and participate in group
type meetings. Therefore he feels due to the decline of his participation, he wishes to resign. The
Roarf ove tkenvqt vear.
The next Board meeting will be Monday, November 30, 2015. at 6-00 p.m., at the Public Safety Facility,
3500 DB Wood Road, Georgetown, Texas.
The meeting adjourned at 8:06 p,m. on a motion by Gene Jantzen, seconded by Ginny Hahn, Which t
Board approved unanimously. I
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Tim,O'Nei 1, Chairman
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