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all, <br />Board - Committee <br />Board of Health <br />Date: 2021-12-27 <br />Town of Reading <br />Meeting Minutes <br />RECEIVED <br />TOWN CLERK <br />READING: MA. <br />TIC <br />2022 JAN -4 AM 9:38 <br />Commission - Council: <br />Building: <br />Address: <br />Purpose: Open Session - Remote Meeting <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Time: 7:00 PM <br />Location: <br />Session: Open Session <br />Version: Final <br />Chair Richard Lopez, Vice Chair Kerry Dunnell, Paula Curren; Associate <br />Member Geri Cramer <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Associate Member Kevin Sexton <br />Others Present: <br />Public Health Director Ade Solarin, Public Health Nurse Shuang Shen, Nurse <br />Advocate Alyse Warren, Community Services Director Kevin Bohmiller, Town <br />Manager Bob LeLacheur; <br />Public Attendance: Narcissa Lyons, Rebecca Liberman, Jack <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jacquelyn LaVerde <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />This meeting was held remotely via Zoom. <br />Chair Richard Lopez called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm. <br />The Council on Aoina is reauesting the Board's assistance in implementing a mask <br />mandate for all patrons and staff enterina the Pleasant Street Center: <br />Community Services Director Kevin Bohmiller thanked the Board for convening so quickly to <br />address the request for a mask mandate at the Pleasant Street Center. He stated that he is <br />equally concerned for both the staff and the patrons. When the center reopened in June, <br />patrons returned as they needed the socialization. Activities have been carefully <br />reinstituted with as much social distancing as possible. With the omicron variant of the <br />coronavirus picking up, the Council on Aging asked Mr. Bohmiller to request the mandate. <br />Nurse Advocate Alyse Warren echoed Mr. Bohmiller's statements and asked the Board for <br />guidance on whether to allow snacks during activities, and water for exercising activities. <br />As Kevin Sexton was unable to attend the meeting, Health Director Ade Solarin read Mr. <br />Sexton's email for the record: "I fully support the request from Kevin Bohmiller to have the <br />Board of Health in favor of a mask mandate at the Pleasant Street Center." <br />Ms. Curren asked what the vaccination and booster rates of the patrons are. Ms. Warren <br />explained that staff was not allowed to ask, but guessed that a majority of them are fully <br />vaccinated. Mr. LeLacheur explained that was the legal advice provided some time ago. <br />Ms. Curren and Ms. Dunnell agreed that the advice might need to be revisited, as other <br />venues require proof of vaccination. <br />Page 1 1 <br />