ORDER-2022-6 : Appointment of Greg DeLaurier, 90 Grove Street Apt B, to the Council on Aging; said term to expire on the last day of February 2024.

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▶ 52:26 Maya Jamaleddine: 90 Grove Street, Apartment B, to the Council on Aging, set term to expire on the last day of February 2024. This is being offered by Mayor Broderick.

▶ 52:38 Christopher Cinella: Motion to suspend the rules. Second.

▶ 52:41 Maya Jamaleddine: We have motion to suspend the rules made by President Piniella,

▶ 53:08 Paul Brodeur: seconded by Vice Chair Migliorelli thank you thank you madam chair members of the committee and the council I want to again thank you for the opportunity to speak among I believe is another outstanding candidacy for in this case the the council on aging uh you'll recall we uh together um broadened the the membership of the coa to allow for um a more active council and to lighten the burden on those who are who are currently serving and mr delorier uh dr delorier i should say because he holds a phd um is one of the folks who stepped forward you see his letter of interest but just to give members of the general public a little bit of context dr deloria recently retired from umass lowell and really has a diverse experience in education and professional background and as i don't mind i hope you don't mind me saying as a member of the older generation and some potential receiver of services from from the COA he certainly has a commitment to the work that the COA is charged with doing and recognizes I think you'll find and you'll see from his letter that the the mission of the COA is broader than it used to be in the past where it was simply you know create a congregate meal site and maybe help some folks out as they walked in the COA the modern COA is much more proactive much more intentional, much more aggressive in its outreach and serving, recognizing the need to serve a diverse population both racially, socioeconomically, and quite frankly, within the broad term that we use around senior citizens, there are diverse needs for a, say, a 65-year-old versus an 85-year-old. So Mr. Delorier, I think, is uniquely qualified to take this position, and I am proud to offer his candidacy for your consideration.

▶ 55:21 Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you very much for this opportunity. I moved to Melrose about, gee, I can't believe it, 13 years ago. and as the mayor said i retired from uh uh umass lowell about a year ago after 40 years of teaching uh political science which is long enough uh and so now i have the time to give back to this great community we live in and uh the council on aging seemed like a good fit uh i'm old that helps and I have a diverse background I have in the past worked with older people as a volunteer I've worked in the past with Vietnam veterans this is a long time ago but I think we're generally I'm certainly not an expert in geriatrics but I am very good with people I have some ideas of where the council might go where it hasn't gone but I must say I'm very very impressed with what the council is doing in terms of outreach in terms of service and there are things I can add for instance one of the things that Duxbury does is they offer a series of academic classes maybe just one a one-off or maybe a week of classes and seeing is how i have a phd in chinese politics i thought well maybe i could offer a course on that i'm also working uh uh with ms cordello i'm very bad at names on a memory training course which obviously i could use uh uh and uh i i think it's a little presumptuous of me to say this is what the coa needs this is what the coa doesn't need i'm still learning but i must say i'm impressed with with the the uh diversity of of of of outreach one of my concerns is in my teaching and in my life in politics is diversity and uh i was certainly surprised to learn that uh the council on aging uh does outreach for the lgbtq plus community which i think is very very important so i bring a lifetime of experience i bring a lifetime of teaching i bring a lifetime of interacting with people and knowing how to interact with people and um i have some thoughts on other things i'd be glad to share with you but in general uh i just would like to uh join my colleagues and the council and get to work i should note that i met actually i met

▶ 58:15 Paul Brodeur: mr delorier when i was the coach of his son jesse and i will say that despite suffering under my tutelage he did turn out to be quite a ball player so that is a hundred percent to his credit and not to mine to be sure um but that another another part of the community that the the deloria family has been active in Well, my son never became much of a ballplayer, but Mayor Broder was kind enough to help my

▶ 58:47 Speaker 2: son. And I remember this very well. It was Federal League. If you know Federal League. Which is where I peaked. He kind of peaked there, too. Those games go on for four hours. So I was 45 when one of the games started, and I was 52 when it ended. Certainly open to any questions you may have. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. certainly open to any questions you may have

▶ 59:11 Maya Jamaleddine: thank you both and Councillor Thomas

▶ 59:15 Cory Thomas: thank you Madam Chairwoman, Mr. Deloria welcome Mayor Broder welcome I think Mr. Broder left out the fact that after he coached your son, I coached your son he turned quite a very good

▶ 59:28 Speaker 2: you fixed him he won the game

▶ 59:32 Speaker 3: he did, great guitarist great young man

▶ 59:36 Speaker 2: uh and there's a picture of you and my son and you're holding him because after five hours the

▶ 59:43 Cory Thomas: game finally ended um thank you for your offer to volunteer and if there's no other questions

▶ 59:49 Maya Jamaleddine: can i make a motion to recommend second second we have a motion to recommend made by counselor thomas seconded by president senella thank you your congratulations and we'll recommend it to

▶ 59:58 Maya Jamaleddine: the full council all in favor aye aye any opposed okay congratulations thank you thank you thank you

▶ 1:00:15 Maya Jamaleddine: next we have order 2022-7 appointment of david karts 64 moreland road to the council on aging set turn to expire on the last day of february 2024. we do we have no there's no one online