Council on Aging weighs outreach worker hire

Council on Aging · Meeting of August 11, 2026

Northborough's Council on Aging discussed a vacant outreach worker position and began organizing input for a draft strategic plan at its August 11 meeting. Chairperson Fran Bastran led the session in the absence of clerk secretary Linda. The Friends of the Council on Aging reported 772 members, including 351 non-resident friends, and $18,629.46 in calendar-year support provided to the Senior Center.

One board member asked bluntly, "Any plan to hire her, replace with people?" regarding the outreach position, drawing only a noncommittal response that the job would be posted. Members agreed the committee's eight members would decide how to compile outreach interviews and a planned SurveyMonkey survey into a draft strategic-priorities document for the Select Board. The Friends also detailed plans for an Applefest table on September 26 and an August 24 board meeting.

In the full story:

• Call to Order and Minutes
• Director's Report and Friends of the Council on Aging Update
• Senior Center Operations and Programming
• Outreach Worker Staffing
• Strategic Priorities and Community Input Process
• New Business and Adjournment
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,877 words

Source: the Council on Aging meeting of August 11, 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.