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File #: 2025-148   
Category: Other Business Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/12/2025 Type: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 2/25/2025 Final action:
Title: Approve the appointment of Alexandra Garnier-Mercier (Local Senior Resident) to the Commission on Aging for term dates 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027.

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Approve the appointment of Alexandra Garnier-Mercier (Local Senior Resident) to the Commission on Aging for term dates 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027.

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Board of County Commissioners

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Background:

The Seminole County Committee on Aging is established to provide input and recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners regarding issues, policies, and services that will promote and enhance the quality of life for senior residents of Seminole County. The Committee on Aging shall identify issues that are of special concern to the senior residents of Seminole County, prepare reports, recommendations, and presentations to the Board of County Commissioners to include, but not be limited to, service inventory and gaps, funding, and essential policies consistent with the Seminole County Strategic Plan, establish working relationships with all senior related programs, agencies, and centers that provide services to County residents, establish By-Laws to govern their work, elect a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson annually, and establish Standing and Ad-Hoc Committees, as necessary, to fulfill their purpose and enhance service to the community.

The Committee on Aging shall have a fourteen (14) member board consisting of representatives of the groups listed below. Committee members shall be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners for a term of three (3) years commencing January 1 of each calendar year. No member may serve more than two (2) consecutive terms. If a member is appointed to complete a term due to a vacancy, that member shall be eligible to serve one (1) additional three (3) year term. Committee membership shall include representatives from:

Local Law Enforcement (1)

Local Senior Initiatives (1)

Housing Industry (1)

Faith Based Organizations (1)

Local Senior Residents (2)

Elder Affairs Attorney (1)

Local Area Agency on Aging (1)

Health Care Interest (1)

Mental Health (1)

Veteran’s Interest (1)

Hospice/End of Life (1)

Homeless Service Provider (1)

Community Representative (1)

 

Name

Term

Role

Amanda Draughon, Term 2

1/1/23 - 12/31/25

Local Law Enforcement

Shannon Young,  Term 1

1/1/23 - 12/31/25

Housing Industry

Dawn Garrison,  Term 2

1/1/23 - 12/31/25

Local Senior Initiatives

Father John Bluett, Term 2

1/1/25 - 12/31/27

Faith Based Organization

Shannon Campbell, Term 2

1/1/25 - 12/31/27

Elder Affairs Attorney

Karla Radka,  Term 2

1/1/25 - 12/31/27

Local Area Agency on Aging

Ana Scuteri,  Term 2

1/1/23 - 12/31/25

Health Care Interest

Vacant,  Term 1

1/1/25 - 12/31/27

Local Senior Resident

Paul Bertram,  Term 2

1/1/25 - 12/31/27

Veterans Interest

Nina Yon,  Term 1

1/1/23 - 12/31/25

Homeless Services Provider

Kristi Bernard,  Term 1

1/1/23 - 12/31/25

Hospice/End of Life

Genevieve Delgado, Term 1

1/1/23 - 12/31/25

Mental Health

Cynthia Kingston, Term 2

1/1/25 - 12/31/27

Community Representative

Leslie Grubl,  Term 1

1/1/24 - 12/31/26

Local Senior Resident

 

Requested Action:

Staff requests that the Board approve the appointment of Alexandra Garnier-Mercier (Local Senior Resident) to the Commission on Aging for a term of 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027.