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RECEIVED <br />Town of Reading -OWN CLERK <br />Meeting Minutes READING. MA. <br />" a ^coca 2023 JAN 18 AH 11:22 <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Board of Health <br />Date: 2022-11-03 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 (7:10 pm), Kevin Sexton <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Others Present: <br />Public Health Director Ade Solarin, Public Health Nurse Malone MacDonald, <br />Procurement Officer Allison Jenkins, Jackie McCarthy, Narcissa Lyons (7:10 <br />pm) <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 7:03 pm. <br />Review/Approval of Minutes for October 6. 2022 <br />On a motion by Dr. Lopez and seconded by Ms. Curren, the Board of Health voted <br />3-0-0 to approve the meeting minutes of October 6, 2022. <br />Roll call vote: Kerry Dunnell - Yes, Paula Curren - Yes, Richard Lopez - Yes. <br />Update Community Health Needs Assessment RFP effort <br />Public Health Director Ade Solarin stated that proposals for the Community Needs <br />Assessment were due today at 1:00 pm. Only one proposal was received from Kulick <br />Strategic Advisors (KSA) of Georgia. The Board can either opt to accept the proposal, or re - <br />post the RFP to get more applicants. Feedback from other Interested organizations <br />Indicated that there was not enough time to prepare a proposal, and some restrictions were <br />too strict. <br />Ms. Dunnell suggested opening up the criteria to enable other organizations to meet them. <br />She also expressed concern with the current applicant being from out of state, as <br />Massachusetts handles public health very differently than most other states in the country, <br />and it may not be an easy translation. <br />The Board discussed and agreed to adjust the criteria, and repost the RFP. Procurement <br />Officer Allison Jenkins advised the Board how to prepare the RFP and rank the criteria. Dr. <br />Lopez also suggested contacting local hospitals to ask who they use for their assessments. <br />Mr. Solarin asked Board members to send him any changes they would like to see in the <br />RFP, and to let him know of any organizations that they would like to receive the RFP. Ms. <br />Page I 1 <br />