Quick Recap:
- Minutes for Aug meeting accepted by 3-0 vote
- Update on Tune it Out program, open to all veterans who want to learn to play guitar
- Update on shared services grant and new inspector to work part-time (funded by grant)
- Update on new public health nurse to start in September (full time, funded by approved budget)
- Update via Chair Sweet on interaction with School District and their meetings preparing for the policy for masks for personnel in schools as they planned to open this week (superseded by DESE decision for now)
- Intern to work on food rescue program
- Intro by Roger Trahan (Chair of Agriculture Committee) and desire to work together with Board of Health/Health Dept
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As with most meetings in this pandemic period, I took my notes via Twitter during the meeting although this time, reporting live from the 3rd floor training room.
The Twitter hashtag can be found online #boh0901
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23boh0901&src=typed_query
Agenda doc (including connection info) -> https://www.franklinma.gov/health-department/agenda/boh-agenda-56
- Live reporting of Board of Health meeting underway. Minutes for Aug meeting accepted by 3-0 vote #boh0901
- Update on Tune it Out program, veteran training with guitars. #boh0901 all veterans all eligible, mirrored program that started in 2007 for vets with PTSD, this differs in that all vets are welcome
- Donations welcome via Veterans Services at the Senior Center #boh0901
- Motion to accept local upgrade request for 14 Hunters Road. #boh0901 motion second and passes 3-0
- Metacomet shared services grant allows for part time inspector, shared with Wrentham/Norfolk. Good step to regionalization of this service #boh0901
- Hired full time public health nurse to start in Sept, #boh0901 heart safe community opportunity, research required, would the Board consider? Update provided by Chair Sweet. Board consensus is for this, no action/vote for board at this time.
- Update via Chair Sweet on interaction with School District and their meetings preparing for masks for personnel in schools as it opened. #boh0901
- #boh0901 new platform for COVID vaccines request and registrations. ToF ready for delivery of booster shot delivery. CDC updating guidelines about availability for all who have had 1 or 2, want to get others their first. Breakthrough cases are a small %
- Intern to work on food rescue program to be developed for ToF. Food donations and food waste, misconception abounds, so gathering info and then the local area for opportunity #boh0901 EPA program '2 good to waste' and find ways to leverage for us, a la Elisha Project https://elishaproject.org/
- Roger Trajan, from Agriculture Commission provides his intro Meeting adjourns #boh0901
Audio recording of meeting to be available in couple of days
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/08/franklintv-time-for-ice-cream-3.html
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