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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING <br />Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 7:00 P.M. <br />Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Hall Building <br />1625 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA <br />Board of Health Members in Attendance: <br />Burt Perlmutter, MD, John J. Flynn, J.D., Sharon MacKenzie R.N., CCM, David S. Geller, M.D <br />Health Division Attendees: <br />Gerard F. Cody, Health Director <br />Francis Dagle, Clerk <br />Audience: Maureen Lee, Donald Rivard IPM <br />Documents: <br />Agenda <br />Minutes <br />Community Health Report <br />Documentation on Flu Clinic Schedule 2015 <br />Documentation on Tobacco Tactics <br />Environmental Health Report <br />Documentation of Beijing Restaurant <br />Documentation of State Sanitary Code Case Review <br />Documentation on Old Reservoir Beach <br />Emergency Preparedness Report <br />1.) Minutes of July 15, 2015 approved with corrections <br />2.) Community Health: <br />Director Cody is currently working on a final report for the CHNA grant. TB updated <br />from regional public nurse review to a new system of case reviews to be done by clinical staff <br />and epidemiologists. <br />Director Cody informed the Board on the various animal quarantine and rabies cases <br />since the last meeting. <br />The Flu Clinic Schedule has been completed and posted on the town website for 2015. <br />3.) Environmental Health <br />Environmental Health Report was reviewed for various inspections conducted by the <br />Health Agent. Beijing represented by Ms. Frances Cheng, Manager and Ms. Maureen Lee of <br />Food Service Solutions discussed progress and recent inspection reports, continued for next <br />month. The Sick Food Worker Exclusion and Restriction Plan Project was discussed. Abbie <br />Atkins, MPH Candidate intern was not present. Director Cody gave brief summary of the tri-fold <br />education materials to food establishments in order to avoid transmission of disease. <br />First Baptist Church located at 1580 Massachusetts Avenue requested from the board a <br />variance to install a rinse and wash sink and a ware washing machine. Motion was as follows <br />"The Lexington Board of Health approves of the variance Request from the requirement of 4- <br />301.12 to install and maintain a Manual Ware washing Sink. Instead, First Baptist Church will be <br />required to maintain a ware washing machine as described in FC 4- 501.110 and FC 4- 501.112 <br />(A)(2)." Burt Perlmutter proposed the variance, Jay Flynn seconded the motion, all in favor. <br />