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          IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING BY 9 30 . ANY AGENDA ITEM THAT CONSIDERED BY 9:30 P.M. WILL BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. ADEQUATE OPEN ITS STATEMENT ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THE MEETING, AS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS THREE D AND FOUR. A OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK. 
          WE'LL HAVE ROLL CALL NOW. DR SORAYA. SHE'S NOT HERE, DR WILSON. YOU'RE ALSO NOT HERE. 
          DR. GRAYSON DOCTOR MCGEARY? YES, DR FAISAL. DR SHARMA. DR LUMEN? YES. DR MARA HERE. DR MOHAN HERE , TELL JENNIFER FOSTER HERE SING HERE, MANDELBAUM. OKAY. DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH, I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING. WE HAD ALL THESE CHAIRS LIKE NOBODY SPEAKING, THEY'RE ALL INVISIBLE . ANYBODY HIDING? VERY QUIET. HE'S NOT COMING FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK, OKAY? OKAY WELL, I 
          [IV. Consent Agenda]
WILL NOT ILLEGAL. SKIP THIS STATEMENT, THEN. AND WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED HERE UNDER ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND WILL BE IMPROVED IN ONE MOTION. 
          ANY MEMBER MAY REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. MONTHLY REPORTS ARE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT FROM MARCH 2023 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT FROM MARCH 2023 THE ANIMAL CONTROL REPORT FROM MARCH 2023. AND THE MINUTES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONFRONT OFFENDERS? MOVED. SECOND SECOND THANK YOU, DR CHARLOTTE. OKAY? WE HAVE A RESOLUTION. SO BETTER OPEN THAT KEEP YOU OUT THERE. YEAH. I'M STILL HERE, OKAY? DID IT. WE DID MAKE AN LET THEM KNOW THAT WE MADE AN EDIT. OKAY, SO WE DID MAKE ONE EDIT TO THE RESOLUTION. 
          SO WHAT I READ HERE MAY NOT BE WHAT IS IN YOUR PACKET BELIEVE WILL DISTRIBUTE IT AFTER THE 
          [V. Resolution 2023-10]
MEETING. OK? MM HMM. MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH IS PUTTING FORTH A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF LEGENDS, ELATION BUT REINSTATING PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY FUNDING. SO THE RESOLUTION IS 23 10 IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION REINSTATING PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY FUNDING, WHEREAS THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH PROVIDES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES TO THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP AND ROCKY HILLSBOROUGH. AND WHEREAS THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH HAS HELD AND CONTINUES TO HOLD A POSITION AND SUPPORT OF PROVIDING INCREASED, SUSTAINED FUNDING TO LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WHEREAS PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY FUNDING, ALTHOUGH STATUTORY REQUIRED HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SINCE 20 11. AND WHEREAS ON MAY 9TH 2022, THE SENATE REFERRED BILL NUMBER 24 13. REQUIRING MINIMUM ANNUAL STATE APPROPRIATION OF 10 MILLION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY FUNDING TO THE SENATE HEALTH SUIT, HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND SENIOR CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION. AND WHEREAS ON JUNE 2ND 2022, THE ASSEMBLY REFERRED BILL NUMBER 41 15 TO THE ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION. AND WHEREAS THE TRUST FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH RECOGNIZES THE PUBLIC HEALTH HAS CHRONICALLY BEEN UNDERFUNDED. WHEREAS AMERICA'S HEALTH RANKINGS SHOWS NEW JERSEY NEW JERSEY PLACES 20 OR 31ST OUT OF 50 STATES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING, AND WHEREAS EMERGENCY FUNDING IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS SYSTEM WEAKNESSES CREATED BY CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING . AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION STATES THAT EVERY 10% INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE DEATHS. DUE TO LARGELY PREVENTABLE CAUSES BY UP TO 7% AND WHEREAS IT IS ESTIMATED BY AMERICA'S HEALTH RANKINGS THAT THERE ARE SAVINGS OF $5.60 FOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND WHEREAS THE VAST MAJORITY OF MAJORITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH HEALTH EXCUSE ME. LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN NEW JERSEY ARE FUNDED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY LOCAL FUNDS. AND NOW THEY'RE BORN. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH COUNTY OF SOMERSET STATE OF NEW JERSEY, NEW JERSEY FULLY SUPPORTS THE PROPOSAL LEGISLATION AND URGES THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS THE BILLS PROMPTLY. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. THAT UPON PASSAGE BY THE NEW JERSEY STATE LEGISLATURE , BUT THAT THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH URGES THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN THE BILL 
          [00:05:02]
INTO LAW PROMPTLY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE WORDED TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THE STATE LEGISLATURES REPRESENTING MAGIC MONKEY ARMY. TOWNSHIP AND ROCKY HILLSBOROUGH, THE SPEAKER OF THE NEW JERSEY GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE SENATE, THE STATES. UH THE SENATE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND SENIOR CITIZENS COMMITTEE AND THE ASSEMBLY. SORRY THE ASSEMBLY OF HEALTH COMMITTEE AND THE COMMISSIONER. OF THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. CAN I WANTED TO GIVE? DID YOU WANT TO HAVE A MOMENT TO JUST SAY WHY YOU'RE PUTTING THIS FORWARD? SURE. WE ARE, SO THIS RESOLUTION IS FROM ALL OF THE NEW JERSEY PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS IN THE STATE. SO THE NEW JERSEY PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH JERSEY SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION, THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NURSING ADMINISTRATORS, ALL THE PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS AND EVERYONE IS STRUGGLING WITH STAFFING, BUT WORKFORCE AND FUNDING GO HAND IN HAND. WE'RE ALL UTILIZING GRANT FUNDING, WHICH ARE TEMPORARY AND VERY RESTRICTIVE. AND AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING. HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THERE TO BE A DOLLAR AMOUNT. SO IN THE IN THE BUDGET , THEY HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY FUNDING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE AN AMOUNT IN THERE. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE AND THE LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY SO ALL OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS WORK TOGETHER, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AGGRESSIVE ADVOCACY AROUND THE STATE. AND UM, IN TRYING TO REINSTATE THIS PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS A RESOLUTION STATES, MOST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING IS FUNDED THROUGH LOCAL TAX DOLLARS. AND THE TEMPORARY GRANT FUNDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO FIX MANY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT WE AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT WE WERE SEEING AND EXPERIENCING TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. GOOD QUESTION. 10 MILLION DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT FOR THE WHOLE STATE. NO, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A START. AND THEN THAT GETS HANDED OUT TO DIFFERENT TOWNSHIPS. SOMEHOW. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THROUGH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT WON'T BE COMPETITIVE PROCESS, THOUGH, RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW. ALSO, THIS IS JUNE. THAT SAYS PROMPTLY. THANK YOU. IT'S GOING TO GET FOUND CHANGES. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT DEPENDS. I THINK IT DEPENDS ON ON ADVOCACY AND REALLY REACHING OUT TO THE LEGISLATORS, AND, UM ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE STATE, OKAY. SO COULD USE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. 
          OKAY? I NEED A MOTION RIGHT? YES, A. I HAVE A MOTION. I MOVED TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO I WILL. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY? YEP. CONGRATS. UM. THE NEXT IS YOUR 
          [VI. Health Officers Comments]
COMMENTS, OKAY? SO I WANTED TO THANK TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FOR RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK LAST WEEK AND FOR ALSO RECOGNIZING THE SURGE VACCINATORS AND FOR ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC , AND ALONG WITH THAT WE JUST FOUND OUT AFTER, OF COURSE, AFTER THE RECOGNITION THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS UM, OF MODEL PRACTICE AWARD FOR OUR SEARCH VACCINATED PROGRAM DURING COVID , SO THEY'VE INVITED US TO THEIR NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN DENVER IN JULY TO DO A PRESENTATION AND WE WERE SELECTED BY A SUBJECT MATTER ADVISORY GROUP. AND THEY , UM THEY SAID THAT WE DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY AND REPLICABLE INITIATIVE IN RESPONSE TO A LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH NEED. SO EVEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS OR SURGE VACCINATED PROGRAM. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ON NINA WHEN THERE ARE EMERGENCIES, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL OF THESE RESOURCES THAT ARE DISPOSAL AND WE DON'T AND WE'RE SEEING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING ACROSS MORE TYPES OF EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS. AND STAFFING IS ALREADY, UH, CRITICAL ISSUE IN PUBLIC HEALTH , BUT WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AIDED BY THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS AT THE COUNTY AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT. 
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SO WE ARE ON OUR OWN. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND WE HAVE TRAINING FOR KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN TOWN. SO INITIALLY BEFORE COVID . WE HAD RECEIVED A $95,000 GRANT FROM THE NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS. EVEN PRE COVID. OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY WAS PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMERGENCIES THAT WE'RE COMING ACROSS, AND THE GOAL WAS TO USE THIS FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM FOR MONTGOMERY AND I REMEMBER EVEN IN OUR INITIAL MEETINGS, UM MAYOR JAFFER AT THE TIME MENTIONING, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY AND THEN COVID HEAD? NO PROBLEM AND YOU KNOW, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE RESOURCES FOR CONTACT TRACERS CASE INVESTIGATIONS BECAUSE OF THAT $95,000 OTHER HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HAD TO WAIT A YEAR. BEFORE THEY SAW ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY. AND SO IN A WAY, THE SURGE VACCINATORS. THEY ACTED AS OUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM AT THE TIME. MANY OF OUR EMERGENCY PLANS, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT HAVING RELYING ON THE SCHOOL NURSES, BUT COVID WAS NOT A TIME WHERE WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL NURSES AT ALL. SO, UM YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN UH UM, A LIFESAVER FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST SOME SOME GOOD NEWS TO GO ALONG WITH THE RECOGNITION LAST WEEK FOR THE SURGE VACCINATED PROGRAM. 
          CONGRATS DIVISION QUESTIONS AND AGAIN THE LANGUAGES TO A COUPLE OF MINUTES. I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE THAT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH BUDGET STUFF AT THE AT THE TOWNSHIP AND WE LIVE IN A TOWN WHERE EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, NOT HAPPY WITH THE TAXES. IT'S QUITE IMPORTANT THAT IF YOU AND EVEN PEOPLE FROM THE HEALTH BOARD IF THEY WANT TO COME TO A TOWNSHIP MEETING AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU TALK. PEOPLE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES I HAVE TO, AND I'M TOTALLY APPRECIATIVE AND I'M THERE FOR YOU GUYS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THINGS HAPPEN YOU COME ANY TALK TO THE ENTIRE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, SO THEY SEE ALL THAT IS HAPPENING. I SEE IT, AND I MAKE SURE I TAKE THE MESSAGE, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S LOST IF IT'S JUST ONE PERSON SAYING IT ALL THE TIME. WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU OR ANYBODY IN THE HEALTH BOARD WOULD TAKE THAT INITIATIVE. COME TO ONE OF THE TOWNSHIP MEETINGS. TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED DURING COVID. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH I'M HOPING TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT OUR 2022 ACTIVITIES AND SOUNDS GOOD REPORT. SO UM, YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. IT'S A THINK , APRIL 20TH. YES, YES, APRIL TWIN TOASTY. I THINK, APRIL 20TH . YEP. IT SHOULD BE ME THERE. AND THEN THE OTHER WERE STAFFING UPDATES. WE HIRED A HEALTH EDUCATOR ERICA WAGNER. WE'LL START WITH THIS APRIL 24TH. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HER ON BOARD AND INCREASED COMMUNITY FACING PROGRAMMING. UM WE'RE WORKING ON ONBOARDING AND TRAINING OUR PART TIME PUBLIC HEALTH NOUS JOCELYN BROWN. AND GETTING HER UP TO SPEED WITH WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY INTERVIEWING FOR THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREPAREDNESS, GENERALISTS ROLE AND THE LOCAL HEALTH OUTREACH COORDINATOR ROLE. UM, THE. ON WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RELATED CALLS EVERY DAY. UM AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF YOU AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE SEEING AND HEARING ABOUT IT, TOO. SO WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH SOMERSET COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. UM YOU KNOW TO ASK THEM FOR EVEN JUST TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE ON HOW DO WE GO ABOUT LAYING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES RELATED WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE YOU KNOW, ADDRESSED IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON PUBLIC HEALTH , YOU KNOW, EMERGING ISSUES AND EMERGENCIES THAT WE MIGHT IT'S WE'RE PRIORITIZING, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCIES ALL THE TIME. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. AND SO THE GOAL IS AND I'VE HAD REQUESTS FROM THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO HOST A MEETING, TOO, SO WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE IS SEEING. UM YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PM'S MEMBERS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM AND THEN EVEN PEOPLE LIKE IN MY DEPARTMENT AT THE TOWNSHIP THAT ARE SEEING SEEING THIS, UM UM, THESE SURGEON CONCERNS IF YOU WILL, SO THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN TOWN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT? WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE SEEING AND EXPERIENCING. WHAT ARE TOP CONCERNS ARE AND MAYBE BRING IN THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO PROVIDE SOME TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE. BECAUSE THEY ARE THE HUMAN SERVICES EXPERTS, UM AND POSSIBLY EVEN HAVE SOMEBODY FROM 
          [00:15:04]
ACADEMIA TO HELP, YOU KNOW, HAVE A STRUCTURED CONVERSATION AND FACILITATE THIS IN A WAY WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING INFORMATION THAT WE CAN MAKE, YOU KNOW. UM I GUESS PROPER DECISIONS OR MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE'RE ALL SEEING, AND WE'RE ALL EXPRESSING AT THIS MEETING. UM BECAUSE IT'S A VERY IT'S NOT A PROBLEM THAT IS EASY TO ADDRESS. THERE'S SO MANY MOVING PIECES AND IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND TO COME UP WITH A PLAN ON HOW DO WE GO ABOUT, UM HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? SO YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD PEOLE OKALOOSA, WHO IS OUR CURRENT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY? IN TURN, HE LOOKED AT OUR SOMERSET COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WE COMPARED THE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED WITH THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS. THEY HAVE A FRAMEWORK THAT THEY USE. TO IDENTIFY. WHAT ARE SOME GAPS IN THE DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING. 
          THIS IS VERY OVER. VERY BROAD REVIEW IF YOU WILL JUST SO THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN ON WHAT TYPES OF DATA SHOULD WE BE COLLECTING. AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL BECAUSE MUNICIPAL LEVEL DATA SO DIFFICULT TO COLLECT AS IT IS, UM AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST PROVIDED A BRIEF SUMMARY OF HIS WHAT HE DID, AND THAT WAS IN THE PACKET AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST TALKING ABOUT HUMAN SERVICES A BIT MORE IS THAT WE DO NEED TO FOCUS ON A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SUBSTANCE USE DATA COLLECTION PLAN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS VERY GENERAL INHABIT DESCRIBES SUBSTANCE USE DATA. UM AND THERE HAVE BEEN, UM , FRAMEWORKS AND STUDIES THAT THE CDC HAS RELEASED ON. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT COMPREHENSIVE DATA PLAN SHOULD LOOK LIKE FOR A COMMUNITY. UM, BUT WE AS A AS A BOARD MAYBE CAN WORK ON YOU KNOW? MAYBE IDENTIFYING THE BEST PLAN THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON IN TERMS OF JUST DATA. WHAT TYPES OF DATA SHOULD WE BE COLLECTING? AND MOST OF IT, IT MIGHT EVEN JUST BE ANECDOTAL DATA OR QUALITATIVE DATA. UM, IT HAS BECAUSE IT IT YOU KNOW, DOING SURVEYS IS VERY CHALLENGING, UH , IN TOWN, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO WORK TOWARDS. AND ANOTHER REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE DOING MORE. COMMUNITY FACING PROGRAMMING. AND. UM WELL, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATION AT THE DIFFERENT EVENTS IN TOWN. 
          STARTING WITH, YOU KNOW, EARTH DAY FAIR FUN FEST. UM THIS SPRING SPRING THAT COLOR FESTIVAL THAT WE HAVE ON MAY 6TH. I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A IN A MOTHER FESTIVAL TRAILS DAY, BECAUSE WHEN WE GO OUT TO THESE EVENTS, WE WANT TO TALK TO RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND CONTINUALLY COMPILED THIS INFORMATION IN A FORMAT THAT'S EASY TO PRESENT. THAT TELLS THE STORY, BECAUSE, UM ESPECIALLY WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES RELATED ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING THE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO COME UP WITH AN EASY SOLUTION TO HELP SOME OF SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND I THINK IT'S SOME IT'S ALSO VERY FRUSTRATING FOR STAFF BECAUSE WE WERE OURSELVES. NOT SURE HOW TO GO ABOUT HELPING EVERYONE AND AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORS AND FIRST RESPONDERS COMING TO US ASKING US FOR HELP. SO WE ALSO NEED HELP AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION. BUT, UM SO THE GOAL IS TO START WITH THIS CONVERSATION WITH UM, FIRST RESPONDERS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AT THE COUNTY AND SOME TYPE OF STRUCTURED FACILITATION TO COLLECT THIS INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. EVEN G. UM IF YOU'RE GOING TO THESE EVENTS IS THIS SOME KIND OF A FORM OR SOMETHING ? IF THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING TO YOUR TABLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE GIVEAWAYS, BUT USUALLY THAT HELPS, AND SO WOULD THERE BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD ASK? WHAT DO YOU FEEL IS THE NEED? I DON'T KNOW. IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY HONEST, I MEAN, ANONYMOUS. OF COURSE, THAT WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? FROM YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN MONTGOMERY SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD THEN TRY AND YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY BIG EVENTS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. I THINK FUN FEST IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS EVEN AS A HEALTH BOARD IF YOU GUYS WANT TO, YOU KNOW. YEAH I MEAN, TYPICALLY, WE HAVE, UM WE HAVE, LIKE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT BROCHURES WITH ALL OF OUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND SERVICES AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE POPULATION, WE MIGHT BE MIGHT DO 
          [00:20:01]
A SURVEY BUT AT THE BIGGER EVENTS, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO THE TABLE AND DO A YEAH, I AGREE. IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING VERY FAST AND OKAY. YEAH BUT WE CAN WE CAN BRAINSTORM THAT. YEAH. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS AUDIENCE THERE AND WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GO TO THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT DO YOU NEED, AND YOU ONLY HEAR ABOUT IT WHEN YOU KNOW THE M S GETS A CALLER THE COPS GET A CALL OR RIGHT. SO JUST JUST A THOUGHT. 
          ONE INTERN RIGHT NOW IN ONGOING LIKE A DATA COLLECTION. SAY YOU MADE AN INTERVENTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THERE IS A DOCTOR MARTIN ? IF YOU SPEAK IN THE STORY, I WAS JUST ASKING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU MAKE AN INTERVENTION, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? IS THAT HEADING TOWARDS THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR NOT? SO WOULD THAT BE LIKE AN ONGOING DATA COLLECTION LIKE TO SEE THE RESPONSE OR LIKE, YOU KNOW. MOST OF IT IS WE HAVEN'T REALLY FOCUSED ON ONGOING. IT'S USUALLY LIKE FOR A SET PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE ARE COLLECTING. WE GO OUT AND WE COLLECT INFORMATION, AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. WE HAVEN'T HAD A LONG TERM ONGOING DAVID ELECTIONS RESPOND TO ONE PERSON . HOW DO THEY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT? ANY ANY OF SAY YOU HAVE ANNEX PROBLEM AND THEN YOU'RE DOING SOME INTERVENTION. ARE YOU GOING TO MONITOR THAT, LIKE EVERY QUARTER OR LIKE, EVERY YEAR OR SO FORTH, LIKE, YOU KNOW TO SEE. OKAY WE HAD MADE SOME IMPROVEMENT OR THESE WERE THE GAPS. OKAY WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE SOME GAPS PART. YOU KNOW, WE COULD NOT KNOW BECAUSE THEN WE WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS A VERY YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S THAT WOULD BECOME VERY CASE MANAGEMENT FOCUS, WHICH IS NOT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PUBLIC HEALTH DOES BUT WE TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE ARE. WE ARE. WE DO HAVE PEOPLE. UM WHO NEED THAT RIGHT NOW, AND SO WE, IT'S A IT'S REALLY ON THE SITUATION BASIS. SOME PEOPLE THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE, UM, FOLLOW UP DONE AND OTHERS WE SIMPLY DON'T HEAR BACK FROM THEM AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD, SO WE ASSUME THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. OR MAYBE THEY'VE MOVED OUT OF TOWN, OR MAYBE THEY'VE GONE ELSEWHERE. SO BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FOR AT LEAST FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT I KNOW OF, BUT IT'S REALLY IN THE PAST YEAR THAT ARE STILL ON OUR ON OUR RADAR THAT NEED HELP. QUESTION ABOUT THIS NICE SUPPOSED TO PRESENT, SO THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE IS TO LEAVE UNIVERSITY AND YOU MEANS OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. UM IS THIS. BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED OF MEANS COLLABORATION. IS THERE A NEED TO REALLY STUDY THE GIRLS MORE EITHER. WE ARE INDEPENDENT GROUP OF LARGE CITIES, SUCH AS FROM ANY OTHER PLACES, OR EVEN IN A CLEVER LITTLE BIT MORE DATA THAN THAN WHAT YES, MA'AM. TO THIS AND YEAH. FINAL CONCLUSION. WHAT ARE THE GOODS AND HOW THEY NEED TO YEAH. SO THE INFORMATION FROM THIS POSTER THAT YOU SEE WILL BE SHARED WITH HEALTHIER SOMERSET. BECAUSE HEALTHIER SOMERSET IS THE COALITION THERE, THE UMBRELLA COALITION IN SOMERSET COUNTY OF ALL OF THE OTHER COALITIONS AND GROUPS AND THEY DO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT UNDER THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, SO THE GOAL IS AND YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO HAVE IRS REQUIREMENTS, AND WE HAVE AH N J. D O AGENT ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS WHERE WE HAVE TO PARTICIPATE WITHIN THEIR PROCESS, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PROCESS. SO UM, THE GOAL WILL BE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THEM SO THAT WHEN THEIR DATA COLLECTION PLAN INCLUDES, YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC HEALTH DATA THAT WE NEED THEM TO INCLUDE, AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. WE HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE HEALTHIER SOMERSET COALITION GROUPS. SO THEY HAVE A GENERAL HEALTHIER SOMERSET MEETING AND THEN THEY HAVE THESE DIFFERENT WORK GROUPS. UM YOU KNOW, WE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HADN'T BEEN AS INVOLVED DURING COVID. BUT WE'RE GETTING BACK INTO IT. AND WE, YOU KNOW, UM I KNOW. HISTORICALLY WE'VE ALSO INVITED BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS TO ATTEND SOME OF THOSE WORKGROUP MEETING SO I CAN SHARE WHAT? UM WHAT THE HELL HEALTHIER SOMERSET COALITION IS DOING RIGHT NOW WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE IN THE DIFFERENT WORKGROUPS THAT EXISTS . SO YOU KNOW OF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AND REPRESENTING US. 
          UM, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN. UM HOW THEY ARE COLLECTING PUBLIC HEALTH DATA AND INFORMATION AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND FOR US BEING ACCREDITED. THERE ARE YOU KNOW THESE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THEIR PROCESS HAS. BUT THE HOSPITAL REALLY CONTROLS THAT PROCESS, SO IT YOU KNOW, UM IT HELPS TO HAVE BOARD MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS FROM THE FROM THE COUNTY HELP. AND VOICE THEIR AND SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE AT THESE MEETINGS. AND WE WERE ALSO ALONG THE LINES OF HEALTHIER SOMERSET. WE DO WANT TO INVOLVED THE BOARD MORE IN ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO AS WE'RE KIND OF GETTING OUT OF COVID MORE BECAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW, 
          [00:25:03]
MOST OF YOU'VE ONLY HEARD US TALKING MOSTLY ABOUT COVID. UM THE OTHER PRIORITIES ARE PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS WORK. LEE WERE RESPONSIBLE IN WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN EMERGENCIES, NATURAL DISASTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IN RESPONDING AND SO THEY'RE EVEN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TRAINING THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERGO . AND SOME OF THESE TRAININGS INVOLVE HAVING COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE SO. UM YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE AS WE SCHEDULE THESE PUBLIC CALLED EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAININGS, YOU KNOW , SENDING THE INVITES OUT TO YOU ALL TO AND WHOEVER IS AVAILABLE TO ATTEND, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU. YOU ALSO PARTICIPATE, SO I THINK IT WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE DO PUBLIC HEALTH. WE ARE AWFUL AT REALLY TALKING TALKING OURSELVES UP. WE BURN OUT. WE'RE NOT REALLY GOOD AT MARKETING OURSELVES. AND SO NOBODY REALLY KNOWS PUBLIC HEALTH UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY IN IT. UM AND SO WE, THAT'S AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE WANT YOU ALL INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE, UM COALITION WORK AND TRAININGS BECAUSE THAT WILL REALLY GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR REQUIREMENTS. ONE MORE QUESTION. I SEE THERE IN THE METHODOLOGY IDENTIFIED DATA GAPS WITH THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FRAMEWORK IN MIND. UM HAS KIND OF BEEN LIKE THE NEW TALK LIKE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE A PATIENT EITHER IN THE OFFICE OR IN THE HOSPITAL AS WELL, LIKE THE NEWER MARS LIKE THE KIND OF INTEGRATING THE PATIENT'S CHART , SO THERE IS DATA WITH THE HOSPITAL OR WITH THE PHYSICIAN GROUP. DO THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THE TOWNSHIP OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, NO. SO WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEIR CONCERNS. NO UNLESS UNLESS WE CAN WORK WITH THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A BETTER, UM NO IDEA ON HOW WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT DATA. HURRY. THINK IF IT WAS INTEGRATED LIKE IT WILL MAKE MORE SENSE AND BAD ASPECT OF SO YEAH, I DO. AGREE WITH DR MOHANNAD WHITE IS SO PATCHY, AND WE'RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S WORKING IN SILO. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU KNOW FROM THE HOSPITAL AND CAN BE IDENTIFIED. THERE ARE NEEDS AND THESE PATIENTS KEEP RE ADMITTING AND, YOU KNOW. I WISH THAT COULD BE A SYSTEM THAT BRIDGES BROUGHT ASPECTS. YEAH. IT HAPPENED TO KAREN. I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL. SO FOR THE SO IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS ACTUALLY REMIND ME WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. SO THE I IS IT THE MEETING FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS FOR HUMAN SERVICES NEEDS IT BE. WE NEED TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE SAME ROOM AND THIS HAS BEEN A MONTH LONG REQUEST. UM IT'S JUST EVERYTHING . WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN SHIP COMMITTEE COULD HELP US WITH? WE WILL WANT COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION. WRITE IT DOWN ON. SO YOU FIGURE OUT WHEN WE'RE DOING IT AND HOW WE NEED TO AND WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DO IT CLEAR AT THE CHAMBERS. THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE DEMANDING. OKAY, THERE, THEY WANT TO MEET THEM. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN BUY IN I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU NEEDED TO GET BY IN NO, NO, I'M DEFINITELY HAVE A BIND WITH THE HELP FOR SURE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY THE STUFF THAT WE HEAR NOWADAYS, EVEN AS YOU KNOW, JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS AND I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS, BUT IT'S SAD WHEN YOU CAN'T HELP PEOPLE, RIGHT? I'M NOT SAYING WE'LL HELP EVERYBODY, BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO. THEY CAN. SO THE ONE THING I THINK, THOUGH, THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THAT MEETING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING OF OR SOMETHING THAT. THE FIRST RESPONDING UNITS WOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR OR WILLING TO SHARE THEIR QUANTITATIVE DATA. BECAUSE ONCE YOU SEE PATTERNS IN THE QUANTITATIVE DATA, YOU CAN COMPLEMENT THAT WITH THE QUALITATIVE. DATA ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS THEY OFFER AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND THEN YOU CAN START TO DEVELOP A PLAN FROM THERE SO YEAH. YEAH, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. AS LONG AS WE KNOW WHAT QUANTITATIVE DATA. THAT'S RIGHT. WE NEED IT FROM ANY M S PERSPECTIVE WE CAN GET. I MEAN, IT'S ALL COMPUTERIZED. IT'S EASY. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. YEAH AND WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH SOMERSET COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO HELP US COME UP WITH THE, UM, A BEST PRACTICE AND TAKE FORM THAT INCORPORATES THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE COMPONENTS AND THE INTAKE FORM WHEN BECAUSE WE'RE USUALLY RESPONDING BECAUSE OF 11 MAIN EMERGENCY THAT'S HAPPENING. IT TAKES MULTIPLE ENCOUNTERS, AND, UM YOU KNOW, HAVING TO BUILD TRUST WITH THE PERSON BEFORE WE CAN GET THE OTHER INFORMATION SO UM THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IS ON BOARD WITH HELPING US BUT IT'S UM TRYING TO TIE IN ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS. SO WE ALL KNOW, TOO. 
          WE ALL KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND STREAMLINED THAT INFORMATION SHARING BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SEEING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SAME 
          [00:30:02]
PROBLEMS SEEING PARTS OF THE ELEPHANT. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. OKAY? IS THAT? ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR REPORT OR EVEN MORE? COVID UPDATES. CAN WE JUST MADE IT THEN YOU DIDN'T SLAP MY HAND. I FORGOT TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. DO WE NEED A VOTER? YOU TOLD ME OH, SECONDED. WE NEED A VOTE RIGHT ALL IN, LIKE ALL IN FAVOR, OKAY. DO YOU GUYS MIND IF WE TAKE A MOMENT TO DO THAT? PLEASE? THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. ALRIGHT OKAY. THAT'S A UNANIMOUS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I NEED NO NOS. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. COVID. UPDATES. COVID UPDATING THE FDA 
          [VII. Covid Updates]
IS SUPPOSED TO ALLOW BEGINNING SECOND BOOSTERS. UM. FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE INITIAL DOSE OF THE LATEST VERSION OF THE BIBLE IN BOOSTER UM SO WE ANTICIPATE THERE MIGHT BE A SMALL INCREASE , OR JUST JUST FOR 65 OLDER AND I THINK IT WILL COMPLEMENT. YEAH NO, NO, I DON'T. NOT ALL SO WE ANTICIPATING AN INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR OUR SENIOR POPULATION . ONCE THAT GETS FINALIZED, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM N J. D O H YET, BUT ONCE THEY APPROVE IT WILL WILL HAVE TO START WITH OUR, UM, VACCINE CLINICS AGAIN. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ONLY DOING ONE VACCINE CLINIC A MONTH IN THIS ROOM. AND WE'RE STILL OPEN TO DOING POP UP CLINICS AROUND TOWN BASED ON DEMAND AND INTEREST, AND DEMAND IS VERY LOW RIGHT NOW, SO WE WANT TO FOCUS MORE ON EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. IN THE MEANTIME, BEFORE THINGS START RAMPING BACK UP, UM, LATER IN THE YEAR. WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF TEST KITS AVAILABLE. WE PERIODICALLY DO GET RESIDENTS COMING REQUESTING TEST KITS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF TEST KITS AVAILABLE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT'S LOOKING TO GET TESTED, OR FOR A TEST KIT. JUST PLEASE REFER THEM TO US. WE WILL EVEN DROP OFF TEST KITS TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN TOWN THAT THAT NEED THEM. THERE'S A SENIOR CENTER HAVE HIM. I KNOW WE HAVE DROPPED THEM OFF IN THE PAST, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE, UM, INVENTORY IS LIKE RIGHT NOW. BUT, UM MOVE FOLLOW UP. HAVE BEEN WORKING TIMES. 
          FOOD PANTRY. YES, YEAH. E. M S WAS SUPPOSED TO GET SOME. BUT WE HAVE NOT YET AND I CAN COME AND GET THEM OR OKAY, WE'RE EXPOSED. YEAH, FREQUENTLY. OKAY? AND THEN WE, UH WE ALSO RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS TO DO INFECTION CONTROL TRAINING AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, SO WE WILL BE REACHING TO, UM STONEBRIDGE AND CARRIER CLINIC AND I WAS STAFF WILL BE GOING OUT TO DO, UM PROJECT FIRST LINE. AH! THE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING ALL THESE PEOPLE AT THESE GROUP HOMES THAT KEEP POPPING UP THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK FOR THAT SIMILAR QUESTION. 
          LET ME TELL YOU THAT, UM I HAVE NEVER REALIZED HOW MANY GROUP HOMES ARE HERE. AND WE GET CALLED THE TIME MORE AND MORE I HAD TO THIS WEEK. ON MONDAY, AND I ASSUME IT'S I DON'T KNOW WHO TRAINS THOSE PEOPLE. BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT INFORMATION WE NEED, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR A LIST OF MEDICATIONS AND PROBLEMS CAN TAKE YOU 20 MINUTES TRAINS, AND IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY GROUP HOMES ARE IN MY GUN. I CAN THINK OF SIX REGULATIONS. EIGHT THE STATE KEEPS BUYING UP HOMES INTO GROUP HOMES, AND THEY COULD BE YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS AND THEY ARE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS. I WILL TALK TO YOU LATER. DO YOU KNOW? I THINK IT'S OKAY TO PUT IT ON RECORD. CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY GROUP HOMES LIKE. I GOT CALLED TO TWO NEW ONES IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW A GROUP ON BUT WHO WHO? WHO ARE THEY OWNED BY THE STATE STATE ADULTS WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY DOWNS? UM IT'S SEVERELY IMPACTED PEOPLE WHO CAN'T LIVE ALONE. AND THAT, USUALLY LIKE THE FOUR BEDROOMS HAVE FOUR PEOPLE. AND THEN THERE'S CAREGIVERS IN THE CAREGIVERS ARE WOEFULLY UNDER TRADE. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY NEW NEW GROUP HOMES BUT NEED IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT LATER. YEAH ONE THE OTHER DAY INFORMED? NO TYPICALLY, WE FIND OUT FROM THE ZONING BOARD, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT. BECAUSE I'VE YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY REPORT BACK. THAT 
          [00:35:02]
WOULD BE GOOD. YEAH THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHO TRAINS THOSE PEOPLE. WHO LIKE WHO TRAINS THOSE CAREGIVERS , BUT WE NEED TO THINK FROM WHAT I KNOW FROM THE ONES THE GROUP HOMES THAT WE HAVE INTERACTED WITH. THEY HAVE LIKE THEIR OWN COMPANY AND THE COMPANY. THEY SEND OUT YOU KNOW THE SLEW OF WORKERS OUT TO THESE GROUP HOMES AND FROM WHAT WE ARE AWARE, IT'S THIS COMPANY THAT TRAINS THEM. BUT IF THERE ARE NEEDS IN TOWN WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT. YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IF THEY'RE NOT TRAINED, TRAINED AND SOMETIMES THEIR LACK OF TRAINING. STRAINS RESOURCES. YEAH, PRETTY SURE. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. ALREADY WE HAVE STRAINED RESOURCES WITHIN THIS TOWN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT YOU KNOW. USER VOLUNTEER M S AND THEN I DIDN'T KNOW THIS. IT'S REALLY NOT FAIR TO. NO IT'S NOT, AND WE CAN'T HAVE OUR VOLUNTEERS RUNNING AROUND WITH PROFIT MAKING COMPANIES GETTING OUR PEOPLE TO RUN AROUND. SO YES, THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO GROUP HOMES. SPECIAL ZONING. FOR A GROUP HOMES. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T BUT, YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S REALLY RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT THE TOWNSHIP SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT AS AS GOOD I WOULD LOVE A LIST. LET'S TALK TO LAURIE AND GET A WHOLE LIST TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE GROUP WE DON'T OKAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TOWN DOESN'T THROW IT THAT YOU ARE. YEAH, BECAUSE WE ADD GROUP HOMES TO OUR OUTREACH LIST, SO AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY NEW ONES RECENTLY, SO I GOT CALLED TO ONE ON MONDAY MORNING AT SEVEN AM FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN TO THAT GROUP. I HAVE BEEN TO AT LEAST SIX DIFFERENT GROUPS FORMS IN MONTGOMERY. OKAY OKAY. OKAY FOUR PEOPLE AND A COUPLE CHARACTERS. I WILL GET A LIST WILL GET UPDATED LIST. OKAY? YOU HAVE A. E. R IS AFTER ACTION REPORT. AND SO ANYTIME SO, BASED ON OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESPONSIBILITIES, YOU KNOW WE ARE PART OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ANNEX. THERE'S THESE DIFFERENT ANNEXES THAT MAKE UP THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN FOR THE TOWN. SO YOU HAVE POLICE FIRE. YOU HAVE DIFFERENT ANNEXES AND PUBLIC HEALTH IS ONE OF THE OTHER BIGGER ANNEXES. SO WHENEVER THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, THE ANNEX GETS ACTIVATED, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE THE STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF WE'RE COVID, THE PUBLIC HEALTH ANNEX WAS ACTIVATED AND SO AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, THERE IS A BIG DEBRIEFING THAT HAS TO OCCUR. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE AFTER ACTION REPORT. AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO IT AS PART OF ACCREDITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. IN GENERAL, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS STRUGGLING FOR FUN. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS HAVE THAT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. SO WE KNOW YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN IMPROVE FOR THE NEXT EMERGENCY. AND SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE FOCUSING ON COMPLETING AN AFTER ACTION REPORT. IT'S A DETAILED, CRITICAL SUMMARY OR ANALYSIS OF THE EVENT. COVID IS A VERY IT'S VERY NEW IN TERMS OF A R BECAUSE IT'S IT WASN'T JUST A 11 OFF EVENT WAS MULTI YEAR PROLONGED EMERGENCY, SO WE ARE HAVING TO DO IN A IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY, SO THE GOAL WILL BE TO GET TOGETHER DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND IDEALLY, HAVE AN IN PERSON SESSION WITH THEM, TOO. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THEY YOU KNOW, DEALT WITH THE EMERGENCY. WHAT CHALLENGES THEY SAW. WHAT ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT AND THERE'S A FRAMEWORK THAT WE FOLLOW. THERE'S IT'S A BIT STRUCTURED AND HOW WE GO ABOUT COMPLETING THE A R FOR THIS, AND I WILL ENTAIL. UM. MAYBE DOING SURVEYS FOR SOME STAKEHOLDERS AND IN PERSON FOCUS GROUPS WITH OTHERS. AND POSSIBLY KEY INFORMANT. 
          INTERVIEWS FOR FIRST SELECT FEW , AND WE'LL YOU KNOW WE'LL PRESENT THOSE RESULTS TO YOU, BUT IT'S A PRETTY INTENSE PROCESS, AND THE GOAL IS TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. GET IT DONE BEFORE SEPTEMBER. A R S, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT CAN BE USED FOR BOTH PLANNED OR UNPLANNED EVENTS . IT CAN INCLUDE TABLETOP EXERCISES. UM AND. YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN SETTING IN OR PARTICIPATING WITH ANY OF THE SESSIONS THAT WE SCHEDULE YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO I WILL MAKE SURE TO UPDATE YOU AS WE SCHEDULE SESSIONS FOR THE AFTER ACTION REPORT, AND YOU CAN LET ME KNOW. UM OR DOCTOR MCGARY. NOW, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING SO THAT'S THAT'S THE AFTER ACTION REPORT. THERE WILL BE DOING OKAY? AND BRAND. 
          [VIII. Grant Updates]
          [00:40:09]
UPDATES GRANT UPDATES NEXT ITEM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I LISTED ALL OF THE GRANTS THAT, UM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE HAVE THE RAID ON GRANT. WE'VE GIVEN AWAY ALMOST ALL OF OUR RADAN TEST KITS. WE ARE READING TO SEE IF THEY WILL. THE LAB WILL SEND US A EVEN JUST AN AGGREGATE DATA TO TELL US WHAT THOSE RESULTS LOOK LIKE, UM, SO I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON ABOUT THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY. RUNNING THE STRENGTHENING PUBLIC HEALTH GRANT. THAT'S UM $274,000. I GUESS BECAUSE WE BECAUSE OF STAFFING VACANCIES AND, YOU KNOW THE, UM ARE ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO ON BOARD AND OFF BOARD STAFF. WE WILL PROBABLY SEE SOME MONEY UNSPENT BECAUSE OF THE POSITION NOT BEING FILLED FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE STRENGTHENING GRANT. UM BUT I'M SORRY. KEEP GOING, OBVIOUSLY SO WE WE'LL FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION IF WE CAN ROLL OVER UNUSED FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID TELL US THAT THE STRENGTHENING GRANT WILL BE GETTING RENEWED FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. 
          AND THE SAME FOR THE VACCINE. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING GRANT THE VACCINE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING IS THE ONLY GRANT THAT WE CAN USE FOR CLINICAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS VACCINE CLINICS. FOR DIRECT VACCINATION ACTIVITIES THERE IS THERE IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT IN THE STRENGTHENING GRANT, BUT IT IS VERY RESTRICTIVE. WHO THE VACCINE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING IS OUR ONLY SOURCE FOR, UM, USING THESE FUNDS FOR CLINICAL ACTIVITY, SO IT IS VERY SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE. UM TO MANAGE THIS GRAND BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON IT. UM BUT WE ARE OFFSETTING OUR PART TIME PUBLIC HEALTH NOUS HOURS WITH THE VACCINE, SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING GRANT. SO, SO THAT IS GOOD. AND I KNOW, UM DR FAISAL HAD ASKED AT SOME POINT TO SHARE A REPORT OF HOW MUCH OF THE GRANT FUNDS HAVE BEEN TOWARDS OFFSETTING OUR COSTS. SO I AM WORKING ON THAT THAT WILL BE EASIER TO DO ONCE THE FISCAL YEAR END, SO I'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE A REPORT FOR YOU ON HOW WE HAVE DONE WITH SPENDING THE MONEY AND WHAT WE'VE HOW HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OFFSET FROM OUR TOWNSHIP BUDGET. UM SAME THING FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT. THIS ONE IS LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE STRENGTHENING OF THE VACCINE. 
          SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING GRANT. UM BUT THERE ARE STILL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO FULFILL. WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO WORK WITH THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATION TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE RESOURCES ON BASED ON NEEDS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MAKING HAVING MORE COMPLIANT EQUIPMENT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS ONE THING THAT WE'RE WE'RE FUNDING. UM WE ALSO PURCHASED A TRAFFIC UM, TRAFFIC SIGN A TRAILER THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGES THAT WE CAN PUT ON, YOU KNOW, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND, UM. SO SO THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY WILL BE USED FOR AN AGAIN. I'LL GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN. UM HMM, MAYBE AT THE JULY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING ONCE THE FISCAL YEARS OVER WE ALSO HAVE OUR INFECTION CONTROL GRANT FROM NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS FOR $2500. THAT'S $2500. THAT'S REALLY FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. AH THE INFECTION CONTROL TRAINING. FOR THAT THAT WE RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP FOR INFECTION CONTROL FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR 2500, AND THAT SCHOLARSHIP IS FOR A FOR STAFF PERSON TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION AND INFECTION. 
          CONTROL THE C I C CERTIFICATION . ALSO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE KATIE WILLIAMS, WILL BE WE'RE GOING FOR THAT CERTIFICATION AND FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THE SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH IS GREAT. WE ALSO HAVE OUR MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AND YOUTH SERVICES GRANTS THAT, UM, AND THE APPLICATION HAS JUST OPENED UP FOR MONTGOMERY WITH WITH THE COUNTY SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT. BUT WE ANTICIPATE GETTING ABOUT $6000 FROM YOUTH SERVICES AND UH, CLOSE TO 7000 FROM MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AGAIN. MOST OF THE FUNDING IS TO OFFSET OUR HEALTH EDUCATORS COSTS SALARY COSTS, BUT THERE'S ALSO MONEY IN THERE FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, UM AND BRINGING IN OTHER PARTNERS TO TRAIN. NOT ONLY, UM, OUR STAFF BUT ALSO LIKE OTHER PREVENTION AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY. SO FOR SCHOOLS, UM FOR EXAMPLE, FAITH LEADERS AND. AND WE ALSO RECEIVE 
          [00:45:03]
SCOTT US A GRANT FROM THE CENTRAL JERSEY HEALTH INSURANCE FUND FOR THE TOWNSHIP FOR AN EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES HERE. AND WE HAD RECEIVED ABOUT $9000 FOR THAT, AND MOST OF THE MONEY IS USED TOWARDS A SYSTEM WHERE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, UM IT'S YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES WHERE PEOPLE EMPLOYEES GET POINTS FOR COMPLETING THOSE ACTIVITIES. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH POINTS AND YOU GET A HALF DAY OFF, AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S A VERY POPULAR. UM IT'S VERY POPULAR EMPLOYEE WELLNESS INCENTIVE. SO AND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES HELP RUN THE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM. SO YOU KNOW WE WANT TO DO WE WANT TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM FUND AND WE WANT ANYTHING TO HELP RAISE MORALE AND JUST GET PEOPLE MOTIVATED AND YOU KNOW, CONNECTING AND ENGAGING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN A FUN WAY. SO BOTH ARE SOME OF THE GRANTS WE HAVE. I THINK ALL OF THE GRANTS WE HAVE. CAN YOU GO THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN? I THINK YOU DIDN'T LISTEN. JUST SO WE HAVE THEM ON RECORD. WHICH ONE? ALL OF THEM. YEAH RIGHT ON GRANTS FOR $2000, STRENGTHENING PUBLIC HEALTH GRANT 274,735. VACCINE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING $50,000. THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT IS 131,909 $96. INFECTION CONTROL FOR THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS. 2500. 
          INFECTION CONTROL FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE INFECTION CONTROL SCHOLARSHIP. 
          $2500. YOUTH SERVICES. UM COMMISSION GRANT FROM THE SOMERSET COUNTY OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES $6000. MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE FROM SOMERSET COUNTY. HUMAN SERVICES IS $6934. 
          EMPLOYEE WELLNESS, APPROXIMATELY $9000. THAT'S GREAT. IT'S CANCER STRICTLY FOR THE PURPOSE. THEY ARE TO DO IT OR THEY THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY TO DO. THERE'S VERY LIMITED FLEXIBILITY. THAT'S WHY THE PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY FUNDING RESOLUTION IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING. 
          WE ARE TIED TO THE GOLDEN OBJECTIVES THAT THE FUNDERS HAVE FOR US FOR THESE GRANTS. AND 
          [IX. Municipal Alliance Updates]
THEN, UM, MUNICIPAL INSECT MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE UPDATE, PLEASE. SO WE ARE PLANNING A COMMUNITY LEADERS MEETING WHICH IS AN OFFSHOOT OF ONE OF OUR MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMS. ON THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH IN THIS BUILDING THE GOAL OF THIS MEETING MEETING AND THIS GROUP IS REALLY TOO TO REGULARLY GET TOGETHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND GATEKEEPERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR ISSUES AND CONCERNS ARE SHARE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION AND POSSIBLY COME UP WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTIONS. TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS. SOME ARE EASIER THAN OTHERS. BUT THE GOAL IS IF WE'RE MEETING REGULARLY, AND WE'RE SHARING THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU KNOW WE WILL GET BETTER AT HOSTING PROGRAMS BASED ON THE REQUESTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS. AND I KNOW DR MANDO BAM ATTENDS. HE'S A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS GROUP, NINA, AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE E. M S. I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD BECAUSE I FEEL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GATEKEEPERS. THEY SEEM TO BE THE USED TO. WE USED TO, BUT WE HAVEN'T LOUISA IN THE DAYTIME, SO IT'S NOT EASY FOR YOU CAN. 
          OKAY SO MAYBE IF WE CAN LORI CAN ALSO SEND THE INVITE OR EVEN G. KENT TO SID SARAN? YEAH, ACTUALLY AWAY THAT DAY. BUT SOMEBODY WE KNOW I I'M JUST THINKING OF LOVE BECAUSE WE SEE A DIFFERENT YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY . AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AT SOLUTIONS. AND YOU AND I WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER WITH DEVON G YOU YOU SEEM TO SEE, OF COURSE, THE YOU KNOW YOU AND OF COURSE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SEES THE FIRST YOU KNOW WHEN THERE'S A NEED, THAT'S THE FIRST PEOPLE PARENTS. YEAH. SO YEAH. SO WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY LEADERS MEETING COMING UP, AND WE ALSO HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH FORUM ON MAY 15TH FROM 7 TO 9 B RIGHT HERE. DR. MANDO BAM WILL BE THERE. UM I WILL BE HERE. NEIL NEIL WILL BE THERE WILL BE THERE. AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE A DOCTOR STRONG. KABBALAH WHO'S STARTED BOARD CERTIFIED CHILD, ADOLESCENT AND ADULT PSYCHIATRIST. SHE WAS ALSO BOTH DR MICHELLE OBAMA AND DR BALA PRESENTED AT THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER, AND IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. DO WE HAVE AN ARTIST VP OR SOMETHING? DO WE HAVE AN IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING? JUST CHECKING. UM AND THEN THEY WILL WE HAVE A TEAM PANEL FROM THE STUDENTS OF OUR YOUTH ACTION BOARD THAT ARE 
          [00:50:01]
FUNDED THROUGH THE YOUTH SERVICES. GRANT UM SO I THINK THEY'RE PRESENTING A VIDEO. WHAT TEENS WISH PARENTS NEEDLE THAT MENTAL HEALTH. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. WE'RE LOOKING AT. FOR MANY, I, UM I HAD I WAS TALKING TO THE MATTER. ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE MEETINGS. I WOULD LOVE FOR THE BOARD. TO MEET THESE STUDENTS. THEY ARE AWESOME. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM HERE. YEAH, ONE OF THE MEETINGS. YEAH. NO NO, I'M NOT SURE. JUST CHECKING. NEGOTIATE THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S RIGHT. AND THERE WILL BE A MINDFULNESS DEMONSTRATION BY STEPHANIE LOCK IN OUR WHO'S UM MINDFULNESS EXPERT IN HER IN HER OWN, RIGHT . UM SO THE GOAL IS TO ALSO HAVE SPACE FOR OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND MAYBE POSSIBLY HAVEN'T SORT OF LIKE A FAIR OUT IN THE LOBBY. SO IT'S THE SYSTEM AN IDEA WILL WE'LL SEE HOW IT PANS OUT? I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. LAURIE WILL SEND UPDATES AND EMAILS TO THE GROUP. AS WELL. WE WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT IT AT THE COMMUNITY LEADERS MEETING SO UM MAY 15TH 77 TO 9 P.M. RIGHT HERE. MM HMM. I THINK I HAVE IT IN MY CALENDAR ALREADY HAVE SO MANY INVITES TO GET FROM YOU. 
          YOU YOU'RE GOING TO BE JUST AS BUSY AS WE ARE. THAT'S GOOD. UM AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. ANY NEW BUSINESS. YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. OH YES. UM ACTUALLY, 
          [X. New Business]
I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COLOR FESTIVAL SPRING FLING. THIS ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT WITH THE RECREATION WHERE I'M ALSO LAYS ON. UM WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO DO AFTER COVID, WHICH WE DID AN EVENT LAST YEAR. WITHIN A THREE WEEK PLANNING WE HAD OVER 250 PEOPLE SHOW UP. I THINK PEOPLE LIKE TO COME FOR ANYTHING WHERE YOU'RE THROWING COLOR ON EACH OTHER, AND WE'RE JUST HAPPY. SO WHICH WAS WHICH WAS THE PURPOSE. REALLY? TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE BILL STILL WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, BUT I THINK THE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS ARE WHAT ARE GETTING LOST. SO WE'RE HOPING OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO TRY AND REACH EVERYBODY IN MONTGOMERY SEEMS WE GOT HOLD OF CERTAIN COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO GET WHAT IT IS. SOME DIDN'T SO WE ARE ASKING THE NEWSPAPER TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE LET YOUR GROUPS NO. SO PEOPLE COME. THIS IS MAY 6TH TWO TO FOUR WILL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LOANS BECAUSE LAST YEAR AND WE DID IT AT THE MONTGOMERY PARK. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE AND NO PARKING SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GIVE US MORE PARKING. WE HAVE ASKED THE SCHOOLS IF THEY HAVE ANY CHILDREN WITH EXTRACURRICULAR STUFF WHO WANT TO TABLE OR THEY HAVE STEAMED TO WANT TO RAISE FUNDS. WE THOUGHT IF WE GET THE HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH INVOLVED WHERE THEY CAN HAVE, LIKE A LITTLE TABLE, THEY CAN DO SOME GAMES RAISED FUNDS. WHICHEVER WAY WE HAVE THE FIRE STATION COMING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE FUNDRAISING AND FLIPPING BURGERS AND SELLING WATER, SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS THERE. I STILL HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE M SITS ON MY, UM, AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVE A SKIN FOUNDATION WHO IS GOING TO BE THERE AS A SPONSOR AND WHATEVER THEY RAISED, THEY HAVE PROMISED TO GIVE IT TO THE M S. THEY'RE GOING TO BE STARTING SOME FOOD BOXES. GET IN TOUCH WITH SID. YEAH, I HAVE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH IT. MY I WAS TRAVELING AND IT'S BEEN LIKE PRESIDENT. NO, THAT'S TRUE. BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO SEND A FLYER OUT AND I HOPE YOU GET TO SEND IT WITHIN YOUR GROUPS. IT'S FREE. I FEEL LIKE I SAW IT ON SOME SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, OR AT LEAST SOME PROTECTION. UH I WILL. HEATHER PINO MAY HAVE SENT IT THROUGH THE SCHOOLS BUT IN THE WHATSAPP LIKE YOU KNOW, THAT'S AWESOME. BECAUSE I THINK THE WHATSAPP ARE WHAT S KEEPING MONTGOMERY GOING ? IT'S ALL THESE PARENTS ON WHAT GRADE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A SEPARATE GROUP. NO THAT'S TRUE. I DIDN'T WHEN MY KIDS WERE YOUNG. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. 
          YEAH. SO I'M HEARING THAT EVERY EVEN 2ND 4TH GRADE. THE PARENTS ARE ON WHATSAPP AND THEY'RE DISCUSSING. I'M LIKE WE NEED TO BE ON THESE WHATSAPP AS A TOWNSHIP TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN HELP. SO YOU COULD ASK HEATHER, YOU KNOW BEAUTY TO ALSO SEND IT TO THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BECAUSE ACTUALLY, I DID TELL HER THAT BECAUSE ALL TIMES ALL THESE ATHLETIC TEAMS ARE RAISING FUNDS . ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS DO A GAME FACE TO FACE PAINT AND CHARGE ALL THESE PEOPLE TO $5 WHATEVER AND RAISE FUNDS BECAUSE OTHERWISE THESE POOR KIDS ARE STANDING OUTSIDE SHOPRITE AND NOBODY'S GIVING THEM MONEY. SO I DID TELL HER THAT I SAID YOU SHOULD OPEN IT TO ALL THESE TEAMS WHO ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO RAISE FUNDS, SHE SAID. JUST COME PARTICIPATE. YEAH YEAH, THAT'S DOING GET VISIBILITY. MANY OF THESE GROUPS NEED VISIBILITY WITHIN THE TOWN. YOU KNOW, TO SEE THAT YOU KNOW THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING AND SOME OF THE KIDS JUST NEED TO BE SEEN. I THINK SO THAT THAT'S THE WHOLE I MEAN, IT'S A BIG AGENDA. WE'RE TRYING AND ANYTHING YOU CAN HELP WITH ANY OF YOU GET THE MESSAGE OUT. I'LL SEND THE FLIGHT OUT. AND IF YOU CAN, PLEASE SEND IT OUT. I 
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HAVE TO STILL TALK TO DELGADO TO ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT HEATHER OF OBVIOUSLY SENDING IT, BUT I HAVE NOT TALKED TO ALL THE OTHER. PRINCIPLES SO THEY CAN SEND IT WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THEIR POPULATION LIKE I'LL PRINT IT OUT AND PUT IT IN THE AMS BUILDING. PERFECT THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. SO WE'RE ALL TRYING TO JUST BUILD THESE CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE TOWN AND MAKING YOU KNOW FREE EVENTS TO HAVE PEOPLE COME AND HAVE FUN. AND RAISE SOME FUNDS FOR OUR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CLASSIFIES AS NEW BUSINESS, BUT I'VE BEEN READING A LOT ABOUT MORE AND MORE, UM ACCIDENTS. ON THE ROADS. PEOPLE ON BIKES. THERE'S BEEN TOO BAD BIKE ACCIDENTS THIS WEEK, RIGHT? ONE WAS A DUI. ONE WAS. AH I DON'T KNOW. I HEARD DIFFERENT STORIES. I HEARD SOMEONE ILLEGALLY PASSING ON THE RIGHT BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS TURNING LEFT . THEN I HEARD THE OTHER TIME THE CHILD WENT INTO THE ROAD, BUT ONE. THE PATIENT WAS HURT REALLY HURT, OKAY? SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IS OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE TOWN IS GROWING AND AS SOMEBODY'S COMING THE KIDS ARE WE HAD ONE INCIDENT WHICH WAS FROM C C, WHICH IS THE COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE AND THAT PIKE RUN AREA. THE KIDS WERE RUNNING ACROSS TWO OR SIX TO GET TO PLAY A BALLS, SO I THINK WE ARE UNDER SAFETY COMMITTEE AT THE TOWNSHIP. WE ARE TRYING TO GET MESSAGING OUT. ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WE'RE GOING TO DO MAY AS BIKE AND PEDESTAL AND SAFETY MONTHS CROSSING AT FROM STARBUCKS TO SHOP RIGHT? THAT YOUNG LADY YET THAT'S LIKE YOUNG LADY WAS ALSO CROSSING. NOT AT THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK. SHE WAS JUST RUNNING FROM STARBUCKS TO WITH THAT STARBUCKS, THEIR 100. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO BE OUT THERE. GIVE PEOPLE WARNING, BUT I THINK THE MESSAGING THE EDUCATION HAS TO BE. THE TWO OR SIX IS ACTUALLY A STATE HIGHWAY. IT'S NOT OUR BACKYARD STREET AND SIX SO ONE HAS THE SAME ISSUE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THAT PUT TOGETHER, WE WILL REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY TO GET IT OUT WITHIN. WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP. BUT YES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS WORKING REALLY HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. WE'VE HAD LIKE 55 INCIDENTS RECENTLY, AND THIS IS NOT EVEN SUMMER. PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE. WE'VE HAD FIVE YES, WE'VE HAD FIVE INSTITUTE SOME SERIOUS INJURIES. YES I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THEY COULD PUT UP A YOU KNOW THE SIGN THAT THEY HAVE THAT HAS SOMEBODY HAS BEEN HURT HERE. AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WITNESSES. IF THEY COULD PUT THOSE ON 206 AND SOME LIKE COMING OVER THAT HILL FROM HILLSBOROUGH OVER THE TRAIN TRACK. PEOPLE YOU KNOW PLACES WHERE THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF PEDESTRIANS CAN ASK CAPTAIN BET AS TO WHAT HE THINKS. WE AREN'T BRAINSTORMING IDEAS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE DO REALIZE THAT AS NEW BUILDINGS GO UP THEIR KIDS, WE HAVE A LOT OF POPULATION WHICH IS AND AS A REALTOR. I KNOW THAT BUT JUST MOVING OUT OF NEW YORK, HOBOKEN , JERSEY CITY AND COMING TO MONTGOMERY. THEY ARE USED TO WALKING AND USED TO CROSSING ROADS AND STUFF AND SUDDENLY THEY COME HERE AND RIGHT BUSINESSES TO A LOT OF THESE FAST FOOD TYPE, PLIABLE STARBUCKS. YOU GET THOSE PEOPLE CROSSING ROADS TO GET TO THEM. 
          ABSOLUTELY THEY JUST DON'T REALIZE THAT THE EDUCATION HAS TO BE THAT THESE ARE VERY BUSY. 
          HIGHWAYS IN PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST MONTGOMERY PEOPLE ON TWO OR SIX. THEY ARE GOING FROM A TO B AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EVEN THINK THERE'S A KID GOING TO CROSS OVER. JUST YEAH, SO WE WERE WORKING ON ANY IDEAS. ANY BRAINSTORMING? AS YOU KNOW, JUST , UH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT IDEA OF PUTTING A SIGN. I MEAN, I'LL TALK TO CAPTAIN BETHUNE, WHAT IS FEASIBLE? OKAY? THERE HAS I IMAGINE THERE'S BEEN A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT. NO E WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. WE DID ONE EARLIER WHEN I WAS NOT EVEN ON THE TOWNSHIP, BUT RECENTLY, NO AND RECENTLY IT'S WHEN ALL OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING UP AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION UNDER. UNDER OBLIGATION FOR YOU KNOW WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING OBLIGATION THAT MONTGOMERY HAS. WE DO HAVE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS COMING UP IN PUBLIC HEALTH. THEY HAVE A ASSESSMENT CALLED THE COMPLETE STREETS ASSESSMENT. THAT'S WHAT THE WORD I WAS. OH REALLY? OKAY MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO ONE IF WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. THERE'S A GREATER MERCER TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. THEY WILL COME OUT AND DO THAT FOR US. YEAH. THAT'S ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PARAMETERS CAPTAIN, BUT HE'S WORKING WITH. HE'S WORKING WITH THEM, AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US A LOT OF INFORMATION. SOME FLYERS AS SOME PALM CARDS SO THEY ALREADY ARE DOING. IT'S NOT. YOU'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL 
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, BUT I'M YEAH, I'M SURE. DEVON, YOU'RE TALKING TO CAPTAIN BETTER ABOUT IT TO THE ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE'RE BRINGING THEM TO THE COLORADO. I TOLD THEM THE FUN FIRST. YES AND EDUCATING THE KIDS, GIVING THE KIDS THE COLORING BOOKS AND WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SAY, I AGREE. THE KIDS NEED TO BE EDUCATED. A LOT OF THESE HAVE BEEN KIDS. NO NO, NO. THESE ARE THE TEENS AND THE YOUNG KIDS AND IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY'RE NOT REALIZING SOMEWHERE. YEAH I THINK THEY DO DO ASSEMBLIES AS WELL. COVID HOW MUCH THEY'VE CHANGED. OH, THE COPS YOU THINK SHOULD BE IN THE ASSEMBLY ORGANIZATION IF THEY COULD GO INTO AT LEAST ORCHARD VILLAGE AND MAYBE LOWER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING ON GOING TO HAVE SOME PLANS RIGHT GOING INTO THE SCHOOLS FOR EDUCATION. HMM. ONE OF THE KIDS WASN'T WEARING A HELMET HELMET SAFETY AGAIN. I MEAN, I KNOW. YEAH I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE COME SUMMER. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY ON BIKES. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THERE WAS A HEAD INJURY, YOU KNOW? YEAH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE HEARD THAT THAT WAS REALLY HORRENDOUS. THANK YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY MAY I WILL DEFINITELY BRING IT UP TO THE T. C THAT THE HEALTH WOULD STRONGLY FEELS THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE SAFETY HEARING IT. WELL, LET THEM KNOW. ESPECIALLY NOW, WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION, TOO, AND BUT THE INTERSECTION OF 5 18 AND TWO OH, SIX. IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. AND IT IS IT IS BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S DARK AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE WHERE THE ROAD ENDS AND STARTS AND THERE'S NEW. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE NEW ENTRIES AND EXITS. BUT I ALSO HEARD THAT I DON'T MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS. NO YOU'RE WELCOME RUMOR, I'LL SAY NOT NOT VERIFIED THAT THERE'S WA WA IS GOING TO MOVE ACROSS THE STREET. I CAN'T DO MUCH, BUT YEAH, SO IT WASN'T THE PAPER. THANK YOU. SO NOW I DON'T FEEL LIKE SO BAD. THANK YOU KNOW IT'S AN ONGOING THANK YOU POTENTIAL, BUT IT WAS POTENTIAL . YEAH, BUT I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE JUST GOING TO IMPACT THAT INTERSECTION IN WAYS THAT ARE CREATING BIG SAFETY ISSUES, BUT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU WITH THE TOWN IS GROWING FASTER THAN OUR SAFETY INITIATIVES TO BE HONEST. 
          WE COULD PUT THAT IN AS THEIR PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. REQUIREMENTS THOUGH TO HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND SUSPECT WE COULD, WE COULD PUT A HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND PART OF THEIR ANYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO TO HELP THAT WILL BE EXCELLENT EDUCATION MAY NOT BE NOTHING NEEDS TO HAVE TRAFFIC FURNACES, MEN AND NEEDS PROBABLY MODIFICATIONS BASED ON WHATEVER GROWING WHATEVER THE ROADS ARE THERE. SO I THINK THIS IS MORE SERIOUS ISSUE THAN JUST IT'S NOT GOING TO ADDRESS BY JUST EDUCATION ALONE. ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT NOT, BUT AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT THEY COULD PUT, WE COULD PUT A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY DO A HEALTH, HEALTH ASSESSMENT OR COMPLETE STREETS. ASSESSMENT NO, ABSOLUTELY. HEALTH BOARD CAN DEFINITELY SENSE SOMETHING OUT TO US. AND SAY THAT YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY. THESE ARE SOME INITIATIVES YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND. ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN DO IT APPROVED BUILDING. DON'T GET A WITHDRAWAL ONCE SERIOUSLY PERSPECTIVE. CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WALKING IN DUST. CAN NOT BEING VISIBLE. I THOUGHT FOR SURE THAT THAT'S INTUITIVE PEOPLE WHEN THERE'S NOT SIDEWALKS, AND I THINK THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE VISIBLE. AND Y KNOW,OU I'VE SEEN OPLE OPE5 18.N RKING.WOHM IN  ME SHOUTHER.LD D CARSAN STOP. U KNOWYO SOONE'SMEURNING T AND YOUASS P, SOONE COMED BE ULADOWSH A NDU'LL BYO LETOS SOMNE I TEONKHI AT'STH IN E NEITHBORHOOGH. I'MDS VING THAUBLE WROH THATIT IMY HOOD.OREOPLE PIKE WE L HA SIDEWVEKSALTHEY S. LL WTIKAL THE SINEETTRAND,  IS DUST'K AND YOU CAN'TEE THE S THEY'M.RELL THATOU CND'TAN SEEHEM. T 'S N EVEN OTSTJU ON MAI NADS. IROST' A NON IUITIVENT PAT SHOUCATI E.ON IT IS MAYBEHERE T COMPD SEOM AUTBOHAT T TELETREETS S. THEWOULDNY 'TSTORY HIDAN STUFF.E COUL W DPPEN.HAN THE  ILKANS.BAKAY. I O BUSIWE'RINE. AND T OTHERHEEW N MY SE I D'T HAVONANYE ROM F . OKAYON?AVING H NFURTHEO R WILLSSSI TO DIUSSSCHE MEE TNGTI OW NDJOURN AT A 8 38M P TIONMO TADJOURO NAS W MOVEDY B A O T T CHURCHEERH  TREVO NEWMA.SHECOND S. CE ONOM, DR DOCTCOND, , UH, IAS WIKE L OR. RNING,MO DR NE
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