The town’s Elder Affairs Committee discussed the need for an approximately $500,000 expansion at the Senior Center.
Noting he hasn’t heard a great deal of support for the proposed auditorium at the high school, Chairman Al Baldasaro said it’s likely the project at the Senior Center also won’t gain much support until some of the Town’s bonds fall off.
The Senior Center expansion was moved out to FY19 and is ranked in the Town’s 2015-2020 Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) as a priority level 2 project, meaning it should be completed in the next three years to maintain services.
Senior Center Director Catherine Blash said the expansion is definitely needed, with Tuesdays being a peak traffic day.
“There are some days you can walk in there and it’s not that busy, but on certain days, people are packed into the front of the Senior Center because there is an exercise program going on in the other room,” Blash said.
In other business:
• Committee members, in conjunction with representatives from AARP, recorded training shows for seniors related to a variety of health and safety issues, including emergency preparedness, fraud targeting the elderly, Medicare, fire, and fall prevention.
The Committee hopes to see the recordings replayed on cable access and plans to make the schedule of the recordings available to the public.
• The Committee recommended with a unanimous vote that the Town Council re-appoint Baldasaro and fellow members Bonnie Roberts and Bonnie Ritvo, and alternate members Dolores Stoklosa and Karen Boone.