Senior Concerns Commission

Public participation is invited during public comment. Kindly limit your remarks to three (3) minutes. VILLAGE OF VILLA PARK Village Hall, Committee of the Whole Room 20 S. Ardmore Avenue Villa Park, IL 60181 Senior Concerns Commission April 6, 2026 6:00 PM Chair: Cindy Wood Commissioners: Susan Bachman, Beverly Johnston, June Blom, and Joanne Lewis Board Liaison: Trustee Tina Konstatos Staff Liaison: Janet Bry 1. Call to Order - Roll Call 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Amendments to Agenda 4. Public Comments on Agenda Items 5. Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items 6. Presentation a. Chief Stapleton from the Villa Park Fire Department — Knox-Box Presentation 7. Consent Agenda a. Approval of minutes of the Senior Concerns Commission Meeting held on March 2, 2026 8. Old Business a. York Township Senior Services Update — Chairperson Wood b. Update on S.A.L.T. Luncheon from March 10, 2026 c. Senior Fair — Update from Janet: Dates available September 21–25. Select and vote on a date, followed by a discussion on setup. d. Villa Fest — Discussion on ideas for table & update on date e. Adopt A Senior — Update on list of residents to forward to Willowbrook High School 9. New Business a. Golden Times Newsletter — Upcoming events from Janet 10. Chairperson Comments 11. Commissioner Comments Page 1 of 4 12. Board Liaison Comments 13. Staff Liaison Comments 14. Adjournment The Villa Park Village Hall is subject to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. An elevator is operational at the north side entrance to the Village Hall during normal work hours and also during evenings. lndividuals with special needs are requested to contact the Village's Compliance Officer at (630) 834-8500 so that reasonable accommodations can be made for those persons. Page 2 of 4  SENIOR CONCERNS COMMISSION MINUTES March 2, 2026 Commissioners Present: Sue Bachman, Wen Blom, Beverly Johnson, Joanne Lewis Board Liaison: Trustee Tina Konstatos Also Present: Village President Kevin Patrick Absent: Cindy Woods (Chair), Janet Bry (Staff Liaison) I. Call to Order Substitute Chairperson Bachman called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Public Comments – Agenda Items None IV. Public Comments – Non-Agenda Items None V. Approval of Minutes a. The minutes from February 2, 2026, were approved. VI. Introduction of New Commissioners Two new commissioners were welcomed. Commissioner Wen Blom and Commissioner Joanne Lewis. President Patrick performed the swearing in earlier in the day. VII. Old Business a. Adopt a Senior - updates and further discussion. Trustee Konstatos updated us on further conversations she has had with Willowbrook High School. They are interested in participating in the Villa Park Senior Citizens ‘Adopt a Senior’ program. Items discussed were helping seniors with yard work and snow removal. The culinary department of the high school has volunteered to supply and cook the luncheon for the December SALT meeting. Trustee Konstatos found a contact for the Boy Scout troop. They meet Tuesday nights from 7-8 at the Villa Park VFW and we are welcome there to discuss with them if we give them a heads up that we are coming. Still working on finding a Girl Scout troop contact. b. York Township Senior Services Update. Chairperson Woods visited York Township and had an update but is sick tonight. Motion was made and seconded to table this discussion until next meeting. c. March 10 SALT meeting update. Trustee Konstatos provided updates from Staff liaison Bry. Janet was able to negotiate with Hi-View Restaurant again to supply the food for the luncheon. They Page 3 of 4 Senior Concerns Commission Minutes Page 2 March 2, 2026 will provide sixty boxed lunches with a corned beef sandwich, cup of soup and potato salad. With the lunches being boxed, we will not have to provide tableware. We will need to supply beverages – unsweetened iced tea and lemonade suggested. We will also have to pay for cream and sugar for coffee service. That will be managed through the village. Staff liaison Bry asked that we be there about 9:30 to help set up. Police will bring donuts at 10:30. Speaker is at 11 and lunch at noon. A motion was made and seconded that we continue to provide dessert. Commissioner Blom will research and report to Trustee Konstatos. d. Senior Fair in May – discussion Motion was made and seconded to move this item to next meeting. We need to get a report from Staff Liaison Bry on Villa Park Rec Center availability. September 21- 25 was proposed. e. Villa Park Fest Table – discussion Village President Patrick reported there is no date set for the fest. VIII. New Business a. Officially naming the ‘Adopt a Senior partnership program with Willowbrook High School. Motion was made and seconded to keep the name as ‘Adopt a Senior’ (at least for now). b. Vote to Complete and Send ‘Adopt a Senior’ Program recommendation to the Village Board. Motion was made and seconded to complete the application and send to the Village Board. Commissioner Bachman will start of the application and send on to Chairman Woods. IX. Chairman Comments None X. Commissioner Comments None XI. Board Liaison Comments Trustee Konstatos welcomed our new Commission members. XII. Staff Liaison Comments None. XIII. Adjourn Motion to adjourn was made and seconded. Meeting adjourned 6:32 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Sue Bachman Secretary Page 4 of 4