Council on Aging

Council on Aging prepares advocacy questions for Town Manager. Board members formulated questions for a June meeting with Town Manager Matt Hanson and Health and Human Services Director Heidi Porter focused on how the town considers seniors in planning and organizational pathways for advocacy.

Council on Aging secures $30,000 budget restoration after Town Meeting intervention. Chair Paul Fath said the restored funding, which came after former member Rick Rosen raised a procedural hold on the COA budget item during Town Meeting, allows for new program spending, newsletter postage

Council on Aging changes schedule, crafts year-long budget advocacy plan. With only a 2 percent budget increase recommended amid town cutbacks, the board voted to change meetings to the fourth Tuesday of each month and outlined a sustained strategy to secure FY27 funding for an enhanced medical

Bedford Council on Aging adopts advocacy strategy to address budget constraints. Chair Paul Fath presided over a meeting in which the board voted 6-0-0 to shift its meeting schedule to the fourth Tuesday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. Director Alison Cservenschi reported that the Finance