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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOH 11/03/2022Town of Mansfield Board of Health November 3, 2022 Minutes RECEIVED TOWN CLERKS OFFICE 2023 JAN 11 A I I t 51 Mission Statement: The mission of the Mansfield Board of Health is to protect�Plse,�AA CAtIJislirblTis 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; Chair, Graham Wilson; Clerk, Kasia, Frenette, Michael Healey, Ryan Maxwell, Amv Donovan -Palmer: Health Aeent. Absent: None. The meeting of the Board of Health (BOH) was called to order at 7:02 pm by Chair Antonia Blinn. None. • Motion to amend the minutes to note Michael Healey arrived at 7:19 pm made by Mr. Wilson, 2"d by Mr. Maxwell. Approved 5-0. • Motion to approve the minutes from October 6, 2022 made by Mr. Healey, 2"d by Mr. Wilson. Approved 5-0. Lisa Faria, the Health Department Administrative Assistant, called current owner of NY Pizza, and he stated he would be in by 4 PM tonight to pay the fee. The fee had not been paid and the owner was not at the BOH meeting. Ms. Donovan -Palmer mentions how NY Pizza is changing ownership. The permit for the ownership will not be transferred until the reinspection has been paid. The person purchasing NY Pizza is in the process of filling out their permits. Mr. Healey and Ms. Donovan -Palmer suggests drafting a policy outline on what happens when a restaurant/business owner fails to show up to the BOH meeting and what the next steps are, and if there are special circumstances with transferring ownership. Ms. Blinn states re - inviting the owner for the next BOH meeting. Ms. Blinn mentions seeing what other communities do for consistency. Ms. Blinn asks if Ms. Donovan -Palmer is willing to reach out to colleagues in other towns and see if they have a policy in place for non-payment of reinspection fees. Future agenda item. maintenance contract. Ms. Donovan -Palmer revisited this issue in the past spring to see who has a FAST system. Jillian Richards -Daniels and Shawn Daniels are residents of 436 Ware Street that have a FAST system installed, which Ms. Donovan -Palmer needed their operation and maintenance contract. 436 Ware Street let their contract relapse. Ms. Donovan -Palmer sent out a letter in May receiving no response from the Daniels, and on July 26 she sent an enforcement order stating the system was not In compliance with Title 5. An enforcement order can fine people but Ms. Donovan -Palmer only wanted compliance, 436 Ware Street was on the agenda for the BOH October meeting but was removed since Ms. Daniels paid for their system's Operation and Maintenance contract with. However, a signed contract was still needed. Ms. Donovan -Palmer visited their house again at the end of October and stated that fines will be assessed if necessary since it continues to be noncompliant without a signed agreement, which the Daniels were able to provide a signed agreement afterwards. Ms. Donovan -Palmer is concerned that if the issue is not discussed now, she will revisit it in a year. Ms. Blinn mentions amending the current regulations to add the policy in. Ms. Donovan - Palmer will review the regulations and inteerate a Dolicv into it. The Public Health Nursing Report includes vaccines administered this fall. The town booster clinic run by Community EMS program administered 20 Bivalent COVID boosters to their employees. Stop & Shop hosted clinics administering COVID boosters, but CVS had limited resources. Ms. Donovan -Palmer mentions how flu vaccinations are dropping. Open house clinics in August at 1J (2021: 72 flu vaccines, 2022: 59 flu vaccines) and the Qualters (2021: 75 flu vaccines, 2022: 49 flu vaccines) had fewer people getting the flu vaccine this year compared to 2021. Flu vaccine numbers dropped at teacher clinics. Public safety buildings (police, fire department, DPW, water department) only had 12 shots administered. Ms. Donovan -Palmer will include a note of people getting a flu shot during their shift. Ms. Frenette mentions how getting a vaccine on the fly may prompt more people to get vaccinated, which Ms. Donovan -Palmer will double check about next year. Ms. Frenette can work on this with Ms. Donovan -Palmer. COVID-19: COVID numbers are low/hard to tell what the impact is since most people are self -testing. Ms. Donovan -Palmer and Ms. Frenette are working on the community update weekly and putting messages on Facebook. Ms. Frenette created a dashboard where people can visit the website about wastewater monitoring reports and community levels. Ms. Frenette tried doing every other day with COVID or flu educational pieces on Mansfield's Facebook page, tagging the health department, pushing information on getting vaccinated, and quarantine guidelines. • Ms. Blinn mentions updating the website on having no N95 masks. Wastewater treatment COVID Testing Status: Partnering with MA Department of Public Health and Biobot Analytics on conducting routine surveillance of the presence of COVID in wastewater. Wastewater data is included in the update as a way to enhance surveillance, but is not an indicator of COVID treatment. • Ms. Blinn mentions looking into comparing wastewater concentration in MA or all samples across the country to understand what it means and if we know how many participate in MA. Monkeypox: Relatively quiet with 29,492 U.S, cases and 439 cases in MA. Dropped in recent months. CDC continues to improve vaccination efforts, and vaccination information for communities who need it. Influenza: Weekly influenza update on Mass.gov is categorized as low, medium, and high. Focused on flu messaging and resources since there are early signs of upcoming flu season. CDC data and flu hospitalizations are higher than usual. An increase in RSV as well as flu and COVID. Different media/infographics for social media on prevention with flu vaccinations. Ms. Blinn states how the subcommittee has not met yet but are planning to meet. Ms. Donovan -Palmer brought up Mr. Healey's recommendation of being realistic and what is achievable for them. Ms. Blinn discusses how the new mission statement includes maternal and child family health and what assets are working on a survey and connecting through outlets. Ms. Blinn has the link to the survey and will ask the person she knows about the questions. Ms. Frenette has done research to see assessments of other towns. November 9th -Regional Septic Truck Inspection in Foxborough. o Ms. Donovan -Palmer says there is a parking lot In Gillette where the trucks do not arrive until 7 AM, and that she will be there around 6:30 AM to inspect the septic trucks (12 towns doing it together). BOH was invited to the select board meeting yesterday (11/2), postponed to November 16 @630 PM. o Ms. Blinn states there are no slides and that her and Ms. Donovan -Palmer had an outline. • November 17 - MAHB virtual training on ethics and public health webinar @6 PM Mr. Wilson stated there was no meeting since the BOH's monthly meeting. The committee's monthly meeting is on November 10th. Public Health Partners Coalition - Meeting next week about partnership getting its own website and sharint information on a regional level. FOG - Paul Gilpin has been a helpful resource keeping track of FOG. Website/Social Media, PFAS Update - Ms. Frenette and Ms. Donovan -Palmer worked on the COVID section and the update will look different next week. Housing Inspections - Cliff Pierre has been helpful doing inspections with Ms. Donovan -Palmer and he does the follow up calls. Receiving lots of calls. 6-7 calls (most related to mold). Grant Applications - Amy is waiting for the FDA retail standard grant and will be working with Diana Legere on it. Applying for the Community Health Inclusion Index with the Office of Local and Regional Health in the MA and Motion mini grants - work in community to make it more accessible for those with disabilities. Questions and answer session for this grant on November 14, grant due at the end of the month. Innovative/Alternative Technology in Septic Systems - Discussed earlier. Maintain standards with strict penalties. Other topics: •, Permitting: accessing PermitEyes since the fee structure has changed. September a condo was dealing with rats, more complaints about the rats. Paul Gilpin is checking dumpsters. Nancy Griffin and Ms. Donovan -Palmer is working on getting the message out about dealing with rats. Ms. Donovan -Palmer sent an email to all restaurants about how dumpsters area problem with rats. Suggestion to have a nolicv written down about beine fined for havine vour dumnster lid oven. Clerk Lpm. Approved 5-0. Date