Northwest Focal Point Senior Center District - Regular Meeting

Good evening, and welcome to the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center District meeting. Please call the roll. And for the record, it's Tuesday, 11/25/2025. It is 06:33. Now please call the roll.

Board member Rizano? Here. Board member Cagiano? Present. Board member Osserio? Here. Board member Schwartz?

Here.

Okay. City attorney. Yes. Please stand for a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Thank you, madam mayor. The first item is approval of the minutes from the 09/17/2025 board meeting.

What's the wish of the commission?

Motion to approve. Second.

Okay. Please call the roll.

Board Member Rizano?

Yes.

Board Member Cagiano? Yes. Board Member Arceo? Yes. Board Member Schwartz?

Yes. New business.

Item 2A is a resolution of the Board of the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center District approving a contract between the Area Wide Council on Aging and the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center District providing for older Americans Act funding for the period of 01/01/2026 through 12/31/2026. Authorizing board president and project director renew this annual agreement under the same terms to provide for an increase in funding or to meet state or federal guidelines without further board action providing for an effective date. This resolution is before you for your consideration this evening.

Thank you. What's the wish of the board?

Motion to approve. Second.

Any comments? Please call the roll.

Board Member Rosano?

Yes.

Board Member Cagiano?

Yes.

Board member Asario? Yes. Board member Schwartz?

Yes. We have item 2B, which is a resolution of the board of the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center District approving the memorandum of understanding that the South Florida Institute on Aging to provide volunteers for the senior companion program volunteer station providing for an effective date. This resolution is before you for your consideration.

What's the wish of the board?

Motion to approve. Second.

Any comments? Hearing none, please call the roll.

Board Member Rosano? Yes. Board Member Cagiano? Yes. Board Member Osserio? Yes. Board Member Schwartz?

Yes. And item two c is a resolution of the board of the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center District approving OAA master contract between the Area Council on Aging and the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center District providing for general terms and conditions applicable to agreements between the parties authorizing board president and project director to amend this contract to meet state or federal guidelines without further board action providing for an effective date this resolution before you for your consideration.

Thank you. What's the wish of the board?

Motion to approve. Second.

Any comments? Seeing none, please call the roll.

Board Member Ozzano? Yes. Board Member Kacciano? Yes. Board Member Osserio? Yes. Board Member Schwartz? Yes.

Okay. Executive Director report.

Good evening. So on behalf of the senior center, the staff and the seniors, we would always we once again Oh, so sorry. Teri Lieberman, project director of Northwest Focal Point Senior Center. Thank you to everyone for everything, for always supporting us, for all of your help throughout all the years. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. The center continues to remain busy throughout the end of the year. We have many activities scheduled throughout the end of the year. December 9, our choir is gonna perform well, they're gonna sing. They're gonna do other things as well. It's called the in house holiday production.

It's December 9 at 11:30. On December 11, our beloved recreation director, Denise, is going to take some of the seniors on a bus tour to the to Trademans Park, to the Fantasy of Lights. On December 15, we have Holiday Race and Ugly Sweater Day. That's always a fun one. December 26 is big bingo.

We just have that's a fun one because it's bigger prizes than the usual things that we give away. On December 31 at 11:30, we have our New Year celebration and toast. We call it actually the noon year because it's at twelve. Obviously, we can't toast at midnight. Our center actually has been so busy with activities that we actually exceeded the amount of funding that the area agency gave us for this year, so I did make a request to them to request more funds.

We were granted a little Older Americans Act has two portions. It's o a three b and o a three e. O a three e is for caregivers group, and o a three b is for the general activities. They did give us a little bit more funds for the caregivers group, and I'm still waiting on a response to get some more funding for OA3B. So fingers crossed, we're going to get some more. But just a case in point that we are very busy. We're doing well. Hopefully, they're gonna give us more money to last us through December. These contracts we signed for tonight are the ones beginning January. So we're doing well. We're busy. Thank you. Thank you to everyone for all your support. We couldn't do it without all of you. So thank you so much for everything.

Thank you. Now, board member comments. Board member Rosano.

Keep up the great work. Say this like a like a broken record, but you're doing you do great, and I've never met a senior that was unhappy with the senior center. So you're doing a great job. Thanks, sir.

Board member Kajama.

I'm gonna say ditto, and I have people coming up to me thanking you for all the work the senior center does, and that is a tremendous, tremendous, kudos to you. So just keep going. Just keep going. Keep doing it. Thank you.

Board member Arcelia.

Keep up the good work and have a healthy and happy Thanksgiving. Yes. Almost said New Year. That's next Monday.

Not yet. Besides you, to Denise, to Dixie, got that right this time, and all the other members that show up, to your singing driver

or He's the maintenance person. To your

singing maintenance person, even more impressive. And everybody else, I mean, you just feel the warmth when you walk in there. And as I've always said, and it was recorded in Salt Lake City, you can grow get old. You don't have to grow old. So thank you very much. And with that, the meeting is adjourned.