001foreign thank you I'd like to welcome everybody to the uh Board of Health meeting for Ashland Massachusetts September 19 2023. um just a quick statement this agenda is subject to change and includes those items reasonably anticipated anticipated by the chair to be discussed at the meeting not all agenda items May in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law um called the meeting to order at 606 um first order business uh or second order business that is Citizens participation um anybody here for that no just us okay then um we can get on to agenda item three which is Marathon Mobile retail the new owners are asking for a waiver from the back to the tobacco regulations um section 11. um do
002you want to take this Raj you know I'm sure yeah thank you and we have Alison from Marathon mobile so I guess what has happened like you know they're looking uh for a transfer of a tobacco permit you know uh they are actually the owners of that property now uh earlier they have rented it out or I guess you know they bought it in 2021 to my understanding and uh there was a uh tenant they have you know or earlier Mr Muhammad I guess you know who who owns the store part of it you know he had a waiver from the board you know given its proximity to to the Middle School uh to have the tobacco permit you know so right now it's just a transfer that uh they're doing from from them to
003uh to the owner themselves you know so they'll be operating the whole thing you know the gas station the store as well as the repair shops you know so they are just here for that extension of the waiver that was granted maybe a couple of years back and so and right Allison if you wanna you're gonna put something you know or if you're gonna say something uh okay okay so Diane I know you're you're here probably for this yeah I know you want to say something so why don't you tell us what you think well I I mean I'm on the meeting uh former Marathon mobile um just to show support for local business and you know I know that yeah being on the board um the board is given the waiver in the past
004um I just thought I'd be here for support um friends with Allison husband Anthony but um I think they'll run a successful business there and I don't think the board will have any problems with tobacco products being told to mine is even though the close proximity of the school yeah well correct I know when we were you know when Chris you know redid the um the regulations they weren't meant to decrease the value of the business and they had already been you know grandfathered in way before those regulations were were even newer regulations were written so at least that's as far as I remember um any other board members have anything to say Jay Barbara Ed so I do um Allison I don't know if Allison and Anthony are also won you know I also
005want to support them um you know I know they're going to be great they're going to be great they've already great business owners on the um vehicle maintenance side but I just want to make sure and I I know they're going to do this but just you know they're probably gonna hire um hopefully some youth in our community too they're probably going to be working at the store I just want to make sure that you know you guys make sure that they are properly trained and that they're carting everybody so that you don't end up with a fine and in front of the board later on that because I probably know you're going to hire people in the community yeah did Allison or do you have anything to say or looks like you want to
006say something we actually can hear you you know so I yeah I can't I can't hear you how about what now can you guys hear us now yeah yes okay sorry about that yes so we're Anthony and Allison fiorenzi we are the new owners we took over uh about two years just over two years ago so we the it was leased the store was leased out before their leases due to expire the end of October we're just looking to yeah take over everything and keep it as is basically um you know go about everything how we should so we're just looking to keep the business going as is yeah and absolutely I'm uh yeah I'm sure great job and you know Raj is there for any um you know any training materials or or um
007advice that you might need you know for probably the young kids that's typically what we see unfortunately yeah you know we you know uh you know a high school kid unfortunately sometimes doesn't card somebody that seems to be the most you know consistent way that that uh you know underage get you know kids get cigarettes so just a shame because the fines are pretty stiff now you know we don't control those that state patrol then they started a thousand dollars so you know we hate to see you know any business have to you know suffer that you know especially now you know it's not like you're a big corporate thing you're your own you know entity so um you know um Barbara I think you're you have something to say um no um you know
008I'm just like Oh I thought you were and your muting was off and oh yeah no okay Jay and Dave anything I I I I guess not I mean I didn't see anything in the regulations stating that um you know that this couldn't be done with the transfer to a new owner um and that's what I was looking for because I wasn't an author on the original I wasn't part of the original uh regulations as they were written up um right so nothing jumped out at me and I thought that you know maybe something would come out in this meeting but I mean it sounds like there there seems to be support so uh if I'm hearing that correctly so um Dave uh no I'm I'm good I mean obviously um you know the regulation
009is there to to just um make sure that that uh there aren't any uh transgressions around uh the sale of uh tobacco products to minors so as long as that is the way this goes then then I'll be happy okay all right anybody like to make a motion to grant that waiver so I have to just pull it up yeah I'll make a motion that we Grant the waiver to transfer the tobacco license um to Marathon mobile to Allison and Anthony fiorenzi okay anything seconds yeah okay that's great all in all in favor aye aye hey all right all right yep looks like that passes five nothing right well congratulations with the business and best of luck with everything thank you thank you all for your support we really appreciate we really appreciate the support
010yeah yeah of course thanks die you wanna stick around just to reminisce for all times or you think you got better things to do you know I think I'll stay on and listen for a while okay well that's good because you got to hear Raj talk because he's up next with the health uh director's uh agenda go ahead Raj thank you Dr Ron uh uh first one the housing case is uh adjustment Place Apartments uh uh the roads thing is still still going on we picked up a new case there uh 14 joint Drive number seven I was out there Thursday to do an inspection uh that that apartment have activity the apartment that was there before the board you know 14 join Drive number six uh I did a reinspection they still have activity
011so uh still going on you know I'm addressing with the management only good thing is right there dumpster area is very clean you know I I did inspect that also you know so keep the board posted on that 137 Pawn Street I did had a phone conversation with the AG's office uh and they they'll be sending the owners a two weeks uh letter stating you know that they want to respond within two weeks or they're gonna uh do further enforcement or you know uh or probably bring it to court you know so and they'll be sending me a copy of of the letter that they'll be sending it to the owners I'll forward to the board you know once I receive that so this is where we are at with 137 I did the an
012inspection back at Mill Pond also you know at the same number room five uh I didn't didn't find any any live bed bugs but I did find seven eight of the Dead ones in the traps you know so and did talk to the accupant there you know she was kind of happy you know like she have not seen any activity but uh given how the dead ones was there and I guess Friday the pest control company was back after two weeks you know their report also said uh that there was activity in room five I know the report that came to the board you know didn't had that number five room in it you know but I have to call call the management you know to to get that rectified and there was not also
013uh the date was not also there you know Dr J mentioned that you know so I will forward the new report to the board you know so there's still activity there you know but hopefully resolved you know and other than that the restaurants you know uh there are a couple of uh restaurants that changing ownership one is Marathon mobile they have a retail permit from us and the other one is Dairy Queen you know that that's Changing Hands you know to my knowledge uh our beaches are still posted you know uh I um this week I didn't get a report but uh uh as for the last two weeks you know the beaches were still posted with the arbor virus first West Nile Virus uh so far in the state we have 131 West Nile
014positive water samples and three cases uh but uh with Triple E now we have 12 water samples that is little concerning to me you know looks like we might have another maybe three weeks you know before before the first hard Frost you know so hopefully don't see any cases you know on on the Triple E front but for right now we we don't have any in the state uh we finally got you know compliance with the abandoned pool on Cedar State uh I did last inspection a week we can have back it was all cleaned up you know what a drain but I'm still gonna keep an eye on on the pool with the landfill we we have signed the contract with landfill it's all executed you know uh they they should be out this
015week probably or early next week to do to do the monitoring you know because we we're almost end of September and our report is due now uh like end of September the report is due to be submitted to the dep th uh with the flu clinics we already did two clinics for the flu with the Pine Hill Pharmacy we have five more lined up as of now uh the next one is October 10th uh for the flu and additionally as I said send a email to the board today we got 40 flu doses you know from the state uh that is for under 19 and uninsured people uh so that will be doing some doses tomorrow with our childhood vaccine clinic and if anybody needs uh you know under 19 flu dose or you know
016if it is somebody's uninsured these doses are just allotted to under 19 and uninsured people so we will be happy to uh accommodate that other than that another covet booster is uh is approved now authorized from some both FDA CDC uh if it is if it comes out you know readily available before the October 10th uh Clinic we're gonna probably do a covet Clinic with the flu uh it's approved for six months plus you know So for anybody um who is over six months can get a booster dose last item uh disease investigations we this month we have dealt with four different cases there was two cases of baby seosis uh there was one case of typhoid fever salmonella typhi and there is one case of grdscs that we are currently dealing you know the
017the kid is in an our elementary school and he's out of school because of that uh both both the salmonella taifi as well as Giardia seeds is both foreign travel cases so we we're not concerned you know the web series bus local cases you know but they are both and I guess I'm open for any questions now I have a question for you Raj or a comment um so regarding vaccines the Latino health insurance program which is the organization that was doing the follow-up for the ram Clinic um Dr Milagros Abreu runs it um she was asking me and I'm looking at a text right now um if the Board of Health or um the town of Ashton would be interested in initially the term she used was collaborating in what I asked to have
018her elaborate on that um collaborate on vaccines I think what she meant was make referrals and her her communication to me was that she the lhip can support events or receive any referrals for anyone needing free covid-19 flu or child vaccines via walk-in service Mondays through Fridays and um so I told her that I would bring it to the board into your attention that if we at anybody that for whatever reason we couldn't service that maybe we'd be able to refer them over to lhip um yeah please go ahead go ahead sorry about that no just I wanted to say it I'm happy that Ed Berman's here because I I don't know if he has any thoughts about that too but um just wanted to get your thoughts on that yeah and then Raj you
019know if we don't use those 40 doses um maybe we could call Milagros and transfer them before they expire um just in the in the event we don't use all 40 that way next year we'll get the same amount again absolutely Mr Bowman you know I mean we plan to use and get more you know that that's the plan for right now but you know you know like uh we had a little thing with with the Latino Health when we was trying to give them the DTaP and they they refused it straightforwardly you know so that's because they had so much of it right you know but like uh Dr J will be happy to collaborate them and that that's a great great thing you know like you know but if we have any anything
020we we cannot service you know or any any more kids you know uh will definitely do that you know so why we can do this if you wanna if you want to put me in touch with Dr you know you know yeah and we'll we'll go from there and we have two Public Health nurses you know right now Jessica and um Mr Lander you know so we we can do that and I you know we can coordinate that but that that's a good news you know any any collaboration for for vaccines you know we we are here to vaccinate more and more kids you know uh that are out of school so that'll be helpful do you want me to set up a meeting with you um or just put you in touch by email
021no we we can do we can do a zoom meeting if you're available you know yeah yes that'll be helpful you know so we can we can do it on zoom in person I'm comfortable either way you know so okay and I'll see if Jess and Kate is available too so they can be on the meeting you know but uh please put something together with definitely love to talk about that yeah that would be great and Ed would you want to be invited to that whether or not you could make it um I can invite you yeah that'd be great okay and so I'll I'll do that and then um Raj if you want to just then send in any invitation that comes out to Jess um and and anybody else uh feel free to
022do that I will do social yes okay okay very good okay all right that's great anybody else no okay again move on to the consent agenda which is to review and approve the Board of Health meeting draft minutes for September 5th 2023 and fiscal year 2024 year-to-date budget report um anybody have any questions on those no no okay anybody want to make a motion to approve the consent agenda as written yep I'll make the motion a motion to approve okay agenda as written okay wait any seconds again okay thanks Dave all in favor aye okay okay looks like that passes five nothing thank you and uh item six um any future you know items that anybody wants to talk about next meeting which I'm assuming is what is going to be let's see what October
0233rd so it means we must be the third and the 17th next month um which is exactly what that says and anything pressing I I've got something maybe that could be on the next agenda or maybe the meeting after that um it involves Ed Berman um Ed um I don't know if you've had a chance to talk to Keith Tech about how things went with the ram clinic but of course what I'm getting at is would they be willing to do it again and maybe we could discuss that here not with them but you know the board um I have a board meeting coming up um uh the first week in October so I could um I I could bring it up and uh I'm sure they would say okay okay so maybe after that
024then we'll discuss it here Ron yeah I think the next meeting whenever whenever you want let me just hold on the next meeting for the board is let me pull it up for you [Music] October 2nd okay very good so we can we can tentatively put it on for the third and if you don't have anything we'll have it on for the 17th perfect we'll just keep it on so if you have any info great and if you don't that's fine perfect okay is there it so all right Laura knows all she'll put it on that's correct Laura we have a meeting on the third for some reason I thought it was the second Tuesday of uh first and third like that for years and I still can't get it okay sounds good yeah okay
025all right anybody have anything else Barbara um well just like you're just talking about seeing if we can get the Ram I don't know how everybody thinks about this because I know um with um my other group with area you know we've been trying to help um you know the the few families that are in Framingham um you know that that are homeless with you know like simple stuff like clothing like day-to-day stuff and I know we have them in all mostly most towns around us so I you know I just wanted to make a comment like if we get their Ram coming around because I know I went to see them last Friday and I know um right now the state is helping them like even with the vaccinations because I know we had
026talked about that with Rush um the state is helping that but you know just to keep in mind because they're all around us Marlboro Framingham um not pro I don't think we have any families in Ashland yet um but just to keep in mind because if you know big big they need the support yeah and if for as far as RAM goes the in the the services that they offer um you know these folks would would need to show up at the clinic of course um but the next time we're going to be able to do this would be August of next year so it would yeah yearly thing yeah um not any more frequent than that yeah now that having said that there are um several free medical clinics there's Gratis Healthcare there's the
027Edward M Kennedy Center okay there's the Metro West free medical clinic and then of course there's the Latino health insurance program and those are just the ones that I know of yeah and there may be more um I would I would definitely refer people to those organizations okay yeah very helpful Barbara I just want to add for the vaccinations you know we can accommodate as number as many people as you know if if anybody you know working with them in Framingham I I am aware that we got a couple of families already that I was in that clinic that we vaccinated uh you know part of that group you know but like if if you if you have any contact there you know with the vaccinations I will definitely take care only other thing that
028we have available right now is free uh appointments you know for physicals if any of the kids need free physical I have the vouchers that I'm happy to give it to you or you know the families you know uh thing it's it's with convenient MD yeah there's a pharmacy they they have a location in Framingham as well you know so I can provide as many coupons or vouchers as anybody needs for free physicals you know if uh that that can be a requirement okay thank you absolutely yeah that's great thank you information that was helpful thanks okay anybody else with anything nope okay anybody like to make the motion to adjourn I'll make a motion that we adjourn okay Barbara and I are always that means that means neither of you can second it any
029second from Jay or Dave you know okay all right daddy do you want to say one last thing since you're on I just want to say good to see everybody but I also saw the statistics on the ram clinic and I just wanted to comment a great job to the board for doing it uh I I appreciated I wasn't able to be there myself but I appreciated seeing the information about it and good job yeah thanks Diane yeah that's really you know Jay and Ed and you know Barbara was there both days and yeah and uh Raj was flying around all you know both of those days too so you know it was really those two guys you know and some of the other members you really brought in to help I can't believe you're
030going to torture yourself again and do this again next year but I'm glad you I'm glad you were able to get in with the that they checked the license and all that at the last you know the 11th hour so yeah yeah that was right yeah he actually I think he just trusted me yeah oh really hey whatever works I showed him a card I don't think he he would have just figured so yeah yeah we could use all the help we can get you know yeah that's good yeah so anyway all right all right well great guy thanks for coming on and showing your support you know to the new owners for sure and thanks for all your previous help with the board and the tobacco regulations in particular good to see everybody thank
031you have a good night yeah you too yeah thank you good to see you right so yeah so we'll have to second that motion and everybody did all in favor all right all right okay I think we did that in case we didn't all right that passes good to see everybody um and we'll see in a couple of weeks Raj I'll talk to you tonight okay thank you everybody good night thank you everyone okay good night bye