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Ellsworth Senior Center moves meal packaging to Nilssen’s to reduce contact and protect temps
Summary
The council recorded that, effective May 1, Ellsworth Senior Center stopped on-site meal packaging; packaging is now done at Nilssen’s to reduce food contact, help maintain required temperatures, and lower costs over time.
During the open-issues portion of the May 20 meeting, the council discussed operational changes at Ellsworth Senior Center: as of 2025-05-01, the center discontinued packaging home-delivered meals on-site and moved packaging operations to Nilssen’s. The minutes say the change is intended to reduce the amount of contact with the food, help maintain required holding temperatures, and be more cost effective over the long term.
Members discussed expected operational benefits and that the arrangement is in effect going forward; no formal vote or budget figures were recorded in the minutes. The council did not record questions about vendor selection or cost comparisons during the meeting notes.
