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Chair Heiger-Bernays made a motion that will allow the property owners to provide a plan to town staff within the next week, allow town staff to perform a re-inspection, and that the property owners will move forward as quickly as possible to remediate the issue. Dr. Geller seconded. Roll Call Vote: David Geller, MD Yes, Jay Flynn Yes, Burt Perlmutter, M.D. Yes, Wendy Heiger-Bernays Yes, David Geller, MD Yes Review of inspections and reinspections Mr. Mellin said that he is not involved in many of the inspections for the month of August but did provide the health report sheet to the Board. He said that there is one housing case assigned to Ms. McCartin. She is not present to discuss her findings but Mr. Mellin said his understanding is that the case is being wrapped up. Dr. Perlmutter asked Mr. Mellin that if there are repeat critical violations, especially in the same category, that the offender be invited to come before the Board. Mr. Mellin responded yes. Chair Heiger-Bernays asked about town staff using tablets for inspections and thought this was being implanted years ago. Mr. Mellin responded that the ViewPoint Cloud permitting system does work the same as a tablet however more staff and additional time is needed to pull it all together. Chair Heiger-Bernays requested to see who performs which inspection. Mr. Mellin responded that the inspections marked with "AM"were performed by Ms. McCartin and that staff will be more consistent with identifying who performed the inspection moving forward. Ms. Belanger stated that she spoke with Julie Krakauer, IT Project Manager, regarding new software and the use of tablets and hopes to have changes implemented soon. Mr. Mellin informed the Board that many of the establishments on the inspections/re- inspections are not open yet. Mr. Flynn requests that owners of new restaurants and new owners of restaurants, come to the Board of Health to briefly introduce themselves and provide their background. Community Health COVID-19 disease rates/vaccination update Mr. Mellin stated that Mr. Neylon, Public Health Nurse,provided the Board with the community health report. The focus is on upcoming flu clinics and states that there are two flu clinics dedicated to seniors and their caregivers on October 7h and October 13''. Ms. Belanger informed the Board that registration is full for the flu clinic on October 7' and that more dates will be announced soon. September 29, 2021 Minutes Board of Health