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Board of Health
Date: 2020-04-17 Time: 10:00 AM
Building: . Location:
Address: Session: Open Session
Purpose: Video-conference Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Kevin Sexton, Emmy Dove, Eleanor Shonkoff, Ann Marie Messina, Lara
Romanowski
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Jean Delios, Laura Vlasuk
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Kevin Sexton
Topics of Discussion:
10:08am - Call to order.
• Dove -Update, Partners in Health is taking over contract-tracing state wide. Not sure
what the roll out will look like?
C Vlasuk - Update on towns reporting their positive cases. Many towns/cities
are way off on their reporting, meaning they are behind what the state has
reported in town. One town was off by 100 cases. Reading was only off by 3,
meaning, we are handling the work load and staying up-to-date when new
positives cases come out. This is why the state will be taking over contact
tracing in some towns/cities. If you are keeping up with your cases, nothing
will change.
• Shonkoff - We should continue to check in with the nurses to see if we
feel like we need to opt-in.
• Delius - Update on new construction policy. We have about 12-15 large projects
going on in town. We also have a couple people looking to get a waiver for their
projects. One is a one-person job and the other is less than lo-people looking for a
waiver on their port-a-potty not having a hand washing station. The BoH felt hand
sanitizer would be sufficient.
o Sexton - Motion to grant a waiver to Kevin Mellow for 20 Hillside stair project
from the new construction policy.
• Shonkoff - 2"d
• Sexton - yes, Dove - yes, Shonkoff - yes
Sexton - Motion to grant a waiver to Bruce Hughes for 36 Grand St from the
hand-washing station requirement of the new construction policy.
• Shonkoff - 21d.
• Sexton - yes, Dove - yes, Shonkoff - yes.
o Sexton - Motion to allow the BoH Chair and Health Agent to approve future
waiver requests as needed.
• Shonkoff - 2"d
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• Sexton - yes, Dove - yes, Shonkoff - yes.
• Approval of minutes:
o 3-19-2020 minutes
• Amend location to tele-conference.
• Sexton - Motion to approve as amended.
• Shonkoff - 2otl
0 Dove - yes, Shonkoff - yes, Sexton - yes.
0 3-20-2020 minutes
• Amend spelling of Ann Marie Messina's name.
• Shonkoff - Motion to approve as amended.
• Sexton - 2n1
o Dove - yes, Shonkoff - yes, Sexton - yes.
0 3-21-2020 minutes
• Amend the purpose section - spell check.
• Sexton - Motion to approve as amended.
• Shonkoff - 2n1.
o Dove - yes, Sexton - yes, Shonkoff - yes.
0 3-22-2020 minutes
• Amend the purpose section - spell check
• Sexton - Motion to approve as amended.
• Shonkoff - 2o°
0 Dove - yes, Sexton - yes, Shonkoff - yes.
0 3-23-2020 minutes
• Sexton - Motion to approve.
• Shonkoff - 2n°
C Dove - yes, Shonkoff - yes, Sexton - yes.
• Sexton - Motion to adjourn.
c Shonkoff- 2n6
• Dove - yes, Shonkoff - yes, Sexton - yes.
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