MINUTES OF THE
CRANBURY TOWNSHIP
HUMAN SERVICES BOARD
CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING
A meeting of the Cranbury Township Human Services Board was held in Town Hall on October 16, 2007, at 1:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
With a quorum present, Rosemary Seghatoleslami, Chairwoman of the Cranbury Township Human Services Board, called the meeting to order and acted as the Chairwoman thereof, and Kristen H. Hamilton acted as Recording Secretary of the meeting.
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
Phyllis Bialor, Marie Dey, Warren Perrine, Howard Zogott and Rosemary Seghatoleslami.
NON-MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
Arlene Duran.
MINUTES
The minutes of the September 18, 2007, meeting were reviewed and approved as amended.
WORK SESSION:
Cranbury Senior Community Center
Room Improvements/Furnishings –
A telephone is to be installed which would allow 9-1-1, out-going local calls and non-restricted in-coming calls.
Rosemary and Phyllis have spoken to Jerry Thorne regarding the outside sign and additional electrical outlets.
Phyllis will order rug runners for the hallway.
An A-frame type sign (similar to that used for the Gallery) should be purchased to advertise events.
The lock on the storage cabinet needs to be replaced so the doors will stay closed.
Possible future purchases include a projector and small side tables.
On-Going Programming:
Funds have been encumbered for “The Windsor Trio”.
A counselor from Middlesex County will be at the Township on November 14th and December 12th. Kristen will take appointments and advertise the sessions in the “Cranbury Press”.
The upcoming movie scheduled for October 26th will be advertised in the “Cranbury Press” on Friday.
It was noted that five people attended the September movie and six people attended the AARP session.
Rosemary and Phyllis met with a representative from the Senior Living Institute about possible programs. Suggestions included an antiques road show, ballet school demonstration, Historical Society program, 1860 House program, ShopRite cooking demonstration. It was suggested that they contact Meadow Lakes for programming ideas.
Possible ideas for programs include:
· Nancy Scharff (tentatively January 19th)
· A travel talk by Bart Jackson
· Edward Bogusz and a piano player
· Tom Ward – program on tax preparation
· Travel Around the World Series
· Leo Fennity – program on Elsie the Cow
· Reader’s Theatre Production
Discussion –
Rosemary questioned if annual approval needs to be given by the Township Committee for use of the Senior Community Center. Kristen will confirm with Chris Smeltzer.
Kristen contacted the Health Department to see if the Senior Community Center room could be used for flu shots. She was advised that the venue has been set for this year; however, it is possible that they may look at the room for 2009.
2008 Appointments – There are five vacant unexpired terms. Arlene Duran would like to be appointed as a member. Howard advised that Marilyn Mullen would possibly take over his term when he retires at the end of the year. Betty Conover and Mary Reilly should be approached about becoming members. The Board was advised to email Rosemary with any potential members.
2008 Meeting Dates – Meetings will continue to be held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m., with no meeting being held in August.
Meeting
The next meeting of the Human Services Board will be held on November 20, 2007, at 1:00pm.
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:30 pm.
CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify:
That I am duly elected and acting secretary of the Cranbury Township Human Services Board and,
That the foregoing minutes of the Human Services Board, held on October 16, 2007, consisting of 3 pages, constitute a true and correct copy of the minutes of the said meeting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed the name of said Human Services Board the _____ day of _______________, 2007.
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Kristen H. Hamilton, Secretary