White Sworn in as Member of the Senior Citizens Commission

Town Clerk Leslie Cotton administers oath to
C. Mark White as member of senior citizens
commission.  L to R. Town Manager, Garry
Brumback, Peter Freeman, president of
Calendar House Members Assn, Cotton,
White and Lana Leland-White.

It’s a new day at the Southington’s Senior Center at Calendar House, one that many seniors in Southington cheer as bringing the hope of new, positive and fresh ideas through modified direction of the center.

Under an updated ordinance governing the operation of the Senior Citizen Commission, the Town Council moved to change the reporting lines of the Executive Director of Calendar House, Bob Verderame, from one of direct responsibility to the senior citizen commission to Town Manager, Garry Brumback, thereby bringing it under the same organizational governance as most other municipal departments. 

Exceptions, thus far, continue to be the Police and Fire Departments, each of which report to a commission and the Library which reports to a board.

In the June action, the Senior Citizen Commission became an advisory body.  The Calendar House Membership Association had supported this action as well as asking for representation on the new senior commission of active members of Calendar House. 

The revised ordinance directs the Town Council chairman to appoint to the senior citizen commission the president of the Board of Directors of the Calendar House Membership Association, or a person the president designates.

As president, Peter Freeman, nominated C. Mark White, vice president of the association’s board and assistant manager of the Computer Learning Center.  The Board of Directors unanimously concurred with White’s appointment by Freeman as did the members of the association.

White was sworn in as a commissioner on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, by Town Clerk, Leslie Cotton.