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F <br />k Town of Reading <br />s Meeting Minutes <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Board of Health <br />Date: 2017-07-19 <br />Building: Reading Town Hall <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street <br />Purpose: General Business <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Time: 5:30 PM <br />TC <br />1011 f::1,;; 11 P 5. L, ? I <br />Location: Berger Room <br />Session: General Session <br />John Costigan, Chair, Beth Shurland, Nancy Docktor, Associate <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Others Present: <br />Dan Ensminger, BOS Liasion, Andy Friedmann, Kyle Krupa <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Darlene Foley <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Board of Health meeting came to order at 5:30 pm on July 17, 2017 in the Berger Room of <br />Reading Town Hall. <br />Minutes <br />Minutes of June 21, 2017 were presented. Motion was made by Shurland to accept the <br />minutes with corrections, seconded by Docktor. Motion passed 3:0 <br />Chair Report <br />Costigan reported that Maureen Buzby, Regional Tobacco Control Coordinator had <br />completed three visits to tobacco establishments. The first was to hand deliver notice of the <br />public hearing, second in April to hand deliver the new signed tobacco regulations and in <br />July to ensure everyone was aware of the regulations and answer any questions before the <br />regulation becomes effective on August 1, 2017. Another visit will occur about a month <br />after the effective date to check for flavored products. Warning tickets would be issued for <br />any restricted products found. Fines will be issued for subsequent non-compliance. <br />The letter to Representative DeLeo was mailed in support of House Bill 2864, an act to <br />protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction. The bill is still in the <br />public health committee and has not been brought to the floor. Costigan will contact <br />Senator Jason Lewis to get his opinion. <br />Communication was received from Laura Vlasuk regarding a presentation being sponsored <br />by the Reading Health Division and East Middlesex Mosquito Control about mosquitoes and <br />ticks which will be held at the Reading Public Library on July 31St <br />Page 1 1 <br />