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MINUTES for: BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 7:00 P.M. Training Room DPW, 201 Bedford St, Lexington, MA Board of Health Members in Attendance: Sharon MacKenzie, Burt Perlmutter, MD, Jay Flynn, JD Health Division Attendees: Gerard F. Cody, Health Director, Linda Rainville, Clerk 1.) Minutes of January 21, 2014 accepted with one correction 2.) Community Health a.) CHNA grant update 1.) Mental Health First Aid Training schedule - Mr. Cody reported the first training was done in early January. Eleven people were certified. Initial training was presented to Guidance Counselors, one Police Offier and D. Neylon, Public Health Nurse. The next training will be sometime in March. The training sessions will be open to the public. b.) Community Health and Infectious Disease Report – The Board reviewed the Communicable Disease report. The document titled “It’s Not Too Late to Get Vaccinated Against the Flu” will be posted on the town website. 1.) Flu Activity update –Mr. Cody reported that over 2500 people attended the flu clinics this year. 3.) Environmental Health a.) Environmental Health Report – The Board reviewed the report submitted by K. Fox. b.) Food Inspection program – The Beijing Chinese Restaurant has 10 critical violations. They have hired Ms. Maureen Lee of Food Safety Solutions to work with them and do food audits/inspections. c.) State Sanitary Code Case Review 1.) 12122 Main Campus Road – The resident complained about chronic dampness, moisture on the windows. After inspection, the resident was instructed to wipe down the windows when the moisture appears, that will rid them of the mold. There are cracks on the outside which will be repaired when the weather allows. 2.) 2 Gould Road – The resident is running a lodging facility. There are building and zoning requirements which the owner is claiming religious exemption. An inspection was done by F. Lonardo, Building Commissioner. There are ten items that need to be corrected. This is an evolving case, the owner is traveling out of state at this time. 4.) Emergency Preparedness a.) Health and Medical Coordinating Coalition, (HMCC) update – Mr. Cody recapped that the State wants to rename and merge regions. In our area it would be merging Region 4A with Region 4B. At this time all plans are on hold for up to 6 months. b.) CASPER training was postponed. The training will be rescheduled in March. 1.) Epi Ready Response team – Medical Reserve Corp is ready to respond if needed.