pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OFI MILITARY ANDY VETERANS AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME  Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home AdvisoryCouncil Meeting Erie, Pennsylvania December 14, 2023 9:00a.m.  ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT Mr. Gary Fry, President, AMVETS  Mr. Raymond. J. Chambers, Vice President, Marine Corps Léague Mr. Richard DiGiacomo, Secretary, Military Officers Assoc: of America Mr. Anthony DiGiacomo, County Director of Veterans'Affairs  Mr. Harry E. Stewart, American Legion Ms. Karen Foust, Disabled American'  €  Veterans  Mr. William Rose, PSSH Resident Council Président Mr. Joe Benacci, DirectorPriec CountyVeterans' Services.  ADVISORY COUNCILI MEMBERS ABSENT Mr. DavidPrice, Military-Order of Purple Heart Mr. RobertEiler, Veterans of Foreign Wars Mr. Richard SupakCatholic War Veterans The Honorable Daniel Laughlin, PASenator  PA: Soldiers' and Sailors' Home- DMVA  5601 East Third Street |Erie, PA 16507-6239/814871451F8M4B714677ww.dimvapagow    pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OFI MILITARY ANDY VETERANS. AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS AND: SAILORS' HOME  OTHERS PRESENT  Mrs. Barbara Raymond, RN, NHA, Director of Veterans' Home Ms. Cheri Spacht, RN, NHA, PSSH Commandant Mrs. Deborah Harris, PSSH DON  Mrs. Elizabeth Seibert, PSSH Deputy Commandant Ms. Rasheda Goodwine, PSSH Commandant Assistant Mr. Nicholas Wood, PSSH Admission Coordinator,  Ms. Ashley Megat on behalf of Congressman Mike Kellys,Office Ms. Kimberly Knapp, PSSH Personal Care/Administrator  Mr. Ken Vybiral, PSSH Volunteer    PA Soldiers' and Sailors' Home DMVA  5601 East Third Street] Erie, PA 16507-62391 814.871.4531 FMenrmmdmew    pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OFI MILITARY ANDI VETERANS AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS' AND: SAILORS' HOME  CALL TO ORDER  Mr. Gary Fry called the meeting to order at 9:00a a.m. MOMENT OF SILENT AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  Mr. Gary Fry led a moment ofs silence, and the Pledge of Alegianéwsredited.  ROLLCALL  Ms. Rasheda Goodwine took roll call for all present. SWEARING IN OF COUNCILI MEMBERS No Council Members were: sworni in. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES  Ar motion wasi made by Mr. Stewart and seconded bwpoGomapappove the minutes oft the Advisory Council Meeting! heldonSeptemberlA: 2023. Motioncarried,and minutes were approved as  written.  MEDICAL DIRECTOR UPDATE  Mrs. Harris providedupdate onbehalrorDr,Mille:  We arèseeing ani increasenthe past2weeks int the-ER. We are having recent flu A and B, RSV,and covid. Rightnow, we currentlyhave 21 residents in house with covid. Some have no symptoms. The rest have very mildsymptoms. We have 9 employees out with covid, that's why everybody is in N95 masks throughout the whole campus. le'smostly on 2 units in nursing. We did have a covid themed clinict for our residents. We have 41 PCU residents that received the vaccine and 69 NCU residents. We have 16 aide trainees that are getting readyto. graduate tomorrow from class. That should help with our staffing. Hopefully, we will have anotherclass as soon as the end of January. Which will add 6 more aides from  that class when they graduate Any Questions?  PA: Soldiers' and Sailors' Home- DMVA  560 East Third Street IErie, PA 16507-62391 8M48P4BI1F8M8Pi4e7 www.dmva.pa.goy    pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY ANDI VETERANS AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS AND: SAILORS' HOME  ADMISSIONS AND MARKETING UPDATE Mr. Wood provided update:  Currently the census is 158 out of 207 beds. Memory Care has 301 filled out of 32 beds. Skilled nursing has 71 out of 75 beds filled. Personal Care has! 57 out of 100 beds. The wait list is consisting of7 vets and Onon-vets on our personal care side. Skilled has 9 vets and 3 non-vets Right now, our marketing  department is looking forward to getting our schedule built fonnext year.  Any Questions?  REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' HOMÉS  Ms. Raymond provided report:  Good morning, everyone. We are in the middleof our TAG visitsthroughout all 61 homes. We are going everywhere except Southwest, which is today sothat's where Travis.js. He covered that one whilelam covering the Advisory Council meeting herewith all youfine folks. Delaware'sTAG visit is next week. The residents have thoroughlyenioyed it. Cheri wilgoi into ourvisit.. with himfrom earlier this month. The residents across the homesfullyenjoyed: seeingthe troopsandthe general in their uniforms. It was My report from a covid perspective,we do-have outbreaks at our Hollidaysburg facility, Erie facility, Southeast ands Southwest facilities which allhave. currentresident outbreaks. For staff outbreaks, we have Southeast, Soldiers and Sailorshome, and Hollidaysburg all have current positive covid staff members. WWe do have 2 staffmembergpostive with-t the flu at our Hollidaysburg facility. We haven't had any other flu cases acrossthe 6 homesother than Hollidaysburg as Deborah mentioned. We are tracking it acrossthe Commonwealth. The numbers are definitely increasing. So far, we've been ok from at flu perspective.With that beingsaid, we have a total of1 12801 flu vaccines given between our residents and our staff. Whcissegnliantylhgrer than the covid vaccinations for our residents and staff. Covid vaccinations for residents-and staffacross the 61 homes is 473. The covid vaccine that wel have available ist the most recent vaccinefor covid, iti is XBB (Xray Bravo Bravo) which is the most recent variant. That vaccine is 40-60% effective against severe illness. We are encouraging our staff and residents tos get the vaccine. However, CDC is recommending about 3 or 4 months wait time before getting the vaccine after you've tested positive. And we've had significant outbreaks recently at 4 of our facilities. That maybe some of what's contributing to the lower numbers as Deborah mentioned the RSVi in the hospitals. We also monitor for RSV. Our numbers have been significantly low. We do have protocol to give the RSV vaccine ifay physician or medical provider does order it fori their residents. Iti is up to the physician whether the individual would qualify for that vaccine, ifi it's deemed from the CDC that they would be at  really fun for everyone.  high risk.  PA: Soldiers' ànd Sailors' Home DMVA  5601 East Third Street Erie, PA 16507-6239 1848/1B3IIFeH8T48/1467lwadmapasow    pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY ANDI VETERANS. AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS AND: SAILORS' HOME  From a survey perspective: We are awaiting our VA survey at our Delaware Valley facility. My guessi is it will be next week at our TAG visit. Ini the first quarter of 2024, we anticipate the VA1 to come int for our  Southeast facility, Erie facility and our Gino. JI Merli facility.  From: a census perspective: Across the 6 homes we have taken care of 1079 residents. Our waitlist is about 200 across the Commonwealth. The biggest waitlist we have isat Delaware Valley and Southeast Veterans Center. We are pushing to get the residents into our homesas quickly as possible. Some ofiti is al bit slower due to staffing. Our biggest concern is staffing, challenges, which is primarily nursing across the 6 homes. We do struggle filling Social Services, and Registered Dieticians. This ist true especially on the Eastside. We are ok over here. But we are struggling with those Social'Services and Registered Dieticians. Actually, our facility here in Erie supported our Hollidaysburg facility most recently for one of Construction wise the maini thing is our Hollidaysburg facility. Wéarebuilding a new facility there. It's going to be al beautiful campus, once thatis completed in thenext 2 years. Our other main construction is that we are completely renovating ourHyACsystem at our-Delaware Valley facility. Cheri will touch on some of the things going on at our Soldiers andSailors home.Weare still looking at PACT ACT as well as catastrophic illness medications for our veterans anditis movingalong very well. Both of those The newest thing coming out of Medicare and Medicaidiservices isalittle bit troubling as the purposed rulet for staffing. There isnow a purposed rule for staffing which is only going to count RN's and CNA's staffing hours. Itis curentypurposedruis sO we don't know anything yet as far asi ifit will become regulatory ornot. However, iti sabittroublingfor us because oft the nationwide worldwide crisis of RN's, LPN's,and CNA's-CMS is proposing for anRNmandatory staffing per dayi is. .55 hours. So, what that translates to, ify you haye100 residênt you need55 RNI hours in 24 hours. Our 6 veterans' homes were ok fromthat perypetve,tweverh isg going to be an industry wide catastrophe quite honestly because the staffing is simply. justnot there.From a CNA perspective: the purposed rule is going to be 2.45 hours. So thattranslates intofwe have 100 residents to care for, we need 245 hours to care for those 100 residents The most troubling concern is the LPN which is completely taken out of the equation. The LPN in theveteran homes is who does most medications and treatments from that perspective. There was acomment period that recently closed sO we're anticipating the final thoughts from CMS soon. So, we are watching this situation very closely. Those are the highlights of my report.  their dieticians" vacancies.  projects headed up by ourrèvenue teams.  Any Questions?  It's in the report here about tearing down the commandants' house. Will that driveway then need historical things because oft the age of it? You know your upsetting historians. Ms. Raymond responded, we are upsetting historians, however it's not original to the campus.. So, we are looking through all those items. We had proposed to have it torn down pre covid. However, we are. following all the proper  PA Soldiers' and Sailors' Home- DMVA  560 East Third Street] Erie, PA 16507-6239 814.871.4531 IF8 814.871.4617 www.c .dmva. pa.gov    pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY ANDI VETERANS. AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA: SOLDIERS' AND: SAILORS'HOME  channels to make. sure that everything is in line. We are working very closely with. Senator Laughlin's office as well as the Erie Historical: Society. Cheri knows and has quite a bit ofi information on that. Also Rep. Curt Sonney retired, and he didn'tr run for reelection, and he is still listed as a member. At some point can you help to get the ball rolling because Ihate to see vacancies on the council. We already have 26 existing from veterans. Mrs. Raymond responds We will have Rashedar remove his name. Soy yes, we  will get right on that. Thank You REPORT OF THE COMMANDANT  Good morning. First, there was an email sent that Alyssa Cooley has takenadifferent position and Rasheda Goodwine, who did roll call will be steppinginto Alyssa'sp position as mynew Commandant's Assistant. So, you will get correspondence from Rasheda. Congratulations Rasheda. This is Rasheda's first week but again youwill be getting cotrespondence from heri for things coming up and an email was sent out for her contactintormation to all ofyoy but again if youl have questions just Starting with staffing: Currentlyour total authorized staffinghere at PSSH is 272. We have 242 positions currently filled with a totalof 30 vacancies. Wehave 3LPN41 RN,21 NA, 11 food service worker, and 1 Custodial 1 worker vacancies. As Deborah statedwehave the CNACass that goes through HVA, we have 6 potential graduatesat the end,oft this week. We have 50 or 68 going into the class starting in January. That will help with Qurvacancies-Again, ify youall hear of anyone looking for work let us know. We still do) Wakinwegpedrweren get.them set upin a profile even if we do not have open Deborah touched on the mediçakupdate: about our covid current situation. We did see an uptick with our covid positives. Again, A: symptomatic orvery mild. Deborah also mentioned we did have 1 resident positive for RSVand.1e employee, but they've recovered. Once they had treatment and we monitored For our survey window: ourMAsurvey is due to be completed in February. We are anticipating their visit. Our Dept of Health Surveyc çame in April ofl last year, sO our window is opening fori that to come for our annual survey. As well as the Dept of Human Services survey we had last year in February as well. So, we are very close to having those folks come into our facility. We had our TAG visit on December: 1st. It was very successful. The residents really enjoyed it. There was al lot oft time spent on each unit. The residents got to talk to him and the others that came with him. The residents absolutely enjoyed it. We Ast for construction, our nurse call bell system is completed and ist fullyf functioning now. We continue to do work ont the Chapel exterior with 3 pointing masonry, and ongoing waterproofing. The installation of  don'th hesitate to let us know.  positionsfoswhat theylrelooking for Any questionston staffing?  that.  have Wreaths Across America on Saturday, but III let Ken speak on that.  PA: Soldiers' and Sailors' Home- DMVA  560 East Third Street] Erie, PA 16507-6239] 1814.871.4531 IF814871,4617www.dmya.pa.gov    pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OFI MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS' AND: SAILORS' HOME  the chillers and components were completed. There are several projects coming up, there have been SCOPE project meetings for those and those continue to be planned. As for the Commandant's house, we are still working on1 the plan as to reviewing and discussing what exactly is going to come of the house. There'stalks of different things as Barb said with Senator Laughlin'soffice: and we've beeni in correspondence with the Historical Society and some otheri firms that have been inquiring about what we are going to do. But we are stilli in discussions withi that and as soon as we know further, we will let everyone know. We have a construction project in our main kitchenon PCU, converting a cooler that  needed to be removed and at flooring project that is starting this week"  Any Questions?  Its seems like you're working on getting the cleardnçe to get the Commandonfshouse torn down so that you can build a parking lot and maybe if you have thefunds provide a pavilion. Isthat the essential part ofwhaty you're saying? Cheri responds There is a coupedferentelements going on with that, know the demolition is being discussed. Also, therewasthe discussion ofapavilion, additional, parking, as well as an area of some of the brick being kept fromthe Commandant's house to create a walkway. But again, all these discussions are coming about by individuals thatare interjecting ways to preserve some of what So, the only thing concrete is that the commandants: house is goingto be destroyed? Cheri responds Itis  would be leftfrom the house. Butthere is no concrete plan  going to be taken down, yes.. Any Other Questions? COMPLIANCE REPORT  Ms. Seibert provided update onbehalf of Ms.Werner:  There are no changesto report. There are not any open investigations for PSSH. Across the BVH, the 6 nursing skilled facilitiesand 3 personal care units did have their mock surveys. Those are completed for 2023. Two ofi the skilled nursingfaglities, and 1P PCU have already gone into the 2024 cycle for the mock  surveys. That'si it for Beth' Werner'sr report. Thank you.  Any Questions?  REPORT OF DEPUTY COMMANDANT  No report.  PA: Soldiers' and Sailors' Home- DMVA  560 East Third Street IErie, PA 16507-6239 814.871.4531 FAY-wamawe    pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND' VETERANS, AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA: SOLDIERS' AND: SAILORS' HOME  REPORT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS  Mr. Chambers states he really has nothing to add to what's being discussed. He states that he asked the question about the Commandant's house because years ago when they had the old trussell bridge that went over the railroad tracks, before they put the new bridge in, there was al lot of moaning and groaning about having it torn down. It was unsafe so it's probably a good thing that they did teari it Will Rose states we need to cover the vote on the naming of the bridge and a brief history. All ofy you have been given al ballot. We had a gentleman from the communitythat came in this year to al Members Council meeting. He was a member of the S.O.N.S. of Erie. He passeda suggestion that maybe we have a bridge dedication ceremony. That was met with al bit of enthusiasm from the advisory council, and it was turned over tot the residents for some input. So,what we did, and thisisborrowing a precedence from our flag naming ceremony. We: solicited nominations from all the residents'over a 3-month period. All those nominations were collected. Everyone. got achance to cauçus fori theirfavorite. Actually, should say we solicited nominations from residents and-staff overa3-month period:We came up with 11 nominations. Every resident got to choose 3 oft their favoriteballots. From that we got our top 3. Then narrowed that to our second round. Added.to that list wasthe president's choice and that was decision that the president of the PCU, the NCU president and gottogether, and we held out the option to nominate one more: selection to thel list as the presdent'sprerogative. To round out the total oft the final vote of 4 items and that'swhat yous see in front of you. All the residents got another 3 months to caucus on that And we came up with those selections. And we have those numbers. We decided it would be a goodidea to havethe advisory council weigh in with their ballot. So briefly on the vote. The voting was by ReNgyPegemstonat the various choices that you have as all randomizedso1 there was no order. Bretlyaboutthose selections, there was the Anthony' Wayne Passover, BlockhouseBrdge, USCTMemorial Bridge.andVeteran's Memorial Bridge. The thinking behind that is it pretty muchsums upeverything about this. It encompasses who we are and what we: sO around hereand covers all veterans. Wewere thinking that maybe the most appropriate name. So, ifl can asky you toplease cast your vote. And Miput this to you Mr. President in the case of at tie-you'll be thet final decidingvote. One otherthing, we wère very grateful this year to have everybody out of covid. We got to break breadin our dining.facilities. That was a nice break from the past few years. So, we all got a nice hot meal this.year and that'was wonderful. It's kind ofa a shame that we're going into the Christmas holiday with cowid çases. Hopefully, next year we'llg get al little bit better on it. But it was nice toe enjoy Thanksgiving and have allt the residents get together and be able to enjoy all the various Mr. DiGiacomo states Happy Holidays everyone. The Browns look great this year. The building looks great. I'm always impressed by walking through the halls. Every single employee greets you with a warm smile, welcome, and hello. Ireally appreciate that. We dropped off a bunch of Christmas cards for the Good morning, everyone. I don't have al lot. lappreciate everything you guys do. And to wish you alla a  down. That's alll Ihave. Thank You.  activities. Thank You.  residents from the Military Officers Assoc. Thank you. Happy New' Year and al Merry Christmas. Thank you.  PA: Soldiers' and Sailors' Home- DMVA  5601 East Third Street] Erie, PA 16507-6239 18M4BPASSIF8METLAE.dmApgw    pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA! SOLDIERS' AND: SAILORS' HOME  Good morning. We had a collegiate Christmas tour last week. We had 501 total in the tour. Everything was fantastic. We appreciate all the hospitality. Secondly a member of our group has gone into remission. He won'tanswer his phone. He won'tg go out. He started off taking care of his wife and from there his life has gone downhill. Now there's no way to communicate with him. So please keep himi in  your prayers.Ireally love the concept of the Wreaths Across America. Ist there any accountability) for how much they collect or who they are? They are an actual 501C3 nonprofit based out of Columbia folds Do they have any reports on what they collect?  Ibelieve ify you go to their website-Wreaths Across America.org Theymay have some-breakdowns as far Ms. Foust: states The DAV will be here onSaturday to participatein that. I'm part of the legion so Iwas also here for our holiday tour which was wondertulYou welcomedus, we walked around and talked to as many residents as possible. And it was. justgreat. Thenwe went onto the VA and we did the same thing. I'm very happy to seei mygood friend Carol Reichertasthe NCUresident of the month. Her husband Teddy who wasaharacterall in himselfwasa Nerygood,friends with my dad. They had al love of baseball. During the tourigot a chanceto talk withherfor quite awbile. And shei is very happy with the care she is receiving hereainthe upcoming newy yearifthere is anything the DAV can do for PSSH Please Mr. Benaccistates goodmorning. Asfar as our officethere'sr nothing to report. There are. 3 major projectsgoing on. One beingthe ship.The USS Cali. We are working on having that as a permanent status displayon the East basinThey! havelfinished the second phase of the 3-phase application. They are waiting onapproval for1 thatsecond phasewhich they're hoping to have real soon. Then phase 3 kicks ina and that'sthe actual plan ongetting the ship here. The shipi is sitting in Philadelphia's: shipyard sO they will need totow that vessélupt the coast. The cost will be anywhere between $750,000to1 1 million dollars to tow.They are on'their way with thet fundraising sO that would be a great addition to our bay. There are aboura00.00sgllors that are still living that served on that ship. So, it's the newest ship to be given that status display in history.I It think it would be a great addition to our waterfront. Second thingi isl know your must be a resident of PSSH to be buried iny your cemetery. lam personally taking on trying to get another state: sponsored veteran cemetery in Erie County. The closest cemetery is 125 miles away in the Allegheny's south of Pittsburgh. I'm working with Congressman's Kelly'soffice, all our state and local reps, and the DMVA to get this into the works. Our biggest hurdle is land. If we can locate and locki in some land than we can start the application process. The third thingi is Granite Ridge in Northeast. The old Mercyhurst campus. Mr. Rick Mellon, who is the chairman oft the Mellon Heritage Foundation purchased the property. Iti is final. The closing will be done by the end oft the month. We wanted to give some recognition to his father who was WWII air Corp vet. Also, his father-in-law who  as participation goals.  make sur you let mel know. hope evéryone.has a wonderfull holiday. Thank you.  PA: Soldiers' and Sailors' Home DMVA  560 East Third Street Erie, PA 16507-62391 814.871.4531 IF 814.871.4617 www.dmva.pa.gov    pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OFI MILITARY ANDI VETERANS AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA: SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME  was also a WWII vet. A friend of his has al beautiful facility up here in Northeast that's for sale. He bought it sight unseen. Roughly 63,000: sq. ft under roof. There isn'ta any reason not to make thisa Veteran's Wellness and Outreach Center. With that being said Mr. Mellon just wants ideas. Iknow he has reached out about having some type of1 training sessions there. So, it does 21 things, helping train local nurses/PT and at the same time if there's a veteran need that needs some medical aide, they can stop in. So, ify you have anyi ideas on how we can use that facility to either support veterans ora supportive service to veterans please let me know. Bill I'd like to commend you on taking lead on the Joe how do we work on contracts for monuments and stuff like that?There always needs to aj funding sourcej for the yearly maintenance and upkeep that often. getsforgotter'and then it ends upj falling apart. Joe responds I'm just a spokesperson. Iknow there's goingto be a welcomecenter and a small cafeteria. So, limagine that'll! be a cost andi money will needtot beraised for funding. Pus, we' ve got DonJoh right there sO if they need to tow the ship somewhere theycan get the maintenanced done. Ms. Meghat states and with thei funding for the ship. JoeFlack has been working closelywith our office. We have worked with him on differentgrants andi federal grantsto get hosei fundings and help withi the upkeep as it goes on. For the CMS wevealsobeen tracking itwith our office too. When all the info comes out, please reach out sO we can tryto figureout how to helpon our end. Our office has been watchingi it as well. We've been having bi-weekly meetings with MrMellon in our office. So, any input that you guys! have that wouldbe-beneficial, youare more.than welcometo reach out. Thank you. Mr. Vybiral states Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen Our outreach continued strong through thet fall. We recognize our attending Rep Jake Banta expo inCorry, Repl Merksi and Harkins expo in Harbor creek, Mercer: stand down events, YMCA: seniorfair. I'd like togive shout out to Mr. Benacci for his county veterans sremonynaovemleos was.welattended, So, thank you for supporting that. Thanksgivingwe hostedatour forgmaahpmantfonyte. naval academy. She was a Mercyhurst Prep grad soit'salways nice to getthat opportunity to contribute to the younger generation. The American Legion Christmas tour was greatThankyou, Karen. Thank you, Gary. Our region district 29 always seems to be oneof the strongestas far as turnout. Especially: after 3 yr. hiatus that we couldn't doi it. To come back with 50strong was impressive. Last weekend the VFW auxiliary visited and toured. To conclude as we alll know Wreaths Across America is this Saturday. If you are attending, lam encouraging everyone to get thereby11:30. Weare anticipating al large turnout. We will be back by the blockhouse fort the ceremony at noonforthenational moment of silence. The ceremony will proceed after that. We will have active service membersof each branch, will place a wreath at the ceremony, to give veterans of those branches a servicing opportunity to salute off on their wreath. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. Fry states First of all, Iheard about the outstanding veteran's day ceremony here. Sorry! Ididn't make it. Ihad a speaking engagement. Joe, you got some TV time meaning good promotion to get the news around to everybody and that's always a plus. I have the results of the bridge. The bridge name  bridge. Thank you.  we will march down to the cemetery and place wreaths. Thank you.  willl bet the Veterans' Memorial Bridge. Thank you.  PA: Soldiers' and Sailors' Home DMVA  560 East Third Street] Erie, PA 16507-62391 814.871.4531 IF 814.871.4617 www.dmva.pa.gov    pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OFI MILITARY AND VETERANS. AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' HOME  OLD BUSINESS No old business to discuss. NEW BUSINESS No new business to discuss. GOOD OF THE COUNCIL  Mr. Fry thanked everyone for attending.  ADIOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 9:50 am  The next Advisory Council Meetingi is scheduled for Thursday March,14,2023, at9:00am.  Approved:  Gary Fry, President AMVETS  Minutes atnRaAdA  PA Soldiers' and Sailors' Home DMVA  560 East Third Street] Erie, PA 16507-6239 814.871.4531 MET-mGMoN