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0� OPN q0 <br /> Town of Reading <br /> - Meeting Minutes ED, <br /> MA. <br /> Board - committee - Commission - Council: PW <br /> Board of.Health N20 JUN -4 PM 1: 16 <br /> Date: 2020-04-15 Time: 10:00 AM <br /> Building: Location: <br /> Address: Session: Open Session <br /> Purpose: COVID-19 Version: Final <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Kevin Sexton, Emmy Dove, Eleanor Shonkoff <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Lara Romanowski, Ann Marie Messina <br /> Others Present: <br /> Jean Delios, Laura Vlasuk <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Eleanor Shonkoff <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> Agenda <br /> 10:03am.- Meeting called to order by Dove <br /> Discussion of policy regarding guidance for Construction work <br /> - Boston has stopped construction <br /> Construction workers are getting laid off <br /> - The draft reviewed was consistent with state guidance <br /> - But in the construction document, it indicates "if exposed, stay home" <br /> - (See DPH guidance for essential workers: if asymptomatic and wear a mask, they can come <br /> back to work) <br /> - Delios —Town has received complaints from construction workers <br /> - it may make things more consistent to stay with state recommendations specific to <br /> construction workers <br /> - Vlasuk—could construction workers choose to slay home? <br /> - Delios—an order would help protect the worker <br /> - Shonkoff- should we just adhere to state recommendations for#10? <br /> • Dove and Sexton; ok <br /> - Sexton — raised discussion of#14 <br /> • Why cut-resistant gloves and eye protection?This doesn't seem to protect against <br /> COVID <br /> • Dove- agree. Doesn't seem to offer much protection <br /> • Delios - state guidelines recommend but do not require eye protection except when <br /> social distancing is impossible <br /> • Sexton - is having a mask better protection? Not necessarily N-95, just facial covering <br /> • Dove - all construction workers must wear face masks and eye protection when a 6 foot <br /> distance cannot be maintained <br /> • Sexton - is this too restrictive for people with single-person jobs (ex. internal with <br /> homeowners vacant or external)? <br /> Page I 1 <br />