1986-11-20 Board of Health Minutes

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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING November 20, 1986 A meeting of the Board of Health convened on November 20, 1986 at 7:00 p.m. in the Health Department office, located in the Executive Office Building, 6 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts. Present were Chairman Jill C. Dugan and Board Member Dr. Paul Caselle. The Health Director, Ruth L. Cogan, was also in attendance. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. followed by an update presentation by Jane M. Fiore, the Prevention Education Coordinator. Jane stated that since she was hired on September 8th she has already accomplished two of her three goals for the program. 1) The Town of Reading has become a member of the Governor's Alliance against Drugs & Alcohol, and 2) a thirty member task force has been organized with a set of proposed goals; a requirement necessary in order to apply for "grant" funds. The third and final goal will be implemented when the curriculum is developed and ready to be presented to the students in the Middle Schools. After Dr. Paul Caselle agreed to become a member of the Task Force, Ms. Fiore continued with the update presentation. She enthusiastically reviewed for the Board all the positive steps taken in the development of the program; such as: favorable publicity, cooperation of the School Department, teachers, particularly the student peer leaders, the many citizen volunteers, and in addition a generous donation of $1,500 by Mr. Arnold Burger, as a support measure for the Middle School program. After noting all these positive accomplishments, Ms. Fiore stated briefly her hopes for an expanded program to be developed for the up- coming year. Under the next order of business the Health Director made the following comments under "notes to the Board": 1. Cumberland Farms' violations have been resolved with no further problems.