Illinois Aging Services
Meeting Minutes
Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland
By Conference Call:
1. Call to Order-3:30 p.m. by Chairman John Smith. Present:
PSA 01- Eads (for Nyhammer), 02- Jones, 03- Byrn (for Eskildsen), 04- Thomas,
05- Real, 07- Hubbard, 08- Fulton (for Paeth), 09- Barczewski, 10-Holmes, 11-
Smith, 13- Lavin. Absent: PSA 06-Niewohner, 12- Curry (for Gallagher).
2. Minutes-Minutes for the May 26, 2015 meeting had been
sent to each member for their review. Hearing no corrections/revisions, the
following motion was offered: To approve the Minutes for 05-26-15 as presented.
THOMAS/Holmes, Unanimous.
3. Treasurer’s Report-A financial report covering the period
through September 30, 2015 was distributed. It was noted that all of the funds
related to the "Leading Healthy Futures" were now expended. There were no
corrections/revisions. MOTION: To accept the Treasurer’s Report as presented.
THOMAS/Lavin. Unanimous.
4. Old Business-
- ESP Update-Report prepared by Glenniece with AgeOptions
was received and there were no questions. Jon Lavin indicated that
AgeOptions no longer had the staff time available to update the records.
Smith requested that the "update report" be sent to him and he would divide
it up among the members, so that each PSA could perform their own updates.
There was some discussion about replacement software for ESP, but no decision
has been made. Things are still on-hold at IDOA.
- IL Health and Aging Collaborative-IAS financial obligation
has ended with the final disbursement to Leading Healthy Futures (LHF).
There is still the hiring of a CEO (pending, an offer has been made) and the
costs associated with capacity building, etc. However, the Collaborative now
has a treasurer (White Crane) to handle finances. As such, it appears that no
other contracts should have to come through IAS.
5. New Business-
- Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Project (GWEP), in partnership
with Rush- The program name is called "CATCH-ON." Susan Real provided an
overview of the Project, noting that IAS was named as a "partner" in the Rush
grant application. She outlined the expectations of IAS outlined in the grant,
which included leadership, review of the curriculum, recruitment of trainees,
et.al. Dr. Thomas added that she believed the project was worthy of IAS
participation and afforded a "great opportunity." Although she encouraged
IAS participation, Dr. Thomas declined leadership of the Project for IAS.
There was some discussion. MOTION: To continue to pursue this grant
opportunity so that IAS may participate to its members' available
capacities. LAVIN/Thomas. Unanimous. To accomplish the motion, the
following actions were taken:
- Ad Hoc Committee established- Susan, Lucia, Joanne,
John, and Jon.
- Clarify IAS role re: curriculum review "Webinar" contact
groups listed and obtain representation commitment.
- Pursue clarification re: Release Time Payments listed in
the budget
- Susan Real assumes leadership re: the GWEP grant for
IAS
- 2016 Budget Revision-
- ADD $27,000 revenue from the GWEP Catch-On
Project;
- REMOVE costs associated with the Collaborative.
- MOTION: To approve the revised 2016 IAS Budget.
LAVIN/Barczewski. Unanimous.
- Other Business-
- Treasurer's Pool: Members currently using this financial
service are asked to review the fees re: checking accounts v. saving
accounts. A member reports $300.00 in new fees.
- Northwestern IL AAA: This AAA has requested reinstatement
to IAS. Reason given was to be included in grant-making process.
MOTION: To reinstate NWIL AAA. HUBBARD/Barczewski. Unanimous.
- I4A Website: The website is currently down as the domain
name needs to be renewed. John has agreed to be the registrant. For
additional information, contact Barb or Joy. Agreed to by
consensus.
Having no other business, this conference call was adjourned
by consensus at 4:20 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted by Lucia West Jones
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