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Advisory Board Meeting

Town of Cary · Senior Advisory Board
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 12:00 pm · Virtual / Conference Room 11130, Call-in information will be available on agenda, For in person attendance: 316 N. Academy Street, Cary, NC 27513

Advisory board meeting Health and human services

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What is in the packet

The packet is the agenda plus the draft minutes of the 2 September and 3 June meetings. In September the board approved its 2025-26 annual report and said goodbye to founding member Barry Mitsch and to Lily Chen. Staff reported that Meals on Wheels serves 100 Cary residents a day and faces funding pressure from federal cuts and fuel costs, and that 40% of the town's recreation programs filled on the first day of registration. Planning director Heather Whelehan joined the board's staff team.

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What's on this agenda

Cary's Senior Advisory Board meets Wednesday at noon with new members after two longtime members, including founding member Barry Mitsch, rolled off in September. The agenda is organizational: welcoming the new members, nominating a vice chair, choosing a representative for the council's new advisory task force, reviewing the board's rules of order and setting the annual work plan. Staff will also share October engagement opportunities. No decisions beyond the officer and task force choices and the September minutes are scheduled.

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Speaking at this meeting

Sign up for Public Speaks Out by calling the town before noon on the day of the meeting; each speaker gets three minutes. Comments that arrive after noon are passed to the council as correspondence instead.

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Agenda items (6)

Procedural · 3Appointment · 1Discussion item · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 1. Welcome New Members and Ice Breaker
    Procedural
    Speaker: Michelle Barrett, Staff Liaison
  2. 2. Vice Chair Nomination
    Procedural
    Speaker: Erin Nortonen, Chair
  3. 3. Advisory Task Force Member Selection
    Appointment
    Speaker: Michelle Barrett, Staff Liaison
  4. 4. SAB Annual Work Plan
    Discussion item Health and human services
    Speaker: Michelle Barrett, Staff Liaison
  5. 5. October Engagement Opportunities
    Staff or committee report
    Speaker: Michelle Barrett, Staff Liaison
  6. 1. Rules of Order
    Procedural
    Speaker: Michelle Barrett, Staff Liaison

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