Carriage House Costs Mount at Senior Center
Clinton's Council on Aging flagged carriage house cost overruns and a nearly depleted ARPA fund. The center's director told the board the carriage house renovation's $30,000 contingency is fully spent, with overages now drawn from the formula grant "which we're supposed to use for the seniors."
Council on Aging · Meeting of October 28, 2026
Clinton's Council on Aging flagged carriage house cost overruns and a nearly depleted ARPA fund. The center's director told the board the carriage house renovation's $30,000 contingency is fully spent, with overages now drawn from the formula grant "which we're supposed to use for the seniors." A $50,000 ARPA allocation for heating-cooling units is down to roughly $2,100 and cannot be renewed once 2026 ends. Monday bingo moved from Shaughnessy Apartments to the carriage house after parking complaints, with attendance jumping from 14-15 to 30 people.
An outside insurance counselor, Cole, and his father have completed 118 Medicare appointments this fall with 20 more scheduled. The board also approved September's minutes and adjourned without further votes.
In the full story:
- Approval of September Minutes and Executive Session Records
- Carriage House Renovation: Scope, Overruns and Timeline
- Account Balances and the End of ARPA Funding
- Bingo Relocation from Shaughnessy Apartments
- SHINE-Style Insurance Counseling and the Medicare Enrollment Surge
- Memory Cafe, Programs and Partner Councils
- Transportation Fleet and the Friends/Angels Fundraising
- Town Events: Thanksgiving Lunch, Holiday Committee, Police Liaison
- Mass Council on Aging Fall Symposium Takeaways
- Board Governance: Ethics Certification Requirement
- New Business and Adjournment
- Who Was There
- Organizations And Documents Referenced
- The complete report: 2,990 words
Source: the Council on Aging meeting of October 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.
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