CITY OF WORCESTER | Public Health and Human Services Committee Meeting | Monday, August 11, 2008 | Council Chamber | Convened: 3:31 P.M. | Adjourned: 5:27 P.M. |
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Mayor
Konstantina B. Lukes | 
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Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Gary Rosen | | Councilor Barbara G Haller | | Councilor Frederick C Rushton |
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City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | Chairperson Councilor Gary Rosen
Councilor Barbara G Haller
Councilor Frederick C Rushton @ 4:18 p.m. | | | | | Also: | Commissioner of Public Health Dr. Leonard J. Morse
Director of Neighborhood Services Dennis Hennessy
Acting Director of Public Health James Gardiner
Public Health Project Administrator Karyn E. Card
Director of Human Rights Fran Manocchio
Human Rights student intern Heather Caruso
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk | | | |
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| | | 1a. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to the Gardner Kilby Hammond (GKH) Project 108 Debt Service Obligation.
# 8.8C CM April 15, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 2a. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to the results of a survey given to Senior Center participants.
# 8.21A CM April 15, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request the Director of Elder Affairs provide the City Council with a description of the efforts being made to increase the diversity of program participants at the Senior Center. | |
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| | | 2b. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to the tenants and leased space in the Senior Center.
# 7.21A CM May 20, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager explore the possibility of acquiring outside volunteer assistance to create an outdoor congregating space for Senior Center participants. | | | | Request City Manager update the City Council concerning the efforts to attract additional tenancies to the Senior Center facility. | |
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| | | 2c. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to long-range resources necessary to increase/improve services to our burgeoning senior population.
# 6.21A CM June 03, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 2d. | Order of Councilor Gary Rosen request the City Council's Standing Committee on Public Health and Human Services determine whether or not sufficient private and public assistance will be available this winter to Worcester’s senior citizens as they face the exorbitant cost of heating oil.
# 12k CC July 08, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide the City Council with information concerning efforts being made by local agencies and utilities such as the Community Action Council towards making emergency fuel assistance more widely available to local residents in light of the exorbitant home heating fuel costs being imposed this year. | |
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| | | 3a. | Order of Councilor Gary Rosen request the City Council's Standing Committee on Health and Human Services review what the City of Worcester is doing in light of the fact that our city leads the state in the percentage of women diagnosed with AIDS.
In City Council February 12, 2008 # 12i CC Order Adopted
| Attachments | | | In Committee for informational purposes only | | |
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| | | 3b. | Order of Councilor Gary Rosen request the City Council's Standing Committee on Health and Human Services investigate ways in which Worcester can offer, through public and private partnerships, additional, effective and low-cost treatment to those people whose lives have been ravaged by drug addiction.
In City Council February 12, 2008 # 12j CC Order Adopted
| Attachments | | | In Committee for informational purposes only | | |
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| | | 3c. | Communication of the City Manager recommending adoption of a resolution to file and accept a Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services Award.
# 8.24A CM March 04, 2008
In City Council March 4, 2008 # 8.24A CM Resolution Adopted
| Attachments | | | In Committee for informational purposes only | | |
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| | | 3d. | Communication of the City Manager recommending City Council adoption of a resolution to file and accept grant funds of up to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS).
In City Council April 1, 2008 # 7.24C CM Resolution Adopted 11-0
| Attachments | | | In Committee for informational purposes only | | |
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| | | 3e. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to uses of grant award funds for substance abuse prevention.
# 6.24E CM June 03, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3f. | Communication of David J. Rushford, City Clerk, transmitting communication relative to teen birth rates.
# 13l CC March 18, 2008
In Committee April 30, 2008 - Held
In Committee June 23, 2008 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request the Director of Public Health provide the City Council with calendar 2007 Worcester teen birth data, when available. | |
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| | | 4a. | Order of Mayor Konstantina B. Lukes request all City Council Standing Committees report to City Council for the December 9, 2008 City Council meeting a status report of each committees goals and objectives as established for Fiscal Year 2009.
# 19d CC May 13, 2008
In Committee June 23, 2008 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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