STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jill Hall The minutes from October 25, 2005 were presented. Betty H. made a motion to accept the minutes with changes as discussed. Mary seconded the motion. Motion carried. The minutes from October 27, 2005 and November 7, 2005 were presented. George made a motion to accept the minutes with changes as discussed. Betty H. seconded the motion. Motion carried. Betty B. made a motion that when we have a special meeting that we note what the purpose of the meeting is and that no other business can be discussed. George seconded the motion. Motion carried. TREASURER'S REPORT: A report for the month of October will be presented at a later date – Rusty was away for two weeks. A financial statement for Bingo was presented. We didn’t do as well as last month but we had a lot of expenses and didn’t have as many players. STANDING COMMITTEES: A. Budget: Rusty went to the bank to check on interest rates because the $100,000.00 cd will come due in December. She found out that interest rates were up for cds. We pay Steve Chappel .08% commission on the $100,000.00 we have invested with his company, which is about $8,000.00. This is paid out of the general fundaccount. We could end up paying $16,000.00 per year to Steve Chappel if we invest this additional $100,000.00 with his company. A vote was called – do we want to invest the $100,000.00 from the cd that is coming due in diversified ladder cds. Mary, Ron, Betty B., Rusty,
Teresa, Betty H. and Terry voted in favor and George was opposed. Motion carried. Mary made a motion to rescind the previous decision to invest $100,000.00 with Steve Chappel’s company. Betty H. seconded the motion. Motion rescinded. B. Ways & Means: Betty B. asked Isabel Simmons to chair the raffle volunteers and she was thrilled to do it. She did a great job enlisting volunteers. We have 30 crafters and can take an additional 10. C. Bingo: Our numbers are down but we are still doing well. Ron bought five $20.00 gift certificates to give out as door prizes this week. We still need kitchen help. D. Correspondence/Memorial: No report. E. Gift Shop: We made $1,454.30 and paid out $474.31 to consignors and put $916.79 in the bank. F. Thrift Shop: The Thrift Shop made $1,066.16 for the month of October. G. Publicity: An ad for the Holiday Bazaar will appear in a community calendar and in the Gazette on November 30. The office sent letters to civic associations in the area but not churches. If a list of the churches is given to the office we will send out letters. H. Senior Citizens Commission: No report. I. Hispanic Services Report: The Hispanic club donated $65.00 to the Senior Assistance Fund. They will contribute food for the Holiday Bazaar and have to volunteers helping in the kitchen. J. Asian Services Report: This quarter English classes registration fees went up from $10.00 to $11.00. Theresa H. asked if some of the money from the interest made on the investment fund could go to help pay for classes. RSI contributes each year to offset operating costs of the center but this is for the building not for classes. The fees for all classes have gone up.
OLD BUSINESS: The Weidenbruch’s made a donation of $500.00 to the Senior Center and would like to some good for the center. It could go to the chairs being replaced in the Carnation Room. The signs that were ordered by Mary will be here by the end of the week. The signs advertising the Bazaar can go the Sunday before. Betty B. would a like a list of all the places we would like the signs placed. Betty H. made a motion that there be a Bazaar Petty Cash fund of $300.00 in the office to reimburse purchases. George seconded the motion. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: Rusty made a motion to pay for the subscription to the Washington Post. Betty B. seconded the motion. Motion carried. Mary Fleischer told the board that the television in the Health Room broke and needs to be replaced. Betty H. made a motion to allow Mary Fleischer to purchase a television with a cd player and vhs player for the Health Room up to $300.00 but if it is over $300.00 to come back to the board. Mary seconded the motion. Motion carried. George made a motion to send a letter to Mary Fleischers supervisor to say what a great job she did with flu shots. Rusty seconded the motion. Motion carried. George will compose a letter and email it to Ron for his signature. STAFF REPORT: Jill asked the board if they could raise the amount of petty cash for the Snack Bar. George made a motion to raise the amount of money in the Snack Bar’s petty cash fund from $200.00 to $400.00. Betty B. seconded the motion. Motion carried. Keith has Jury Duty all week and Nasr will be here in the evenings. The Sports and Fitness Specialist position has been advertised on the web but with the old job description and will be open until filled. Jill spoke with the Senior Fit supervisor and was told despite complaints from the participants that she is doing her job just fine. She did tell Jill that she will try to adjust her program. We have the Holiday cards and they will be sent out in the beginning of December. The lifetime membership plaque has been updated. The wallpaper in the center will be replaced with dry wall and painted. This should be cleaner than the wallpaper. $25,000.00 has been budgeted in the CIP for this project and it will go out for bid in the next two to three weeks. We will try to get it done in the evenings. We will be closed over the Christmas Holidays for major cleaning and a new security system will be installed. We need to replace 50 chairs and to purchase chairs the same as the existing ones it would cost $236.00 each. The chairs that we have are a higher quality then the chairs in the Mayor and Council Chambers. Jill has some examples that can be looked at later. We paid $180.00 each for the chairs in the Dining Room but they are not as durable. We have under 200 chairs. We need to take into consideration that rentals do ask if the chairs all match and we don’t want to hurt rental fees. We will not purchase a shed after all. One of the sheds has a lot of junk in it but also the gas can for the lawn mower and tiller. We can move the gas can to the existing garden shed once a new one is built to replace the compost heap. Then the tools from the existing garden shed can be moved to their new location. We are still trying to get rid of the community chorus file cabinets in the storage closet. Budget Kickoff is tomorrow. We need to replace the game room floor, replace the cove base in the Carnation room, and start on designs for the expansion. We need to select a volunteer gift by March so that they can be ordered. We need to start advertising for the Estelle Berberian award in January. The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for December 20 at 1:00 p.m. | 
