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Senior Center Commission
Thursday, August 21, 2025
4 PM
Iowa City Senior Center, Room 302
Agenda
1. Introductions/Welcome—J. Gilchrist
2. Minutes (July17, 2025)
3. Public Discussion for items not on the agenda
4. Operational Overview—L. DeLoach
Senior Center programming update
Senior Center facility update
5. Commission Discussion— J. Gilchrist
Senior Center master plan discussion
Commissioner’s report of community correspondence
Future agenda Items
6. Adjourn
**Next meeting is Thursday, September 18, at 4 PM **
Meeting Packet Contents:
1. Agenda: Thursday, August 21, 2025
2. Minutes: Senior Center Commission, Thursday, July 17, 2025
Preliminary Minutes
July 17, 2025
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MINUTES
SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION
July 17, 2025
Room 311, Iowa City Senior Center
Members Present: Nancy Ostrognai, Jay Gilchrist, Kate Milster, Lee McKnight,
Warren, Betty Rosse
Members Absent: Mary McCall
Staff Present: LaTasha DeLoach, Kristin Kromray
Others Present: None
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order by Gilchrist at 4:00 PM.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL:
None.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE MAY 15,2025, MEETING:
Motion: To accept the minutes from the May 15, 2025 meeting as amended.
Motion carried on a 6/0 vote. Paris/Ostrognai
PUBLIC DISCUSSION:
None.
OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW:
DeLoach highlighted a number of programs including the various social walking
opportunities, making a gourd nightlight, upcoming summer concerts for New
Horizons Band and Voices of Experience, intergenerational puzzle competition,
and speed friendshipping. Looking into the fall there will be the Soul Train Block
Party on September 20th, Pickleball Jamboree in October, and a new
collaboration with the library called Grandbabies.
SHIIP counselors are gearing up for open enrollment period this fall. One
challenge this year is that the University of Iowa has a plan for its retirees that is
no longer going to be an option. The SHIIP counselors have been working with
the University and these people, so they are prepared to switch to a different
Preliminary Minutes
July 17, 2025
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insurance plan during open enrollment. There are around 900 people who this
change will affect.
The window and exterior door replacement project will begin the second week of
August. The HVAC digital control project will occur this fall. There will be a
request for proposal for the design phase of the interior project later this year.
DeLoach reported there are new open meetings laws at the state level. All
members in appointed commission positions will need to attend an education
course when they are appointed.
COMMISSION OVERVIEW:
McKnight asked about what DeLoach envisions for the interior design. DeLoach
recapped the general plan but noted that the master plan was finished in
2020/2021 and many things have changed since then. The interior design phase
will be about what parts of the plan still work and what items might change.
Milster asked about the elevator, which is scheduled to be updated in the future.
Ostrognai asked about the possibility of reopening the grand staircase. DeLoach
explained the concerns about it being open to the public, which include the step
irregularities and that there are not railing on both sides, and none at the bottom.
People have fallen on these stairs, which is why they will remain closed.
Milster noted the trip to Davenport was fun.
Meeting Adjourned.
Preliminary Minutes
July 17, 2025
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Senior Center Commission Attendance Record
Name Term
Expires 24 24 24
Rosse
Gilchrist
McCall
McConville
McKnight
Milster
Ostrognai
Taylor
Paris
Key: X =Present O =Absent O/E =Absent/Excused NM =No meeting -- = Not a member