Bexar Senior Advisory Committee

Minutes

June 14, 2002

Members Present:

Sue Ackerman                                 Chris Alderete                   Sr. Anne Birmingham

Julia Castellano-Hoyt                        Laura Cisneros                  Barb Dampman

Elsa Davis                                       Ray Foley rep by               Oscar Garica

Suzanne Huber rep by                        Richard Duffy                   Ida Kenny

  Dorothy Abend                               Pastor Ernie Lantz             Lewis Marshall

Winn Murnin                                    Sterling Neuman                Nancy Rheams rep by

Alicia Rodriguez                               Gene Sheppard                    Tito Villareal

Katherine Schwesinger                     Jimmy Toubin                    Steve Saldana, Ambassador at Large

Members Absent:

Norma Cheeves                                 Santos Hernandez            Hon. Ruth McClendon-Jones

Dorothy Whitenack                            Ken Williams

Members Excused:

Bonnie Truax

1.        Call to Order – The meeting was called to order by Pastor Ernie Lantz, Chairman.

2.         Roll Call – Roll call was taken as reflected above by Ms. Laura Cisneros.

3.        Consider and act upon approval of the Minutes of May 10, 2002 - Upon consideration, motion was made by Mr. Lewis Marshall to approve the minutes as presented.  Motion seconded by Mr. Richard Duffy and passed.

4.        Citizens to be Heard (Limit to Three Minutes) – No report.

5.        Staff Report – Ms. Carol Zernial, Bexar Area Agency on Aging Director briefed on the following:

§         Upcoming Mental Health Services Seminar

§         Kinship Care Planning Committee in which Nellie Garay, AAA staff member will be our representative

§         Updated BSAC members on “Advocacy Day” in Austin

§         Continue to seek funding for the Regional Access Plan

§         Letter sent to the Texas Department on Aging regarding Client Confidentiality

§         Recognized Tina Richards who has completed 5 years with the agency

§         Introduced Olinda Martinez, Bexar AAA Intern

6.        Subcommittee Status Reports

A.      Access & Assistance 

§         Ratify temporary coordinators for the caregiver and care coordination programs – Upon consideration, motion was made by Ms. Chris Alderete and seconded by Mr. Jimmy Toubin.  Motion passed.

§         Ratify submission of an application to the Texas Department on Aging for a $10,000 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Grant – Upon consideration, motion was made by Ms. Chris Alderete and seconded by  Mr. Jimmy Toubin.  Motion passed.

§         Ratify submission of “Aging Texas Well: Building Community Capacity” application to the Aging Texas Well Community Preparedness Grants Program – Upon consideration, motion was made by Ms. Barb Dampman and seconded by Ms. Winn Murnin.  Motion passed.

B.       Allocations and Monitoring

§         Update on contracts for FY02 was presented and did not require action.

§         FY2003 Membership Dues to the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4A) Bexar Area Agency on Aging - $1,375.   Upon consideration, motion was made by Ms. Ida Kenny and seconded by Mr. Oscar Garcia.  Motion passed.

C.       Family Caregiver Support Program

§         Ratify Caregiver proposals  - Upon consideration, motion was made by Mr. Jimmy Toubin and seconded by Ms. Barb Dampman.    Motion passed.  The following members abstained: Ms. Chris Alderete, Ms. Ida Kenny and Mr. Tito Villareal.

D.      Information, Special Events and VISTA

§         Update on n4a – A list of  n4a volunteers was presented by Ms. Carol Zernial.

E.       Nominations/Bylaws and Legislative

§         Consider and act upon Bylaw Change to delete the subcommittee: Seniors and Lawmen Together (SALT) – Mr. Lewis Marshall introduced the change that will be voted on at the next BSAC meeting.

§         Authorization to transfer funds in the amount of $2,996.66 to the San Antonio/Bexar County TRIAD, Seniors and Law Enforcement Together for the Elder Fraud Conference – Upon discussion and consideration, motion was made by Sue Ackerman to approve the transfer of funds and seconded by Sterling Neuman.  Motion passed.  The following members opposed: Ms. Chris Alderete, Mr. Jimmy Toubin and Ms. Barb Dampman.  The following members abstained:  Sr. Anne Birmingham and Mr. Gene Sheppard.

F.       Senior and Lawmen Together (SALT)  - No report.

G.       Texas Silver Haired Elections Steering Committee

§         Update on outcome of TSHL Election was presented.

10.      Informational Items –  Mr. Jimmy Toubin informed that collector cars are on display at the DoubleTree Hotel at McCullough.  Ms. Elsa Davis reported on seniors program being conducted in Spanish similar to the one hosted by Ms. Chris Alderete and Ms. Doris Griffin.  Mr. Tito Villareal reported that the Care Program continues to have a waiting list; however, they plan to get to the end of the list.

11.        Adjournment – There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.