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Home My WebLink About2019-09-16 Board of Health Minutes O� OFp 4ai w: Town of Reading Meeting Minutes D 1;;= JVs= T0Wim 0 L E R K 9MCOP,� RErgJs "AA Board - Committee - Commission - Council: KAI- Board of Health 2919 OCT 24 AM 9: 07 Date: 2019-09-16 Time: 6:01 PM Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Select Board Meeting Room Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session Purpose: General Business Version: Final Attendees: Members - Present: Kevin Sexton, Eleanor Shonkoff, Emmy Dove Members - Not Present: Annmarie Messina Others Present: Jean Delios, Laura Vlasuk Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Eleanor Shonkoff Topics of Discussion: Meeting called to order: 6:01 pm by Emmy Dove Public comment: Erica McNamara: • with the Reading Coalition of Substance Abuse and resident at 44 Greystone Way • volunteered to be a resource for the board, including giving presentations about vaping • handed out movie announcement—vaping in youth& mental health issues to be shown September 25"at 7:00pm at the IMAX theater at Jordan's furniture • mentioned that Laura has been in touch with Maureen Busby, a great regional resource Chair report: • Would like to have a meeting focused on goals for the Board of Health and the Health Division for 2020(perhaps the December 2019 meeting) • Laura could provide goals for Health Division (e.g.,trainings,certifications for staff,attendance at regional or state meetings, updating food code, learning new software) • BOH could discuss our goals regulatory items(e.g., pesticides, Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards) • BOH could discuss goals for community outreach (e.g., publications of educational material and process for rolling out) • Prior to that meeting o BOH please review Strategic Plan from 2015 as blueprint for that meeting o BOH please review Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards • Would like to add a standing Agenda item: round table o This would be a placeholder for new topics to be introduced to the board (ex. RCASA meetings); not action item now but thing to keep on radar(ex. article) Page 1 1 -� FRO Town of Reading 4� � = Meeting Minutes �o • Announcement: Massachusetts Association of Health Boards announced dates for their certificate programs: Nov 2nd in Marlboro; Nov 16th in Taunton Review CBD advisory letter(added agenda item) • Motion to approve CBD letter&attachments passes 3-0 • Discussion about to whom the letter should be sent • Decision was made to: o Send to all establishments with food permits o Send to CBD store o Post to town website o Send to Director of Chamber of Commerce (Lisa Egan) • Will send out with the annual renewal process(permits) • Dove will sign the letter as chair Health Agent report: • Viasuk: read "Health Agent Update from August 1"to August 31", 2019"submitted with meeting packet o Maven cases were: Campylobacter&Salmonella 0 1 pending complaint is for overgrown vegetation (cut grass) Daniel Markman new Health Inspector: • Has been hired but was not present at meeting Discussion about Mosquito-borne diseases: • Discussed whether to add links that are on the Town website re EEE and West Nile to BOH website • Decision: add links on the Board of Health website o Add to left-hand column in two separate links, corresponding to the two on the town's website Discussion of Vaping regulations: • Discussion of what more to do regarding the sale of vaping products • Citizen/RCASA—Erica McNamara says that places seem to be compliant; notes that CBD liquid looks similar to vaping liquid o Suggested linking to RCASA materials/presentations o Asks if BOH can send letter to attorney general that she could help draft. • Board agrees o Volunteers to give a presentation at a BOH meeting, sharing recent risk behavior survey results. • Board Agrees. • Decision: take an educational approach for now Pesticide regulations update: • Dove has comments from Selectboard member Anne Landry; Landry will remind Selectboard members at next meeting to get BOH a draft Other: Page 1 2 �� Pn � Town of Reading 3� � - Meeting Minutes o �Mo ,•J9'pCOAo PP • Shonkoff notes that our membership list at MAHB needs to be updated c Discussion about who should do this. Decision: Shonkoff will update this. • Shonkoff notes that she is ServSafe certified • Meeting minutes from August 19th review: o Dove notes date under"future enhancements"that the date"July 28, 2019" should have been June. o Delios: notes that June 18 was the date of the meeting o Sexton: Motion to approve amended minutes—changing date of discussed meeting from July 28 to June 18; • Seconded and passed 3-0 • Schedule of upcoming meetings o AnneMarie cannot do Monday nights and Board is unsure of whether Lara can attend on 3rtl Tuesdays at 7:00 o Discussed Tuesdays of the month at 7:00pm • Delios: potential overlap with Selectboard meetings 3rtl Tuesdays and will adjust as needed o Next meeting would be Oct. 15 o Nov. placeholder for 19th o Dec. placeholder for 17th • Motion to adjourn, seconded and passed 3-0 Page 1 3