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<br /> <br />Mr. Mitchell spoke of a letter received from the public stating the fees being <br />charged for classes and activities for seniors are too cheap. Mr. Mitchell asked Ms. <br />Maddox if any of the services have been review. <br /> <br />Ms. Maddox responded the fees are part of the Department of Parks and <br />Recreation and not the Office of Aging. <br /> <br />Mr. Mitchell asked if the Office of Aging continues to print the Kapuna News; <br />someone from the public stated it’s an unnecessary expense. <br /> <br />Ms. Maddox thinks it’s no longer being printed as there’s an online version. <br /> <br />Ms. Kierkiewicz asked Ms. Kelly and Ms. Maddox if they got a sense of what the <br />homeless situation is like for elders and if any work is being done to mitigate it. <br /> <br />Ms. Kelly stated they did not ask the question and the subject did not come up. <br />Not sure if there’s any program that reaches or identifies homelessness. <br /> <br />Ms. Maddox stated Mr. Parker talked about being an open, a one stop shop and <br />encourages people to come in. They have outreach workers that go out into the <br />community regularly. The purpose of the department is to provide services that meet <br />the needs of an elderly person or families seeking assistance for an elderly family <br />member. <br /> <br />Ms. Kelly stated the Office of Aging also services people with disabilities of any <br />age not just seniors. <br /> <br />B. Human Resources <br /> <br />Ms. Maddox stated this department is responsible for employee benefit plans, <br />retirement health benefits, deferred compensation and flexible spending. They do the <br />service awards program, leave sharing, personnel records, involved in classification in <br />pay, issues and determinations, responsible for equal opportunity and ADA, health and <br />safety programs, labor relations, contract negotiations, personnel and organization <br />development, recruitment and examination with a budget of .005% of the County’s <br />overall operating budget. The department size is about 20 employees with six retiring <br />by the end of the year and six retired within the last year. <br /> <br />Ms. Maddox reported the following on department re-organization: <br /> <br />· <br /> In the process of doing a departmental reorganization. <br /> <br />Ms. Maddox reported the following on using IT to improve productivity & <br />accuracy: <br /> <br />· <br /> The department is not part of the major technology swap out; they will <br />continue to use XP as an operating system. <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br /> <br />