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City of Fitchburg, MA
Worcester County
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[Adopted as §§ 2-162 through 2-169 of the 1965 Code]
There is hereby created and established a Council on Aging for the City consisting of 12 members.
[Amended 6-2-2015 by Ord. No. 091-2015]
The members of the Council on Aging shall be of lawful age and be citizens of the United States. At least nine members shall be residents of Fitchburg, and up to three members may be residents of other communities who are substantially involved within the Fitchburg senior community or are employed within the boundaries of the City of Fitchburg.
The members of the Council on Aging shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council.
The Mayor shall appoint in the first instance four members of the Council on Aging to hold office until the first Monday in January 1965, four members to hold office until the first Monday in January 1966 and four members to hold office until the first Monday in January 1967. In January 1965 and each year thereafter, the Mayor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the City Council, a member for a period of three years to fill the vacancy which will be created in that year by expiration of term of appointment.
Whenever a vacancy during a term shall occur in the Council on Aging, it shall be filled in the same manner as provided for the regular appointment of members, except that the member appointed to fill the vacancy shall be appointed to serve for the unexpired term only.
All members of the Council on Aging shall serve without compensation.
The Council on Aging shall coordinate or carry out programs designed to meet the problems of the aging in coordination with the program of the Council on Aging established under MGL c. 6, § 73.[1]
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Editor's Note: Repealed by St. 1973, c. 1168, § 2. See now MGL c. 19A, §§ 1, 2 and 4.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 100-2014]
The Council on Aging shall elect one of its members to be Chair and shall elect one of its members to be Secretary. It shall appoint such clerks and other employees as it may require.
[Added 12-20-1988 by Ord. No. 554-88]
The Social Day-Care Coordinator shall have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in social work or a related field, or should have comparable experience, which experience should entail full-time employment in geriatrics or gerontology, with supervisory and transferring skills or at least four years of nursing experience involving senior citizens, with CPR training.