President Joe Carrick called the regular meeting of the Residents’ Council [the Council] to order at 3:00 pm on Tuesday February 4, 2025. 75 residents attended including Residents’ Council members minus two. Staff members included Leslie Johnson, Assistant Executive Director; Jay Spivey, General Services Director; and Karen Leighton, Resident Life Director.

Moment of Silence
The Council observed a moment of silence for those who have passed away.
Previously distributed minutes of the January 4, 2025 meeting of the Residents’ Council meeting were approved as presented.

Mission Moment
This month we honor two residents whose service has added literally years to the lives of those they have touched. Nominator Lois Eldred celebrates Pat Ward for her eight years of service, five days a week, leading the Water Aerobics Class for residents. In the class Pat offers clear instruction, compassion, and humor. She notices when new members join the class and makes sure they are comfortable with the exercises. Pat has created an oasis where residents can get healthier and socialize at the same time. She is inclusive, kind, and a natural leader. She demonstrates the Erickson values of Respect and Caring, Diversity, Responsibility, Friendliness and Enthusiasm, and Excellence.

Pat is not present because she is recovering from a hospitalization. I know we all send wishes and prayers for her return to health.

Bernice Fix honors Pat Reed for her quick and compassionate response in a life-threatening emergency. During a friendly and chatty dinner at the Fireside, Doris Bintrim began coughing and then choking. Immediately, Pat got out of her chair, assessed that Doris was unable to breathe, and performed the Heimlich maneuver twice to dislodge the food in Doris’ throat. Everyone, especially Doris, was stunned and grateful for Pat’s nursing skills, her instant response, and her ability to get life-saving results. During this crisis, Pat certainly modeled the Erickson values of Caring, Responsibility, and Excellence when they mattered most.

xecutive Team Reports

Joe Carrick President

This is the month that the Council has activated its Nominating and Election Committee. The Committee is made up of 6 residents and 2 Council members. I would ask that you get involved in your community and, if asked, take the step forward and run for the 2025 Council Election. Reason why you should run: it’s a good way to meet residents and staff members; you can make a difference; you can influence decision makers, not only the Administration but the Board of Directors; and lastly you share your talents for the betterment of the Community. Please be honored and appreciative to members of the Committee asking if you would run for council.

I would like to spend a few minutes talking about the use of pendants. Emergency pendants are small but powerful devices that can make a life-saving difference, especially for seniors, individuals with medical conditions, and those living alone. At a recent Grounds Committee meeting there was an emergency mid-way through the meeting. One of our residents at the meeting suffered a medical emergency. There were at least 14 residents and 1 Erickson employee attending the meeting. When the medical emergency happened luckily the Erickson employee, Kevin Crawford, immediately contacted Security via his walky-talky to alert them of the situation. Of the 14 people at the meeting only 1 person pushed their pendant. I am not sure if anyone else had a pendant, but I hope so since that is a low percentage of people who either do not have a pendant or did not have their pendant on them. An emergency pendant only works if you wear it! Don’t take chances—make it a daily habit, just like wearing a watch or carrying your phone.

February is our shortest month, but Charlestown has a lot of activities scheduled for the month. This Thursday through Saturday is the winter Treasurer Chest sale. Where else can you get such bargains? Then from February 18 through the 22^nd is the annual Winter Putterland Miniature Golf Festivities. On February 18 resident miniature golf teams will be competing against teams traveling from Sister Erickson communities. Charlestown will be trying to win back the Trophy. The Intra-Community Tournament will take place on 21 February. Teams from building, groups, clubs, and the Council will compete. Throughout the week there will be open play for residents, staff and friends.

Connie Cooney, Treasurer

Balance – Jan 31, 2025                                   $ 4,469.34
Expenses                                                         $      39.11
Balance – December 30, 2024                        $ 4,430.20

January 2025 Expenses Details

Secretary                                                         $     39.11
Total                                        $       39.11

Committee Reports

Benevolent Care, Virginia Antevil, Chair

2024 Year-End Data

2024 Benevolent Care Contributions                                         $726, 034.03
Donation from Jim Davis Foundation                                         $100,000.00
Planned Giving Realized                                                         $138,333.82
Employee Contributions                                                                  $15, 365.08
For a Total for 2024 of                                                            $979,732.93

In addition, there were 2 new Planned Giving Gifts (unrealized) of $290,760.00

The 2024 contributions from the Treasure Sales totaled $221,829.73

(Note: the contribution to Benevolent Care from these sales will increase from 85 to 90% in 2025)

Recruitment of Benevolent Care Manager
The recruitment process is underway, with interviews being conducted. The title going forward will be Manager rather than Director. As Director, the individual has additional team responsibilities. As Manager, his/her total focus will be on Benevolent Care.

Educational Events for Benevolent Care
The Neighborhood Chats already scheduled by Administration present opportunities to address Benevolent Care “facts and figures” with residents. The current “Leave Your Legacy” brochure will be updated and available for distribution, and a Benevolent Care Fact Sheet will be presented at these sessions. These hand-outs and remarks from the committee members are intended to inform and to strengthen support for Benevolent Care and Charlestown’s “Home for Life”.

Committee Membership:
The committee is seeking additional members. In particular, the committee would like to acquire a representative from each Charlestown building or neighborhood.

Next meeting: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 2:30 in Charlestown Square Room 116.

Communications, Larry Taylor, Chair

• Technology Assistant Day (Residents Tech Bar) – Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Fireside Pub Area/Gallery.
• Shuttle Tracker Displays have been installed in the Main Club Houses, and they are still working on the remaining areas.
• Status of Mobile Phone Access Project

As mentioned last month, our committee is still looking for Independent Living to be upgraded along with Continuing Care building this year.

• Restaurant Tablets – IT has stated that all tablets that were out for repair have been returned to our
  restaurants
• Amazon – GS still requests Residents not to have deliveries on Saturday or Sunday.
• My E-Preferred – Resident Life stated that the E-Preferred stickers have been placed on all the cubbies for those who requested this service. If there is anyone else who would like this service, please contact them.
• MyErickson IT Roadmap – Our Website committee has been advised that Erickson will be notifying the council when they have something to share concerning MyErickson requested changes.

 

Also, note our Evergreen topic has been posted to ccicharlestown.org.

Next Communications Committee meeting:  Monday, March 24, at  2:00 PM.
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Conservation, Mark Buehlman and Charles Robinson, Co-Chairs
My name is Mark Buehlman and I’m co-chair, along with Charles Robinson, of the Conservation Committee. Our committee has been actively working on several initiatives.

At our January meeting an update was provided on waste disposal, including a discussion about organizing a “for free” yard sale or donating items to the Treasure Sale instead of using a large item dumpster. Reuse is always preferable to disposal and even recycling.

Recycling efforts are progressing well, with a clarification that large, white clam shells are recyclable. Although tin cans are recyclable, they should not be mixed with soda cans left on your shelves.

We heard that Charlestown plans to purchase a new electric sedan this year. We also discussed ideas for the newly formed Sustainable Dining Sub-Committee, such as recycling bottles and cans at bars.

Upcoming events include the Committee Sunburst article due in March and the Committee Nature Festival display scheduled for Thursday, April 24, from 11 am to 2 pm at the Conference Center.

Additionally, the committee learned about a new County program for textile recycling and plans to invite both Recycling and County Stormwater representatives to present in the coming months.

Next meeting: Tuesday, February 18, at 2:00 pm in BR1. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.

Dining Services, Stephanie Leddy and Cathy Stevens, Co-Chairs

Resident Satisfaction (Holleran Survey): Dining set records in four categories with Independent Living up in all areas. Continuing Care went down some and Memory Care went up. While the Halloran score overall was 81.9, the QR Codes for that period were at 86.2.

They are still “Driving for 85” in the next Halloran Survey.

QR Codes changes: some new questions were added. If you give a score lower than four, a question “Did a leader visit your table?” will appear. Have you asked to see a manager to talk about your problem and get it addressed.

New Items: Tofu is in all restaurants as a protein alternative. Stevia, the natural sweetener, in a green package is replacing Equal which is in a blue package. Stevia’s package is two times the size of the other sweeteners so only use one initially. It should be appearing soon.

Praise for Martin Luther King Buffet and Staff: Praise was given across the restaurants for the buffet. Cornbread salad was a hit at the Atrium, not so much at the Chesapeake.

Café on Main: When open, its hours will be from 10:30-6:30 and you can use your meal ticket there. There is no hooded grill so menu items will be different from the original Terrace.

Coffee during the day: Unequivocally NO!! It is impossible to execute financially because of the abuse of the privilege in the past.

Off the Record: Ken told the committee some “Off the Record” items that would be upcoming and asked that it be kept to our committee only. Unfortunately, he heard from the managers that other people were asking when these things would occur.

Next meeting: Monday, February 17 at 1:30 at CS116.

Finance, Art Johnson, Chair
CapEx26 – We remind you that residents may propose projects for the 2026 capital budget.  The process is explained and the form to be used is available on ccicharlestown and MyErickson (under Forms). Please work with a Residents’ Council committee chair, if you have questions.

The Finance Committee had a fruitful discussion of year-end results of the 2024 budget with the Finance Director and Assistant Director. Committee discussion included occupancy numbers in independent living, assisted living and memory care which were strong throughout the year. This was not the case for skilled nursing.  The reduction of skilled nursing beds (by 10) in 2025 is planned as part of on-going planning for skilled nursing.

Given last month’s discussion of Benevolent Care Fund at the Residents’ Council meeting, I wanted to share with you the year-end financial data for the fund. Virginia Antevil included those figures in her earlier report.  However, let me reiterate that contributions from all sources totaled approximately $1.5 million while expenses approached $1.7 million. The Benevolent Care Foundation balance was over $5 million at year end and its contributions covered the difference for benevolent care.

It should be clear that the concerns expressed at our last month’s Residents Council meeting were not warranted. The Foundation’s resources are strong and critical to our ability to provide Benevolent Care. As Virginia explained earlier, efforts to raise other funds are being planned and will be important going forward.

Next meeting: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 9:00 in Brookside 1.

Grounds, Dick Voelkel Chair
CRTT Shortline Trail extension plans are agreed to, but contract is not yet signed.

Deer hunting Is finished for this season; not yet sure how many were taken.

Snow removal kudos to the grounds crew. They did a great job cleaning all the roads and sidewalks.

Outside sidewalk lighting is still out between Arborside and Edgewood.

Work on the Herbert’s Run bridge foundation by the creek has yet to be scheduled.

Lake hydro raking is still waiting for permits.

Charlestown grounds department is considering paving the hiking trail around the lake.

Many thanks to new resident Kimberly Evans for assisting another resident suffering a medical emergency during the last meeting.

Next meeting: Tuesday February 25 at 11am in BR-1.

Health Services, Marty White and Lois Eldred, Co-Chairs

Continuing Care Update

• Pat Kasuda presented. There is a new Assistant Administrator for Continuing Care, Ryan Gorham.  Continuing Care has taken 10 beds offline in Skilled Nursing, as the number of needed beds for rehab were overestimated, in part due to the fact that Medicare requires at least 3 days in a hospital bed before being eligible for Rehab inpatient Services.

Memory Care has a new full-time activities coordinator.

Continuing Care continues to exceed the state staffing requirements in terms of staff hours worked.

• Infectious Diseases: CDC and Charlestown. COVID, Influenza and  RSV continue to be on the rise nationally as expected in winter months. In MD COVID cases are low, influenza cases are Moderate and RSV is high.
• Wilton Overlook 4^th floor had a COVID outbreak and brief lockdown, handled well with airborne precautions and COVID treatment.   There has been norovirus in Continuing care and Independent Living.  Please remember that hand washing is effective in preventing contact spread, hand sanitizer less so.   If you feel you may be coming down with any gastrointestinal symptoms please stay put in your apartment.
• Parkinson’s Group. Jane Vess reports that the Parkinson Group had a Karen Leighton (Resident Life Director and Speech Therapist) talk with them about swallowing and preventing choking.  Long discussion about Heimlich Maneuver and should residents be performing it.  Hope to discuss further with Craig Nelson and Security
• Home Support Liaison. There is nothing new to report from our end on the Home Support Health Advisory Council.   We look forward to Kristin Aybar and a representative from Erickson Corporate talking with the Health Services Committee at our next mtg.
• Medical Center Update, Dean Crawford, the Program Administrator, presented at our last meeting. Currently 72% of Charlestown Residents use the Medical Center as their primary care home, 15% use Care Path. So, it surpassed the 85% benchmark for new residents and Charlestown is tied for number 1 among Erickson Communities. Resident Life Satisfaction Surveys rated the Medical Center high.

There was a lively Discussion on how to keep medication lists updated if you are in independent living and using CarePath, which is when people use the Center for urgent care but not primary care.   Medications may change frequently, and we discussed how best to link between hospital medical center and outside physician. It was recommended that residents keep their File of Life cards updated on their fridge and bring them to the hospital with them.

• Public Restrooms. There is no update on the placement of grab bars in public restrooms.
• Medication Take-Back Event: Feb 24, 2025, 1-3 pm Fireside and Cross-Creek Lobbies. Bring your old, never used or expired medications.

Next meeting: Tuesday, February 11 at 11:00 in Brookside Classroom 1.

Housekeeping, Jean Williamson, Chair
Whether you are walking your pet dog, watering plants in the hall or bridge, enjoying snacks in one of the lobbies, or carrying food from one of the restaurants to your apartment, it is important to just speak up if you have an accident and spill something. As we have said, cleaning up a spill is much easier when it is fresh than when it has dried and become more permanent.

Often, as people walk down the hall, they may notice a spill, trash scattered, dust, or a mark on the wall. But rather than call and report it, which is available to each of us, you may hear a complaint – so unfair to all of us, and especially to the Housekeeping Department, who truly work diligently every day for us.

Recently I was in one of the lobbies, where a woman walking her dog peed on the floor for about 10 or 12 feet, leaving huge puddles. However, rather than notifying the front desk, calling Housekeeping, or even just wiping it up, it was just left for other residents to deal with. Another example is watching so many residents watering their plants on the bridges. I understand the love of plants, but over watering and just leaving a mess is not fair to any of the residents, or Housekeeping.

I walk around with the Housekeeping staff throughout the month and observe the halls and lobbies throughout the community – all the crooks and crannies, carpet and hardwood, walls, baseboards, and handrails. Just vacuuming, dusting and wiping clean is a lot…just as it is in our apartments. But dealing with spills and messes that shouldn’t be there is not only difficult for them…but makes our home much less attractive!

Next meeting: Monday, February 17 at 10:00 in BR 1.

Legislative/Political, Paulette Hammond and Richard Lee, Co-Chairs

• LWV and MaCCRA updates: Our MaCCRAchapter invited the Charlestown Chapter of the League of Women Voters to travel with them by shuttle to visit our General Assembly District 44 elected officials, have lunch, and tour the Maryland State House in historic Annapolis on Tuesday February 25 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Bob Larson with MaCCRA is asking for a $10 donation toward the lunch at Calvert House and the shuttle.  Call Transportation on 601-8448 to register for a seat on the 8 a.m. shuttle
• Rank Choice Voting: We had a speaker on this topic but ultimately decided not to sponsor a presentation on the issue. Other avenues for presentations were given.
• Bill Tracking: Hope Tillman is collecting legislation of interest to our residents. If you are interested. email her the bill number and title Hope@hopetillman.com
• A Meet and Greet in the Spring is being planned

Next meeting: Wednesday, February 12 at 10:00 in BR1.

Maintenance and Engineering, Rob Vickerman, Chair
Sink Overflow:
In the past four years there have been 40 occurrences of residents leaving the water running while they stepped away from their sink. This resulted in the water flowing onto the floor. In some cases, there was enough water to flow into an apartment below them. So, the M&E committee will make a short video to be broadcast on the 972 channel, and flyers for the bulletin boards, reminding residents not to step away from a sink with the faucets flowing. It is an easy step to prevent a catastrophic event. A group has been established to make the video, and it should be on channel 972 within a month or two.

Elevators:
Herbert’s Run elevator No. 1 is awaiting final inspection. Herbert’s Run elevator No. 2 will go out of service when elevator No. 1 is back in service.

Low Vision:
Rick Buckingham said that the low vision group found the black striping on the Fountain Hill steps acceptable.

Next meeting of the M & E committee: Tuesday, February 28, at 2:00 PM in the General Services conference room.

Nominating and Elections Committee, Nancy Meier and Connie Cooney, Co-Chairs
I’m Nancy Meier. I’m the council secretary, so you don’t normally get to see me up here, but with Connie Cooney, I am co-chairing the Nominating Committee. We have a good team of residents on this committee including Pat Kasuda, Anna Marie Ciarocchi, Lois, Kimber, John Remias, Peggy Reiber, and Ron DeAbreu. And so ,the deal here is that the council members sign up for a three-year stint, but it’s on a cycle. At the end of the year, in August, seven of those members will retire from the Council, which means we need to replace them. So right now, we are looking for 14 talented residents to run for the council. 14 candidates allow for the seven that to replacew members as well and any unforeseen shortage on the councils, but also 14 gives you all a better selection of who to choose. The thing about the council is, and I go back and I look at many meetings here where Don and Leslie have shown their great support for the council. They’ve listened to us. They hear us. They care about the residents. I think this is a good year to be on that council to see things happen. It’s a great experience. You get to know about the how those place runs. You get to new meet new people. And as I look around here, I see several people who are regulars here at our meetings. Perhaps they are on some of the committees, but it’s also possible that they might want to step up one more time and help on the Council. So, I ask you to consider running to also, if you know people, you would propose that would be really good for the council, please forward their names to Connie Cooney or myself.

Resident Life, Bill Jones and Fred Sadler, Co-Chairs

• The Tapestry Leadership team has scheduled their spring sessions for March 25 and April 1. Topics for the sessions are being developed, and more information will follow
• The Chatty Bench program continued in January with several sites being staffed so residents could stop and talk.
• The Ageism and Ableism Subcommittee continues to discuss accessibility at Charlestown. Last month the committee met with Krysten Abar, Occupational Therapist, to discuss Charlestown’s accessibility program.
• A Low Vision Program was held on January 23, 2025 titled “Library Services for Low Vision Residents.”   Low Vision is planning for another three programs later in the year.
• The Newcomers Weekly Newsletter remains very popular and is currently promoting groups or clubs that wish to grow their membership.
• A new subcommittee, focusing on Transportation Sustainability, has been formed and will be looking at parking and transportation issues.

Next meeting: on Wednesday, February 19 at 2:00 in Brookside Classroom 2.

Safety and Security, Ed Appel, Chair
Thank you, Joe, for reminding us that we should wear our pendants.  Security responds immediately when they get a signal from your pendant.  Most falls occur in the apartment, so wear your pendant all the time.
Cold weather means ice – avoid falls by walking carefully outside.

The Away Form has been changed to a Leave of Absence form.  Some people forget to submit their form when traveling.  Let Security know in writing if your return is earlier or later than expected.  Security checks your door daily to ensure that you are alright.

Security is still enforcing speeding, stop sign, and EV violations

Scams continue to hit Charlestown residents – don’t respond to emails, texts, phone calls and letters from someone you do not know.

Next meeting: Thursday, March 13, at 1:00 in Charlestown Square Classroom 116.

Update from Leslie Johnson, Associate Executive Director
Good afternoon, everyone. I’m Leslie Johnson, your Associate Executive Director. May I just say that I love seeing all the first timers at the beginning of the meeting. The committee meetings are a great way to be involved in the community and a great way to stay informed. So, I encourage all of you, as you’re out and about, meeting new residents, meeting new friends to encourage them to come, attend and get involved.

As you were going through the reports, I was making a few notes, and I heard Mr. Taylor mention the new tablets. We are really pleased that they have arrived. We’re also working with it. They’re going to be in our dining venues during mealtime, assessing connectivity to make sure the connectivity issues have all been worked out. Ms. Leddy was talking about the use of the QR codes, and that feedback is so valuable to us. Thank you. Please continue to use the QR codes. But I’ll take it a step further. If you’re at mealtime and you’re having difficulty, or you’re frustrated, or something’s just not going right with the meal we do ask you to put that in the QR code, because we read them. Don and I see them, the managers see them, and it allows them to follow up. But if you get the manager involved at mealtime, it lets them step in right then and there. So maybe it’s something that they can’t resolve for you, but they can resolve it for the next diner, or they may be able to step in and get it fixed. Thank you for that, but also just speak up to the managers at mealtime.

Mr. Buehlman mentioned that the Short Line Trail contract is still with legal. It’s moving along. There’s just a lot of I’s to be dotted and T’s to be crossed. But we are pleased that it has been finalized. The entire fence that runs along the back will be replaced. There was about a 100-foot section that didn’t run along the trail, but it didn’t make sense for them to just not replace that 100-foot section. So, the entire fence is going to be replaced, and it is going to be an eight-foot wood fence, just like we have with that additional foot of the metal. I called it chain link ,may not be the right term for fencing that is angled. So, we did get that confirmed and are pleased about that.

And then the leave of absence form that was mentioned with a memo that went out about that Friday. There are some changes. So, if you have any questions about the new process, just give Craig Nelson and Sean White in security a call. They’ll be able to answer any of your questions. This week started out a little bit rough for Don and me. We were both out unexpectedly yesterday, so we appreciate your patience with it being last minute. We were not able to pull team members together to have the scheduled neighborhood chat in the historic neighborhood, so we are working to reschedule that. We’ll get that information out to you as soon as we have the new date.

I want to give you a few project updates. So many of you knew the dining offices moved a few months ago, which has created a lovely new resident space, our music room. So hopefully you’ve had a chance to go and see the new space, or maybe even attend a program there. But we’re very happy about that. The other office that moved is General Services. They moved the end of last week, and we’re happy because it opens additional resident amenity space. Whether we have it there in that location, or we can move other departments to General Services to open additional spaces, that’s what we’re out to look for. We’re always looking for new meeting spaces or new areas for residents to use. We’re looking to have some hard floor open space for maybe some gaming, some dance programming, but that’s what we’re working on now. Once we have those plans solidified, we will keep you updated.

I heard elevators mentioned. Yes, we are in the process of our elevator modernization project. The Park View elevator is underway. As you heard the Herberts Run number one elevator is still working towards inspection. Once Herberts Run 1 is back, we will then work on Herberts Run 2. So really appreciate your patience there, but these projects are important. Caton Ridge cannot wait until that is no longer an agenda item, and I’m sure you are, but we are moving in the right direction. We learned that we have March 1 completion dates for multiple areas within Caton Ridge, the employee break room, resident storage, that main corridor, of course, but then also the rehab department. Don and I are excited to have that area back open. We got to tour through it last week. It looks great. I know our team members are pleased to have a clean, fresh break room to take their breaks in, but I think it’s going to be great. The therapy gym looks wonderful. The historic project, that section that we call 1b is the area where outpatient rehab is now their temporary location, as well as the dental suite. That area of the project, the construction has been on hold. It was supposed to be already working, but with the delay in Caton Ridge, we had to put that on hold. Well, we can now start the projects in that area. We are looking at about an April start frame to start work in that space.

We are working hard to fill two key positions in the community. One is our grounds manager. We have two great candidates that we are in the process of interviewing, as well as our Philanthropy Manager position. We’ve had one interview that Don and I and team finds positive. But we have two other candidates that look great on paper that we have interviews set up for. So excited about the progress with those two positions, and we’re hopeful to have them filled by the end of this month.

And lastly, resident satisfaction: we got to share our scores with residents at our last resident town hall and with our Board of Directors this past month. We are now still reading through all the verbatim comments, compiling our themes and our areas of focus, and we’re going to be working on our resident satisfaction Action Plan, which we will bring to the Residents’ Council to get their feedback and their input to then finalize our plan. We will be doing that within the next month, and that is all I have.

Questions and Answers:

Jean Tribulski mentioned that one of the bridges, the flower bridge, has 4 heaters.
One is working, two put out cold air, and one is occasionally working, but it usually only works for less than a week. She asked if they could be replaced. Since Jay Spivey had already left, Leslie assured that he would get these details.

Another resident raised the issue of a resident renting a second apartment for his business. Is this allowable? Leslie said that we do have residents that own additional spaces here.

Mercy Izquierdo-Whitaker asked again about the speaker in the Chapel Court elevator. The volume of the talking voice on the elevator needs to be louder. All it says is going up, whereas the ones over at Brookside are loud. It would help the low vision residents.

RSV Vaccine: There’s not a current plan to provide the RSV vaccine here. You can get this vaccine at the CVS on campus, as well as pharmacies outside of the campus. Evidently the vaccine is specialized as to who can and can’t get it.  Yes, some pharmacies are requiring a prescription.

Connie Andrews St. Charles, I’ve lived here eight years, and when I first moved in, the resident council meeting always talked about the amount of money that came out of the philanthropy fund. Is there any reason why those figures are no longer provided at the monthly resident council meeting? The Council will consider this request.

Respectively submitted,
Nancy Meier, Residents’ Council Secretary

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