Senior Center Committee

BO AR D M EM BE R S Noreen Shea, Chair * Asuncion Austriaco Chizoma Nosike Christian Roberts Facely Henriquez * Lovo Koliego * COMMISSION ON ELDER AFFAIRS Matthew Torrey Olanike Ojelabi SENIOR CENTER COMMITTEE Pavel Terpelets Roxana Gomez Vargas MEETING AGENDA Sarah Faucher Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 12 noon on Teams Stephen Corridori * Tamara Cullen * To access this meeting virtually on Teams: Thuha Le *Senior Center Committee Members Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 261 137 701 184 Passcode: 57Yf9P Dial in by phone +1 469-998-7682,,941310528# US C ON T A CT Phone conference ID: 941 310 528# • Address: WSC, 128 Providence St. • Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information concerning this meeting, please contact the Elder • Phone: 508-799-1232 Affairs Division/Worcester Senor Center by email at elderaffairs@worcesterma.gov or phone at 508-799-1232. Please send • Email: written comments 2 business days or more in advance of the meeting. If elderaffairs@worcesterma.gov you need reasonable accommodations to participate in the meeting, please • Website: reach out to the staff contact listed. While boards and commissions do their www.worcesterma.gov/senior-center best to accommodate you, certain accommodation may not be available if The Commission on Elder Affair is committed to requested within short notice of the scheduled meeting. Requests for ensuring that its public meetings are accessible to American Sign Language interpretation must be made 10 business days or all. If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in the meeting, please reach out to the more in advance of the meeting. staff contact listed. While boards and commissions do their best to accommodate you, Para más información sobre esta reunión, comuníquese con el Elder Affairs certain accommodations may not be available if requested within short notice of the scheduled Division/Worcester Senior Center por correo electrónico al correo meeting. Requests for American Sign Language elderaffairs@worcesterma.gov o por teléfono 508-799-1232]. Envíe sus interpretation must be made 10 business days or more in advance of the meeting. comentarios por escrito 2 días hábiles o más antes de la reunión. Si necesita adaptaciones razonables para participar en la reunión, comuníquese Hay disponibles servicios de interpretación y otras adaptaciones con solicitud previa. con el contacto del personal indicado en la lista. Aunque las juntas y comisiones hacen todo lo posible para atenderle, algunas adaptaciones ‫تتوفر الترجمة الفورية وغيرها من وسائل التيسير عند الطلب المسبق‬ podrían no estar disponibles si se solicitan con poca anticipación a la reunión अनवु ा द र अ6य आवसह अ'-म अनरोधपचत ाु उपल5ध programada. Las solicitudes de interpretación de lenguaje de señas हु6छ। estadounidense deben hacerse 10 días hábiles o más antes de la reunión. Interpretação e outras adaptações estão disponíveis mediante solicitação prévia. Call to Order – 12 noon Përkthimi dhe akomodime të tjera janë në dispozicion me kërkesë paraprake. 1) Attendance/Approval of October 14, 2025 minutes/ No Dec. mtg/Next mtg Jan.13th noon. Kasa nkyerɛaseɛ ɛne akwanya afoforɔ da hɔ ma wɔn a wɔn bɛ bisa ato hɔ. 2) Finances: funding; allocations; licenses; Phiên dịch và các hỗ trợ khác có sẵn theo development. yêu cầu trước. 3) Operations: staffing; facility/grounds; programs. 4) Comments/Questions (up to 2 min. each) DI V IS IO N S TA FF Adjourn Amy Vogel Waters, Director Patricia Hainsworth, Operations 1 Linda Wincek-Moore, Senior Services *Insert dates* COMMISSION ON ELDER AFFAIRS Senior Center Committee Meeting Minutes/Report October 14, 2025 Virtual on Teams Attendance: Noreen Shea-Chair; Facely Henriquez; Tamara Cullen; Amy Waters; Patty Hainsworth. 1. Call to Order: Noreen called the meeting to order at 12:03 pm on Teams. The September 9, 2025 minutes were approved (m/s/a). Due to the conflict with Veterans Day, it was confirmed that the November meeting will take place on the 18th instead of the 11th. 2. Finances: Amy reported on the following: While the Governor has reduced some line items, our COA funding is intact; Our first quarter meeting with the city budget office is this week; Grant was received for kitchen equipment totaling more than $37,000; There are no changes in allocations and space licenses to report; Rogerson Communities plan to develop senior housing in the vacant space of the senior center was announced in article in the Worcester Telegram and they will discuss it at the October 27th Commission meeting; staffing remains stable. 3. Operations: Patty reported on the following: The grant for kitchen equipment is coming just in time as there are many repairs/replacements needed; Addressing 3 water leaks in 10 days; Dept. of Public Facilities hired a new supervisor and is providing more support; Had intergenerational Halloween event with Girls Inc. and a mission society; Walgreens clinic offered 6 different immunizations, providing 75 seniors with 120 immunizations; Coming up in October is the Dementia and Music event as well as the annual multicultural event; November will be highlighted with the annual events for veterans, Thanksgiving and our craft fair; As of January 2026, the new publisher of our newsletter will be Lpi. 4. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 12:25 pm (m/s/a) 2