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Committee backs ordinance to change senior advisory committee membership
Summary
The committee recommended an ordinance that revises Senior Center Advisory Committee membership to reduce trustee representation and add an additional senior resident seat, aligning membership with current practice and participant preferences.
The General Government and Finance Committee voted to recommend an ordinance change to Section 1.37 of the municipal code to alter Senior Center Advisory Committee membership. The amended membership reduces trustee representation to one trustee, adds a second senior resident seat (who need not be a senior club member), and retains one senior club member and one non-club senior resident.
Nut graf: Staff said the revision reflects the senior center’s current operations and declining membership in an internal “senior club,” and the change formalizes an arrangement that staff and senior center participants requested.
Details: Staff said the code previously provided for two trustees and various senior seats; the revision keeps one trustee and makes the senior coordinator and the park and recreation director ex officio members. A committee member with long service on the senior advisory committee described meeting frequency and participation patterns, noting the committee usually meets quarterly and that trustees often cannot attend, which resulted in historically variable attendance.
Discussion vs. decision: The committee’s vote was a recommendation to the Village Board; the committee carried the motion and will forward the ordinance with a positive recommendation.
Ending: The Village Board will consider the proposed code change at its meeting later the same evening.
