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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-03-11 Council on Aging PacketCOUNCIL. ,ON, AGING ANNUAL MEE TIN G KENAI S.ENIO.R C ENTE'R March 11' 2002 10':00am Item. 1: Item 2: Item 3: Call,, to Order and. Roll..Cal!. Agenda Avvroval ApproVal of Minutes · Item- 4-:. Old-Business: 1' Amendments to Bylaws 2. ASsisted'Living Item 5: Business: 1. Election.of Officers' ................................... ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ................................... :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ................................... ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ................................... ................................... ................................... .................................... ................................... Item 6:' Comments ,from the FloOr Item' 7':' Adj6umment . 1.- Next: meeting Ap .fili' 4, , at I0a.m. COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING FEBRUARY 7, 2002 10:00 A.M. KENAI SENIOR CENTER CHAIRMAN EARL JONES, PRESIDING MINUTES ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chairm~ Jones called the meeting to order at approximately 10:05 a.m. confirmed as follows' The roll was Members Present: Members Absent: Others Present: Hollier, Jones, Jurgensen, Nelson, Osbom, Fields, Wilson, and Huddleston Enfield City Clerk Freas, City Councilwoman Swarner, Senior Director Craig, Elsie Seaman ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL MOTION: Member Huddleston MOVED to approve the agenda as presented and Membei,~Iollier SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES ! ,, MOTION: Member Hollier MOVED to approve the minutes as presented and Member Osbom SECONDED the mOtion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 4: OLD BUSIITF~S Discussion -- Interest in Assisted Living A lengthy discussion took place in regard to ~he seniors' interest in .development of an assisted living facility in the city of Kenai. Jone~ reminded members they were requested to bring ideas of how an a~i~ted living facility would serve the community to the meet. lng which will be forwarded to the City Council. It was noted a representative from Alaska Housing had taken a needs assessment for a facility last year. In the assessment, they included a planned facility that would be adjacent to Heritage Place in Soldotna, but that facility had not yet been built. Swarner suggested, the membership should request council's support of finding funding for a facility through passage of a motion. Director Craig reported she discussed the possibility of parmering with the Kena/tze Indian Tribe to acquire funding and they will be discussing it in more detail. Swarner was asked if a facihty could be built on city land and she answered, she felt the city would be open to donating land and placing utilities, however it may not be interested in running a facility. She added; she believed council would be supportive of getting funding as well as lobbying for a facility's development. . MOTION: Member Osbom MOVED to request support from council for an assisted'living facility in the City of Kenai. Member Hollier SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED..-., .. · Discussion follOwed in which the following was noted: · Assisted living includes different levels of care and what level of care this facility would be would have to be determined. The level of care is determined by a health assessment criteria and the cost is then comparable to the le~,el of care. · The State offers a program that can help with some of the costs involved for living in the facility and levels of funds depend on the type of health care and income. · New regulations for assisted living facilities are being formulated. There are not a lot of funds available for these facilities, however the city has a very good track record of getting funding and not asking for more funding later for the same project. · Funding could include a culmination of several sources. VOTE: ~ There were no objections. SO ORDERED. It was suggested funding sources be investigated and members attend a future council meeting to show their support of their motion and concerns. Discussion-- Legislative Issues Craig distributed information regarding bills before the Legislature pertaining to seniors. She encouraged members to review the information and to attend the teleconferences to listen to discussions on the bills. Discussion followed regarding the informatiop referring to HB88/SB55 which would allow Veteran funding to be used for long-term care at Alaska Pioneer Homes to accommodate the expanding population of veterans in Alaska. It was suggested those interested r~view the bills prior to the Council on Aging taking any action. Discussion-- Vintage Point Keys Craig reviewed the discussion held at the last meeting in which concerns were expressed regarding the amount of people who are seen in the facility, but are unknown to many of the residents. She reported she had been investigating costs COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING FEBRUARY 7, 2002 PAGE 2 involved in changing the locks and reissuing keys for the front door. Also, they were considering a sign-in ~heet be used for visitors into the building. They were considering two keys per resident and then additional keys would need to be signed out. There was general agreement the re-keying and sign-in should be developed. ITEM 5' NEW BUSINESS Discussion -- GoEs for 2002 Craig noted, the by-laws for the council require bi,monthly meetings. In order to be more active, at the last meeting they discussed monthly meetings.. She noted, a change in the by-laws would be required. It was suggested a questionnaire be sent to local seniors asking if they are interested in developing an assisted living facility in the city, what their particu, lar needs might be, what types of funding assistance they would have to use, if they were aware of others that might be interested in such a facility, etc. Suggested goals were: · Moving forward with finding funding and development of an assisted living facility. · Increasing participation at the Kenai Senior Center · Questioning seniors of other activities they would like to see available at the Center (could be done through a questionnaire). · Investigation were the need for covered parking at Vintage Pointe:. Members Hollier and Osbom offered to compile a list of questionnaires to bring to the next meeting. ITEM 6- PERSONS WANTING TO BE HEARD · . A report was heard on the Common Ground Conference attended by Swarner, Craig and Jurgensen. It was suggested a Hospice representative provide information on care craig reported staff would be attending classes on CPR and first aid for seniors and it was suggested seniors may want to also take the class. Information will be included in the March newsletter and the class will be held in March or April. Members of the Kenai Fire Department would be giving the C~ass. ITEM 7:. ADJOURlqMENT -- ,~p _ i , , ,, , MOTION: Member Jurgensen MOVED to adjourn and Member Osborn SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING FEBRUARY 7, 2002 PAGE 3 It was noted the next meeting would be held on March 11 and would be the Annual Meeting at which an election of officers would be held. The meeting adjourned at approximately 11'10 a.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING FEBRUARY 7, 2002 PAGE 4 BY-LAWS AND RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON AGING KENAI, ALASKA The members of the Mayor's Council on Aging, Kenai, Alaska, a local committee organized under the laws of the State of Alaska, pursuant to federal and state funding, having as its object the following code of by-laws and rules of procedure as its guidelines in all future operations. The mission of the Mayor's Council on Aging is to advise the Mayor, City Council, Director, and the City of Kenai, of the neexls of..the elderly in the area, to support the programs which enable the continued independence of senior citizens and to serve as an advisory committee whose purpose and make-up will be set forth under Article I, Section 3. The adoption of these by-laws and rules supersedes, replaces, and nullifies an); and all previously enacted, utilized, or governing rules or by-laws; and further, by adoption of these by-laws and roles, the previously existing Mayor's Council on Aging is deemed dissolved. Article I MEMBERSHIP The Council shall have a membership of nine (9) members. Over one-half of the members shall. be participants of the Senior Citizens' programs, sponsored by the City of Kenai. , , The members of the Council shall be chosen in the following manner' · Members shall be chosen from among persons who have shown an interest in the areas of the problems of the'elderly. ,, The Mayor will appoint members to the Council on Aging subject to confirmation by the City Council. ge There shall be a nine-member Mayor's Council on Aging appointed by the Mayor of Kenai. F._ive (5) members will be chosen from senior citizens who participate. in the senior citizen programs sponsored by the City of Kenai. More than one- half of the Mayor's Council on Agi,ng members shall be participants of City of Kenai sponsored senior citizens' programs. · . The duties of the Council will be as follows' ae Advise the Director of Senior Citizen Programs on matters dealing with the budgets for senior programs and programs operated at the Senior Center. -1- be Ce Forward copies of written minutes of meetings to the Mayor of the City of Kenai who, in turn, will forward the report to the City Council. To the extent practical, communications, advice, and repons shall be in written form and shall represent a consensus of the committee. ArtiCle Il ELIGIBILITY A member of the Council shall be an 'adult person residing in the Kenai Peninsula area; and 51% of the members must be sixty (60) years of age or older. No employee of the City of Kenai is eligible for membership. There will be no more than one member per household. Article in · m.t.~ p6 i~.MEETINGS Regular meetings shall be hel{$ b~-.¢...o_.n....t.._h_l_y. There shall be one annual meeting held on the secohd Monday of March of each'year with fifteen (15) days' notice given to all members of the Council. 'Special meetings may be called by the chairperson. Participating senior citi~e:ns shall be notified of the date, time and place of the meeting by the monthly newsletter. All meetings shall be open to the pUblic.' However, this does not automatically ensure paTrticipation by non- members of the Council. Article IV PLACE OF MEETINGS the Kenai Senior Citizens Center in Kenai, The meeting shall be held at the place designated as Al~ka, or at the City of Kenai offices. ;.~-:.., . ~.,..:.. · Article V QUORUM A majority of the current membership shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. -2- Article VI POWERS OF THE COUNCIL The powers of the Council are advisory only and are derived from the federal, state, and city local governments which provide the funds for' operation, and all powers and activities shall be exercised in accordance with law. All action taken by this Council shall be submitted to the City Administrator and shall be subject to approval by the Kenai City Council. Artide VII OFFICERS Officers shall be elected for one-year terms at the annual meeting. There shall be a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson. Officers are limited to two (2} successive terms in the same office. Article VIII TERM OF APPOINTMENT AND ATTENDANCE Members of the Council are appointed by the City of Kenai to serve three (3) years or until termination by: . 2. 3. 4. Resignation; Request of Kenai Mayor's Council on Aging; Upon request of the City of Kenai; or Three (3) consecutive absences from bi-mOnthly meetings. The term of each appointed member of the commission shall be thre, e (3) years. The terms shall be staggered so three (3) members shall be appointed every third year and three (3) members shall be appointed in each of the other years of every such three-year period. After six (6) years active membership on the Council, the member may be appointed as an honorary advisor to the Council without voting privileges. Any member who misses three (3) successive regular bi-monthly meetings will be removed from the Council and a replacement will be appointed by the Mayor. · -3- Article IX VOLUNTEERS Volunteers wishing to serve upon committees established by the Kenai Mayor's Council on Aging may be appointed b3 the Council Chairperson or his representative to do so without, therefore, becoming members of the Council. Article X RULES OF MEETING All meetings of the Council shall be conducted in accordance with roles of parliamentary practice and, in the absence of other authority, shall be governed by the provisions of Roberts Rules of Order. ~,~ ;.. ;-.'.,....~ ,~;.. ~" ,~. At a regular meeting of the Kenai Mayor's' Council on Aging, Kenai, Alaska, the amended by- laws and roles of procedures were adopted as the official by-laws and roles of procedure by a majority vote of a quorum of the members present on the ___. day of ~. ,1995. Chairperson Attest' John J. Williams, Mayor (4/11/95) 'C:\WP~\D~S\LEGALD~AGINGBY.LAW -4-