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Senior advisory board delays vice-chair vote, sets follow-up topics on dementia, transportation and scams
Summary
The City of Las Vegas Senior Citizens Advisory Board discussed filling a vacant vice-chair seat, approved meeting minutes, and agreed to schedule future sessions on dementia awareness, transportation/paratransit and fraud prevention.
The City of Las Vegas Senior Citizens Advisory Board on April 3 discussed next steps to fill a vacant vice chair position, approved minutes from March 6 and identified priorities for future meetings including dementia-awareness training, transportation/paratransit clarification and continued fraud-prevention outreach.
Chair Deanna O'Rear Cameron opened discussion of the vacant vice chair role, explaining the position's primary duties: "if I was not to be at a meeting, then that's when the vice chair would be physically present to make sure that they can run the meeting," she said. Board members debated whether to nominate and vote at a future meeting to give members time to consider candidates.
Peter Galati (Member, Ward 2) nominated Caroline Masdian (Member, Ward 6) for vice chair; Masdian declined. The chair said the board would place the item on the next meeting agenda to allow additional nominations and written submission of nominees.
Minutes approval: The board moved to approve the regular meeting minutes of March 6, 2025. A member moved the motion during the meeting; when the chair called for a voice vote the board responded "Aye." The motion was carried by voice vote (recorded in the meeting transcript as "All in favor? Aye.").
Priorities and reports: The board reviewed members' reports from across city wards and confirmed several follow-up topics. Member Nicole Graham (Ward 1) recommended dementia-awareness training and offered that she and colleagues provide Dementia Friends presentations. David Tilzer (Member) requested a clarification about paratransit and a rideshare supplement called SilverRide; Gregory Gray, Management Analyst I, said staff had done preliminary research and recommended inviting the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) to present on how rideshare vendors supplement paratransit.
Gregory Gray outlined planned outreach: staff proposed ward-level "senior coffee" events in the coming 3 to 6 months to let members meet constituents and collect input, and Gray asked members to provide availability for scheduling.
Ending: The board set its next regular meeting for May 1, 2025 at 1 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers and asked staff to place the vice-chair election and presentations on dementia and RTC/paratransit on future agendas.
