Minutes

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Winthrop Commission on Disability
MINUTES 
Meeting Date: September 10, 2025 
Commission Members In Attendance: 
John Morgan
Kathleen Kane
Nancy Tufo
Karla Murphy 
GUEST: Meredith Hurley
1. Roll call 
2. Approved minutes from July meeting 
3. Meredith Hurley, Health Department 
 Meredith spoke about Project Lifesaver with her counterpart from Quincy as well as
the Emergency Manager from Chelsea 
 They use a different service and are part of a regional Public Health Safety Net 
 Each subscription is $250/year 
 Chelsea distributed 30 bands initially for free 
 Members of the Commission agreed that we could finance the project and seek
grants from organizations like Autism Speaks as well as use 22G funds 
 Meredith will return to our October meeting to bring more details to our
Commission 
 Winthrop police would lead the initiative 
 Meredith also spoke of the need for a Special Needs Registry; members indicated
that we would be willing to collaborate on such a program 
4. ADA Anniversary in July 
 Transcript never printed our article about ADA35 but did devote space to the Revere
Commission 
 John attended the event in Boston and cohosted WMEX with Ben Rabinovitz 
 Karla received reimbursement for the donated library books (approx.. $138) 
5. Recruitment of New Members 
 John will speak to Jim Letterie about assigning someone to our commission since
Denise is no longer a member 
 Put in an article in TM ’ s blog about our search for new members 
6. Resource Guide 
 We are out of guides 
 Members agreed we should reprint 200 (Karla will check the number of the 1 st

printing) 
 We need to update our email and website 
7. Goals for 2025-2026 
 Hold the 2 nd Accessible Adventure event next August 
 Work with Dept of Health and Police to establish a registry 
 Project Lifesaver 
 Speaker Series 
 Resource Guide 
 Handicapped Parking applications (do we get a copy of decisions?) 
NEXT MEETING: October 8 at 6 p.m. 
Respectfully submitted,
Karla Murphy