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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, December 19, 2016 Page 5 Mr. Marrie stated, 50 or 60.children and families. Mr. Thomas continued, it was a great turnout. Mr. Marrie stated, probably twice as many adults. Mr. Thomas added, as always, the Recreation Board did a great job preparing for it and running it that day. Thank you Rec Board. This Friday at 7:00 we are holding our Winter Solstice walk with the Wetlands Committee. Service will have a fire going in The Grove, weather permitting. If it is raining, I think we will be closer to the picnic shelter at the pool. We will play it by ear. The Committee will .have hot chocolate and marshmallows for roasting and toasting. Commission on Aging -The next meeting will beheld on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:00 in the Community Room. Discussion will be on the holiday party recap, new activities, trips and the anniversary party for 2017. Parks and Recreation Board -The Board did not meet in December due to all of the volunteer work that they do for the party. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, January 18t1~ at 7:00 here in this room. Senior Services -Seniors have until December 31St to submit their applications of paid contracts to opt out of snow removal. No applications will be accepted after that date. To date, there are 104 applications to opt out. To date there are 224 total applications to opt in to the snow removal program, 200 single and 24 circular driveways. Volunteers from AARP will offer income tax assistance to residents on Monday, February 20t1i at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00 or 3:00. Residents should call the Senior Services office to make an appointment. The riext Community Partnership on Aging movie will be on Wednesday, February 8th. Over 70 seniors attended the Holiday Party on December 9th. It was such a wonderful party. Everyone raved about the Community Room. It •was a very nice event. We had a former opera singer lead the singing for all of the seniors that day. Over 30 seniors went on a trip to Higbee's Silver Grille on December 7th. They said they enjoyed the trip very much. Last but not least, one stroke painting will begin in January as well as new sessions in cooking and baking classes, watercolor, Spanish lessons, knitting, crocheting and bereavement. Chief Edelman (Police): I will reserve comments for my agenda items. Thank you. Doug Metzt~ng (Service): Thank you Council President. A few items. Leaf season is over. We have taken possession of our new front end loader that we purchased over the summer. We immediately put it in to service because they took the old one away. It's a wonderful machine. Thank you very much. One other item I should have mentioned for Mr. Cappello's report. First off, Mr. Cappello for those that have not heard was in a very bad two-car accident. He hurt the