Illinois Aging Services, Inc.

Meeting Minutes

March 26, 2019

Present: John Smith, Susan Real, Tracy Barczewski, Keith Rider, Marla Fronczak, Barb Eskildsen, Mike Drew, Carolyn Austin, Joy Paeth, Shana Holmes, Diane Slezak, Kim McCahill.

Meeting was called to order by John Smith.

There were no minutes from the previous meeting.

Keith Rider handed out Treasurer Report.

A motion to accept the Treasurer Report was made by Mike Drew and Second by Marla Fronczak . Motion carried.

GWEP: Susan Real gave report. PEARLS training was completed at the Chicago Housing Authority.

GWEP 2 Application is in process. The involvement of the AAA has been scaled back. The focus will be more on working with Dementia Friendly Communities and General Education.

Aging IS Proposal for ESP transfer. Joy reminded the group that ESP has not been supported for some time and she has presented several alternatives. She has talked to Aging IS and it is the most cost effective alternative and most of the AAA currently use the system for Data collection for NAPIS. The cost would be $44,624 statewide to transfer the data and an ongoing statewide cost of $2,400.

A motion was made by Marla Fronczak and second by Shana Holmes to transfer the ESP Data Base to Aging IS and have IAS pay for the data transfer. Motion Carried

There was a discussion on the reports that have currently been generated by Age Options on ESP by each AAA. Each Area will continue to update their own data and the cost of the logons will be evaluated after everything has been transferred and utilized for a period of time.

A motion was made by Barb Eskildsen and second by Marla Fronczak to retain Age Options to provide technical assistance for Aging IS Resource Data Base for a 1 year contract. Motion Carried.

Joy Paeth made a motion to adjourn the meeting second by Shana Holmes. Motion Carried.

Adjourn 5:15p.m.

Submitted by

Tracy Barczewski