I DON'T USE THAT WORD ANYMORE. OKAY. YOU CAN CALL TO ORDER. YOU CAN CALL IT TO ORDER. OH GO
[I. OPENING STATEMENT]
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AHEAD JEREMY. WE ARE GOING TO THANK YOU JEREMY. WE ARE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.THIS IS OUR REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF AUGUST 13TH, 2025. IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING BY 930. ANY AGENDA ITEM NOT CONSIDERED BY 9:30 P.M. WILL BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. THE OPENING STATEMENT IS 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. A REMINDER THAT THE BOARD OF HEALTH IS AN AUTONOMOUS BODY APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR TO MAKE PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY FOR THE TOWNSHIP. WE OPERATE UNDER THE REGULATION OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, NOT THE TOWNSHIP, AND WE ARE EMPOWERED TO ENACT LOCAL ORDINANCES FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE TOWNSHIP AND ITS RESIDENTS. OKAY, WE'RE AT ROLL CALL. JEN, LET ME GO AHEAD HERE. DOCTOR GRAYSON. YES, DOCTOR. MCGEARY. YES, DOCTOR. FAISAL.
DOCTOR. SHARMA. YES, DOCTOR. NEWMAN HERE, MR. SURTI. YES, DOCTOR. HERE, DOCTOR. SORAYA.
HERE WE HAVE KRISTEN SADEGHI STEPPING IN FOR HEALTH OFFICER. JENNIFER FOSTER IS HERE.
PRESENT. PATRICIA TAYLOR TODD IS ON HER WAY. SHE WILL BE HERE IN A MOMENT. OKAY. AND DOCTOR MANDELBAUM. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYBODY HERE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M FEELING LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A SHORT MEETING, GUYS. OKAY, EVERYONE BACK HERE. OKAY, HERE'S THE
[IV. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED HERE UNDER ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. ANY MEMBER MAY REQUEST THAT AN ITEM OR ITEMS BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. SO WE HAVE THREE MONTHLY REPORTS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT, THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT FROM JULY. THESE ARE ALL FROM JULY. SORRY, EXCUSE ME FOR 2025. AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL REPORTS FOR 2025. WE ALSO HAVE THE MEETINGS OF THE MINUTES OF OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED, REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH ON JULY 9TH, 2026. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DID I SAY 2036? I AM READY FOR NEXT YEAR, 2025. SORRY. EXCUSE ME. I'M APPROVING THEM IN ADVANCE. THAT'S RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN CORRECTING MY ANNUAL MESS UP? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO CONSIDER? NO. OKAY. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. AND COULD I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. WHO WAS THE FIRST? JEREMY. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HEARD THIS AT THE
[V. SALARY ORDINANCE 2025-01 PUBLIC HEARING]
LAST MEETING. SO THIS IS THE SALARY ORDINANCE. SALARY ORDINANCE 2020 5-01. 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. SO THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO REVIEW IT. IT WE HAD THE FIRST READING IN OUR LAST MEETING. IF ANYBODY NEEDS A HARD COPY, I HAVE ONE UP HERE, BUT IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET.OVERARCHINGLY. IT IS SHOWING A 2.5 ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENT FOR THE POSITIONS THAT ARE LISTED.
SO THAT'S THE HEALTH OFFICER, THE DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER, THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, BSN PHYSICIAN AND THE GRADUATE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE. AND IN ANOTHER SECTION THERE IS A GRANT. WE DOCUMENT THE FUNDING FOR A GRANT FUNDED POSITION FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNER AT A RATE OF $41 AN HOUR. SO THE OTHER THING I SHOULD NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR NONUNION EMPLOYEES. I ALWAYS FORGET TO SAY THAT.
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I JUST GOT A NOTE FROM. PATRICIA TAYLOR TODD THAT SHE WILL BE HERE IN APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. SO WE WILL SEE, SHE SAID. CARRY ON THOSE SO WE'RE GOOD. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU GUYS ARE READY. I BET. QUESTION ABOUT CLARIFICATION FOR THIS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM AND THEN THE 2.5% IN THREE YEARS. SO HOW DOES IT THAT IS THE BRACKET AND WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY. RIGHT. AND THAT WILL BE 2.5% RIGHT. IS THAT SO. YES. SO THE THEIR SALARIES WILL LIE BETWEEN THESE TWO. AND THE ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENT WILL BE APPLIED TO THEIR SALARY, THEIR ACTUAL SIR. RIGHT. THIS IS THE PAY RANGE. AND THESE ARE THE PREMIUM RANGES. SO THEY'RE ALSO ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. YEAH. NO I KNOW IT'S SHOWN 2.5%. IT'S SHOWN IN RED. BUT THAT'S NOT ONLY APPLICABLE TO THE HEALTH OFFICER. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT IS SHOWN IN RED AS WELL. IT APPLIES TO ALL. OH IT'S SHOWN IN RED I'M SORRY I'M LOOKING AT THE HARD COPY. NO, MINE IS FINE. IT'S NOT. MINE IS NOT RED. MINE'S. BUT I GOT I'M LOOKING AT THE EMAIL. SO YOU ARE TOO. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS RED. HE'S RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHY MINE'S NOT RED. YEAH. OH. IS HE. YEAH, IT'S RED ON THE PDF. COPY. OH I SEE. FOR SOME REASON, MINE IS. MINE IS NOT AT ALL. I'M SORRY. YEAH. I'M LOOKING AT THE I AND I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THE WORD DOC. IT'S NOT RED ON THE WORD DOC. YEAH. I MIGHT JUST BE RED FROM THE PREVIOUS WOULD BE CHANGED. IT'S NOT SPOTLIGHTING IT FOR ANY REASON. I'M NOT. OKAY, SO YOU ALL KNOW I'M SIGNING THE COPY THAT HAS NO RED NO. RIGHT. OKAY.SO WE WON'T BE TALKING THAT ONE. BUT THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU FOR TELLING US. SO IT'S 2.5% LIKE THE MINIMUM AND THE MAXIMUM. THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR THE 2.5%. WELL THE MAXIMUM HASN'T NECESSARILY BUT THE MINIMUM. AND THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE SALARIES WOULD BE 2.5.
RIGHT. TEN. THE MAXIMUMS ARE SET BY I DON'T KNOW HOW THERE IS A SET UP ON UNION. SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ARE DIFFERENT THAN MINE. OKAY. SO THE SALARY THE MAXIMUM J IS TYPICALLY SENT TOLD TO US BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. SO THEY SET THE SALARY MAXIMUMS AND THEN WE JUST ADJUST THEM FOR OUR OR SORRY WE PULLED THEM OVER TO US. YEAH. AND MY QUESTION IS MORE FOR UNDERSTANDING IT. OH SORRY. MY QUESTIONS WERE MORE FOR UNDERSTANDING IT BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE LIKE WHAT I'M UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 2.5% ANNUAL COST OF ADJUSTMENT. IS IT APPLICABLE? WHERE IS IT BEING APPLICABLE? WHERE IS IT BEING APPLIED. YEAH IT'S APPLIED. IT'S APPLIED TO THEIR ACTUAL SALARY. SO THEIR ACTUAL SALARY IS WITHIN THIS RANGE. AND THEN THAT ADJUSTMENT IS MADE THERE. OKAY. YEAH. SO FOR EXAMPLE FROM FOR THE FIRST ACTUAL SALARY MIGHT BE 130,000 RATHER THAN. RIGHT. YEAH. AND THEN YOU ARE THAT 2.5 WILL APPLY WILL APPLY TO THEIR ACTUAL. AND HONESTLY THESE THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST RANGES. THERE'S THEIR ACTUAL SALARY. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN ADJUSTMENT THAT IS MADE ANNUALLY. SO THERE'S THIS WHAT WE THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET AND THEN WHAT YOU ACTUALLY GET. SO WE HAVE THIS IS JUST A LAW BEING TRANSPARENT WITH THE TOWNSHIP ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE COULD BE. AND THE MINIMUM POSSIBLE COULD BE.
SO THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNER, IT'S A GRANT FUNDED POSITION AT $41 AN HOUR. YES. AND THAT IS STRICTLY A FUNCTION OF THE GRANT THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR 2025. THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. SO IS THE GRANT GETS EXHAUSTED. EITHER IT'S GOING TO GET REPLENISHED HOPEFULLY, OR THAT POSITION IS THEN IT DOESN'T EXIST. YEAH, EXACTLY. WE'LL HAVE TO FIND A WAY EITHER TO WORK WITH THE TOWNSHIP TO FIND FUNDING FOR THEM OR FIND ANOTHER GRANT. OKAY.
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AND NONE OF THESE POSITIONS, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN, ARE PART OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. WELCOME. ARE YOU READY, THEN, TO MOVE? YES. SO.GOING BACK TO THE AGENDA ITEM, THE TITLE AND ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE SALARY AND WAGE PLAN FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY BOARD OF HEALTH AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION IN 2025, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HEREBY ADOPTED ON ITS SECOND AND FINAL READING ON AUGUST 13TH, 2025, AND THAT THE SAME BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
COULD I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE MOVE TO. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND A SECOND. SECOND. I'M NOT SURE WHO THAT WAS. WAS THAT YOU? THANK YOU. OKAY, JEN, DO YOU WANT TO DO ROLL CALL, PLEASE? THANK YOU. DOCTOR GRAYSON. YES. DOCTOR MCGARRY. YES, DOCTOR. FRAZZLE. DOCTOR SHARMA. YES.
DOCTOR. NEWMAN. YES, DOCTOR. I'M SORRY. MR. YES, DOCTOR. YES, DOCTOR. SORAYA. YES. OKAY. THANK
[VI. PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SHARED SERVICE WITH HILLSBOROUGH]
YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND NURSING SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH HILLSBORO. I WILL GIVE YOU THE SAME GRACE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I WILL WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, I'LL JUST GIVE A SUMMARY OF WHAT THIS IS. SO THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY ARE GOING TO PROPOSE TO PROVIDE THE TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBORO WITH SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH FIRST, SORRY, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES.AND THIS IS A LAW. THIS IS A POSITION THAT IS ESTABLISHED BY LAW AND MUST BE THE INDIVIDUAL MUST BE LICENSED WITH A BACHELOR IN LEVEL PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE QUALIFICATION. AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES FOR HILLSBORO TOWNSHIP. THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH IN NEW JERSEY. AND THESE ARE BOTH FROM NEW JERSEY STATE STATUTES. SO, AS AN EXAMPLE, THE NURSING NURSING WORKLOAD WOULD INCLUDE DAILY MONITORING OF CDER AND. TIMELY CASE INVESTIGATIONS, INITIATING OUTBREAK OUTBREAK INVESTIGATIONS AND CONSULTATION WITH THE HILLSBORO HEALTH OFFICER AND OTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND HEALTH OFFICER INPUT.
THE HILLSBORO DOESN'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AT THE MOMENT. THEY DO NOT. SO IN A SENSE, MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP IS OFFERING A SERVICE TO HILLSBORO TOWNSHIP. YES. AND THEY WILL PAY US FOR THAT SERVICE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. J. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD BROADER SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER TOWNSHIPS. AND THEY HAVE THEY CAN BE THEY CAN GENERATE $250,000 FOR THE TOWNSHIP IN THE PAST. AND WE'VE HAD THEM WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M SORRY, HOPEWELL AND OTHER TOWNSHIPS. WE DON'T HAVE THEM CURRENTLY, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO EXPAND AND TO THINK ABOUT OTHER SERVICE AGREEMENTS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE. THIS ONE CAME ABOUT JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND, BECAUSE THEY'RE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE LEFT AND SO THEY'RE IN NEED. AND BY STATE STATUTE THEY HAVE TO HAVE ONE. AND SO THAT WE ARE GOING TO. AND THE, THE STATE STATUTE AND THE LAW PERMIT THEM TO OUTSOURCE THAT SERVICE TO ANOTHER TOWNSHIP. YES. SHARED SERVICE. YEAH. OR SHARED. IT'S NOT REALLY WE'RE OUTSOURCING TO THEM. YEAH. OUTSOURCING. YEAH. WE'RE OUR SERVICE. OUR PUBLIC
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HEALTH NURSE IS GOING TO WORK FOR THEM. YES. UNDER YOUR SERVICE? YES. YOUR SHARED SERVICE. SO THEY DON'T NEED SERVICES BETWEEN. WELL SORRY. THAT'S LOUD. THAT'S OKAY. IS THERE FOR A REASON. GO AHEAD. OH I GUESS WELL I GUESS BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST FOR 2026 I GUESS THE, THE TRUE CYCLE IS FROM. SO I'M JUST SEEING SEPTEMBER 1ST TO AUGUST TO JUNE 30TH. IS THERE A TWO MONTH GAP? IT'S NOT A FULL YEAR. YEAH. THAT I CAN'T. DOES THAT COME UP FOR RENEWAL OR DISCUSSION AGAIN BECAUSE YEAH, IT ENDS LITERALLY JUNE 30TH. INSTEAD OF DOING LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR. MY GUESS IS THEY'RE GOING TO WE GOT TO LOOK AT IT THEN.YES. BUT I DON'T KNOW. JEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONTEXT FOR WHY IT ENDS ON? I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEIR GRANT MONEY THAT THEY'RE USING OKAY. TO COVER THAT. THAT MAKES SENSE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SPEAKER OKAY. SO THE BASE COST IS I'M LOOKING AT ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT. THE BASE COST IS FIVE $4,540 PER YEAR TO COVER UP TO THREE VISITS. AND THAT IS DEFINED AS A CHILD ATTENDING THE CLINIC. I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WRONG. I'M LOOKING AT AM I LOOKING AT THE WRONG ONE? THE NURSING ONE? YEAH. IT'S FURTHER DOWN IN THE PACKET. OH, LET ME SEE. I DON'T SEE THE NURSE. I SEE A C AT AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE BETWEEN, I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING. IT'S A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT. I'M SORRY. WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT. I'M SURE WE'LL GET THERE TOO. I'M SORRY. IT'S THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT FOR SHARED SERVICES WITH PUBLIC SORRY. SHARED PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. WHAT IS THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE? I'M SURE THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS REALLY. I'M NOT LOOKING AT ONE. HOLD ON A MINUTE IS THERE? YEAH. OKAY. YES. BUT LET ME JUST ADDRESS THAT. OH, SORRY.
SO SAY IT AGAIN. I'M MISUNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS. NO, NO, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG. WRONG. PARDON ME. IT WAS ANOTHER AGREEMENT WE JUST ADDRESSED.
YES, BUT WE JUST ADDRESSED THAT. YEAH. WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THIS DOCUMENT? SOMETHING I HAVE NOT SEEN. I DON'T SEE.
AND. OKAY. YOU READY? YES. CARRY ON. OKAY. QUICK QUESTION. ARE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OUR. OUR OUR NURSES OKAY. WITH THE EXTRA WORKLOAD, THE PUBLIC HEALTH? AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, YES. THIS IS ALL BEEN TRANSPARENTLY OKAY. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. YEAH, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. THEY'RE AWARE. YEAH. AND IN TERMS OF CARRY ON, JUST ONE QUESTION TO UNDERSTAND THE COST. I MEAN THE THERE'S A NUMBER HERE NOT TO EXCEED 16,002 98 FOR THAT PERIOD. THAT'S FROM SEPTEMBER 25TH TO JUNE 30TH 2026. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT WHAT IF SO, IF FEES ARE BASED ON FIVE HOURS PER WEEK. SO THERE'S AVERAGE OF FIVE HOURS PER WEEK ON AVERAGE. IT CAN GO UP, SOMETIMES LESS, SOMETIMES MORE. YES. YEAH. I MEAN I DON'T KNOW LIKE DO YOU. THERE COULD BE A REASON WHY WE MAY END UP EXCEEDING THAT NUMBER. AND HOW WOULD THAT BE. HOW WOULD THAT BE GOVERNED? THEN WE WOULD GO THROUGH ANOTHER LETTER OF AGREEMENT. YES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO. SO FOR EXAMPLE,
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LIKE IF THERE IS A PANDEMIC WHERE THERE IS AN OUTBREAK AND WE HAVE MANY MORE CASES THAN THEY CAN HANDLE, IN A FIVE HOUR AVERAGE WEEK, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND RENEGOTIATE THOSE PAYMENTS. OKAY. YES. OKAY. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A MOTION. YEAH. OKAY. IS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES. OKAY. AND CAN I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND OKAY JEN YOU'RE UP. DOCTOR GRAYSON. YES. DOCTOR MCGARRY. YES, DOCTOR. FAISAL. DOCTOR SHARMA. YES. DOCTOR. NEWMAN.YES, MR. SAKI. YES, DOCTOR. YES, DOCTOR. SORAYA. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I JUST OPENED THE WRONG HEALTH OFFICER COMMENT ON ONE SECOND. ALL OF THESE. SO NEXT IS HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS.
[VII. HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS ]
THE FIRST ITEM IS THE UPDATED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR WELL-BABY CLINICS WITH HILLSBOROUGH HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET. AND THERE IS AN EXTRA COPY IN YOUR PACKET. THIS IS THE CHILD HEALTH CONFERENCE AGREEMENT. SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS MAINTAINED AN INTERRUPTED ACCESS TO WELL-BABY CLINIC SERVICES THROUGH OUR LONG STANDING COLLABORATION WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND TO ENSURE WE HAVE CONTINUED CLARITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS PARTNERSHIP. WE ARE. WE HAVE WORKED WITH HILLSBOROUGH TO FORMALIZE THE ARRANGEMENT THROUGH AN UPDATED MOU, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO GAPS IN SERVICE IN THIS UPDATED MOU SIMPLY DOCUMENTS THE EXISTING AGREEMENT FOR TRANSPARENCY, CONTINUITY. WE HAVE A FEW PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES UPDATES. SO THE HILLSBOROUGH WE ALREADY WE JUST DISCUSSED THIS, BUT HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP HAS REQUESTED SUPPORT THROUGH A SHARED SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES AGREEMENT FROM THROUGH SEPTEMBER ON A TRIAL BASIS BASED ON HILLSBOROUGH'S DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE, A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES, MEDICAL PROVIDERS RECOMMENDED AN AVERAGE OF FIVE HOURS PER WEEK BILLABLE HOURS FOCUSED ON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS AND OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT, AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT. THE PROPOSED RATES ARE ALSO CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY BILL BRANCHBURG, AT AN AVERAGE OF TWO HOURS PER WEEK AND THE DRAFT SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, AND THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO FORWARD THIS TO TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AS WELL AFTER WE APPROVE IT. WE HAVE SOME. WE HAVE SOME SUMMER WRECKING CREW EDUCATION PROGRAMING THAT SIGRID PROVIDED. THERE WAS A WORKSHOP. OH, SORRY. IT WAS SIGRID AND SARAH, KATE SCHNEIDER OR KATE. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. SARAH. KATE IS SARAH KATE SCHNEIDER. THANK YOU.SARAH KATE SCHNEIDER, OUR SUMMER INTERN. SO THERE WAS A SUGAR SOCCER ACTIVITY, A DIGITAL WELLNESS WORKSHOP AND A VECTOR BORNE DISEASE WORKSHOP FOR TICKS AND MOSQUITOES. WE ALSO DID COMMUNITY BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS WITH THE RUTGERS SCHOOL OF NURSING. THEY HELP PROVIDE THESE FREE SCREENINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. OUR NURSES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MONTHLY SCREENING AT SENIOR EVENTS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND OUR NUMBERS ARE INCREASING WITH EACH SCREENING EVENT. AND WE ALSO HAD NURSES WORKING ON A SCREENING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE TO BETTER TRACK AND FOLLOW UP WITH CRITICALLY HYPERTENSIVE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SIGRID IS ALSO COLLABORATING WITH SOMERSET COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES TO ORGANIZE A NARCAN TRAINING SESSIONS AS PART OF EFFORTS TO INCREASE AWARENESS AROUND OVERDOSE PREVENTION IN OUR AREA. WE ALSO HAVE A UPDATE ON OUR FAB ACCREDITATION, SO OUR STAFF IS FINALIZING THE DOCUMENTS TO UPLOAD INTO THE PORTAL FOR THE ACCREDITING BODY. BY AUGUST 18TH, AND DEEWANGI WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THAT AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR REVIEW IN OUR SEPTEMBER
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MEETING. AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE GRANT ITEMS. SEE HERE. GRANT UPDATES. THE FISCAL YEAR 26 STRENGTHENING GRANT. THIS IS A PENDING AWARD TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY $64,000. AND THESE FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS FUNDED SALARIES. AND WE HAVE AN AGE FRIENDLY GRANT THAT EMILY HAS INITIATED. WORK ON THE AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT.AND AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, THEY'RE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE A SURVEY TO KEY RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AMONG THEIR EMPLOYEES. IN ADDITION, THE SUMMER INTERN ALLEY ON WILL ASSIST IN CONDUCTING KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS WITH SELECT STAKEHOLDERS TO GATHER MORE IN-DEPTH INSIGHTS INTO TRANSPORTATION RELATED CHALLENGES FOR THAT EMPLOYERS ARE FACING IN TOWN. AND IF YOU KNOW OF ANY INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS, PLEASE HAVE THEM REACH OUT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
OKAY, THE OTHER ITEMS ARE EMILY IS PLANNING OUTREACH EVENTS IN AUGUST AT THE MONTGOMERY CROSSINGS AND PIKE RUN, POSSIBLY TYING IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION. WITH THE HELP OF ELLEN ROBBINS AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE FOOD BANK NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY. WE ALSO ARE CONSIDERING DOING A FALL FLU CLINIC AND OH, SORRY, WE ARE GOING TO DO A FALL FLU CLINIC AND THERE ARE THREE LARGE SCALE COMMUNITY CLINICS. A CLINIC AND POP UP CLINICS AT PIKE RUN, CROSSINGS, ELKS, ETC.
AND THEY ARE GOING TO RUN THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER THROUGH THE SECOND WEEK IN NOVEMBER. THEN WE HAVE TWO MORE THINGS HERE. THE SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BRANCHBURG THAT WILL BE UP FOR RENEWAL THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL UPDATE THE BOARD ON NEXT STEPS AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. AND. A RESIDENT HAS REACHED OUT TO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD OF HEALTH CONSIDER POTENTIAL EXEMPTIONS TO THE STANDARD SEPTIC TANK PUMPING SCHEDULE FOR SENIORS LIVING ALONE. SHE SUGGESTED EXTENDING THE REQUIREMENT FROM EVERY THREE YEARS TO EVERY FIVE YEARS, CITING MINIMAL SYSTEM USE AND THE FINANCIAL BURDEN. THE MOST RECENT SERVICE COST HER $500, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO SECURE $100 DISCOUNT AND STATED THERE WASN'T EVEN ANYTHING TO PUMP OUT, SO SHE'S ASKED THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE AND REQUESTED A FOLLOW UP. AND THAT IS IT FOR HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON IN SEPTEMBER? ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DISCUSS? QUESTION I HAVE A QUESTION ANY FURTHER. THE SEPTIC ISSUE. THE SEPTIC TANKS VARY IN SIZE I'M ASSUMING DEPENDING ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOME. SO DEPENDING ON NUMBER OF BATHROOMS AND THE NUMBER OF BATHROOMS, WHATEVER, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A STANDARD SEPTIC TANK. SO EVEN THOUGH THIS PERSON MAY NOT HAVE NEEDED TO PUMP HERS OUT, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WITH SMALLER TANKS THAT ARE LIVING ALONE THAT DO REQUIRE PUMP OUT. SO I THINK IT'S MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST ASKING FOR EXEMPTION. GRANTED, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SEPTIC SYSTEMS, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO CUSTOMIZE THIS, RIGHT? IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CUSTOMIZE THIS BECAUSE THAT HOME IS, AS YOU SAID, IS DESIGNED FOR A SPECIFIC USE AND THE TANK IS MEANT FOR IT. THE USER IS NOT USING IT. I ECHO THAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, RIGHT? THAT THE TANK CANNOT BE USED IF WE START GIVING, LIKE IF WE CONSIDER IT EXEMPTION, IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF GRAY AREAS. YEAH.
SO WHY DON'T WE CONSIDER A CASE BY CASE BASIS. SORRY. SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION, IF WE WERE TO EVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE HELD AT A CASE BY CASE BASIS. NO ACTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT IN MY OPINION. RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF KEEP THINGS STANDARDIZED BASED ON LIKE THE FACILITY SIZE AND WHAT IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. SO I HAVE A I THINK THAT THE RULES ARE ALREADY THERE REGARDING THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE, NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, NUMBER OF BATHROOMS, AND THAT'S HOW THEY CALCULATE THEIR SIZE WHEN THEY PUT THE TANK. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO REALLY MODIFY IT WELL. BUT I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW. IF SHE'S LIVING IN A HOUSE WITH THREE BATHROOMS THAT SHE'S ONE PERSON, SHE'S
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CLEARLY USING ONE BATHROOM, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT IT COULD PROBABLY BE LOOKED AT AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND THE PAPERWORK OR THE REGULATIONS FOR THAT TAKE SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE.RIGHT? WE SHOULD KNOW THE CAPACITY OF IT. SO I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE THERE'S NO WAY TO ENSURE THAT SHE'S LIVING BY HERSELF. RIGHT. SHE COULD BE HARBORING FIVE OTHER PEOPLE THERE PERIODICALLY THAT ARE USING HER POTTIES NONSTOP. SO I DON'T THINK THAT AS A SEPTIC TANK OWNER. YEAH, I HAVE THREE BATHROOMS IN MY HOUSE AND TWO PEOPLE LIVE THERE. I'M SURELY WAY UNDERUSED THAT HONESTLY, I'M PUMPING IT EVERY THREE YEARS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO FAIL BECAUSE I'M PARANOID. BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE DEFINITELY CASES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE WAY MORE CAPACITY THAN THEY NEED, AND NOBODY WHO OWNS ONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING WANTS IT TO FAIL. NOBODY. THAT'S $35,000, RIGHT? SO SHE'S LOOKING AT THAT AND SAYING, I THIS IS STUPID. I ONE PERSON IN A HOUSE THAT COULD HOLD SIX PEOPLE. I SEE HER POINT. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
AND I SEE, I SEE, I SEE YOUR POINT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I SEE PEOPLE'S POINTS ABOUT WHEREBY THE RULES CANNOT BE ADJUSTED TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF ONE PERSON WHO'S SAD ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE SPENDING $400 INSTEAD, OR SHE JUST DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MONEY.
HOLD ON, BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF HANDS, WE HAVE J WE HAVE WE HAVE JOE. SO, KRISTEN, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO LET KRISTEN GO FIRST. YEAH, WE DO OFFER AN EXCEPTION. IF I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT TANK INSPECTED AND THEY MEASURE THE SLUDGE AND THE SCUM LAYERS, BUT USUALLY THE PROBLEM IS, BY THE TIME YOU PAY SOMEONE TO DO THAT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUMP THE TANK, RIGHT? BUT THAT'S THE ONLY EXCEPTION. AND WE USUALLY DO. WE WILL WAIVE THE APPLICATION FEE FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT FILL OUT A FINANCIAL WAIVER HARDSHIP FORM. BUT SO FAR WE DO NOT WAIVE THE PUMPING REQUIREMENTS. YES. SO TWO YEARS AGO I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I LIVE IN. I HAVE A HOUSE, THREE BEDROOM. I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT LIVES THERE. SO I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND IT WAS THE EXACT THE, THE EXEMPTION. SO I OR EXCEPTION I HAD SOMEONE INSPECT IT. I THINK IT THAT MY SEPTIC COMPANY I HAVE A SEPTIC COMPANY THAT JUST COMES REGULARLY TO INSPECT AND I THINK THE FEE IS LIKE $100 OR SO PER VISIT. AND THEN FOR MY RENEWAL, I JUST SENT THE INSPECTION, THE INSPECTION REPORT. SO THERE IS WAYS AROUND IT, BUT THERE IS WAYS TO MITIGATE THE $500 COST ALREADY IN PLACE. YEAH, I THINK OUR PROBLEM IS THAT WE ALWAYS SAY THE SAME THING. HOW DO WE KNOW WHO'S REALLY LIVING IN THE HOUSE? WOULD WE VERIFY THAT? AND THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ALL? I MEAN, I'M NOT AGAINST DOING I.
IF WE CAME UP WITH A WAY THAT WAS FAIR AND STRUCTURED, YOU KNOW, AND, AND VALID, AND THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD IS STUCK AT IS LIKE THERE HAS I, I ECHO THIS PERSON'S SENTIMENT AND THERE THAT PERSON'S COMING FROM THEY HAVE A CASE THAT IT'S UNDER UTILIZED. BUT HOW DO WE LIKE HOW DO WE MANAGE THROUGH THAT SITUATION. THAT'S THE DIFFICULT PART I SEE IT'S UNDER UTILIZED.
BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT'S $100 FOR INSPECTION, I MEAN, THERE'S WAYS TO MANAGE IT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE EXACT COST, BUT THESE DAYS I GET IT. YEAH. BUT, YOU KNOW, $500 SEEMS REASONABLE FOR A SEPTIC TANK CLEANING, RIGHT? YEAH. IT'S THAT $500 A YEAR. IT'S $500 FOR THREE YEARS. SO YOU'RE RIGHT, ABOUT 130 DIVIDED FOR $100 DISCOUNT, RIGHT? SO $133 A YEAR IS $12.50 A MONTH THAT SHE'S SPENDING FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT AMOUNTS TO MUCH CHEAPER THAN WHAT A SEWER CHARGE WOULD BE FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. SO I GET IT. IT SEEMS ONEROUS AND IT SEEMS EXPENSIVE, BUT THERE ARE COSTS OF LIVING THAT WE CAN'T MITIGATE AT CERTAIN POINTS, AND YOU CAN'T MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR ONE PERSON. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. I WOULD RECOMMEND CHANGING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND CHANGING THE THREE YEARS TO FIVE YEARS. THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT COULD HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. OKAY.
THANK YOU. DO THE COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND CHANGING THE THREE YEARS TO FIVE YEARS BECAUSE THAT COULD HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. RIGHT. YOU WANT TO CHECK THE HEALTH OF THE SYSTEM, RIGHT. YOU LIKE NOBODY'S LOOKING AT THE SEPTIC TANK UNLESS THEY OPEN UP EVERY THREE YEARS TO SEE THAT IT'S DOING WHAT IT'S ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. IT'S PART OF THE INSPECTION PROCESS. DO YOU HAVE TO GET INSPECTED EVERY THREE YEARS OR JUST IS IT JUST PART. IT'S JUST INSPECTING IT FOR THAT. THEY DO CHECK THE TANK AND MAKE SURE THE BAFFLES HAVEN'T FALLEN OFF OR THE TANKS NOT LEAKING. CAN I CHANGE THE FILTERS RIGHT. DO DO THE PEOPLE GET? BECAUSE I THINK I GOT A CARD THAT SAID LIKE IT'S TIME TO PUMP FROM THE TOWN, MAYBE JUST CHANGE. MAYBE WE CAN JUST MODIFY THE VERBIAGE THERE TO SAY HAVE IT PUMPED OR HAVE IT INSPECTED.
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THANK YOU. YEAH, WE CAN WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT'S MORE VISIBLE. IT IS ON THE APPLICATION. BUT YEAH WE COULD ADVERTISE IT MORE. BUT THEN IF YOU WANT TO SAY INSPECTION THEN WE NEED TO PUT SOME CRITERIA AROUND THERE. WHAT THAT INSPECTION COULD LOOK LIKE. RIGHT. RIGHT. BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS IT'S SPECIFICALLY HAS TO LIKE MEASURE THE SLUDGE LEVEL VERSUS THE SCUM LAYER. AND THERE HAS TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE THAT'S FROM LIKE THE EPA STANDARDS I THINK. SO WHAT IF SOMEONE WHO LIKE JOE ALONE AND A SEPARATE TANK PUMP AND THEY ASKED FOR INSPECTION AT THE SAME TIME AND INSPECTION SAYS, OH, YOU BARELY HAVE ANYTHING IN HERE, AND MAYBE THEY CAN GET AN EXEMPTION FOR EVERY THREE YEARS IF THEY HAVE DONE THAT AND THEY HAVE TO DO SOME INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND THEN ASSUMING THAT, SAY, THEN JOE HAS ALL HIS ROSES IN WITH HIM, HE'S NOT GOING TO WANT HIS SEPTIC TO DIE. SO HE'S GOING TO DO IT EVERY THREE YEARS, I'M ASSUMING, BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO REPLACE THEIR STUFF. SO DID YOU HAVE TO CONTRACEPTIVE? NO, I HAD THEM. I HAD THEM COME. THEY SAID I HAVE THE I HAVE A COPY OF MY INSPECTION REPORT. BUT YOU DID HAVE THAT. IT WAS THEY THEY SAID NO NEED. AND PART OF THE INSPECTION THEY SAY NO NEED FOR PUMPING AT THIS TIME. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT THAT BUYS THEM EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS. IT SAYS NO PUMPING AT THIS TIME SUBMITS THAT TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND THEY SAY IT'S FINE. SO THAT'S THE SAME. THERE'S NO THAT ABILITY EXISTS, EXISTS. CAN WE GET THE WHEEL? IT'S REALLY LOUD.WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU CAN COME. SURE. YEAH. I THINK THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION. YEAH. AND WE DO. I'M SURE YOU TALKED TO THE LADY WHO WHO ASKED HER ABOUT THIS.
AND I IMAGINE SHE WOULD HAVE TOLD HER WE HAVE THAT OPTION, BUT IT'S IN THE APPLICATION, AND WE CAN TALK TO PILOT THE PROGRAM THAT SENDS OUT THE RENEWALS BY VIA EMAIL. WE CAN CHANGE AT IT, MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE EMAIL WORDING THAT GETS SENT OUT. THAT'S HELPFUL. YEAH, THAT'S A SOLUTION. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE. CAN ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE FIVE BATHROOMS. SO OUR TANK IS ACCORDING TO FIVE BATHROOMS. BUT WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN ALL OF OUR EVERY TIME WHEN THEY EVACUATE THAT IT'S A VERY LITTLE. THEY ALWAYS SAY BECAUSE THEY GIVE YOU THE AMOUNT, HOW MUCH THEY HAVE PUMPED OUT. SO BUT THAT'S FINE. THAT'S ACCORDING TO RULE. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET IT DONE. SO POINT IS LIKE RATHER THAN HAVING DIFFERENT RULES FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE OR TAKING IT THIS WAY OR THAT WAY, UNIFORM RULE CAN BE. THIS CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS WORDING, CHANGING IT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE TO. YEAH. LIKE IS THAT REASONABLE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SO HOW DO WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD? I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT, BUT DO WE HAVE TO I THINK WE'LL JUST TELL DEVONTE WHAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE CHANGE. AND WE'LL PROMOTE THE INSPECTION. AND SHE'LL CALL THIS LADY BACK. AND. UNLESS YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW NO THAT'S FINE OKAY. YEAH. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LIKE I JUST WANT TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. THAT'S. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE RESIDENT WANTED. SHE WANTED THERE TO BE A CONVERSATION. THERE ARE PATHWAYS FORWARD, BUT WE ARE NOT WILLING TO RECOMMEND A CHANGE IN THE TIMELINE LINES IN THE SCHEDULE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD CREATE BIGGER PROBLEMS FOR THE TOWNSHIP IN OTHER WAYS. AND SO SHE SELLS THIS PLACE. NEW PEOPLE COME, AND THEY ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FOR THREE YEARS TO FIVE YEARS, FIVE YEARS TO THREE YEARS. YOU CAN MAKE IT JUST THAT OVER, RIGHT? YEAH. GOT IT.
RIGHT. OKAY. I THINK WE'RE AT NEW BUSINESS, MY FRIENDS. OKAY. READY FOR NEW BUSINESS? OKAY.
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OKAY. ANY NEW BUSINESS DOWN THERE FOR ME, EMS? BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE IS HERE. YES. SO I ACTUALLY HAVE THREE THINGS. I CAME PREPARED THIS TIME. I CAME PREPARED, SO. THE SQUAD HELD A TRAINING LAST WEEKEND OF JULY THAT WAS LED BY PENN MED. PRINCETON CALLED FIVE MINUTES TO HELP, WHICH WAS AN INITIATIVE ENVISIONED BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WITH CURRICULUM CREATED BY RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. I PERSONALLY ATTENDED IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY USEFUL. BASICALLY, THE CONTEXT IS AFTER REVERSING AN OPIOID OVERDOSE AND I TOOK NOTES HERE, APPROXIMATELY 60% OF PEOPLE IN SOME AREAS OF THE STATE REFUSE TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL OR LEAVE THE ER BEFORE REGISTRATION. IN THESE CALLS, SOMETIMES THE FIRST RESPONDER IS THE ONLY MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL THAT PATIENTS WILL SEE. THIS TRAINING PROVIDED MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE WITH HEIGHTENED SKILLS, WITH TALKING TO PERSONS LIVING WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TO ENCOURAGE PATIENTS TO SEEK HELP AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. SO I HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO THANK FOR CREATING[00:40:03]
THAT. ONE SECOND NOTE I HAVE IS THE SQUAD HAD A DEMONSTRATION HELD AUGUST 1ST ON NEW AND IMPROVED CPR MANNEQUINS SQUAD RUN CPR PROGRAMS THAT ARE OPEN TO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.THEY'RE HELD MULTIPLE. WE HOLD MULTIPLE CLASSES A YEAR. THEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE SQUADS WEBSITE. JUST THIS MONTH, MEMES HELD TWO CPR CLASSES TO RECERTIFY THE FIRE COMPANY STATION 46, BUT WE'VE ALSO HELD COURSES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN FOR OTHER CERTIFICATIONS. ONE SUCH THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO IS A SIDEWALK CPR CLASS AIMED AT INFORMING RESIDENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPRESSION ONLY CPR. AND WE ARE LOOKING TO BUY THESE NEW MANNEQUINS. SO IT'S A SIX PACK. WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY AND GENERATE A GRANT FOR $1,600 FOR THE KIT. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS, TOTALLY WILLING TO LISTEN TO THAT. THIRD IS THE SQUAD HAD BEEN ASKED BY THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT TO HELP OUT WITH A PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE INITIATING FOR SENIORS IN TOWN, HELPING TAKING OUT THE TRASH. SORRY, TAKING OUT BULK TRASH ITEMS. SO FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST.
THE SQUAD DID ASSIST WITH THE WITH WITH THE COMMUNITY MOVING SOME HEAVIER ITEMS THAT THE SENIORS IN TOWN COULD NOT MOVE THEMSELVES. SO I THINK THAT PROGRAM IS STILL GOING FORWARD.
FIRE COMPANY IS NOW OFFERING TO HELP AS WELL, SO THERE'S SOME PROMISE FOR THAT. VERY GOOD. THE ONE OTHER THING I'LL ADD, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT VARSHA'S DO YOU KNOW ABOUT VARSHA IS THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT? BUT SHE. I'LL. I'LL OFFER ONE FROM HER.
SHE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE EMS SQUAD. SHE'S A CADET. AND SHE WAS ON A FEW CALLS WHERE INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILY HAD CALLED EMS OUT TO THEIR HOME FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY TREATED BY A FIRST AID KIT, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FINANCING OR INCOME TO HAVE EXTRA, EXTRA THINGS LIKE THESE FIRST AID KITS IN THEIR HOME. SO SHE HAS STARTED A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN IN THE TOWN TO BUY. I THINK IT'S 50 KITS TO GIVE AWAY FOR US TO HAVE WHEN WE'RE ON THE ON THE EMS SQUAD AND THEN GIVE THEM OUT IF WE SEE PEOPLE HAVE A NEED FOR THEM. SO VERY GOOD JOB. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. NO THAT'S OKAY. I GET OUT OF HERE WITH YOU. OH, NO. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE DOOR IS LOCKED AT EIGHT. OH, WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALMOST AT ADJOURNMENT, BUT WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH SOME NEW BUSINESS. DO YOU HAVE. ANY? WE WERE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE AGENDA. OKAY, WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SO MANY CONFLICTS. AND I SAID, OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO TO THIS MEETING. NO, I GO TO DINNER, COME AT SEVEN. I COULDN'T GET OUT OF THERE. SO CARRY ON. NO, THAT'S OKAY. I JUST WANT IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CALL MY ATTENTION, PLEASE DO. YEAH. I JUST I WAS GOING TO DO THAT. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY UPDATES FROM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, OTHER THAN I KNOW THAT YOU SENT A LETTER CONCERNING THE CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN, AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS A TOWN HALL ON MONDAY. YES. AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE ON MONDAY THE 25TH. AND AT THIS POINT, A LOT OF OPTIONS ARE BEING EXPLORED THAT ARE VERY PROMISING, THAT ARE GOING TO MOST LIKELY RESULT IN AN AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN. THIS IS ALL PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE RECORDING AND THE SLIDE DECK FROM MONDAY. IT'S NOT FINAL BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT DETAILS, BUT IT'S A HOPE THAT THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE SO THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PART OF THE PLAN AT PENN VIEW, THAT THERE WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF CONTROLS OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WOULD REPLACE THAT, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THE DEVELOPER DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT, AND HE'S HAD A CHANGE OF HEART. AND OTHER THINGS ARE UP IN THE AIR TOO. BUT THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF MOVEMENT TO THE PLAN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT EXTENSION OF CONTROLS WILL BE A BIG PART OF IT. THANK YOU. THE EXTENSION OF.
SORRY EXTENSION AT PIKE RUN, IS THAT INVOLVED THE CENTRAL CONTROL. SO THERE'S ALREADY AFFORDABLE UNITS THROUGHOUT THE TOWNSHIP THAT HAVE I THINK THE THEY HAVE CERTAIN CONTROLS IN PLACE FOR LIKE I THINK 30 YEARS AND THAT'S EXPIRING. AND THEY HAVE TO BE EITHER RENEWED WITH
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THE CONSENT OF THE DEVELOPER TO REMAIN AFFORDABLE, OR HE COULD LET IT EXPIRE AND THEY COULD BE MARKET UNITS. AND INITIALLY HE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING THEM. AND NOW HE HAS HAD A CHANGE OF HEART. OKAY. SO THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE BECAUSE THERE WAS A THING ABOUT BATAWANG POSSIBLY, NO. THEY TURNED INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NO. OKAY. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE PROPOSED. THAT WAS NEVER SOMETHING THAT MY UNDERSTANDING THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE WANTED SORT OF THING. YEAH. HE SAID THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT THAT WAS PART OF THAT CAME UP. BUT I THINK HE BROUGHT IT UP. SO THAT WAS WE'VE MOVED ON FROM THAT AS A PROPOSAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS NO QUESTION ALSO, JUST AS A POINT, I'M SORRY, WERE YOU DID YOU KNOW, OH, YOU GUYS ARE HAVING SEX. I'M IGNORING YOU THEN. JEN I DID I DON'T I THINK YOU'RE CC'D ON THE EMAIL THAT I SENT TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF HEALTH. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT'S IN OUR PACKET. SO IT'S ON PUBLIC. THE EMAIL. YEAH. JUST THE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. SO JUST SO EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT I WROTE AN EMAIL JUST BECAUSE WE ARE AN EVIDENCE BASED BOARD. AND I FELT LIKE SINCE THIS WAS A AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS CONSIDERED A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AND THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MET FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE CONSIDERED HEALTHY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ENSURE THAT IT WILL IMPACT HEALTH IN A POSITIVE WAY. SO I JUST SENT A KIND OF A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT THAT KIND OF A META ANALYSIS OF ALL THE DATA AND SAID, HERE'S HERE'S THE EVIDENCE, JUST SO YOU HAVE IT.BUT DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THE EMAIL? BASICALLY THE EVIDENCE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW IT COULD BE ASSESSED. THAT WAS IT. SO WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THE PUBLIC. THAT'S PUBLIC RECORD. YEAH. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. ASKING GENDER ADDED. YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO END THE PACKET OR DO YOU WANT IT WHERE IT IF YOU COULD ADD IT TO THE CAN YOU ADD IT AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE MINUTES. OR WE CAN ADD IT AS A AS PART OF THE PACKET FOR NEXT.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY FOR LIKE I'LL PUT IT IN THE PACKET FOR NEXT MONTH. THAT'S FINE. AND THEN IF ANYTHING WE COULD JUST PUT LIKE A LIGHT ON HIM OR SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA SAYING THAT'S GREAT THAT IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP. YEP. THAT'S PERFECT. JUST I JUST WANT IT TO BE PUBLIC SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT. OKAY, WE PASSED A PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE FOR SALARY AND WE AND IT IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE TOWNSHIP. SO WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, WE'RE STAYING IN LINE WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. THE OTHER THING WE PASSED IS A LETTER OF AGREEMENT FOR SHARED SERVICES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SHARED SERVICES WITH HILLSBOROUGH. AND WE ALSO DID AN MOU FOR CHILD HEALTH WITH HILLSBOROUGH. SO WE'RE DOING QUITE A BIT WITH HILLSBOROUGH OKAY. AND SHARED SERVICES AND ALL OF THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A PEEK AT ANY OF THOSE THINGS, WELL THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME OKAY. WITH THAT MY FRIENDS. AND WE HAD NO PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT'S THE OTHER THING I SHOULD TELL YOU BEFORE YOU GO. YEAH, EVERYBODY. THANKS. OKAY.
SO HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THE MEETING WILL NOW ADJOURN AT 820 280. COME ON. OH, WAIT. NO, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. YES. THANK YOU, MR. DOCTOR SHARMA. SECOND.
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