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Fq <br /> Town of Reading <br /> Meeting Minutes <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: '�- <br /> AN 7,Pil 2S 10: 47 <br /> Board of Health <br /> Date: 2020-03-30 Time: 10:09 AM <br /> Building: Location: <br /> Address: Session: Open Session <br /> Purpose: Coro naVi rus/Covid-19 Version: Final <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Emmy Dove, Chair <br /> Eleanor Shonkoff, Vice Chair <br /> Kevin Sexton, Member <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Ann Maine Messina, Lara Romonowski <br /> Others Present: <br /> Jean Delios, Laura Vlasuk <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Emmy Dove <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> Agenda <br /> Ms. Dove suggested including PR/PSA campaign items in the Select Board meeting update on April 1", 2020. <br /> (Mr. Sexton joined call at 10'.11 am.) <br /> Mr. Sexton asked Ms. Delios for information regarding whether the Board would need to receive bids to have a <br /> firm involved in our PR/PSA campaign. Ms. Dove will ask the Town Manager if this is reasonable or if it would <br /> make more sense to receive assistance from Jayne Wellman, who is already maintaining the social media and <br /> webpages. <br /> Ms. Vlasuk noted the President had extended the social distancing guidance to April 30t', 2020. Mr. Sexton <br /> slated he thought the Governor would likely do the same.The Board decided to wait again on the extension of <br /> the ban on personal care services to see if the Governor extends his order. <br /> Mr. Sexton mentioned he had seen data suggesting Massachusetts might hit its peak caseload in mid-April. <br /> • Discussion and sharing of covidl9.healthdata.org <br /> Ms. Dove noted the Swampscott Board of Health and Select Board issued a joint Stay-al-Home Order following <br /> the Governor's Stay-at-Home advisory. <br /> • Unclear if that would have any additional impact over the orders our Board has <br /> already made <br /> Discussion of enforcement <br /> • Ms. Dove will speak to Command about the possibility of issuing language to allow <br /> law enforcement officers to levy fines for non-family groups on public land <br /> • For food retail establishments, the inspector can enforce the Governor's Orders <br /> o Will wait on pushing enforcement mechanism until we get feedback from <br /> inspector on initial findings <br /> Page I r <br />