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5 New Body Art Establishments: Pretty Chic Studio Body Art Ms. McCartin briefly introduced the new body art establishments: Pretty Chic Studio Body Art, at 675 Lowell St Suite #11. Everything was good with that inspection based on the previous regulations. It will perform permanent cosmetics in the form of microblading. COVID 19 Status and Discussion Ms. Belanger provided the updates about Lexington Covid data (June 9th – August 11th, 2022) and LABBB Covid-19 Data Summary (July-August 2022). She also introduced the latest isolation and quarantine policy from CDC. Dr. Heiger-Bernays reiterated the importance of wearing mask and ventilation for Covid-19 prevention. Mr. Sandeen inquired are the in-home rapid tests still available. Ms. Belanger stated the rapid test kits ordered in February were all gone, but over 5,000 kits came in June are still available. There are five places (Town Office Building, Fire Department, Police Department, Community Center, Visitors Center, and Public Services Building) to allocate those free test kits without any restrictions. Mr. Sandeen stated the Select Board would be quite open to using funds for buying more test kits. Tobacco Control Report The Tobacco Control Report for June was reviewed. There were no questions from Board. Ms. Belanger also provided the recruiting information of Tobacco Control Compliance Inspector. Health Staff Reports Ms. McCartin provided her environmental health report of July and August. She stated the flu clinics were scheduled to be held at the end of September and in the beginning of October, 2022. She also provided information regarding the inter that was working on a community needs assessment. She has returned back to college, but is interested in continuing her work with the Health Office. Ms. Belanger also provided the environmental health report from Ms. Shah. Dr. Perlmutter inquired about the follow up of those critical violations in the report. Ms. McCartin stated Ms. Shah has gone back to all those facilities and done the re-inspections, and they have been in compliance with the critical violations. Ms. Shah attended a Servesafe course last week, and now is Servesafe certified. Ms. Belanger provided her monthly report. Dr. Heiger-Bernays inquired the emergency beaver permits information. Ms. Belanger stated the beaver permits extended because of timeframe expired. Ms. Belanger introduced the program OUTBREAK at the Public Health Museum and Region 4A MRC transition group. She was appointed as the chair of transition team. She also provided Massachusetts Department of Public Health Arbovirus Surveillance Program Report. If there was a positive pool of mosquitos found in Town, we would be notified.