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Parachute senior center, advisory board composition raised at Garfield County public comment
Summary
Mary Jane Hayes, a long-time older‑adult advocate, urged commissioners to remove a county social services staffer from the county's senior advisory board and to increase oversight of senior services and the Parachute senior center.
Mary Jane Hayes, a long-time local advocate for older adults, told the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners on March 10 she believes the county needs stronger oversight of senior services and that a Department of Human Services staff member should not serve as a voting member of the county’s senior advisory board.
Hayes said she serves on the county advisory board for older adults and cited the advisory group’s bylaws to say its role is to “advise the BOCC on all aspects of the implementation and direction of the Department of Human Services as their operation of the senior programs and senior issues in general.” She added: “I disagree with having a…
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