1994-10-27 - Committee on Aging - Minutes U �
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Meeting Minutes of October 27, 1994
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Harriet Rubenstein at 7:!0 p.m.
Members in attendance included.• Gina Sheade, Marilyn Shar, Harriet Ruberrstein, Diane
Breslow and Park District Liaison Dan Schimmel.
Harriet asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the Joint Commission Meeting of
September 22, 1994. A motion was made by Gina Sheade to approve the minutes as presented
Motion was seconded by Diane Breslow and approved by voice vote.
�orres,�ondence-Harriet reported that she had given Dan another set of names to send out
"requests for information"on senior services. The total mailing list for this project approaches
fifty contacts.
Resource LibrarX-No additional materials had been received It was mentioned that the new
senior coordinator for the park district had been made aware of this resource by Harriet and she
hopes to place a small article about it in the next Active Ager Newsletter. Dan also reported that
mention of ihe Resource Library would be included in the park district's Winter brochure.
� Transportation Summit U te -Dan was asked to report on how ihis meeting went. Thou h
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ihere was some disappointment with the report made by Earl Sabis, Transportation Commission
Chair, ihe feeling was that the meeting was successful. A major emphasis was placed on getting
the information out on services that are currenily available. Dan reported that he had asked for
a follow up meeting with township o�cials from Wheeling and Vernor� and the village to
consolidate information. The intent is to take this information and to distribute it wherever we
fee!that seniors will have easy access to the information. A critical part of this process will be
to train our 'front desk"employees on how seniors can benefit from ihese services. It was also
reported that Phil Versten had placed information on the village's taxi subsidy program in the
most recent village newsletter. The result was a quick 10-12 calls from people wanting to know
more about it or wanting to register.
There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 7:4S p.m.
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