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Town of Reading <br /> � meeting g Minutes <br /> OL <br /> Board - Committee - commission - Council: 2020 JAS 15 Am 9: 23 <br /> Board of Health <br /> Date: 2019-11-26 Time: 7:02 PM <br /> Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room <br /> Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session <br /> Purpose: General Business Version: Final <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Emmy Dove, Eleanor Shonkoff, Kevin Sexton, Lara Romonowski <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Annmaire Messina <br /> Others Present: <br /> Jean Delios, Laura Vlasuk <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Lara Romonowski <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> Chair report <br /> • Thanks to Laura, Jean and other Town employees for recent Boil Water Order. <br /> • Will start to prepare for BOH goal-development meeting next month. <br /> Health Agent Report <br /> • See attached update <br /> • October: 31 inspections, 9 reinspection, 5 complaints, all 5 complaints inspected, 0 septic <br /> abandonments <br /> Roundtable <br /> • MA DPH weekly report on vaping-related illnesses <br /> • Legislature is proposing to ban mint and menthol nicotine in addition to vaping <br /> • In light of 2 recent hazardous cleaning material incidents in surrounding areas,wondering if local <br /> businesses have lrainings for employees on proper storage and utilization of cleaning materials.Will <br /> reach out to Burlington and Woburn BOH to learn what they do. <br /> MAHB Certificate Program summary <br /> • Dove and Shonkoff both attended this meeting <br /> o Food safety and inspections seminar <br /> New 2013 food codes and inspection forms are longer, and sometimes it requires an <br /> increase of staffing. <br /> • Climate change and toxic matters seminar <br /> o OLIVER mapping tool-a tool for towns to maptidentify hazmat, landfill, other areas vulnerable <br /> to climate change. <br /> • Updates to open meeting laws in 2017 <br /> • Vaping opposition tactics seminar <br /> General Bylaw Article 3.3.1.3 discussion <br /> • Suggest inquiring about what other towns have done regarding this bylaw <br /> Page 1 1 <br />