Board of Health Meeting

Monday, April 10, 2023, 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm
Town Hall Office Meeting Space
A meeting of the Board of Health

Meeting of Board of Health

Members: (Quorum)

• Absent: Devon Whitney-Deal, Member
• Present: Kathy Llamas, Chair, at 5:00 PM
• Present: Jackie Choate, Member, at 5:00 PM
• Present: Emily Sweet, Member, at 5:00 PM
• Present: Tilda Hunting, Member, at 5:00 PM

Also Present:

• Laurie Lucier
• Carl Nelke
• Randy Crochier

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 5:00 PM

Meeting closed: 6:20 PM

0. Meeting Preliminaries

   • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

   • Minutes Approved: Mon, Mar 27 - Board of Health Meeting

1. Title V Agent Report

   • Carl Nelke's Report

     General Discussion...
     3/24 - 894 South Deerfield Street plan approval
     3/24 - 10 Pine Hill Road plan approval
     4/3 - 186 Hoosac Road inspection
     4/6 - 661 Graves Road Title V

2. Meetings / Trainings attended by board members

   • Kat

     General Discussion...
     Completed the following courses through B.U.:
     - Housing Programs for Regulators
     - Recreational Waters: Swimming Pools
     - Recreational Waters: Bathing Beach Programs for Regulators
     - Nuisance Control - Abatement and Removal
     - Wastewater and Title 5 Programs in Massachusetts

   • Jackie

     General Discussion...
     Fundamental courses through B.U.
     
     Meeting with COA regarding the Neighbor Helping Neighbor program

   • Emily

     General Discussion...
     Follow up on local rabies case

3. Health and Wellness report

   • - FDA may within the next couple of weeks be releasing a 2nd bivalent booster for those over 65 or immunocompromised.

4. Food Services and Inspections

   • Nothing new

5. Neighbors Helping Neighbors

   • Jackie's Report

     General Discussion...
     Met with the COA, who are very interested in working with the Board of Health on this project.
     
     Currently there is a program that encompasses Whately, Sunderland and Deerfield. There is a possibility Conway can join them but first we need to get a base of volunteers.

6. Emergency Shelter Management

   • - The BOH will now be responsible for emergency shelter management. Randy suggested that members take the Red Cross course ''how to set up an emergency shelter''.

7. Unanticipated items of concern that arises after posting

   • MAPHCO

     General Discussion...
     Randy Crochier (FRCOG) came to ask the board to consider joining MAPHCO (Mohawk Area Public Health Coalition). This is a grant funded Public Health Preparedness (PHEP) body comprised of Local Health Departments and Board of Health. The Coalition will be developing a new, overarching Emergency Dispensing Site (EDS) plan for Franklin County that is flexible, scalable, and deployable at various locations within the region.
     
     The board has agreed to vote on this at the next regular meeting.

8. Public comments

9. Meeting Wrap-up

   • Next Meetings:
     1. Mon, Apr 24, at 5:00 PM "Board of Health Meeting" -- Town Hall Office Meeting Space
     2. Mon, May 8, at 5:00 PM "Board of Health Meeting" -- Town Hall Office Meeting Space
     3. Mon, May 22, at 5:00 PM "Board of Health Meeting" -- Town Hall Office Meeting Space

The listing of matters is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

Minutes approved on Tuesday, Apr 25, 2023