The Milwaukee County Commission on Aging Advocacy Committee held its monthly meeting on January 7, 2019 at the Marcia Coggs Building, 1220 West Vliet Street, Room 104, Milwaukee, WI 53212 in Room 104.
Commissioners Present
Fred Knueppel
Barbara Wyatt Sibley
Committee Members Present
Bob Haase
Casper Green
Elliott Moeser
David Hoffman
John Griffith
Barbara Bechtel
Tim Harrington
David Hoffman
Committee Members Excused
Gary Mikolajczyk
Judy Troestler
Committee Members Not Present
Tom Frazier
Sharon Abston-Coleman
Milwaukee County Staff Present
Jon Janowski, MCDA Director of Administration
Andy Bethke, MCDA Human Service Worker - Outreach
Jill Knight, MCDA Program Coordinator
Guests Present
Gary Sprong
Dain Maddox
Stephanie Stein
Mike Helbick, Office of U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Fred Knueppel called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM.
II. Action Item: Election of Committee Vice-Chair
John Griffith and Bob Haase were nominated by Committee members. A voice vote was taken and Bob Haase was elected Vice-Chair.
III. Discussion and Action Item: Review and adoption of 2019 policy priorities
Some questions were asked from Committee members about the senior center management situation and Chairman Knueppel said that those issues would be addressed at the January Commission on Aging meeting. Mr. Hoffman asked that at future meetings at senior centers there should be agenda items for seniors and other members of the public to provide comments. Commissioner Wyatt Sibley said that those meetings would provide that opportunity. Mr. Moeser emphasized that comments should be taken but that Committee members should not immediately respond to those comments; rather, the purpose of those meetings is to collect information and comments from the public. Mr. Hoffman emphasized that these meetings are also a good opportunity to meet potentially new Committee members.
The Committee began discussing t...
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