The Programs & Services Committee voted to recommend creation of an Older Adult Services gift account that will allow residents and other donors to make memorial or programmatic gifts to support senior programming.

Mignon Murray, Director of Older Adult Services, said the account is a "typical" model used by senior centers and libraries and "allows the public and other sources to gift money into" an account that can be used for scholarships, keeping program costs low and similar purposes. Committee members asked whether the fund would be a revolving account and whether donations would be tax-deductible; Murray said she would defer to the comptroller for precise classification but confirmed donations are tax-deductible.

Councilors also discussed naming opportunities and whether a future administration should shape naming-rights policy; staff clarified that setting up the account does not itself approve any naming rights, which would be decided later. Councilor Alan Lobovitz moved approval; the committee voted to forward the item to the full council with a favorable recommendation.