The Position Description describes Functions and Worker Activities to which the time commitment of 30 percent has been assigned.  Three major responsibilities are included in Section A:  "Identify and respond to the needs and interests of Madison area older adults."  Christine Beatty performs all three responsibilities capably, efficiently, and effectively to such a degree that Madison has a high reputation among professionals in Madison, Dane County, statewide in Wisconsin, and nationwide for its Senior Center and the community's devotion and support of programs on behalf of its older residents.  Members of the Committee on Aging have from time to time expressed appreciation for and confidence in the quality of job performance by Ms. Beatty.

As the large population of Baby Boomers (that is, persons born 1946-1964) annually reach the age of 60, impact on Madison's community will be felt in greater and greater degree.  The over-all number of its residents over 60 years of age, especially those 85 and older (dubbed the frail elderly), and its proportion of Madison's total population will dramatically increase while the concomitant population proportion of working adults (viz., 18 through 65-year olds) will drastically decline.  Public and private programs have already experienced effects in the past few years and anticipate further impact on various social-needs components, such as employment, health, housing, transportation, nutrition, mobility, safety, and socialization. Short- and long-range planning to meet the burgeoning dilemma of obtaining fiscal resources and providing requisite services for older residents will become more acute is time goes by.

Administering the many responsibilities relative to the Madison Senior Center (25 percent), developing revenue sources (25 percent), and supervising and developing human resources (20 percent) will require many more hours of time involvement than in the past to enable continuing the quality and customer-focus of Center activities.  Identifying and responding to the needs and interests of Madison's aging population, including rapidly-growing racial minority groups, will require considerable time and attention, more than in the recent past as a direct result not only of the growing population of older residents but also the increasing realization that some aging population groups in the Madison area have not heretofore received sufficient attention or consideration.

Recognizing the immediate-future needs of Madison's aging population and being aware that levied funds are limited, the City of Madison Committee on Aging requests the Community Development Division and Madison Mayor Paul R. Soglin to propose to the City of Madison Common Council that it allocate funds in 2016 for an additional professional staff position to be under the supervision of Ms. Beatty.

PAUL H. KUSUDA   MEMBER, CITY OF MADISON COMMITTEE ON AGING