[I. Opening Statement] [00:00:03] 30 PM. ANY AGENDA ITEM WILL NOT CONSIDERED BY 9:30 P.M. WILL BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS. UM OPENING STATEMENT ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THE MEANING, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION THREE B AND FOUR A OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND FILES OF THE TOWNSHIP CLERK NOW WILL DO A ROLL CALL. WE HAVE DOCTOR SORAYA. YOUR DOCTOR M HERE. DOCTOR FELL HERE. DOCTOR SHERMAN, DOCTOR NEWMAN. O'MARA AND DOCTOR MOHAN HERE. THANK YOU. HEALTH OFFICER. YEAH. SECRETARY JENNIFER FOSTER HERE. TOWN. COMMITTEE LIAISON DENNIS ON YEAH. ADVISOR DOCTOR MANDELBAUM COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER WITH AS SIMON PERFECT. NICE TO SEE YOU. RIGHT? HYBRID. DELETE IT. WE CAN'T DELETE IT. OK? UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, THANK YOU. CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTER. MATTERS LISTED HERE UNDER ARE CONSIDERED [IV. Consent Agenda] ROUTINE IN NATURE AND WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION ANY MEMBER MAY REQUEST. MOVE. SEPARATE CONSIDERATION, SO WE HAVE THREE MONTHLY REPORTS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT FROM APRIL 2024 THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT FOR 2024. APRIL 2024 AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL REPORT FROM APRIL OF 2024. WE ALSO HAVE THE MINUTES. SO THE MINUTES OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH FROM APRIL 10TH. ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET THAT DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AGENDA OR ANY QUESTIONS? THEY WERE GONNA MOVE YOU MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I HAVE A 2ND 2ND? I HAVE TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH CUZ I HAVE TO READ A COUPLE ORDINANCES [V. INTRODUCTION: MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH ORDINANCE NO. 2024-01] HERE. SO WE HAVE, UM, THE FIRST READING OF, UM THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH ORDINANCE NUMBER 20. 24 01. THE TITLE IS AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE SALARY AND WAGE PLAN FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY BOARD OF HEALTH AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION IN 2024. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH. A WEEK. BEFORE. I GUESS IT WOULD BE IT RESOLVED. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE PA IN YOUR PACKET, YOU WILL FIND, UM, THE ORDINANCE. THIS IS, UM WE BROUGHT IT TO DISCUSSION LAST MEETING. TO DISCUSS OUR GOALS FOR THIS HOUR ORGAN AS A BOARD AND OUR DESIRES TO APPLY A 3% ANNUAL COST TO JUDGE TO THE PHYSICIANS AND THE POSITIONS IN THE ORDINANCE ARE THE HEALTH OFFICER. THE DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER. THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE. AND THE GRADUATE. NURSE, UM PUBLIC HEALTH RN. UM AND THERE'S SOME OTHER DESCRIPTION OF OTHER, UM POSITIONS, INCLUDING THE LOCAL HEALTH OUTREACH COORDINATOR AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREPAREDNESS, GENERAL GENERALIST. UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT FOR DISCUSSION. IF ANYBODY HAS UM DID YOU DO LAST YEAR? WE DID. WAS SMALLER. 2.5% CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR THIS YEAR TO MAKE IT HIGHER BECAUSE WE WERE AND OTHER THINGS. AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE MAYBE THREE CONVERSATIONS WITH CFO SO THE WHOLE BUT STUFF IS THE UM, WELL, THE HEALTH OFFICER, THE DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AND THE GRADUATE NURSE, WE HAVE RATES OF PAY. THAT WILL BE WILL NOT EXCEED $60 PER HOUR. FOR THEIR TEMPORARY SEASONAL AND OTHER EMPLOYEES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OK, SO NOW I CAN DO TO BE A RESOLVED PART. RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH. MONTGOMERY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HEREBY PASSED ON ITS FIRST READING, AND, AT THE SAME BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WITH NOTICE OF A PENDING ORDINANCE FIXING. JUNE 12TH 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 P.M. THE DATE AND TIME WHEN SAID ORDINANCE WILL BE FURTHER CONSIDERED FOR FINAL ADOPTION. [00:05:04] BUT I HAVE A MOTION. I APPROVE. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL. SO YOU'RE APPROVED. DIRECTOR GRAY HERE, DR MCGEARY? YES DOCTOR. FAISAL? YES, DOCTOR SHARMA IS NOT HERE. DOCTOR IS NOT HERE. DR M? YES? GREAT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE. FOR THE NEXT ONE, OK? OH, YEAH, CHRIS, OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEXT SO THE NEXT ONE IS INTRODUCTION OF MONTGOMERY [VI. I INTRODUCTION: MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH ORDINANCE NO. 2024-02] TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH ORDINANCE. 2024 02. THE TITLE IS AN ORDINANCE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET STATE OF NEW JERSEY AD 20 BODY ART LICENSING AND PROCEDURES TO THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY OF K. UM YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS? HOW THIS CAME TO BE FOR KRISTEN? YES. ADOPTED. ANY ORDINANCES AND WE FIND WE HAD OUR FIRST PERSON. CONTACT US. PERMANENT COSMETIC. SO WE NEED THEN. AND CHARGE THEM A LICENSE. AND THIS IS YOU. FROM THE STATE. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THIS IS OH, SO I THINK THIS IS SINCE THIS IS NEW ABILITY TO NOT JUST CHARGING THE LICENSING FEE BUT TO SAYS. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THAT WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? MY QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE ABILITY? WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO EVALUATE THE BUSINESS , WHETHER IT'S SAFE AND EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT'S PERMANENT . IT'S ALSO RELATED WITH SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. IN THE STATE REGULATIONS. THEY NEED TO DO. IT. PLACE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS USUALLY. OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE FROM MICROPIGMENTATION. WE GET THEIR LIABILITY THERE TO HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE. MEDICAL RECORDS. MEDICAL RECORDS, BUT, UM THE CUSTOMER. A LOT. THEY HAVE TO HANDLE CERTAIN AFTERCARE INFORMATION. HAVE TO BE ALL ALL DISINFECT. STUFF LIKE THAT. SO SORRY. IN THE TOWNSHIPS ROLE IS TO EVALUATE TO INSPECT AND EVALUATE THAT WHETHER THEY HAVE ACCORDING TO INSPECTION. UM ONCE I COLLECTED ALL OF THE SHE NEEDED FOR THE APPLICATION. AND THEN WE'LL WE ACTUALLY HAD TODAY. ANOTHER PERSON. LA. ANOTHER. THAT'S OK, OF COURSE. AND THERE A RE. I JUST WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION IN YOUR PACKET FOR THE ORDINANCE. BH 20 THEIR SECTION 0.5 FOR DASH FIVE THAT DESCRIBES UM, HOW WE WOULD SUSPEND OR REVOKE A LICENSE. YES. SO WE DO HAVE THAT ABILITY. WHO WHO DETERMINES THE PHASE. RESET THE SIGN. WE MADE A LITTLE HIGHER BRIDGEWATER, STARTING $200, AND WE WENT TO 50 FOR THE INITIAL APPLICATION. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE HAVE TO REVIEW. AND THE NEXT, UH, NEXT YEAR'S. DO WE TRACK THE RISK OF THE YOU KNOW THESE PROCEDURES, MEANING? LIKE THE INFECTIONS. FORCE THESE PROCEDURES. IT COULD BE LIKE NEEDLE STICK INJURIES AND SO FOR THE REGULATIONS FOR THEM TO NOTIFY US OK? LIKE THAT. AND [00:10:06] THERE ARE JUST TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION. WHOEVER ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE FINES OR FEES THERE'S ALSO FOR, UM EACH VIOLATION FIRST TO THIRD TO FOURTH. UM OFFENSE, THERE'S A LISTING IN BH 20-6. OF THE VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES IN THE. AND WHEN YOU ARE READY, I CONTINUE. ONE MORE QUESTION. THE CURRENT PERSON WHO IS GOING TO OPEN THE SHOP HERE, DO THEY HAVE ANY OTHER PLACE LIKE THE SAME BODY OR SHARP OR THIS IS THE FIRST PLACE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE. FROM PARAMUS. I THINK SO SHE HAD BEEN DOING THIS IN A PATIENT. THE PERSON THAT CAME IN TODAY IS ALSO MOVING FROM ANY TRACK RECORDS ON THEM, IN THE PAST PROCEDURE, LIKE ANY CONCERNS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THERE'S JUST TWO MORE ITEMS IN OUR PACKET. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ONE IS THE BODY ART. THANK YOU, JEN AND DVG, KRISTEN. BEING SO SUPER ZERO, BUT THE BODY ART RULE FROM THE STATE IS IN THEIR POCKET. AS WELL AS THE INSPECTION CHECKLIST. SO THEY EVAL. I BELIEVE WE HAD THIS. UNLESS. GONNA READ THE SECOND SECTION, AND THEN WE CAN DO A UM, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD. THOUSANDS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY AT THE FOREGOING OR NEEDS TO BE HEREBY PASSED ON ITS FIRST READING, AND, AT THE SAME BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. TOGETHER WITH THE NOTICE OF PENDING ORDINANCE FIXING. JUNE 12TH 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 P.M. AS THE DATE AND TIME. ORDINANCE WILL BE FURTHER CONSIDERED FOR FINAL ADOPTION. CAN I THANK YOU, DOCTOR. AND THEN SECOND THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NO DOCTOR SORAYA. PRO. YES, DR FAISAL. YES, YES. WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE ARE ON THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A HEALTH OFFICER [VII. HEALTH OFFICERS COMMENTS] OF COMMONS. KEEP IT. KEEP IT SHORT. UM SO, UPDATES FOR US. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS ON STUFFING THESE EMERGENCY BACKPACKS HERE. I HAVE, UH, SOME FILLED COMPLETED ONES THAT YOU CAN SEE. UM, AT A LATER POINT THEY HAVE THERMAL BLANKETS. UM, JUST YOUR BASIC HYGIENE PRODUCTS. FIRST AID KITS . UM, THINGS LIKE THAT IN HERE, AND THE GOAL IS TO DISTRIBUTE THESE TO KEY COMMUNITY GATEKEEPERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO WORK WITH, UM PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN UNHOUSED, UM PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN DISPLACED EITHER DUE TO EMERGENCIES, UM, NATURAL DISASTERS. UM OR, YOU KNOW, JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDER RESOURCED. AND COULD YOU KNOW COULD USE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UM AND THE GOAL IS FOR THE COMMUNITY LEADERS. STAKEHOLDERS TO ADD WHATEVER THEY'D LIKE TO THE BACKPACKS. UM WHEN THEY'RE DISTRIBUTE THEM. AND YOU KNOW, UM, IT ALSO HAS SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND WE PLAN TO INCORPORATE MORE RESOURCES IN HERE FOR PEOPLE. AS WELL. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS WE HAD SEEN AN INCREASE IN SOME PERTUSSIS CASES . MOST OF THEM WERE NOT LINKED. UM SO THEY WEREN'T REALLY CONNECTED. WE DIDN'T HAVE SOME CASES FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND YOU KNOW, DOCTOR MANDELBAUM HAD HELPED US WITH THAT IN PROVIDING US THAT INITIAL NOTIFICATION SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. UM SO WE DID HAVE TO SEND OUT A NOTIFICATION THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM AND I THINK THEY'VE GONE OUT MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO NOW. SO YOU KNOW, UM I MEAN, THE GOOD THING IS THAT UH, THE PERTUSSIS DISEASE CHAPTER ISN'T AS UM STRICT OR STRINGENT AS A COVID. ONE WAS ON THE COVID. ONE IS SO YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING IS, UM YOU KNOW, EDUCATING THE PARENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE YOU KNOW THE STUDENTS STAY HOME UNTIL THEY'VE HAD, UM IF THEY DO TEST POSITIVE UNTIL THEY'VE HAD TREATMENT FOR FIVE DAYS. UM WITH ANTIBIOTICS. I DON'T KNOW. DOCTOR MANDELBAUM, IF YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT, BUT WAS THERE ANY SECONDARY CASES OR JUST TWO OF THOSE? THAT WE IT? IT'S UM ONE. FROM THAT INITIAL INDEX. YEAH, BUT IT'S YEAH. HOW MANY CASES [00:15:08] HAVE THERE BEEN? SO I WANNA SAY FOUR, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL CONNECTED. AND YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST NATIONALLY THERE HAVE BEEN. YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING INCREASES IN PROTEST CASES. RIGHT? UM, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S AN OUTBREAK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. HERE THE LATTER TWO ARE NOT CONNECTED WITH THE FIRST TWO. THE ORIGINAL NO, NO, THEY'RE NOT. THAT'S GOOD. AND NOT CONNECTED. I MEAN TO BE FAIR. I. THE INITIAL CASES WERE PROBABLY 4 TO 5 WEEKS INTO SYMPTOMS THAT CONTAGIOUS PERIOD BEING THE FIRST THREE WEEKS AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T LIKE THE SECOND OR THIRD GENERATIONS WHO ARE NOT CATCHING EPIDEMIOLOGICAL LINKS. BUT UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE DATA ON PERTUSSIS. WHEN WE ACTUALLY TEST PEOPLE OF THAT CHRONIC COUGHS. IT'S A MUCH HIGHER BURDEN OF DISEASE THAN WE REALIZE SO UM WELL, WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT DOESN'T SEEM CLINICALLY LIKE ANYTHING IS CHANGING. WE'RE LOOKING. IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE HARDER, YOU CATCH A LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU FIND MORE POSITIVE CASES. THEY VACCINATED? YEAH THEY WERE VACCINATED. AND SO YOU KNOW AND REMEMBERING, UM BECAUSE THERE'S A MANDATE FOR VACCINES. SO YOU NEED DEP YOUR FULL SERIES TO ENTER KINDERGARTEN, AND THEN YOU NEED THE T DAP BOOSTER AT 11 TO SIXTH GRADE. UM, BUT THE CASES ARE ALL IMMUNIZED. A CELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINE IS A LESS EFFECTIVE VACCINE. AND SO THE FURTHER YOU GET AWAY FROM IT, THE HIGHER THE CHANCE OF GETTING GETTING PERTUSSIS. BUT MOST OF THESE KIDS WERE NOT VERY SICK, SO THE VACCINE IS DOING ITS JOB IN PROTECTING AGAINST SERIOUS ILLNESS. SO YEAH. AND WE'RE WE'RE FINDING OUT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY'VE HAD IT FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS. YOU KNOW? INGER POPULATION AS WELL TOO. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE SEE AND INCREASE WHEN THEY HAVE EXPOSURE, AND WE DO IMMUNIZE THEM IN THAT ASPECT, OR WE EXPECTED, LIKE YOU KNOW, THE MODIFIED THEY HAD. YOU KNOW ANY CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE GRANDPARENTS OR CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS OR ANYTHING IN THAT ASPECT. I DON'T THINK FROM A CONTACT TRACING PERSPECTIVE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS LIKE I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CONTACT TRAITS MORE THAN WHAT THEY THEY CAN FOR NOTIFICATION TO SAY. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UM YOU TREAT THE INDIVIDUAL YOU TREAT CLOSE CONTACTS, REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION, SO HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS I THINK THEY DEFINE CLOSE CONTACTS AS UM, WITHIN 3 FT. FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR OR DIRECT DROPLET EXPOSURE. SO WHEN WE FIND CASES LIKE THEY THEY CIRCLE THERE, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT. YOU KNOW, THIS NOTIFICATION TO THE DISTRICT WAS TWO KIDS IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS GOING ON FOR A WHILE. SO I THINK THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WANTED FRAUD NOTIFICATIONS. JUST SO PEOPLE ARE MORE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR IT. BUT FOR NOW, IF THERE WAS A CASE YOU WOULD BE NOTIFYING THE FAMILY THE FAMILY WOULD THEN YOU KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYONE IN THE HOUSE, REGARDLESS OF RISK FACTOR SHOULD BE. THE REAL DIFFICULTY WITH PERTUSSIS. IS IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS, IT LOOKS LIKE ALLERGIES. ALL COLD AND SO YOU'RE IN NEW JERSEY, AND IT'S MAY AND SOMEONE HAS A LITTLE RUNNY NOSE SO THE TIME CAN INTERVENE IS THEN. AND BY THE TIME YOU ACTUALLY END UP WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT SYMPTOMS, EITHER THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. YES. THANKS, DOCTOR, AMANDA BOND. MHM. UH AND THEN THE O. THE OTHER THING IS, WE'RE WE'RE YOU KNOW, MONITORING FOR AVIAN FLU, JUST BASED ON INFORMATION COMING OUT FROM THE CDC AND FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE A CALL FOR, UM WITH LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS TOMORROW. UM SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO, YOU KNOW, STAY UP TO DATE WITH ANY INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE, UH, IN TERMS OF ACTIONABLE ITEMS FROM US. THEY'VE YOU KNOW. ASKED THAT WE SEND, UM IT'S PRECAUTIONARY MESSAGING TO, UM PEOPLE WHO WHO DEAL WITH AND WORK WITH LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY. UM THERE ARE YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE AT HIGHER RISK FOR EXPOSURE. AND SO WE'VE SENT SOME EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO OUR CONTACTS IN TOWN. UM SO WE'LL SHARE INFORMATION AS WE RECEIVE IT, UM WITH THAT, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS REGARDING THE STRENGTHENING GRANT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEAR. 25 WE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE STATE THAT THEY'VE INCREASED OUR GRANT. IT'S ONLY LIKE A, UH, A LITTLE OVER $8000 SO IN TOTAL FOR THE STRENGTHENING PUBLIC HEALTH GRANT WERE SLATED TO RECEIVE $74,664 AND ALL OF THAT IS HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR SALARIES AND FRINGE FOR THE LOCAL HEALTH OUTREACH COORDINATOR. SO WE HAD MADE A REQUEST DURING BUDGET [00:20:04] SEASON TO FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO FUND THAT POSITION. HOWEVER WE WERE ABLE TO USE ENOUGH OF THE FUNDS TO FOR THE POSITION, SO IT'S NOT A TOWNSHIP FUNDED POSITION AT THIS TIME, SO WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE THAT REQUEST AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR. UM AND THEN AS SOON AS WE ADJOURN, I HAVE A VERY BRIEF A BOARD OF HEALTH ORIENTATION. BUT I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DO A REFRESHER AND GO OVER WITH THE BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS. WE ARE APPLYING FOR A SUSTAINABLE JERSEY. UM HEALTH GOLD AWARD AND THE THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO DOCUMENT OUR ORIENTATION. I KNOW WE DO ONE EVERY YEAR ANYWAY, SO WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR INFORMATION SESSION THIS YEAR YET. UM SO THIS WILL BE YOU KNOW. A QUICK HOPEFULLY, 30 MINUTE SESSION THAT WE YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO ASK AND BUT IT'LL BE AFTER WE ADJOURN THE BOARD OF HEALTH MEETINGS. OH, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM JOE PRATI. HE WILL HOPEFULLY BE OUR REPLACEMENT. UM TO REPLACE, UH, NEEDLE MARRA AT OUR EMS REPRESENTATIVE. SO WE ARE, UM, WAITING FOR THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO MAKE A FORMAL APPOINTMENT. FOR GEL AND THEN JOE WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN USA T OUR NEXT MEETING. JOE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING, AND NO. AND JOE, YOU'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD BEFORE. IS THAT RIGHT? NO. OK, THANK YOU. OK, THAT'S HELPFUL. SO HOW DO YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME? YOU HAVE THE MONEY, AND THAT WAS IDIOT. I YEAH. IT. THAT'S IT. YEAH. UM SINCE THE LAST BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING NOT LIKE IT'S NEW NEW NEWS, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CHANGED THE RESPIRATORY VIRUS GUIDANCE AND IT JUST WHEN YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT FLU AND COVID SO JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE. FINALLY, NEW JERSEY'S YEAH. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDANCE FOR THE SCHOOLS IS ALL ALIGNED LIKE THE CDC UNDER RESPIRATORY VIRUS GUIDANCE, SO WE'RE NO LONGER LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL ILLNESSES. WE'RE SAYING IF YOU HAVE A RESPIRATORY VIRUS AND YOU HAVE A FEVER. YOU STAY HOME UNTIL YOUR FEET WERE THREE FOR 24 HOURS. YOU CAN RETURN TO SCHOOL WHEN YOUR FEVER FREE AND FEELING BETTER. WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO WEAR A MASK REGARDLESS, NOT A MANDATE. BUT A RECOMMENDATION. JUST SOME GOOD PRACTICES TO WEAR MASK WHEN YOU COME BACK BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL CONTAGIOUS, AND THERE'S DROPLET SPREAD. UM BUT WE'RE NO LONGER ISOLATING COVID. SO THOSE ARE CDC HAD CHANGED THAT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IN NEW JERSEY TO PROBABLY TWO MONTHS. TO, LIKE, GET THEIR PAPERWORK EXCEPT FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S NOW. NO LONGER IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS. COVID CASE. THANK YOU. WELL THE OTHER THING IS QUICKLY. MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THAT. UM LAURIE HUFF HAS BEEN HELPING TREMENDOUSLY BEHIND THE SCENES. WE HAD A SCREENS AND STRESS EVENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. UM, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS GREAT. AND A LOT OF, UH VENDORS. WHO CA ME OUT FROM THE PREVENTION AND SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION. UM UM, SECTORS. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A CONSTITUENT HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR HERE MAY 29TH SO THE FAIR WILL BE IN THE LOBBY HERE FROM 4 TO 7 CONGRESSWOMAN BONNIE WATSON. COLEMAN WILL BE HERE AND SO SENATOR WICKER, SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO A TOWN HALL FORUM AFTER THE FAIR IN THE LIBRARY MEETING ROOM. IT'S ALSO EARLY VOTING. UM WITH EARLY VOTING WILL BE OCCURRING IN IN THIS ROOM. SO THAT'S THAT'S MAY 29TH. SO IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, FEEL FREE TO ATTEND. UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL IS HELPING COORDINATE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR. UM AND THEN THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, AND WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THIS, UM, DURING THE ORIENTATION, BUT I HAVE THESE THE GREEN TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS IS, UM THIS ONE WANTED YOU ALL TO BE AWARE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE COALITIONS THAT HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF ARE A PART OF, UH MOST OF THEM WERE REQUIRED TO ATTEND AND REPRESENT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT THESE, SO WE JUST DOING OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WORK . WE HAVE A LOT A LOT ON OUR PLATE, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD WAS AWARE OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE ARE PART OF. AND THIS THIS IS WHAT YOU KNOW CONSTITUTES OUR PRIMARY WORK AND OUR ATTENDANCE AT THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS HELPS INFORM US AND PROVIDE BETTER GUIDANCE AND ADVICE TO YOU ALL AND COMMUNITY. SO, UM YOU KNOW, [00:25:03] WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD YOU KNEW THIS AND THAT YOU HAD THIS INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU. I GUESS YOUR NAME A LOT ON HERE. UM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND YOU KNOW THE COMMUNICATION THAT YOU BUILD BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. THAT AND STAFF, TOO, AND EVERYBODY ELSE ALL THE ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S ON HERE. UM IT IS IT IS, UH, YEAH, AND YOU KNOW THE AND THIS IS ALL PART OF THE CORE PUBLIC HEALTH WORK THAT WE DO. SO YOU KNOW, MONTGOMERY IS FORTUNATE THAT OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN ON A LOT OF ELECTIVE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE THE TOWN. BUT WE HAVE OUR OUR CORE PUBLIC HEALTH WORK, AND THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT WE'RE DOING SO THAT'S WHY YOU KNOW, THAT'S THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW. STRETCHING TO ALL YES. NO, IT'S JUST SO MUCH APPRECIATED. AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORD CHART, TOO, I THINK THEY HAVE THIS, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S ALSO GONNA BE PART OF OUR, UM ORIENTATION, BUT YOU COULD KIND. THE WHAT? BE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT UM AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FROM THE STATE. THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COVER, AND THEN ALL THE OTHER ONES HERE ARE MOSTLY ELECTIVE. SO I THINK THAT'S THE THING TO BE MINDFUL OF, TOO IS THERE'S UM, A REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE. AND THEN THINGS THAT ARE THE TOWNSHIP IS UM, AND THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, UM IT'S STILL LIMITED. CONVERSATION. OH, MY GOD. SPEAKING OF SORRY, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE TO INTRODUCE. THANK YOU. YES, WE HAVE A NEW HEALTH EDUCATOR SIGRID SOLIS. SHE'S SITTING RIGHT THERE. WE'RE PICKING UP ON MY CUE. SO SHE, YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO ADD HER NAME TO THIS LIST, TOO. SO SHE'S THERE. I ALREADY I DID ADD HER TO SOME. SO JUST A HEAD START, BUT DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? OK? YOU'RE GOOD. WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? UH, CAN YOU SPELL THAT? YOU. NOT FOR THE TOWNSHIP. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? THIS PEAK? ALL YOUR PAPERS HERE ARE MAKING ME NERVOUS. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE NEW BUSINESS HERE OR IS THIS ALL ORIENTATION, OK? EVERYBODY ELSE HAVE NO, I I'D LIKE TO THANK THE, UH, THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP. UM HIGH SCHOOLS THAT CA ME HERE IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. ACTUALLY, I SEEK TO DO THIS TO YOU GUYS, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TO COME UP. IS THAT RIGHT THEN? YOU CAN ALL COME UP TO YOUR NAME. THANK YOU. YEP, UH, JUST THE ONE IN THE CENTER. HELLO. MY NAME IS PAUL KOS. AND WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN? I AM GREAT. UH, 11. HELLO. I'M PETER HILMAN. I'M ALSO GRADE 11. AND A SOCCER PLAYER. IS THAT RIGHT? OK? AND I ALSO GRADE 11. UM MY NAME IS BARCIA. S KUMAR. I'M IN 10TH GRADE. AND YOU GUYS HAVEN'T CHOSEN, UM, WHERE YOU WOULD WANNA GO. WHEN IS THE LAST? UH PLACE OR ARE YOU STAYING HERE? THANK YOU. THIS IS YEAH, OK. AND THEY ALREADY HAD. THEY ALREADY HELPED US WITH OUR FIRST, UH I THINK DOCTOR RIMLAND BROUGHT IT FORWARD, RIGHT, BUT THE PETITION FOR DOCTOR WILSON HAD. UM AND DOCTOR 51 I HAVE A YOU KNOW A NURSES WEEK, SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND, UH TANK AND EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE DEDICATION AND YOU KNOW THE SUPPORT THAT ALL THE HEALTH OFFICERS AS WELL AS THE [00:30:04] NURSING TEAM HAD DONE AND TO KEEP OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY SAFE. SO THANK YOU NURSES. AND, UM, MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE THAT DR WOLFSON, WHO WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF OUR BOARD WENT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THEIR LAST MEETING TO DISCUSS AND URGE THEM TO CONSIDER LATE START AND HE MADE A VERY PASSIONATE PLEA. I DON'T I BELIEVE HE WILL GO AGAIN. UM, HE'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO TAKE THAT UP AS, UM SPONSOR OF THE IDEA, AND UM, AND HE DID ACTUALLY. UM, BRING FORWARD A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING BUSSING AND THE CRITICAL BARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE, SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAD DONE THAT. AND HE VERY WONDERFUL. AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED YOUR GREAT WORK AS WELL IN THAT SO MHM. WHERE I'M LIKE BREAKING RECORDS WITH THESE MEETINGS, UM OK, I THINK WE'LL ADJOURN AND [VIII. NEW BUSINESS] THEN WE'LL DO ORIENTATION. SO YOU ARE SORT OF A GERMAN ADJOURN FOR THE REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING. WE CAN SAY GOODBYE TO TEXAS AND THEN WE WILL DO OUR ORIENTATION. SOUND GOOD, OK? HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THE MEETING WILL NOW ADJOURN AT FOUR. MOTION TO ADJOURN. YEAH. SHARMA. SECONDED BY NO. OK, WE ARE NOW AND YOU CAN HIT IT. RIGHT? * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.