11-26-2007 SAMSenior Advisory Board Minutes
November 26, 2007
Present: John Lyman, June Lyman, Cliff Swanson, Julie Jensen, Randy Bullert , Phyllis
Birkholz, Louise Jessen
City Staff: September Jacobsen, Kathy Hemmah, John McRaith
Absent: None
I. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Chairman John Lyman
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II. Secretary’s Report: The October 22 minutes were examined. June made a motion to
approve and Randy seconded the motion. Motion was approved.
III. Treasurer’s Report: Randy reported a current balance of $21463.13 which includes
the certificate of deposit that was redeemed in October. Julie requested that a debit or
credit card be made available to her so that she could book tickets without using her
own card for future tours. Louise made a motion to get a card tied to the Senior
Advisory Board and keep it at the Senior Center. This motion was seconded by June
and approved. Randy and September will look into the securing of this card. Cliff
made a motion to accept the report with a second from Phyllis. Motion was
approved.
IV. Old Business
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A.Tours- The tour on November 7 to the Science Museum to see “Pompeii”
went well. The next three trips are all sold out. These trips include a
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December 13 trip to Orchestra Hall, a tour to Crown College for a Christmas
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concert, and a January 16 tour to Chanhassen for their rendition of “Joseph and
the Amazing, Technicolored Dream Coat”. The next tour to be advertised will
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be a February 23 tour to the Bloomington Arts Center to see “The Fantasticks”
and have the opportunity to dine at Bakers Square.
B.Update on Programs- Kathy reported that the Christmas trees will be decorated
today as a special event at the Center. 3M Cares will help send out the care
packages which will include the hats made by the Knitting for the Troops club.
Upcoming events will include a Red Hat tea party in February, a January
55 Alive defensive driver training, and a marathon bingo event with mystery
guest callers each half hour of this two-hour event. During the last week in
December, the Center will be host to a showing of all three “Shrek” movies
running from Wednesday through Friday.
C.Dishes- September reported that the dishes have arrived. Some of the dishes
were broken so they will have to be replaced. The dishwasher has been ordered
and will be installed when it arrives. A fan will also need to be installed above
the dishwasher. She checked into renting a dishwasher but that was more
expensive. At this time the goal is to have everything in place for rentals
beginning in February.
V. New Business
A.New Board Member- Carol Oleson will be nominated to replace Julie Jensen
who will be leaving the board after serving two terms. Julie will continue to
participate at meetings as our tour coordinator. Chairman John Lyman
expressed our sincere thanks to Julie for all she has done to assist the Center as
a board member and especially for her outstanding leadership in providing tours
to our senior community.
B.Other- The newsletters will be sent first class beginning in December. The
newsletter will be held at the Event Center for the first day after printing so that
people can pick them up and save the Center the postage. On another note, June
made a motion seconded by Randy to skip the December meeting due to the
Christmas holiday. The motion passed.
VI. Adjournment: Randy made a motion to adjourn at 10:45am with a second from Julie.
The motion passed.
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Next Meeting: Monday, January 28th at 10:00 a.m. (Martin Luther King Day on 21)
John McRaith, Secretary