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Town of Reading � <br />Meeting Minutes `. <br />o 7-K <br />`+:,,cone✓ .. <br />'C�a Nbi -4 ill 2:25 <br />Board - committee - commission - Council: <br />Board of Health <br />Date: 2022-10-06 Time: 7:00 PM <br />Building: Location: <br />Address: Session: Open Session <br />Purpose: Open Session - Remote Meeting Version: Final <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Chair Richard Lopez, Vice Chair Kerry Dunnell, Paula Curren; Associate <br />Members: Geri Cramer, Kevin Sexton <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Others Present: <br />Public Health Director Ade Solarin, Public Health Nurse Malone MacDonald, <br />Health Inspector Jennifer Velazquez, Carlo Bacci, Brian Paulsen, Narcissa <br />Lyons <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 meting to order at 7:04 pm. <br />Review/Approval of Minutes for September 8 2022: <br />On a motion by Dr. Lopez, and seconded by Ms. Dunnell, the Board of Health voted <br />3-0-0 to approve the meeting minutes of September 8th, 2022. <br />Roll call vote: Richard Lopez - Yes, Kerry Dunnell - Yes, Paula Curren - Yes. <br />Review of Community Needs Assessment RFP and Process: <br />Health Director Ade Solarin shared the Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Community Health <br />Needs Assessment. The four goals of the assessment include: identifying the public health <br />needs of the community from statistical and perceived view, develop short term and long- <br />term plans to address and identify Public Health needs, consider application for accreditation <br />by Public Health Accreditation Board, and to use the report in support of grant funding <br />specific to the needs identified in the assessment. <br />The company, or individual, must deliver the complete report and community health <br />Improvement plan, would have to manage the project, engage community partners, <br />perform data review, create focus groups and a community survey, draft the assessment for <br />review, and facilitate meetings for the development of community health need plans. The <br />RFPs are due on November V, with interviews to be conducted the week of November 14"', <br />notice of award the week of November 21+t, and work commencing the week of December <br />5°. The duration of the project is not yet determined, but Mr. Solarin suggested not more <br />than six months. <br />Page 1 1 <br />