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Commission on Aging approves budget requests and ratifies routine bills
Summary
At its Jan. 5 meeting in Lisbon, the Commission on Aging unanimously approved the Dec. 1 minutes, ratified 13 prior bills, approved 10 new bills, and approved its 2026–27 budget requests; motions were moved and seconded as recorded in the minutes.
The Commission on Aging met Jan. 5, 2026, at the Lisbon Active Aging Center and conducted routine business including approval of minutes, vendor payments and the commission’s 2026–27 budget requests.
Chairman Leonora Szruba called the meeting to order at 10:01 a.m. Member Mary Brown moved to accept the Dec. 1, 2025 minutes; member Ara Wilnas seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Szruba reported the budget “looks good in all items,” and members then considered bills listed on the meeting exhibits.
Member Joseph Doran moved and member Karen Arremony seconded that bills numbered 1–13 on the ratification list be ratified and added to the permanent record; the motion passed unanimously. A separate motion by Doran, seconded by Arremony, approved bills numbered 1–10 on the approval list and added them to the record; that motion also passed unanimously. The itemized lists include vendors such as W.B. Mason, Fab 5 Star Cleaning, Uncas Gas and Eversource; the full line-item lists were entered as exhibits to the minutes.
On the budget, Chairman Szruba reviewed the commission’s 2026–27 budget requests. Member Mary Brown moved to approve the budget requests as presented; member Michael Finnegan seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. The minutes record these approvals but do not itemize budget line amounts in the body of the minutes (exhibits were referenced).
The meeting adjourned at 10:47 a.m. after a motion by Joseph Doran, seconded by Ara Wilnas, carried unanimously.
Votes at a glance - Approval of Dec. 1, 2025 minutes: Moved by Mary Brown; seconded by Ara Wilnas; outcome: unanimous approval. - Ratification of prior bills (13 items): Moved by Joseph Doran; seconded by Karen Arremony; outcome: unanimous approval. - Approval of bills (10 items): Moved by Joseph Doran; seconded by Karen Arremony; outcome: unanimous approval. - Approval of 2026–27 budget requests: Moved by Mary Brown; seconded by Michael Finnegan; outcome: unanimous approval. - Adjournment: Moved by Joseph Doran; seconded by Ara Wilnas; outcome: unanimous approval.
The minutes indicate unanimous votes but do not provide individual roll-call tallies; the record marks votes as "VOTE: UNANIMOUS."
