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City budgets strategic plan and staffing for growing senior services, pilots senior transportation van
Summary
Council heard staff present a plan to formalize senior services: funding a full-time senior center director (~$81,900), a $50,000 strategic planning line, and a pilot senior transportation program with a part-time driver and about $7,000 in upfitting costs for a van.
Staff told the council the senior center is expanding and recommended a phased approach: keep costs low while the program is tested and adopt a strategic plan before adding further personnel. "In 2027, the full position should be about $81,900," the staff member said when describing the proposed full-time senior center director.
Separately, staff proposed a trial senior transportation program with a part-time driver (about 20 hours per week), funding for van upfitting including cameras (~$7,000), and a conservative budget until demand is known. The council discussed grant reimbursement and county AAA requirements for meal and transportation funding; staff said some costs can be offset by county components and reimbursements, and asked to return with refined usage and financing scenarios.
