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also offered a fever thermometer exchange; residents From time to time, residents from the Town attended may bring their mercury thermometers to the DPW and participated in the meeting. The meeting was and I and can receive a digital thermometer for free! is open to the public. 1\ Below is a list of some of the materials collected Election of officers was held at the annual meet I\ at the Transfer Station with a comparison of the quan- ing which occurred in July. At that meeting Arthus` P tities collected in 2002 versus 2001. Weinstein was re-elected Chairman, Jeanne Noussee:, F was re-elected Vice-Chairman, Diane Botelho wZ t] 2002 2001 elected Treasurer and Regina Godfrey was elected%- Newspaper 319 tons 368 tons Secretary. During the year Elizabeth Jones resigned, Cardboard 116 tons 56 tons Many thanks to her for her contributions during hes > / Magazines 11 tons - fifteen years of membership and leadership on the a Scrap Metal/Appliances 343 tons 350 tons Council. Glass 79 tons 48 tons aI Plastic 17 tons 19 tons The Council on Aging continues to advise the c Cans 13 tons 11 tons town fathers regarding senior issues. One item of grew( g Yard Waste 750 tons 655 tons interest to the selectmen and town in 2002 was the r Tires 586 tires 2,261 tires need for expanded facilities within the town fos i Used Oil 2,500 gallons 2,000 gallons seniors and senior programs. The Council on Aginga Car Batteries 287 batteries 289 batteries participated in determining senior space needs through il Electronics/CRTs 30 tons 22 tons representation by Council on Aging members on the Propane Tanks 1,389 tanks Unknown Senior Center Building Committee. �` J t The Department of Public Works is pleased to Much progress was made during the year toward ' t serve the community throughout the year.We look for- the new senior center facility. An architect was c ward to improving value to the citizens of the Town of employed, building committee meetings were held,a a Mashpee. site was selected, votes were taken at two town meet- r ings and at the town election and construction draw s Respectfully submitted, ings were developed. 1 R. Gregory Taylor Director of Public Works Town Clerk records indicated that there were ` 1,536 seniors in Mashpee in December of 1990 and; t 3,053 seniors as of the Year 2000 census.This was an increase of 99+per cent(the highest rate of increase in Report of the senior population of any town or city in the common- wealth ommonwealth during the decade of the nineties). A check Council on Aging with the Town Clerk in December of 2002 showed a tally of 3,665 seniors , an increase of 612 or twenty percent since the 2000 census. The senior population To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Mashpee continues to grow at a rapid rate. and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: 1 During the year the Council on Aging sponsored The Council on Aging is the organized commit- a variety of health screening and health maintenaoce ; s ment by the people of Mashpee to coordinate and to programs in conjunction with local agencies Blood carry out health,welfare,educational,social and recre- pressure screenings and weights were offered each ational services and programs designed and imple- month through an arrangement with the Visiting Nurse mented to address opportunities and solutions for the Association of Upper Cape Cod & the Islands, empowerment p and betterment Mashpee Healthcare. of the Senior p e Fire Department and Gentiva Communities. It is a mandated responsibility through Along with these screenings were a variety of presen- state government to meet the needs of those in the pop- tations on health topics important to the senior com- ulation who are 60+.The Council on Aging may act as munity such as osteoporosis,dementia,prostate,stress a direct provider, a sponsor or co-sponsor, or the orifi management and other related topics. Long lines of inating source of information and referral. seniors surrounded Christ the King church in early October for flu shots provided through the VNA,a The Council on Aging met monthly on the sec- relocation of the flu shot site which recognized that the and Wednesday of the month at 9AM, usually in the current senior center was inadequate for such a large Town Hall due to space limitations at the senior center. crowd of people. 134