[I. Opening Statement]
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EVERYBODY DOING OVER THERE? GOOD WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE DOING GOOD DOWN HERE TO ORDER. IS THAT RIGHT THEN? GOOD. THE. OK, AND THAT'S WHAT IS. DIDN'T WORK DID IT? MAGIC WORDS? I JUST I CAN'T REALLY SEE YOU. I COULD JUST SEE YOU GIGGLING A LITTLE BIT. I CAN SEE LIKE YOUR YOUR FACE. WE'RE GONNA BEGIN SHORTLY. NOT YET. THIS. TO ORDER THANK YOU. OK? THE MEETING TO ORDER BOARD OF HEALTH. IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD TO CONCLUDE BY 9:30 P.M. AND THE AGENDA ITEM NOT CONSIDERED BY 9:30 P.M. WILL BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR STATEMENT. ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THE MEETING, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3D AND FOUR A OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. TO THE PUBLIC. AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK. NO. BOARD MEMBERS. DOCTOR SORAYA IS NOT HERE, DOCTOR GRAYSON. DR MCGARY HERE, DR FRISELL. THE NEW HERE, MARA HERE HERE. STAFF SECRETARY JENNIFER HERE. COMMITTEE LIAISON, DENNIS HERE. HERE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OK, WE HAVE TWO SETS OF REPORTS BECAUSE WE WERE UNABLE TO HOLD OUR LAST LIKE THE
[IV. Consent Agenda]
SCHEDULED MEETING. ARE IN, UH, FEBRUARY. NO IN MARCH. YES. WE CANNOT HOLD THE MEETING IN MARCH SO WE COULD NOT CONSENT AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY. SO UM ALL MATTERS LISTED HERE UNDER ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND WILL BE APPROVED. IN ONE MOTION. ANY MEMBER MAY REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATIONS IN THE MONTH. REPORTS ARE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT FROM FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2024 THE REPORT FOR FEBRUARY MARCH 2024.ANIMAL CONTROL REPORT. AND MARCH OF 2024. WE ALSO HAVE OUR LAST, UM, SET OF NAMES. MINUTES. THE LAST MEETING, AND THAT WAS FEBRUARY 14TH 2024. WE HAD CANDY. I WOULD BE MORE UM CAN I GET AN EMOTION TO APPROVE? THANK YOU. SECOND THANK YOU. MOVED AND APPROVED. AND THEN WHAT? OK, WE
[V. Health Officer Comments]
HAVE HEALTH OFFICER COLE AND UPDATES AND THEN I HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR NEW BUSINESS. OK? HEALTH, THE HEALTH OFFICER UPDATES UH, FIRST IS OUR HEALTH EDUCATION, SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAD WITH PRINCETON. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION. UM THEY GRANT FUNDED STAFF TO PERMANENT SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN IN HOUSE HEALTH EDUCATOR NOW SO THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR, UH, HEALTH EDUCATION SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PRINCETON. UM AND CURRENTLY I'M COLLABORATING WITH HILLSBORO SOCIAL SERVICES. ON A MOBILE FOOD PANTRY, THEN A AND TREATMENT. THAT, YOU KNOW. BE ABLE, UM LIKE TO PARTNER WITH US ON THIS IS FROM THIS IS A STATE LEAVE GRAN. ENCOURAGES SHARED SERVICES. AND, UM ONE OF THE GRAND STIPULATIONS IS TO PARTNER WITH ANOTHER TOWN, SO THIS WOULD COME AT NO COST TO MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. YOU WOULD NEED TO WORK OUT AN ARRANGEMENT OF YOU KNOW HOW WE WOULD USE THE VAN FOR WHAT PURPOSE? THE VAN WOULD BE OUTFITTED FOR MOBILE VACCINATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS. WHICH WOULD BE GREAT. UM AND WE ARE STILL IN THE INITIAL PLANNING PHASES OF THIS. ARRANGEMENT. UM. AND YOU KNOW IT WILL BE GOOD TO PARTNER WITH HILLSBOROUGH BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO SEEING A GROWING SOCIAL SERVICES NEED.AND THEIR COMMUNITY. SO IT'LL BE GOOD TO SEE HOW THEY ARE STRUCTURING AND SETTING UP THEIR SOCIAL SERVICES OR EXPANDING THEIR SOCIAL SERVICES. SO THAT MONTGOMERY CAN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, GET SOME IDEAS TO FOR KIND OF BRINGING ON OR CREATING OUR OWN SOCIAL SERVICES DIVISION. IN THE
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FUTURE. UM THE OTHER UPDATES ARE STAFFING UPDATES. WE HAVE A PART TIME GRADUATE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE. UM, HER NAME IS BRIANNA LONG. SHE'S STARTING WITH US. APRIL 17TH, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE UM, SOME EXTRA HELP. WE A RE SO INTERVIEWING FOR THE HEALTH EDUCATOR ROLE. WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES. I'M HOPING COME BACK WITH SOME GREAT NEWS AND MY GOAL IS TO THEN COME OUT TO ONE OF OUR FUTURE BOARD OF HEALTH MEETINGS ONCE WE ONCE WE HAVE THEM IN PLACE. THAT YOU ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THEM AS WELL. ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE THE HEALTH EDUCATOR ROLE, SO BECAUSE THAT IS, YOU KNOW SUCH A PUBLIC FACING ROLE.UM AND THEN YOU KNOW. MAYOR'S WELLNESS CAMPAIGN. UPDATES. WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN MAY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY DO AS PART OF OUR MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE WORK. UM LAURIE H FOR MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE CHAIR HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON A ON ON AN EVENT. UM ME. SECOND I HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. IT'S. SCREENS AND STRESS UNDERSTANDING THE DIGITAL IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S WELL BEING. THURSDAY MAY 2ND 630 TO 830 AT UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND ONCE WE HAD THE FLYER AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FINALIZED, WE'LL SHARE IT OUT. UM EITHER VIA E BULLETIN OR THROUGH THE 12 CAR EMAIL. IN UM AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A CONSTITUENCY. UM, HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR HERE ON MAY 29TH.
UM THE CONGRESSWOMAN. I WATCH SOME COLEMAN WILL BE HERE. UM SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH AND WELLNESS FIGURE SET UP SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE YOU KNOW DIFFERENT VENDORS OF UM VARIOUS AGENCIES SERVING UM VETERANS AGENCIES PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES AND INFORMATION HERE, SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASES OF THAT. BUT THAT WILL BE MAY 29TH. UM.
I KNOW THERE WERE OTHER WE HAVE THE SPRING FLING ALSO COMING UP. UM AND SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE TO DO SOME TABLING. AND EDUCATION. AND I THINK THAT IS THAT'S A COLOR TALK. PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED. TO SO THE SPRINKLING IS MAY 4TH 2 TO 4 P.M. SO THERE'S UH AND THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT CHILDHOOD. I MEAN LEAD POISONING LAST YEAR, AND SO WE PARTNERED WITH OUR CHILDHOOD LIKE POISONING PREVENTION PROGRAM PARTNERS. ABLE TO GET A RED ANALYZER TO ANALYZE THE POWDER THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE EVEN TESTED FOR LEAD AND HEAVY METALS. SO I CAME BACK. YOU KNOW YOU POSITIVE RESULTS? NO, NO, WE HAVE THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THERE WAS SO UM SO WE WERE TO GO WITH THE POWDER. UM BUT WE WE'RE ALSO USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION EDUCATION. ON MARCH 30TH. WHEN WE HAD SAFETY DAY HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, HE ALSO HAD YOU KNOW, KRISTEN AND JEN WERE HERE WITH THE LEAD ANALYZER AND THERE WERE TESTING PEOPLE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ITEMS OUT TO GET TESTED. POLICE. HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, SPACES, POWDERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND YES, SPACES. UM, IS IT IS IT? IT'S IT WASN'T PREVALENT. IT WAS A ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS A AN AN OLD UM THOMAS TRAIN TOY. I TESTED POSITIVE FOR LAND AND THE AND THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT IT, I SUSPECTED THAT POSSIBLY MIGHT. BUT IT WAS AN OLDER TOY. THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHERE THERE WAS THEY WERE BEING. I HAD ACTUALLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN PRACTICE THERE WERE LIKE SERIES OF CASES WHERE WE HAD ACTUALLY SUSPECTED LEAD POISONING AND THERE WERE HIGH LEVEL OF BE ABLE TO FIND THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY ON A THE HERBAL MEDICATIONS. AND ONE OF THE STORE LIKE I, I WHERE THEY KIND OF ADD LIKE TO LET TO INCREASE THE SHELF LIFE. DEPARTMENT. THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHE HAD THE KIND OF UNREGULATED IN THAT ASPECT. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE OVER THE COUNTER AND YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WERE HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD. SO I MEAN, IF IT GETS REPORTED
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TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'LL DO INVESTIGATIONS, THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS GET INVOLVED ONCE A CHILD'S BLOOD LEAD LEVEL COMES BACK HIGH, AND I KNOW THAT THE STATE THEY UP UPDATED THE LEVELS. THE REQUIREMENTS WERE AN INVESTIGATION WOULD BE NEEDED. I ACTUALLY THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT. THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. STAY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU YOU MEAN LOWERING THE LEVEL? OH, THEY'RE LOWERING THE LEVELS. YES THEY'RE FURTHER LOWERING THE LEVEL SO WE MIGHT SEE YOU KNOW MORE INSTANCES WHERE WE NEED TO TRIGGER INVESTIGATIONS, SO WE ONLY GET INVOLVED ONCE A CHILD'S BLOOD LEAD LEVEL COMES BACK HIGH . BUT THOSE INVESTIGATIONS ARE VERY RESOURCE INTENSIVE, VERY TIME CONSUMING. THEY TAKE UP A LOT OF YOUR TIME, AND WE HAVE TO DO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WITHIN CERTAIN TIME FRAMES. SO YOU YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO DROP EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING TO TAKE OVER AND TAKE ON THESE LEAD INVESTIGATIONS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN MONTGOMERY. RARELY HAVE THAT OCCURRENCE, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN. UM, SOMETIMES IT COULD BE SOMEBODY WHO HAS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, AND THEY MOVE HERE OR, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT INSTANCES WHERE THE CHILD BLOOD HAS COME BACK. BLOOD BLOOD LEVELS COME BACK. UM WHERE WE NEED TO. IT WARRANTS AN INVESTIGATION, SO OTHER TOWNS HAVE BEEN SEEING INCREASES AND WITH THE NEW RED LAW LOWERING THE STANDARDS, UM YOU KNOW FOR DETECTION. UM WE ANTICIPATE GETTING MORE INVOLVED, BUT THE RESOURCES ARE VERY LIMITED IN TERMS OF HAVING YOU KNOW, TRAINED INVESTIGATORS GO OUT.WE'RE LUCKY WE HAVE KRISTEN, WHO'S WHO'S TRAINED IN, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL LED INVESTIGATIONS , BUT BECAUSE WE SEE SO FEW WE REALLY WE DO NEED TO PARTNER WITH OUR NEIGHBORING HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAVE YOU KNOW THAT THAT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT UM WITH US WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH TENANTS WHO ARE RENTING.
YOU CAN RUN INTO SOME LEGAL ISSUES, AND YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND THOROUGH WHEN YOU'RE DOING THESE. SO WE WANNA KEEP YOU KNOW, WE WANNA KEEP THAT AWARENESS. UM AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, TO BE AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY MIGHT BE PURCHASING SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR HOMES, UH, SOME OF THE PLACES THAT THEY MIGHT BE PURCHASING. UM, A THE CHILDHOOD THAT POISONING COALITION WERE REPORTING THAT SOME OF THE RECENT CASES HAVE BEEN FROM PEOPLE. PURCHASING SPACES FROM INDIA, FOR EXAMPLE AND BRINGING THEM HERE AND THEY'RE JUST LEAVES WITH PURE LEAD. UM AND IT'S SOMETIMES VERY SCARY. SO IT'S JUST A LOT OF EDUCATION THAT'S NEEDED, UM, EDUCATION TO YOU KNOW? PARENTS EDUCATION FOR THE TEMPLES HERE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE POWDERS THAT THEY USE FOR RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND PURPOSES. UH, SOME OF THE APPLIANCES THAT THEY HAVE, UH, WHERE THE WELDING THAT USED TO CONNECT SOME OF THE PARTS ARE STILL, YOU KNOW. THEY THEY THEY'RE STILL USING LEAD WELDING SO IT MIGHT BE ON ON MAY 4TH. IT MIGHT BE NICE TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION THERE AND WE CAN SAY AND WE HAVE TESTED ALL OF THIS FOR LEAD. DO YOU THINK? THINK ABOUT THINGS AT HOME? YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SPICES. I WONDER IF PEOPLE REALLY KNOW THAT. I JUST HEARING THIS. I WOULD NEVER HAVE GUESSED MY JUST JUST TO BE FAIR BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD. SO WE TEST STATE LAWYERS SUPPOSED TO TEST EVERY ONE YEAR OLD AND TWO YEAR OLD SO WE DO 2000 LEAD TEST. AND ALMOST NEVER FIND ANYONE. THE DAYS WHERE IT WAS, AND THEN THERE WERE PAINT CHIPS, AND THEN YOU WOULD FIND TODDLERS WHO WERE CRAWLING. THOSE DAYS ARE GONE, AND HE SO NOW IT'S A RARE PIECES OF THE ONES THAT YOU TALK LIKE A PIECE OF CUTTER ON, UM LET TOXICITY AND IT WAS COMING FROM CINNAMON FROM SOUTH AMERICA. AND OPEN TO OPEN PANDORA'S BOX AND SAY, HEY, EVERYONE! BE CAREFUL ABOUT YOUR SPICE LIKE THAT. IT JUST IS IT MORE IED SPICES OR YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY NO, IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY RARE. SO THERE'S NOT SOMETHING I THINK THAT THERE IS NOT THERE'S NOT EDUCATION.
THERE'S EDUCATION OF PEOPLE, POTENTIALLY TO SAY BRINGING POTTERY OR TOYS FROM POTENTIAL LIKE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES, WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE USED LEAD PAINT WHERE THE LAWS WERE DIFFERENT. UM WE WE'VE HAD SOME AN DEDICATE SOME FEW YEARS AGO WHERE THERE WAS POTTERY BROUGHT OVER FROM INDIA AND THAT WAS THE THAT WAS WHERE THEY WOULD KEEP THEIR WATER AND IT WAS MORE OF LIKE A FAMILY HEIRLOOM. AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT WAS LEAD EXPOSURE. BUT LIKE SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME INFORMATION LIKE THAT. THAT'S HELPFUL TO SAY IF YOU HAVE THINGS THAT YOU BROUGHT FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT MIGHT HAVE LED BUT IT'S PRETTY DEVASTATING. IT'S USUALLY A LOW LEVELS AND WHAT THE WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THAT NOT THAT WE'RE MEASURING HEIGHT. AS WE MEASURE LEAD LEVELS WHAT WE USED TO ACCEPT AS THE LEAD LEVEL. NOW SEEMS TO BE WE NOW THINK THAT
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THAT EVEN THAT WOULD BE A TOXIC LEAD LEVEL SO YOU SHOULD HAVE NO SO WE'RE NOW DROPPING IT TO LIKE EVEN LOWER THAN FIVE TO SAY WE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATING ANY CASE WE SEE AND NOT JUST ALLOWING LOW LOW LEVELS OF LEAD. BECAUSE IT'S SO. I AM FOR THE FIRST TIME HEARING I HAD I DON'T IMPORT MEANES, BUT I HAD NO IDEA. I ND AGA A. THE INNNAMONCIAS W TH AMEOUCA ANDRIT'S JU I REGUTH TRE'S NHEO THEREAS W TIONS LAKE THELI'S IRE NEW Y AKORIMES T LEIK, UM DAI,LYODCAST P ON THIS T HESTLA CPLE OFOUEEKS. W'SIT INRESTINTETO LISG N TO,TEUT WE'RHE GULATIRES THATON NEVEOSE TO BEED INSPEING.CT HAPPENR .ED SOHEN PE TLE CHEASA MONEYVEAND, IWAST R TOPEHEY GO TWAY AN AD THEY BRGIN THIS IS INTTIONALEN. THIS . THNTENONALLYTIEAH Y, EYTH WERE EER W A THEAS WEREY TENTIOINLLY USNAG LEADINECAUSE B OH,PER CHAN TINNAMO CN. THAWET AD H TO.OU KNO YW, PEATRICIDIS, ATANEAST Y L AREOU POISYI TO INKTH FOR LSES INGON POSIONSIT. U KNOWYO ,U HARYOYDL FEEL LA THE L'SET OR LE, YOUIKNOW, K IN TH IT'SS, ADGHT?RI LE, YOUIKNOW, K WEREUNCOMMY .ON AND TSEHE HE T K CD. AND THENHE ITY THAL WEAT FOUNDAS W ETH HERLBAEDICAT MNS ANDIOE W RE ABLWETO FINE D LER ON.AT ONE OF THE REASONS TO INCREASE THE SHELF LIFE. THEY ADD LEAD AS AN INGREDIENT IN THAT ASPECT. THIS IS WHERE USB VERIFIED ON ALL OF YOUR SUPPLEMENTS COMES IN HANDY.YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO CHECK ALL YOUR BOTTLES TO MAKE SURE BUT BUT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T LIKE A DISCLAIMER OR THEY ARE SAFE RIGHT LIKE BECAUSE IT'S HORRIBLE AND UNREGULATED AND YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT GOES ON THERE. I THINK THAT IS I MEAN, WE I MEAN, AS A PHARMACIST, WE ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD SAY US P VERIFIED ON THE ON THE FILE AND YOU ALWAYS GO TO THE BRAND NAME YOU KNOW YOU GO WITH, YOU KNOW NATURE THINGS. KIRKLAND BRAND OR BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REPUTATION.
SO UM, AND I MEAN, ANY PHARMACIST SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK UP TO SEE IF IT'S USB VERIFIED. THAT'S JUST ARE THEY POWDER FREE. PERSON. YEAH, THE GOAL. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE COLOUR AND COLOUR. NO COLOR ZONES. MHM. LIKE THE SAFETY FOR EYES. I WELL, THAT'S YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LIKE LITTLE KIDS AS WELL TOO. RIGHT? YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM AT THE MOMENT? NOT NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR EYES THAT I'M AWARE OF. UM I CAN I CAN ASK I. I DON'T KNOW. WHAT WOULD YOU GUYS RECOMMEND IN TERMS OF ALL THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY BRING THEIR OWN GOGGLES OR SOMETHING. YEAH. I. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW. YOU HAVE, LIKE THE WATER AND LATER ON, THE KIDS WERE JUST RUNNING AROUND. AND THE LITTLE ONES. MINE MINE IS NOT THAT LITTLE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I COULD KIND OF, BUT THEN IT'S WINDY. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BE. THEN THE COLOUR FLIES ALL OVER AND YOU CAN, IS IT? I MEAN, IS IT TOXIC TO US? I'M NOT SURE THAT'S I GUESS THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO KNOW IS THERE ANY TOXICITY? DO WE HAVE A BRAND? I MEAN IS I CAN LOOK AT. IF YOU CAN GIVE ME INFORMATION ABOUT IT. I CAN DO RESEARCH. I CAN CALL THE COMPANY I CAN DO ALL THAT, BUT I MEAN, BEFORE WE GO DOWN ON THIS PATH OF WE NEED EYE PROTECTION. LET'S SEE WHAT THE TOXICITY IS. IS IT THE SAME BRAND SAME SAME STUFF. WE GONNA HAVE THE NAME? AVAILABLE TO THEY CAN. THE OK? ANYTHING ELSE? NEVER QUITE COMMON QUESTION. UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I COMPLETELY FORGOT. WE HAVE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. HI, MARSHA. WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH. UM, NOW, DOES SHE SIT OUT THERE OR DOES SHE WANT TO SIT UP HERE OR YOU WANT TO SIT UP THERE YOU DO ME A FAVOR. BUT COULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM AND RIGHT HERE SO WE CAN PUT YOUR NAME ON THE RECORD? JUST SAY WHO YOU ARE. AND WHY YOU'RE HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM HI. MY NA ME IS BARSHA, UM I'M A PART OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
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AND I'M JUST VISITING DIFFERENT COMMITTEES TO SEE LIKE WHERE MY INTERESTS LIKE ALIGN AND CURRENTLY I LIKE INTERESTED IN LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO COME HERE AND SEE HOW THE MEETINGS WERE FORMATTED. THANK YOU. 10TH GRADE. YEARS OF WE ARE THE FUNNEST COMMITTEE. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU LIKE IT SO FAR? I LIKE IT. YEAH. I WAS INTERESTED IN LIKE THE LEAD. TODAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, ARE YOU LIKE I THINK THE, UH, SIGN A FEW PARTICIPANTS TO EACH COMMITTEE. RIGHT, UM SO EVERYBODY JUST HOPPING AROUND TODAY THEY DECIDE WHICH ONE TO GO TO AND TODAY THEY FIGHT OVER IF THEY ALL WANT TO GO COME TO, UH, THE BOARD OF HEALTH. YEAH I DON'T THEY JUST LIKE SUGGESTED ME LIKE VISIT A FEW AND THEN WE FILL OUT A GOOGLE FORM IN JUNE. YEAH, OK. SOUNDS GOOD. WELCOME. HAVE YOU GONE TO ANY OTHER MEETINGS? UM, NOT YET. THIS IS MY FIRST ONE. WE'LL TELL YOU WHO TO STAY AWAY THE LITTLE CREDIT. SURE THIS IS THE BEST ONE. THAT I AM SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU. THANK YOU. TO BE I LIKE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO OFFER YOU A PART A PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, SO IF THERE'S THINGS YOU WANT TO UPDATE US ON FROM THE COMMITTEE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. YOU HAVE TO GET EMAIL ADDRESS. I GUESS INFORMATION. WELL, I THINK WE HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. OH, NO, WE HAVE NO, I DON'T HAVE. I DON'T HAVE. I DON'T HAVE YOURS VERSION, BUT I CAN GET IT. YEAH.ONCE YOU DECIDE WHICH ONE YEAH. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A WE HAVE MORE HEALTH OFFICER COMMENT.
BODY ART. HERE WE GO. SO WE HAVE A BODY ON FACILITY OPENING NEXT WEEK. UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE. WILL BE IT'S A PERMANENT COSMETIC SERVICE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING TATTOOS. YES SO, SO NOT OFFICIALLY TATTOOS. IT'S MORE PERMANENT COSMETICS, SO MICRO BLADING. UM, I THINK SO I HAVE COME UP LAST YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEVER REALLY FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH IT BECAUSE OF THAT PERSON NEVER, YOU KNOW, REALLY WENT AHEAD WITH OPENING UP A ESTABLISHMENT HERE, BUT NOW WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY THEY'RE SERIOUS . THEY'RE OPENING NEXT WEEK. UM SO YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A BODY ART. FACILITY. LICENSING, UM, ORDINANCE. RIGHT NOW, SO ALL WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS ADOPT THE STATE'S ORDINANCE. MY REFERENCE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE BOARD OF HEALTH ATTORNEY ON ON DRAFTING THAT, AND THE GOAL IS TO INTRODUCE IT AT UH, NEXT MONTH'S BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING. UM DO WE KNOW LIKE THE RISKS AND STUFF LIKE WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF HEPATITIS B? HEPATITIS C HIV? ARE THERE RISKS? I MEAN, ARE WE PIERCING? YEAH I MEAN, WE ARE THERE IS SOME SOME SI MEAN DO WE KNOW RISKS AND STUFF LIKE I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS, OK? UM SO I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW EVERYTHING INVOLVED WITH A BODY ART FACILITY. I KNOW THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS REQUIREMENTS IN OUR HEALTH INSPECTOR HAS A THOROUGH CHECKLIST OF WHAT IT ENTAILS. UM SO YOU KNOW, I CAN HAVE AND ASK KRISTEN TO, UM, ATTEND NEXT MONTH'S MEETING SO SHE CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ON WHAT THAT IS, UM, SHE'LL BE DOING THE INSPECTION FOR THE FACILITY. UM IT BEING IN PLACE. FOR USING THIS UNDER THE STATE CODE, SO THEY THEY WERE GIVEN A STATE. UM THE STATE APPLICATION FOR BODY ART ESTABLISHMENTS. UH, WE JUST HAVE TO SET OUR ORDINANCE AND WHAT OUR FEES WILL BE, AND, UM WHAT OUR STRUCTURE WILL BE STRUCTURE WILL BE FOR THE ORDINANCE. SO HAVE, UM, HAVE THEY DID THEY HAVE A, UH, OPERATION BEFORE SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR IS THIS LIKE SOMETHING NEW THAT THEY'RE DOING ? LIKE WHAT'S THEIR EXPERIENCE? UM, YOU KNOW, QUALIFICATIONS. OH, I'M I'M NOT AWARE IF THEY'VE BEEN IF THEY'VE DONE THIS
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SOMEWHERE ELSE. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NEW HERE. IN, MONTGOMERY. UM AND THEN WHERE ARE THEY? I DON'T KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND OUT. LIKE A CHAIN, OR IS IT AN INDIVIDUAL? DO WE KNOW ANY OF IT? I DON'T KNOW THAT IT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION. THAT'S OK. I'LL YEAH, I CAN FIND OUT WHERE WHERE IT IS, IF WE HAVE IT OK, THE OTHER THING, TOO, THAT DIVANI HAS OFFERED TO DO IS THERE IS A BODY ART FACILITY INSPECTION CHECKLIST. IT IS NJ AC EIGHT. COLON 27-1.ET. YES. I'M VERY GOOD AT READING. I'M ONLY KIDDING. I'M TELLING YOU. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FUN IN THIS COMMITTEE. UM IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO LOOK IT UP. YOU CAN. BUT THEONI, WILL YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS? RIGHT. I CAN I CAN GET IT. I CAN. YEAH OK, SHE'LL SEND THIS AROUND SO YOU CAN GET IT. IT'S VERY THOROUGH. IT IS WHAT THEY DO. IT TELLS YOU WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO INSPECT FOR AND FROM THAT YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. UM, BUT THERE ARE YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE'S NOT PAGE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT PAGES LONG. YEAH, THAT'S A VERY AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHAT IT APPLIES TO. SO IT'S PERMANENT COSMETICS TATTOO. TWO.
BODY PIERCING AND EAR PIERCING, BUT DO WE KNOW IF ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE GONNA BE OFFERED, OR IS IT JUST JUST PERMANENT COSMETICS? JUST LIKE WE DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS BUSINESS. SEEMS LIKE A VERY NEBULOUS PROJECT. LIKE. WHERE DID HE COME FROM? IT WILL BE THE PIPELINE FOR SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF LIKE LATE TO THE PARTY. WELL THERE IT THE IT'S NOT LICENSED BY THE TOWN. SO YEAH, WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A STOREFRONT. LIKE I THAT'S COOL.
AND WE'LL WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INSPECTING IT. YES. YEAH. THAT'S REGULATED BY THE STATE, NOT A NO. OK? WHERE DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER? NEW BUSINESS. YEAH, I GOT RECORDS TO BREAK HERE. UM,
[VI. New Business ]
OK, WE HAVE A COUPLE FOR NEW KIND OF REOCCURRING BUSINESS. UM ONE. DO YOU WANT TO START WITH THE OK? WE'VE WE'VE BEEN FIELDING A LOT OF CALLS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS PEOPLE OR HOMELESS PERSON IN SHOPRITE AND YOU KNOW THEY PEOPLE A RE EXPECTING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO JUST GO IN AND REMOVE THIS PERSON, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY AND WITHOUT ANY HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO GO IN AND DO THAT.UM SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING MORE OF THESE CALLS. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE ADVISED THE STAFF TO YOU KNOW, LET PEOPLE KNOW. WHAT OUR ROLE IS AND WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS A RE, UM AND BUT IF THEY EVER, YOU KNOW, SEE SOMETHING THAT IS CONCERNING, UM OR DISRUPTIVE. THEN YOU KNOW, WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY CALL UM THAT THEY YOU KNOW, THEY CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR MAYBE SOMEBODY IN THIS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. UM YEAH. WHAT WAS THAT? MS GOES TO JUST WAIT. OK? YOU KNOW? YEAH WE JUST WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KEEP HER ON THE SAME PEOPLE. UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW UH, JUST CAUSE TO DO THAT. UM AND AGAIN, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS, WE WILL RESPOND. UM BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. ININ THESE SITUATIONS, SO I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO BE AWARE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SEEING AND GETTING MORE OF THOSE CALLS. PUTTING OUT PHENO. I HAVE WANT TO REJECT THIS. THAT'S THE END OF. INTO THIS PERSON'S POST. YEAH. THE BOARD TO BE HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO ANY. SO IF
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THEY'RE YOU KNOW IF THERE IS A NEED, OR IF THERE'S INTEREST IN IN SEEKING ONE OUT, THEN WE WILL . WE WILL ASSIST THE INDIVIDUAL. UM, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THAT. THEY JUST WANT TO BE. THEY JUST WANNA BE LEFT ALONE. IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A PSYCHIATRIC REASON THEY CAN TRANSPORT THEM FORSYTH, BUT THAT'S A VERY TEMPORARY MEASURE AND THEY COME BACK. AN EMS HAS RESPONDED TO THIS. RIGHT? OK SO WE HAVE. IT'S NOT A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE IN ANY WAY. I MEAN, PERSON. WAS TOTALLY. KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND IT'S COMPETENT. THAT PERSON IS CHOOSING TO DO THAT. AND I MEAN, YOU CAN'T IT. IT'D BE KIDNAPPING. IF WE TOOK THE PERSON. WHAT DID YOU CHOOSE TO SO, UH, SITTING ON THE SIDE, BUT PEOPLE WENT WILD. ON THE SIDEWALK, SLEEPING, SLEEPING ON THE SIDEWALK LIKE PEOPLE WENT WILD. HE DOES WALK AROUND SHOPRITE EVERY ONCE. I, I WE ALL OF OUR DEALINGS HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE NOT HURT ANYONE, NOT SCREAMINGLY QUI. NICE. OK, WE HAVE ONE MORE. FOR YOUR BUSINESS. NO, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS AND GO AHEAD. AGAIN. SO. WE? SO WE HAD, UH, A CLIENT SIGNED A CAP. DP A CAT WAS SITTING THERE.THEY DROVE OUT WHO WAS SITTING THERE NOT MOVING. TO UM AND JUST ALL FAT. UM SO 4000. WE SAID OK, WE PUT IT ON. YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'LL LOOK FOR THE OWNER. WE'LL SEE HER THERE TOO. I THINK I AT THAT POINT. WHATEVER. AND THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. AND NOBODY CLAIMED THAT. SO THAT WE MOVE TO THE NEXT PLAN, WHICH IS TO CALL ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS. FOR THAT, BECAUSE THE CLIENT HAD BROUGHT THE FACT. AND WE HAD KEPT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. THEY NO LONGER COULD PICK UP. AND WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH SO THEN WE CALLED SAVE AND SAID STORY.
THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH. NO, WE DON'T WANT THE SO LUCKILY IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE PERSON WHO FOUND THE CAT WAS WILLING TO AND SHE HAS THE BUT IS THAT PART OF ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS CONTRACT THAT IF WE HAVE THE CAT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. THEY ARE NO AS POSSIBLE. YEAH, I THINK THAT MEANS THAT YOU I GUESS YOU OWN THE C AD. THEY HAVE TO SURRENDER. THE OWNER, WE SHOULD PUT THE CATS BACK ON THE ROAD. I MEAN, I'M BEING SERIOUS. BECAUSE THEY ARE OWNERS SURRENDERED.
TYPICALLY LIKE IF SOMEBODY FOUND A CAT ON THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEY STARTED FEEDING IT.
PREVIOUS IT WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU OWN THE CAT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A OWNER SURRENDER THAT SAME GUIDELINE. I HAVE THE CONTRACT. I THINK I'D BE VERY BECAUSE WHAT IF THIS PERSON CAME INTO MY BUILDING WITH THIS HAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY. YOU THINK THAT CAT BACK IN YOUR FARM CUZ I WAS PRETTY HAPPY AT THAT POINT, SHE HADN'T GOTTEN HURT BECAUSE THAT'S A REAL POSSIBILITY. AND YOU TAKE THAT CAT BACK. IT'S MAD, AND IT'S A MESS AND YOU CALL THEM. AND MAYBE THEY'LL COME GET IT. BECAUSE NOW YOU AT YOUR HOUSE. RIGHT? YEAH, I MEAN, CHECK FOR MICROCHIPPING. WE CHECK. SO WHAT HAPPEN LIKE IF SOMEONE BRINGS YOU A CAT? THEY DON'T HAVE A MICROCHIP OR ARE YOU STUCK WITH THE CAT THAT? OH, THIS IS RIGHT. BUT WHAT IF YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHAT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. BRING CATS TO THEM TO SAY IS THIS CAT MICROCHIPPED? IF YOU FIND OUT THEY'RE NOT AND THE PERSON SAYS, WELL, I DON'T WANT IT. THIS. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SAVE WOULDN'T TAKE IT. THE PROBLEM. I DIDN'T THEY MY GUESS IS AND I WANT TO SAVE AND DROPS IT OFF. THEY THEY CAN SAY NO.
APPARENTLY. YEAH, I KNOW THAT SAVE WOULD WOULD IF IT IS AN OWNER SURRENDER THEY GO THROUGH.
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OK IF YOU SURRENDER THINK TO THEM. IT WENT UP. AND BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU KNOW THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER WOULD USE SOME DISCRETION AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO WORK OUT THE SITUATION WHERE I THINK AC X IS KIND OF JUST USING WHATEVER PROTOCOL OR PROCEDURE THEY HAVE IN STICKING TO IT. I CAN'T BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO GET BACK TO YOU. OK, SO YEAH. I GUESS YOU GOTTA SAY THAT IT CAME. THE CAT CAME IN TODAY SO THAT THEY CAN COME I TAKE THE CAT INTO MY FACILITY. IS IT GOING TO BE THE SAME? UM OH, SO WHERE DO YOU GO? I DID? YEAH. AND SEE BECAUSE THIS IS MY IT IS NOT WORTH A THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THEM. WE CAN HELP. AND YOU NEED TO KNOW. OK, SO IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT, WHERE SHOULD YOU TELL THEM TO TAKE IT TO RIGHT.THAT'S THE THING LIKE YOU'RE GONNA SIT AROUND AND LISTEN TO THE AND PICK UP THE I JUST WANNA OFFER. JUST LET HER KNOW THAT YOU OH, IN TOWN. SHE'S A VETERINARIAN IN TOWN. THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS DOING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT THAT CONTEXT. SO YOU UNDERSTOOD WHERE SHE WAS COMING FROM. SO ANYWAY. I OK, SO WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP HERE SO WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW UP ON THE OWNER SURRENDER PROCEDURE PROCEDURE. IT'S NOT OVER SURRENDER, THOUGH. IT'S A YEAH, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE REGULATING. NOW THAT IT IS THAT IS IT. YOU'RE NOW THE OWNER, SO WE THERE COULD BE A STATE LAW THAT WE NEED TO QUALIFY. WE HAVE TO WORK. AND FOR AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT. I DON'T THINK I'D BE SURPRISED. SHELTER. YEAH. UP. REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEM. SO I SITUATIONS COME UP, WE'LL WE'LL TRY TO AND GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE. UM BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ALL OF THE PARTNERS TOGETHER. SPECIFICALLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO YOU KNOW WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THE MOST IMPACTED AND THEIR OFFICERS ARE IN THE FIELD LONGER. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FIELDING A LOT OF THESE CALLS, AND IT'S REALLY JUST THEM SOMETIMES, SO A AND THEY THEY'RE READING AND THEY'RE WAITING LONGER FOR, UM, THE AC O TO COME ON SCENE, SO I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN IMPACTED THE MOST, UM SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM, BUT YOU KNOW, SINCE SEPTEMBER WHEN WE BROAD ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS ON BOARD. FOR THE MOST PART, THINGS HAVE BEEN OK, BUT WE HAVE THESE INSTANCES THAT COME UP WHERE WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT RIGHT AWAY. SO YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH SEA WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THAT SOME OTHER PAST. THINGS HAPPEN, TOO. WE YES. YEAH. AND IS IT NEXT SEPTEMBER? I DON'T KNOW IF THE I MY HEAD. IT MIGHT SURE IF IT WAS A TWO YEAR, THREE YEAR CONTRACT. MAYBE THERE'S A WAY WE CAN, AT LEAST IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM AND ASK SOME OF CONCERNS. HAS HA HAS THE ACCOUNT. SORRY, HAS THE TOWN COUNCIL HEARD ANY MORE COMPLAINT. UM, WE HAVEN'T WE HAVE ENOUGH NOW I YEAH. YEAH I'VE I'VE HAD ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH THEM. UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE POLICE THERE TOO, BECAUSE YEAH, OF COURSE THEY'VE BEEN SEEN. DIFFERENT THING AND DEALING WITH MORE OF THOSE. YEAH AND THEN THE POLICE IS DISPATCHING A CS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE ISSUES. ALL THOSE OTHER ITEM IS KIND OF REOCCURRING BUSINESS. WE STILL ARE WAITING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE SALARY INFORMATION FROM FAMILY MANAGER. UM. AND I
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FOLLOWED UP. UM I THINK THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE REASONS. UM SO THE CONCERN IS THAT THE IF HAS OFFERED A 2.5. INCREASE. AND ADJUSTMENT, I THINK I WAS ASKING QUESTIONS AROUND EQUITY FOR SALARY AS WELL. UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE COULD DO, GIVEN THAT INFLATION HAS BEEN MUCH HIGHER THAN 2.5 AND THE ECONOMIST IN NEED IS NOT WILLING TO NOT GIVE PEOPLE A RAISE. AND NOT AT LEAST MEETING INFLATION. UM SO MORE. UM WE ARE, WE CAN YOU KNOW, INFLATION ADJUSTED ADJUSTED. UM, THAT WILL CREATE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES, THE NON UNION AND THE UNION. AND SO THERE WILL BE A DISPARITY FOR SALARY IN THAT. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE AS A BOARD WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT WHAT AND WHEN WE AND THAT YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT MEETING, I'LL. BUT MORE. YEAH. SO THE I THINK YEAH, SO THEY THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO MEET WHATEVER WE OFFER. AS LONG AS IT'S NOT LIKE 10% WE'RE STILL WITHIN A RANGE OF SOMETHING, OK? YOU HAVE I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK THAT YES. IT WAS, UM IT WAS IT WAS INTRODUCED LAST, UH YEAH. SO ON IN A SO, UM I THINK THE NEXT IF WE DON'T MAKE THAT MEETING DO YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS IT? WE HAVEN'T MADE A SALARY ARGUMENT. AND HOW DO THEY THE YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR II. I WOULDN'T KNOW. BUDGETING IS ALWAYS A. FOCUS ON YOU GOTTA GIVE A RESPONSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DO THAT. SHOULD BE PRIORITY FOR YOU. NOT TO WORRY ABOUT. UM, VERY SOON. I THINK THE NEXT ONE. I THINK IT'S AS IN WEEKS. YEAH. OK, WELL, I WILL PROBABLY GET A RESPONSE.OUR MANAGER. RIGHT? I WILL SEND THE ORDINANCE. YEAH, INTERESTING. MICHAEL'S RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT LAURIE SPEAK TO BUT THE THAT UM NO, HE HE GOT TO TALK TO LAURIE. WHERE WE ARE. FOLLOW UP. UM. AS THE LOOP THAT I HAVE I BEEN KEEPING YOU IN IT. IT. NO. UM ANY OTHER.
SAFETY. BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY MUCH. WELL MUCH BETTER ATTENDED THAN WE EXPECT A LOT MORE PEOPLE A LOT OF INTEREST. UM HAD SOME INTEREST. UM NO, I THOUGHT WE I DO ACTUALLY. I HAVE TO REMEMBER TO LOOK AT MY NOTES. SO, DOCTOR, SORAYA. I THINK IT WAS IN FEBRUARY. CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC AND WE DID HAVE FOLLOW UP WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PRINCIPAL BROUGHT IT TO THE INTENTION OF HER SAFETY OFFICER. UM, THEY HAVE ON TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FOLLOWED UP AGAIN AND HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SAFE DRIVING PRACTICES IN THE PARKING LOT AS WELL AS I'VE HEARD. MORE.
I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE, BUT, WOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES. YEAH. I MEAN, COULD IT COULDN'T THEY JUST ASSIGN THE SCHOOL? YOU KNOW, UM THEY DO IT AT U MS AND L MS. THERE'S THERE SHOULD BE A
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I TEACH SOMEBODY OUT IN THE PARKING LOT TOWING CARS TO MOVE UP TELLING CARS NOT TO DRIVE AROUND BECAUSE YOU KNOW HONESTLY , SOME SOME PARENTS JUST WANT THEY THEY HAVE A SET SPOT. THEY WANT TO PARK IN AND THEY'RE NOT MOVING UP AND IT'S CAUSING MORE TRAFFIC, AND THAT'S WHAT'S FORCING OTHER PARENTS TO DRIVE AROUND. TO PICK UP THEIR KID BECAUSE CARS ARE MOVING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY JUST SIT THERE. SO I MEAN, I MEAN, I. I WAS PROBABLY UM, I DID IT PROBABLY ONCE OR TWICE, TOO, BECAUSE I'M LIKE. THERE'S A HUGE SPACE IN BETWEEN ALL THAT ALL THE FRONT AREA AND NOBODY'S MOVING ON. WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T ANOTHER ONE THAT CUT OFF THE PRESS. SO YES, I DO AGREE. IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET PARENTS TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE RULES IN THE PARKING LOT, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE THE BUS SERVICE. IN TOWN, WHICH HAS BEEN A BIGGER HARDER. YEAH. IMPLEMENTED AND TAKE UP OF THAT OF THAT, UH, FREE SERVICE. BUT I DID WANNA, UM SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I DID WANNA FOLLOW UP AND LET YOU KNOW THAT DOCTORS IS WE HEARD AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB AND I APPRECIATE HER. ATTENTION. AND WE HAVE ONE MORE. ONE MORE. FOLLOW UP FROM THE ONE WE FOLLOW UP. SO THIS WAS DENNIS HAD BROUGHT UP THE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS OF 206. UM, SO I'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR, UM, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND AMERICAN WATER, AND THEY SAID THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THESE, UM, WATER MAINS TO BREAK. UM, BUT IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT, IT JUST HAPPENED THAT THIS WAS IN A HIGH IMPACT AREA. BUT THEY SAID THAT THE ONLY PLANS FOR WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS IN MONTGOMERY AT THE MOMENT OR BY, UH, OUR AT THE ROLLING HILL ROAD AND COLFAX ROAD, WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WORK ON THE SPRING. UM AND THEN AS FAR AS COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. UM OF THE OF THE WATER MAIN ON 206. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PROJECTS ON THE IMMEDIATE HORIZON. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN BEGIN TO EXPLORE. BUT IT'S A VERY LARGE UNDERTAKING AND IT YOU KNOW THAT INVOLVES, UM, FINANCIAL COST AND HOW MUCH YOU KNOW IS BUDGETED NJ DOT COORDINATIONS NIGHT WORK TRAFFIC CONTROL. UM THE TOURS, UH, PAVING THAT KIND OF THING.AND YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THAT THEY CAN BEGIN TO EXPLORE IT. BUT IT'S A IT'S A LARGE PROJECT.
THAT WOULD, UM WOULD INVOLVE A LOT OF MANPOWER AND FUNDING. UM YEAH. TH THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR LOOKING INTO THAT MY QUESTION FOR THEM WOULD BE OK, SO WHAT HAPPENS IF IT DOES BREAK IN THE FUTURE? UM WHAT OTHER MEASURES THAT THEY CAN TAKE AND ASSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS TAKING CARE OF BECAUSE IT IS THEIR WATER MAIN, AND IT'S A REALLY OLD WATER MAIN. SO UM, IT'S GONNA BREAK. SO, UM YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THEIR STEPS? IN CASE IT DOES BREAK AGAIN. I. I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ON THAT PRIORITIZATION OF THE AREAS IN TOWN. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TWO PLACES DOES ANYBODY ELSE KNOW WHERE THOSE I DO? THEY'RE ALL THE PROVINCE LINE ROAD ON THE FAR IT'S CHERRY VALLEY AND PROVINCE LINE, RUN AND ALONG IT, AND IT'S TWO ROADS OFF. CHERRY BELLY. JUST AS YOU'RE GETTING TO THE MERCER BORDER TO CHERRY. OK, IT'S ON THAT FAR CORNER OF MONTGOMERY. ROLLING HILL AND B. THAT'S THE NEXT MHM. YEAH. YEAH, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE CLIMBING A REPLACEMENT FOR THOSE TWO ROADS A RE JUST SO I CAN I CAN GET A MORE BRING 2024. THIS SPRING THIS SPRING. YEAH. WE'RE DOING THIS. OK, I CAN FOLLOW UP. AND WHO DID THAT TO YOU? VINCE, DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE COMMITTEE? THE NEW COMMITTEE ON THE TOWN COUNCIL? I JUST THOUGHT OF THAT. WHAT IS IT CALLED THE LOCAL SERVICE ROUTE. OH THE YEAH . THE LOCAL ASSISTANCE BOARD. UM, IT'S NOT. I DIDN'T BRING IT UP UNTIL IT WAS, UM ACTUALLY.
IMPLEMENTED. OK, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT NEXT TIME. YEAH, BUT I, I CAN MENTION IT. I MEAN, SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP. SO. SINCE AND WHAT TRIGGERED IT WAS THE, UM THE FOOD VAN, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT WE'RE GETTING WITH HILLSBORO. UM AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WITH LARGER FOOD INSECURITIES IN OUR TOWN. UM SENIORS WHO ARE OR ON, YOU KNOW ON FIXED INCOMES. UM FAMILIES AND INFLATION WITH
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FOOD COSTS GOING UP EVEN YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS FEELING THE COST OF FOOD. IN THAT SHOP, RIGHT AND EVERYWHERE ELSE. AND I WANT TO BE PREPARED. SO THAT IF IT DOES GET TO A HARSHER POINT.THAT WHERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS THAT THAT ARE IN NEED. UM AND BY CREATING THIS LOCAL ASSISTANCE BOARD. I THINK WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE WHO ARE ABLE TO UM YOU KNOW, TALK TO THOSE BRO ABOUT THE FOOD TRUCK. IMPLEMENT PLANS. YEAH, I ENVISIONED THE BOARD BEING YOU KNOW? UH, I WENT FROM FROM EMS. UM YOU KNOW? PEOPLE COMMUNITY LEADERS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN OUR PANEL. WHO HAVE THEIR OWN F WHO HAVE FAMILIES THAT MAY THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT. AND REALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT FAMILIES IN OUR TOWN ARE ARE ARE BEING TAKEN CARE. SO IT'S JUST, UH AND IT'S JUST A GROUP OF PEOPLE VOLUNTEERS, OBVIOUSLY. THAT THE MAYOR WOULD BE ABLE TO CREATE A AN AN A APP.
OK? THANK YOU. I THINK WE FINALLY HIT THE END OF THE NEW I COULD SEE BIRDS, BIRDS SHOPPING AT THE PARK. BRING UP SCHOOL START TIMES. I KNOW DR WOLFSON HAS AROUND HIS, UH BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUSSING I JUST WANT TO BRING UP THE IRONY. THAT, UH THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE THAT ADMINISTRATORS WILL TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF CHANGING SCHOOL START TIMES. THIS IS A BUS. YET BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL START TIMES THEY'RE SO EARLY. THE BUSES ARE NOT BEING UTILIZED . THAT'S RIGHT, WHICH IS THEN CREATING ALL THE TRAFFIC AT THE SCREEN. UM AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ANOTHER REASON THAT IF WE POTENTIALLY DID THE RIGHT THING FROM A PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC AND THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE THE BUS. WE'VE BEEN AND GET ON. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS? OF THE START TIME. OK, HAVE YOU SIGNED IT? PETITION. HAVE YOU SIGNED IT? IT IS. YOU KNOW THIS? MAKING CHANGES AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. MEANS CONVINCING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT A REASON TO MAKE THE CHANGE. AND THEY NEED TO HEAR VOICES. THEY NEED TO HEAR THE VOICES OF STUDENTS. IS THERE A ROLE FOR THE BOARD ON THIS? WE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT RIGHT. BUT THERE'S REALLY OK. THERE'S FIVE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD OF ED TO MAKE A AND YOU NEED THAT. SO THE PETITIONS LIKE WE HAVE A CHAMPION ON THE BOARD OF US. UM NO. I DON'T THINK SO. I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM MULTIPLE TIMES, AND THIS IS HARD. CHANGE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. THE BOARD OF ED CHANGES THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND UM YEAH. IT TAKES A CHAMPION SOMEWHERE. OR SOMEWHERE AND THEN MOTIVATION TO THE BOARD. I MEAN, II. I DRIVE MY DAUGHTER. MY WIFE'S SIDE, MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL ALL THE TIME.
BECAUSE THIS IS ON THE BUS FOR LIKE 40 MINUTES. IT'S RIDICULOUS, YOU KNOW? UNTIL THE SCHOOL FIGURES OUT THE BUS. BEING ABLE TO NOT HAVE A CHILD SIT ON THERE FOR FOREVER, AND WE'RE ONLY LIKE YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIKE, FIVE MINUTES AWAY, SO WE HAD THE 40 MINUTES. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. UM SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE. AND UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE CHANGING THE START TIME. WOULD BE GREAT, BUT THEN IT WOULD CONFLICT WITH OTHER. YOU KNOW, THE BUS SCHEDULE, I THINK IS THE MAJOR CONCERN OF BEING ABLE TO UM FOR ALL THE CHILDREN. BE GREAT. FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS. ALL THIS. AND IT'S NONE OF THAT IS, UH, YOU COULD DO BUSES.
ADOLESCENCE. ADOLESCENT CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS. THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE. USED TO BE 7 27 45. SO THEY SHOULD BE. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SLEEP TILL SEVEN. I AGREE, I. I DON'T DISAGREE. I'M JUST I'M JUST SAYING THAT FROM A, UM FROM OPERATIONS PERSPECTIVE OF
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GETTING ALL THE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. DIFFERENT TIMES. THE ISSUE IS IN A K THROUGH 12 DISTRICT. THE SOLUTION IS YOU NEED THREE TIERS BECAUSE OF COST MONEY. YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY BUSES AND BUS DRIVE. BUT WE HEAR THEM WRONG. ADOLESCENTS ARE GOING FIRST. AND SO THE FIRST THING IS, ADOLESCENCE SHOULD NOT BE THE FIRST ONE SO NO ONE SHOULD START SUPER EARLY. AND THE SO THE TWO WINS. THAT HAPPENED FROM THE TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE IS YOU CHANGE THE TIER? THEORETICALLY CHANGE. THE YOUNGEST AND THE OLDEST, BUT THAT RUNS SO THAT ORCHARD SHOULD GO FIRST. THOSE KIDS ARE UP EARLIEST. THEY SHOULD BE OUT EARLIER. THAT RUNS INTO SOME ISSUES. UM AND THAT A MAJOR CHANGE THE REAL ISSUE MONTGOMERY TO DO THIS? NEXT YEAR IF THEY WANT TO. HERE. YOU TAKE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 7 57 50. YOU START FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT 8 38 45 RIGHT NOW IT'S THE OPPOSITE TO SWITCH THOSE TWO. AND YOU LEAVE PORTRAITS OF THINGS. THERE'S NO CHANGE IN WHATSOEVER. YOU HAVE THE THREE TIERS. YOU SPEND A LITTLE TIME AND EFFICIENCY. SO YOU TAKE THE BUS ROUTES INSTEAD OF 15 MINUTES . YOU HONE IT DOWN TO 40 MINUTES BY REALLY TRYING TO SAY WHO NEEDS TO BE ON WHAT? WHO NEEDS TO COMBINE LOWER, MIDDLE AND UPPER MIDDLE TOGETHER AND YOU CAN COMBINE ORCHARD AND VILLAGE TOGETHER, SO YOU HIT THE SAME COMMUNITIES. YOU PROBABLY WILL SAVE MONEY. YOU NOW HAVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS WHO COULD GO TO SCHOOL AT EIGHT. YOU HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL KIDS GOING TO 830. YOU COULD SHORTEN THE HIGH SCHOOL TIME YOU DON'T NEED. WE SAW THIS IN COVID. WE SEE THIS IN YOU DON'T NEED 6.5 HOURS IN HIGH SCHOOL. YOU CAN MAKE HIGH SCHOOL. SIX HOURS 5.5 HOURS. THOSE KIDS ARE MORE INDEPENDENT.THEY DO MORE, THEY COULD DO MORE ACADEMICS ON THEIR OWN. UM SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY START THE HIGH SCHOOL LATER. END IT ALMOST THE SAME TIME OR A LITTLE BIT. DOESN'T IMPACT SPORTS. THERE'S MORE SLEEP. THERE'S ALL. UM, IT WON'T CHANGE TRAFFIC ALL THAT MUCH. IT. YEAH BUT PEOPLE MIGHT USE THE BUS MOTOR, BUT YOU COULD SOLVE IT IN A PART, THE AND IF AND MY, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF A 45 MINUTE OR AN HOUR TO A STUDENT, SO IF WE START SCHOOL AT 830, THE KIDS HAVE TO GET UP NOW. SEVEN AND NOT SIX. WHAT DOES THAT HOUR MEAN? PERSPECTIVE. IT IMPROVES EDUCATION, IT DECREASES. ITS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. HEART ATTACKS. LIKE SO THAT IS WHAT IT IS IT INERTIA. WHY IS IT WHY IS THIS SO HARD? WE MOSTLY SO IT IS. IT SOUNDS IT SOUNDS HARD, SO THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE THERE, PEOPLE SAY IT'S HARD TO DO CHANGE. IS NOT HARD. WE WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO GETTING IT LEGIS. WELL, I'M SORRY. AND THEN WE GET LEGISLATED THE SPEAKER, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN NEW JERSEY, IS AS THE BILL, AND THEY'RE JUST WAITING. WE'VE MET WITH EVERY EVERY TEACHER ORGAN WE MET WITH THE NJD. EVERY EVERY THOSE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENT THEIR CONSTITUENTS. BUT THEY GET IT. BUT IT JUST IT SEEMS HARD. THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT COMES UP IS COSTS. AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE COSTLY. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. IN THE K 12 DISTRICT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST RECONFIGURE YOUR BUTTON. THE OTHER STUFF AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY IS THE TOWN. ADAPTS. TO WHAT RIGHT? THAT THAT'S NEVER AN ISSUE. UM, CHILDCARE IS NOT AN ISSUE. BROUGHT UP AS AN ISSUE, BUT IN WHAT I JUST SAID WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL AS LONG AS SOME IN SOME PLACES OLDER KIDS WATCH THE YOUNGER KIDS. THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH FLIPPING. THEM BUT YOU STILL HAVE IN THIS ONE. IF YOU FLIP UPPER MI, IF YOU FLIP MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, YOU STILL HAVE THEM GETTING OUT BEFORE ORCHARD I. I EARLIER. BUT LIKE IT IS. THIS DOESN'T IMPACT ANY OF THAT. AND THEN IT'S PEOPLE'S SCHEDULE. SO THERE'S IT'S INERTIA. IT JUST TAKES PEOPLE TO DO IT. BUT ANY TOWN AND YOU'RE SEEING ONE BY ONE TALENTS DOING IT. I'M GIVING A TALK. ADAM JUST DID IT. CHECK CHATHAM. MONTGOMERY. LIKE TOWN. NOT ONLY DID IT BUT WITHIN A YEAR THEIR DATA ON MENTAL HEALTH AND, UM, WAS SIGNIFICANT. THE YOUTH REPORTS. ON HOW THEY FEEL AND USEFUL.N A YEAR WAS LIKE WE HAD PEOPLE SAYING WELL, WE WOULD NEVER GO BACK FROM 15 MINUTE CHANGE. IT'S GREAT INFORMATION YOU YEAH. NEVER KNEW ABOUT YOU. THE FRAME I. I UNDERSTAND THAT. CHILDREN NEED ADDITIONAL SLEEP, WHICH JUST LIKE LIKE I SAY, MY
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DAUGHTER. HIS PHONE, ALL NIGHTERS, AND SOMETIMES SHE SLEEPS AT LIKE 12 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. MOST NIGHTS, ACTUALLY, AND THEN SHE ONLY HAS LIKE FIVE HOURS OF SLEEP BEFORE SHE HAS TO GET UP TO GO TO SCHOOL. SO THE AVERAGE IN NEW JERSEY WILL BE SIX HOURS AND WE KNOW THAT, LIKE YOU'RE UNDER UNDER EIGHT IS REALLY DETRIMENTAL AND IT'S NOT I THINK THE BOARDS IF YOU ASK WHAT THE BOARDS ARE ALL WAS IF WE IF THERE EVER WAS. LEGISLATION PASSED OR THE SCHOOLS PASSED IT. THE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS EDUCATING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FLEET.AND ALL THE OTHER FACTORS THAT ARE WITHIN PARENTAL CONTROL OR KID CONTROL OF WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THIS. UM I DON'T THINK WE HAVE MUCH SWAY. I MEAN, ALEX'S PERMIT FOR THIS. YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY. ALEX'S WHATEVER. NOT IS THAT THAT'S THE GOAL IS MAYBE TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE. BUT UNTIL YOU GET THE BOARD TO SO SOMEONE WANTS TO SIT DOWN AND CHANGE IT. BRING UP THE CHAT. ADAM AND OTHER TOWNS AND IS JUST NOW YOU HAVE DATA RIGHT TO. YEAH, IT'S I MEAN, THE BOARD FLIPS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN AT MULTIPLE TALK TALK AT THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION THE DAY THAT TWO STATES HAVE ALREADY THERE'S SO MUCH LET ME CHAT ON THIS. HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AGAIN, BUT LIKE. ACTUALLY YEAH. AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK, THIS IS NOW IN MY TALK. DID IT IN 2018. IT WAS OPPOSED BY THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS UNION. IT GOT VETOED BY GOVERNOR BROWN AT THAT TIME. THE NEXT YEAR, THE PT A SUPPORTED IT AND IT GOT PASSED. AND NOW GOVERNOR NEWSOM PASSED THIS. AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S CALIFORNIA. LAST YEAR. FLORIDA IN A BIPARTISAN, ALMOST UNANIMOUS VOTE, LIKE 32, SO I LIKE ALL RIGHT, DON'T STOP TELLING ME IT'S LIKE A LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE THING. THE CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA. THAT'S MY SOAP. NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BM. QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. THE TIME. DO YOU HAVE ANY YOU'RE IN. VERY GOOD.
OK, GUYS. WE CAN. HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THIS MEETING WILL NOW ADJOURN AT 30.
FOUR. MOTION TO ADJOURN. YEAH, LOTS OF THAT, OK? OK? THANK YOU.
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