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Orq O <br /> O <br /> F � Town of Reading <br /> = Meeting Minutes <br /> f <br /> 9IMCOPO�PP � � . <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br /> Board of Health 10 <br /> Date: 2020-03-29 Time: 10:03 AM <br /> Building: Location: <br /> Address: Session: Open Session <br /> Purpose: Corona Virus/Covid-19 Version: Final <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Emmy Dove, Eleanor Shonkoff, Kevin Sexton <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Lara Romonowski, Ann Marie Messina <br /> Others Present: <br /> lean Dehos, Laura Vlasuk <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Kevin Sexton <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> • Call to order at 10:03am <br /> Dove-Asked Laura to provide an update on how the State wants to report number <br /> of positive tests. <br /> o Vlasuk- said the DPH wants to do reginal reporting of numbers, not <br /> town/city specific ones. She is very much against that and wants to know <br /> how many our town has. The board agreed with her. <br /> Delius- Updated the board on her request to the procurement officer.They said if we <br /> wanted to hire a PR firm to put together a public information campaign, that we <br /> could spend up to $10,000. <br /> o Sexton- Added that with the Federal Government accepting our Governor's <br /> request to declare a Disaster Declaration for Massachusetts, that we may be <br /> eligible for up to 75% reimbursement. <br /> Vlasuk- Brought up the idea of having a blood drive in town, that supplies are low. <br /> The board determined that the Red Cross was the right entity to handle that and <br /> Vlasuk was going to reach out to them. <br /> Dove-Was asked by Select Board member Karen Gately Herrick, about high density <br /> housing.What would the Bull's plans be if a resident tested positive for COVID-19. <br /> o Vlasuk- Described the way it needs to be reported. The person gets tested, <br /> the doctor reports to the state, the state makes the name available in Maven, <br /> our public health nurse can then access that system (Maven] and see if we <br /> have any new residents testing positive. If there are, the nurse then calls the <br /> person to inform them they need to self-quarantine for 14 days. The nurse <br /> then will request the names and phone numbers of everyone they have been <br /> in contact with, so they can be notified about the contact with a person <br /> Page 1 1 <br />