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e r Town of Reading RECEIVED <br />^g Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK <br />REAMNG. MA. <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2023 OCT 16 PH 4: 37 <br />Board of Health <br />Date: 2023-09-14 Time: 7:00 PM <br />Building: <br />Virtual <br />Location: <br />Zoom <br />Address: <br />Session: <br />Open Session <br />Purpose: <br />Open Meeting- Remote Session <br />Version: <br />Final <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Chair Richard Lopez, Kerry Dunnell and Paula Curren, Associate Members <br />Geri Cramer and Kevin Sexton <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Others Present: <br />Health Director Ade Solarin, Nancy D., and Narcissa Lyons <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Cassidy Keegan <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />The meeting was held remotely via Zoom. <br />Chair Richard Lopez called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM and reviewed this evening's <br />agenda. <br />Roll Call: Paula Curren, Kerry Dunnell, Geri Cramer, Kevin Sexton and Richard Lopez. <br />Review/Aooroval of Minutes from August 10"' 2023 <br />Associate Member Kevin Sexton had one question about the Roll Call portion of the minutes <br />and Chair Richard Lopez clarified that the roll call is to introduce each member at the start <br />of the meetings. <br />Motion to approve August IV, 2023, minutes. <br />Roll Call: Kerry- Yes, Paula- Yes, and Richard- Yes. <br />Public Comment <br />There was no public comment. <br />Rodent Control Follow-Uo <br />Health Director Ade Solarin stated that the new Contrapest bait boxes were placed at <br />Washington Park. Mr. Solarin shared a picture of the Excel sheet that will help the Health <br />Department keep track of the activity level. Mr. Solarin specified that every Tuesday of the <br />month the Health Inspector, Jennifer Velazquez, will go out to measure the activity on each <br />box and update the Excel tracking sheet. Richard Lopez believes we won't see much of an <br />effect for about 6 to 12 weeks. <br />I Iodate, Community Health Needs Assessment <br />Health Director Ade Solarin shares an image of the new Community Health Needs <br />Assessment Survey. Mr. Solarin stated that Flyers with the QR Codes will be available at the <br />health department desk, Flu Clinics, Library, schools and more. It will also be in paper form, <br />page 1 1 <br />