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Office for the Aging outlines programs; committee authorizes PERS contract and a food-service hire
Summary
Brenda Wiemann reported Office for the Aging activities including nominations for Senior Citizen of the Year, a May 12 Empower Parkinsons event at Bluefield Manor, a Jr. Accountant start date of 3/16/26, and mailing 400 program-services surveys; the committee also authorized filling a Food Service Helper position and a PERS contract for eligible seniors.
Brenda Wiemann, representing the Office for the Aging, gave a series of program updates: the office is accepting nominations for Senior Citizen of the Year to be recognized at the May 2026 Legislature meeting; staff are collaborating with Empower Parkinsons on a community presentation and support-group planning event on May 12 at Bluefield Manor; a junior accountant hire is expected to start on March 16, 2026; the annual update to the four-year NYSOFA plan is pending final approval; and the office will mail 400 program-services surveys to comply with Older Americans Act and NYSOFA requirements.
On the resolutions portion of the agenda, the committee approved Resolution 3-26-HH-14 to fill a Food Service Helper (Non-Rural) position in the Office for the Aging and Resolution 3-26-HH-15 authorizing the Chair and the Director of the Office for the Aging to enter into a contract for Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) for eligible seniors. Both measures were adopted unanimously.
