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Minutes of the Organizational Meeting of Council Monday, January12, -2015 - - - --- - - - - - ---- - Page 4 For Board of Appeals, Vetus Syracuse was appointed to complete the term of Pat Caticchio. Mr Syracuse has accepted appointment to the Board for an additional4 year term. We don't see a change in Citizen's Advisory. These are subject to any additional suggestions by Council members. ' There is no change for Ordinance Review or Parks and Recreation. However, if Council knows of any other individual who wishes to serve on Parks and Rec, let us know. For Planning and Zoning, Dr. McGrath`s term expired. She is expected to return. Charter Review is up this year. You have all made your appointments. To my knowledge, save for Joe Saponaro's recommendation, all have accepted - Vetus Syracuse, Paul Fikaris, Ron DiNardo, Ralph Tarsitano, James Sheridan, Tom Piteo and Merv Singer. We tell Charter Review that this really is their show. They have a limited period of time. It compresses things. Typically we make ourselves available when they ask us, both from an adminisfirative standpoint and they have the option of asking anyone from Boards or Commissions, organizations, Council included. The selections you made are very important. They can cut their teeth on the Charter, ask questions they have and take input from all of us and come up with any recommendations. We expect everyone to be here on the 26t' to be sworn in. COiTNCII;: PRESIDENT ., ?; Council Committee Appointments - 2015 Council President Buckholtz stated, we will talk about them through the week. They will remain close to the same as Council people wish. ADMINISTRA.TIOllT ,: ;': Renewal of Senior Sea-vices for 2015 (Coanmunity Partnershap on Aging -$37,044) Ms. Wolgamuth stated, the numbers from the Community Partnership on Aging came in late on Friday. I did not get them in packets, but they are being passed around right now. The front page is the renewal amount. Last year we paid $38,175 for our Community Partnership membership. This year, the renewal amount is $37,044. It's a little less than last year. Attached to that is the.Director Stacy O'Brien's narrative report of usage for 2014. On the last page, I went through and extrapolated the numbers she provided and did a comparison for 2012, 2013 and 2014. I apologize if this is confusing, but it is hard to compare apples to apples because the reporting changed each year. The total usage is down from last year, however, the number of Village residents participating has increased. More people are using it. It's just that they are not using it as often as they did last year. For instance, transportation is down substantially. There were 76 trips provided in 7 L