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Board of Health Meeting
Minutes
March 11, 2004
The meeting was called to order at 6:05 P.M. Reading Town Hall, Berger Room, 16
Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts, Chairman, Colleen Seferian. Member present
Barbara Meade, and David Singer and staff liaison Jane Fiore, Health Services
Administrator.
The minutes of the December 11, 2003 minutes accepted 3:0:0. January 8,2004 minutes
accepted as read voted 2:1:0. Meeting of February 12, 2004 canceled.
Next order of business:
• Discussion of Bio-terrorism coalition funds. $2,000 to each of the seven communities
for a lap top computer and a desk portal. The coalition will divide the remaining
$34,000 by purchasing communication equipment and materials that each town will
utilize. The funds must all be spent by June 30, 2004 before the next installment of
the grant will be issued. The seven representatives continue to meet 1-2 times per
month.
• The well regulation review will be completed at the April 8, 2004 Board of Health
meeting
• Meeting with the Reading memorial High School PTO to inform them of the
Menomune clinic and to also request a donation in order to decrease the cost of the
immunization. The Health Administrator and the Public Health Nurse will present the
information to the high school PTO on March 17, 2004. Barbara Meade suggested
the clinic be advertised in the web page, cable and of course the newspapers. Each
member of the senior class will receive a letter and application for the immunization
by mail. The clinic will be held at the high school during school hours on April 29,
2004 at 8;30 am
Administrative report:
• Update on Medicare reimbursement as of March 11, 2004 no funds received
as yet.
ffi Certificate of Excellence for Food Establishments reviewed for suggested
correction and signatures.
• Radio frequency report from antennas at water tower site remains within
Federal Aviation Administration regulation limits.
• Cholesterol screening clinics in January and February for the general public
have gone smoothly. 10 persons per clinic.
Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Barbara Meade at 7:15 seconded by Colleen
Seferian and voted 3:0:0.
Next meeting April 8, 2004
Respectfully submitted,
?Jane M. Fiore
Health Administrator