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MINUTES for: BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 5:00 P.M. Parker Room Town Offices, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 Board of Health Members in Attendance: Wendy Heiger-Bernays, PhD, Chair, Sharon MacKenzie, Burt Perlmutter, MD, Jay Flynn, JD, David Geller, MD Health Division Attendees: Gerard F. Cody, Health Director, Linda Rainville, Clerk, David Neylon, Public Health Nurse Mina Markarious, Town Council 1.) Minutes of February 18, 2015 accepted with one correction 2.) Community Health – Mr. Neylon, Public Health Nurse, spoke with the Board about the training he attended at the High School with the school nurses. The training was called “Situation Critical – Street Drugs”. He shared a copy of the booklet containing various power point presentations that was created by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, MNA. a.) CHNA grant update – Mr. Neylon spoke to the Board regarding the Mental Health First Aid, (MHFA) training sessions. The training has been well received. The next session is scheduled for May 12 and th May 19. The sessions are being evaluated by a pre and post survey by the instructor, Joy Gallon. b.) Community Health and Infectious Disease Report – Mr. Neylon, presented the Community Health Report. Mr. Neylon was in contact with a State TB nurse regarding the report of a Lexington Resident having TB. It was revealed during the investigation that person who claimed to reside in Lexington actually lives in Connecticut. There is no proof that the patient was ever in Lexington while infectious. Mr. Neylon also spoke about a dog bite report for an incident that took place when a High School student was walking to school one morning. The dog did not bite through the winter coat and did not break any skin. As a result, there was no injury or possible exposure. Mr. Neylon informed the Board that Ms. Angela Braun is the new Health Director in Belmont. Mr. Neylon shared a document that was created for the local newspapers and town website titled, “Be a Good Neighbor: Pick up after Your Pet” 3.) Environmental Health a.) Environmental Health Report – Mr. Cody reviewed the Environmental Health Report submitted by Kathy Fox, Health Agent. Mr. Cody noted that Beijing Chinese Restaurant hired a Food Consultant, Ms. Maureen Lee of Food Safety Solutions for three more months to provide additional training on food service safety and to conduct random inspections based on the food code. There was also a discussion about a routine inspection that took place at Lemon Grass. After reviewing the report, it was not apparent if a re-inspection for critical violations took place in a timely manner. A motion which states in part that ““The Lexington Board of Health requests that a re-inspection is done within 24 to 48 hours of critical violation.”, was made by Ms. Heiger-Bernays, seconded by Dr. Perlmutter (All voted in Favor of the motion). b.) Food Inspection program – Mr. Cody reported that the Food Establishment Renewal Permit application has been updated and implemented. Updates include but are not limited to questions regarding the status of emergency plans for food establishments, knowledge about local regulations for food establishments and Person in Charge knowledge about food workers exhibiting signs of sickness. In late Spring, an MPH student will review the survey data from the revised food establishment permits and review emergency plans for food establishments. The MDPH student will also help to gather additional information for those food