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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING <br />MINUTES <br /> <br />March 15, 2011 <br /> <br />PRESENT: Leo Allison, Heather Altman, Alex Castro, Peggy Cohn, Ed Flowers, Mary <br />Fraser, Steve Lackey, Haryo Marsosudiro, Mike Symons, Janice Wells <br /> <br />GUEST: Pat Sprigg <br /> <br />STAFF: Myra Austin, Gwen Harvey, Kathie Kearns, Kathy Porter, Vibeke Talley, <br />Janice Tyler <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at the Central Orange Senior Center by Vice-Chair Mary <br />Fraser. Following introductions, the minutes of the February 8 meeting were approved <br />following the motion made by Alex Castro and the second by Peggy Cohn. A report on <br />the Senior Tar Heel Legislature meeting by delegate Janice Wells was added to the <br />agenda. <br /> <br />In her Director’s Report, Janice Tyler announced her appointment as Director of the <br />Department on Aging. She reported that an orientation of new Advisory Board members <br />had been conducted for Alex Castro, Mary Fraser and Ed Flowers on March 3. Ms. Tyler <br />and Heather Altman presented the 2010 Master Aging Plan Annual Report to the Board <br />of County Commissioners. Leo Allison, Alex Castro and Jan Wells met with Ms. Tyler <br />to review the Outside Agency Funding Requests that had been submitted to Orange <br />County for senior services. Mr. Castro noted that there was great variance among the <br />applicant agencies and the amount of funding they requested for the number of Orange <br />County residents served. Ms. Wells stated that each application was carefully reviewed <br />and Mr. Allison added that some did not follow application guidelines. The completed <br />score sheets are available for viewing. Gwen Harvey explained that these <br />recommendations will be reviewed by Orange County Financial Services. <br /> <br />Janice Tyler gave a summary of the financial status of Senior Care’s Adult Day Health <br />Services program. She announced that the Board of Directors will decide at its April <br />meeting if the program has sufficient funding to continue operation. The Program <br />Director, Alvonia Baldwin, is sending board members weekly census reports. Ed <br />Flowers, who serves as Senior Care Treasurer, noted that the program’s sliding scale fee <br />schedule does not generate sufficient revenue to cover operational costs even with <br />increased enrollment. Additionally, transportation is an issue. Mary Fraser stated that <br />she has been working with day health clients to obtain Veteran’s Administration funding <br />but the process is very cumbersome. <br /> <br />Janice Tyler announced that the Department on Aging’s Resource Connections Fair at <br />University Mall will be held on March 23. <br />