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Fordham—Yes, Geller —Yes, Flynn—Yes, Heiger-Bernays —Yes. Motion carried 5 to 0. All in favor. Lexington Mask Mandate status Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Chair of Board of Health, asked for a Roll Call Vote to review Lexington Mask Mandate order on August 12, 2021. Roll Call Vote: Wolf-Fordham —Yes, Perlmutter—Yes, Geller—Yes, Flynn—Yes,Heiger-Bernays—Yes. Motion carried 5 to 0.All in favor. The Board of Health, with support from the Select Board, in August 2021, voted to establish the Lexington Mask Mandate in response to Covid-19 and written as part of that mandate was the fact that the Board would review the status of that mandate by November 5 I 2021. Ms. Belanger, Health Director provided the Covid-19 report from Health Agent Alicia McCartin. She briefly described Covid-19 cases, numbers and percent positivity data to August, 2020 and Covid-19 vaccination rates by age groups and at schools. She provided an announcement that DESE Mask Requirement will be extended at least to January 15'', 2022. She recommended using that date as the next milestone for the extension of the mask mandate due to the fact that we are heading into holiday season and cold weather season, meaning people will be gathering indoors more. The Board discussed the topic of extending mask mandate order to January 15'', 2022. Dr. Geller asked for information about mask mandates at schools and in other communities. Ms. Belanger explained children in Lexington schools participate in the Test and Stay program as designed by DESE. Mr. Lucente commented that the Board should be set a date before January 15, 2022 to review the mask mandate. Ms. Belanger suggested a special meeting on January 11' due to the fact that the next scheduled Board meeting is Jan 18'h which would be after the Jan 15Th date. Dr. Heiger-Bernays recommended the Board extend the mask mandate consistent with DESE requirements until January 15'', 2022. Board of Health 3