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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-03-17 Board of Health Minutes Town of Reading Meeting Minutes 'O�•'INLOPN� �. Board - Committee - Commission - Council: , 12: 21 Date: 2020-03-17 Time: 10:00 AM Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session Purpose: CoronaVirus/COVID-19 Version: Final Attendees: Members - Present: lean Delios, Laura Vlasuk, Eric from DPW, Eleanor Shonkoff, Kevin Sexton Members - Not Present: Emmy Dove, Lara Romanoski, Ann Marie Messina Others Present: Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Eleanor Shonkoff Topics of Discussion: 10:07am - meeting called to order 10:13am Health agent gave update that 1 case we were monitoring was negative o She had a call with the Emergency Preparedness team o Town Hall has been closed to the public, EP wanted to know whether • Anyone was working from home (Jean was not sure and wanted to confirm numbers; Paul says DPW still working • Since schools closed, some towns are using school nurse as the town nurse o Ours is Mary Guiliano, Nurse Coordinator of Reading Public Schools o She could answer phone calls, respond to daycares, check MAVEN o Can Daniel reach out to check status of daycares? Decision: yes • No response from state about whether she can share case information with first responders Question about employees self-reporting to HR o Decision: Memo to employees, if exposed, self-report to HR • ICS structure to consider this How can Laura ensure that HR notifies employees? Should receive guidance from HR this week about notifying businesses and enforcement Press Release: Page I 1 All businesses need to report to Health Agent if any employee is believed to have been exposed or to have contracted COVID-19 Send around to Board, give to hours to reply, then send to Laura ICS Command is meeting now, and will give us goals 1. Eleanor will reach out to Planning - Dept. Chief Jackson is Head of Planning -Jean will put them in email contact 2. Jean will contact Town Counsel with Laura's questions re: HIPAA and Procedures from HR 3. Kevin will draft an internal memo re: self-reporting to HR 4. Eleanor will draft a press release about reporting to the Health Agent 10:45am Kevin - motion to adjourn; Eleanor 2nds Roll call: Kevin - yes Eleanor-yes Page 1 2