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Board of Health
June 3, 2021 Minutes
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Mission Statement: The mission of the Mansfield Board of Health is to protec't,"tIiF7sSe n
improve the public health, environment and wellbeing of our citizens through the enforcement of
federal, state and local statutes and regulations, education and promotion of sanitary living and
working conditions, and protection of the environment from disease and pollution.
Present: Antonia Blinn -arrived late 6:10PM; Chair, Kasia Frenette; Clerk, Michael Healey, Leah
Gillespie, Graham Wilson, Amy Donovan -Palmer; Health Agent, Justin Desrosiers; Mansfield Fire
Chief
Guests: AI Fera, Delaware NORTH; Shalyn Gamba, Rectify Barber Shop
March 4, 2021
• Motion to approve the minutes from October 5, 2020, made by Mr. Healey, 2"d by Ms.
Gillespie. (Ms. Blinn was not present for vote)
o VOTE 4-0 passes
May 6, 2021
• Motion to approve the minutes from January 21, 2021, made by Mr. Healey, 2"d by Ms.
Gillespie. (Ms. Blinn was not present for vote)
o VOTE 4-0 passes
Chief Desrosiers Update
• Case Numbers are way down.
o 3 Active Cases, 1851 Total Cases, 24 Deaths
• Approximately 2-3 cases per week
• Contact Tracing is way down
• Vaccination rate is up in town
• Appointments are easy to schedule
• No additional nursing reports
o No other infectious diseases to report
• Lyme picking up a little
• Restrictions now lifted so Town Hall is open and COA clinics are going to reopen
• Public Safety Day June 6th @ 1:00-4:00 pm,inside Fire Station
o Car Seat Installation
o Touch -a -Truck
o Sharps drop off kiosk location - 24 hours in lobby of Public Safety Building and
supplies new sharps containers to residents
• Looking to purchase new Case Management Software to integrate referrals in real time with
COA and Police Det. Additional update next month
• Plan will be updated
• Ms. Donovan -Palmer has been onsite and all structural corrections are done or in the
process of being completed from 2019 and all be ready for the season to start
• Some locations are condensed down or in process of being
• Kevin Duquette, Food Safety Coordinator onsite during events.
• Staff orientations will be both hybrid/virtual/in person
• July 10, 2021 first event
• Coordinating food trucks
• Recommend specific inspection day for all food trucks
• 'BOH will waive and reinspection fees due to COVID
• Permits are being worked on to date
• September will be busiest month
Water Fluoridation that is being proposed at the Town Meeting.
• Select Board voted and supported the continuation of community water fluoridation
o VOTE 5-0 to support
• Wants to expand the number of apprentices she could supervise at her shop
• Currently our Body Art Regulations allow one apprentice for micropigmentation
• Ms. Donovan -Palmer has reached out to Stoneham DPH and Boston Public Health
Commision
o General consensus is for apprentices to take a class Boston and Stonham require an
additional 200 hours of apprenticeship and classroom work. Practitioner fills in
additional hands-on training.
• Ms. Gamba has shared a manual with us and she will educate the person additionally if the
person requires more training/knowledge. Training needs to be continuing education for all
practitioners.
• Ms. Gamba has a checklist to sign for the apprentice and keeps track of hours and signs off.
• 2000 hours of training per year
• Apprentice must be OSHA, CPR trained, knowledge of set up/clean of statin, understand
proper pigmentation, understand why someone may not be a candidate for
micropigmentation.
• Ms. Gamba would ensure that students are confident as well as be able to know and
understand the rules. Person needs to have core competencies for sufficient practice.
• May 2018 - regulations were updated for Body Art
• Will work with Ms. Gamba over the next year to determine if we increase the number of
apprenticeships allowed.
• We will not change regulations now but will provide a variance for two students and
quarterly review of best practices and then will review.
9 Ms. Gamba will prepare a binder entailing the Apprenticeship Program
• Ms. Gamba believes there should be aboard specifically for pigmentation
• Apprentice is not in definitions and may have to add/amend regulations
• MOTION to accept a variance for Ms. Gamba to allow two apprentices in the Art of
Micropigmentation with a quarterly review/update. A binder will be created to
understand the education program of apprenticeship made by Mr. Healey, 2nd by Mr.
Wilson
o Vote 5-0 Passes
• Housing inspection done yesterday with Patrick Carrol, Electric Department there was some
cross wiring electricity ok
• Gas being paid by one person - needs to be addressed by owner separate hot water heater
for residents
Next Meeting Schedule - moving back to in person meeting at Town Hall. If not needed will cancel
to confirm meeting time 7:OOpm or
• Motion to adjourn at 7:12pm made by Ms. Gillespie, 2"d by Mr. Wilson.
VOTE 5-0 PASSED
Clerk Date