| Agenda: | Essex Council on Aging Agenda
December 5, 2023
6-8 pm
Meeting will take place in person at the Essex Senior Center, 17 Pickering Street, Essex, MA
Chairperson: Kay Joseph
Board Members: Ann Buckley, Nancy Frieden, Ralph Hawley, Susan Lufkin, Susan Parady, Diane Polley, Curt Siebert, Mary Wilhelm
Invited Staff: Tess Leary. Invited Guest: Friends COA Officer Liaison
Agenda
• Secretary’s Matters – Approval of November 14th Minutes
• Chairperson’s Matters
• Town Accountant’s Report Summary
*Gift Fund: Vote on any Requests for Acceptance or Disbursements
* Board Questions and Discussion
• Standing Rules
• Review proposed revisions
• Request for action to approve recommended changes
• COA Staffing Update
• Vote to approve a temporary increase in hours for Tess Leary to serve as the acting Director, not to exceed 40 hours per week, for a period of up to ninety days, effective starting December 1st.
• Vote to approve retroactively, a temporary increase to $31 an hour for Tess Leary, up to forty hours per week in the period of up to ninety days beginning December 1st.
• Timeline for permanently filling the Director’s position
• Review and vote accept revisions to the proposed Job Description
• Open Board position update
• Director’s Report
• Council Questions
• Director Requests For Action and/or Future Action:
• Closet Repair Update
• Liaison Reports
• Friends of COA Liaison: Friends Officer
• Sue Lufkin/Sue Parady: – Meals
• Sue Parady: Veteran’s Gallery ’23, Wrapup
• Curt Siebert – Senior Center Management System
• Nancy Frieden – Essex Elementary School
• Two minutes public comment |