Dec 10, 2025 Board of Health

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SO YOU COULD SAY YOU'RE STARTING AND START. YEAH. OKAY. IS EVERYBODY HERE OKAY? YEAH.

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SHE DIDN'T FORGET ME. I WAS I WAS LOOKING AT SOMETHING, BUT I'LL SAY I'M HERE AGAIN. THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED MRS. MARY GERMAIN, WHO IS JOINING HERE, US HERE TONIGHT FROM THE ROCKY HILL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. WE HAVE A SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THEM, AND SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. WELCOME, MARY. HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, NO. DO YOU WANT TO DO IT BEFORE CONSENT AGENDA? OH. LET'S JUST DO CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN I'LL INVITE YOU GUYS UP. IS THAT

[ IV. CONSENT AGENDA]

[Additional Items]

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TWO MORE HERE. THANK YOU. YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THAT'S OKAY. I HAVE ONE EXTRA. DOES EVERYBODY HAVE ONE? YEP. WE HAVE ONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU I FORGOT MY WHEN I SIGN UP. I.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO START OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. FIRST I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR PROPOSAL. TODAY, WE ARE THE SENTENCE FOUNDATION, A FOUNDATION GRANTED TO SOLVE SYSTEMIC INEQUALITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS GLOBALLY. WE HAVE FOUR MAIN PILLARS THAT WE TARGET WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND CIVIL JUSTICE AND RACIAL BIAS.

TODAY, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION IN ORDER TO HELP NOT ONLY SPREAD AWARENESS, BUT ALSO TO GAIN GUIDANCE AND HELP. THE FOUNDATION IS HEADQUARTERED IN MONTGOMERY, NEW JERSEY. WE ARE A US BASED NONPROFIT THAT IS DEDICATED TO DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC INEQUALITIES THROUGH OUR INTERCONNECTED PILLARS HEALTHCARE, ACCESS AND EQUITY, RACIAL BIAS REDUCTION AND LEGAL ADVOCACY, ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY, AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT. MY NAME IS ANA MARTEL AND I'M THE CEO AND FOUNDER. I'M ALSO SUPPORTED BY MY CEO, ANGELA BUTTS. TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY FUNDRAISING MANAGER AND IMPACT SPOKESPERSON, VIVIAN SONTHONAX WAS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO A PERSISTENT INEQUITY IN HEALTHCARE, LEGAL ADVOCACY, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND GENDER RIGHTS. RECOGNIZING THAT THESE ISSUES CANNOT BE SOLVED IN ISOLATION, SONTHONAX OPERATES WITH AN INTEGRATED MODEL THAT IS BASED ON DATA, RESEARCH, OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND POLICY ADVOCACY SENTENCES. COURT INITIATIVES INCLUDE THE LEGAL EQUITY TASK FORCE, HEALTHCARE EQUITY INITIATIVE, ECONOMIC MOBILITY ACCELERATOR SENTENCES, YOUTH MEMBER AND ADULT AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS, AND THE WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EQUITY TASK FORCE. NOW, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO VIVIAN, WHO'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR GOALS AND WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. HELLO. AS MENTIONED BEFORE BY MY CEO, I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL WHY WE SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO COME TO COME TALK TO THE MONTGOMERY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY. AND IF YOU CAN TURN TO PAGE FOUR, WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS OF, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT PARTICULARLY WE WOULD WANT YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT. AND AGAIN, BOLSTERING THE GOALS OF OUR BOLSTERING THE GOALS OF OUR ORGANIZATION, PARTICULARLY IF YOU FLIP BACK TO PAGE THREE, THE HEALTHCARE EQUITY TASK FORCE IS PARTICULARLY WHERE WE WOULD LIKE YOUR SUPPORT THE MOST WITH COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE OUTREACH TO INCREASE EDUCATION FOR BOTH WOMEN AND MEN ON THEIR BODIES, AND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF CERTAIN PARTS THAT ARE THAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO MANY HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH CLASSES CURRENTLY. WE ALSO WANT TO INCREASE HEALTHCARE LITERACY. THERE ARE A LOT OF TERMS THAT I'M SURE YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS NOT, AND THEY CAN BE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO KNOW. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY AND THE ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THESE SYSTEMS FOR ALL, AND PARTICULARLY HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THEM AND ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS IS MORE STREAMLINED FOR DOCTORS AND EVEN PEOPLE AND PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, AND THAT IS OUR PRIORITY WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, PEOPLE THEMSELVES. FURTHERMORE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE, CONTINUE AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE WITH HOSPITALS AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS MORE AND MORE TO AGAIN BOLSTER THE GOALS OF OUR ORGANIZATION. FURTHERMORE, I ALSO WANT TO DISCUSS WHAT MAKES SENSE SO UNIQUE FROM OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT WE ARE LED BY YOUTH LEADERSHIP, AND WE ARE ALSO BACKED BY A LOT OF GUIDANCE AND ADULT AND ADULTS THAT ALSO WANT TO SEE OUR MISSION SUCCEED. ASIDE FROM PARTNERSHIPS, WE ARE ALSO SEEKING GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL. WE WOULD LIKE YOUR GUIDANCE ON WHAT COULD WE IMPROVE ABOUT OUR MISSION, WHAT COULD BE REQUESTED? WHAT COULD BE ADDED TO THESE COMMUNITY HEALTH REGIONS? WHAT ISSUES DO YOU SEE PERSONALLY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO INCLUDE IN OUR INITIATIVES? FURTHERING THIS AS WE GROW AS PEOPLE, OUR ORGANIZATION WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND WE ARE VERY WILLING AND ALSO VERY NEEDING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY. FURTHERMORE, WE ARE AGAIN NONPROFIT ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC POLICY DRIVEN. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT TO SUCCEED IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER, AND WE WANT TO SEE RESULTS IN BOTH STATISTICS AND NUMBERS. WE DO NOT JUST WANT TO SEE A NEWS REPORT OF THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE

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FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH LAW FIRMS AND DOCTOR CLINICS, WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO SEND OUR MEMBERS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE TREATMENT THEY NEED AT AN EXPEDITED COST.

SO NOT ONLY ARE WE ASKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS IN ORDER FOR IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE GUIDANCE AND HELP IN WHAT WE DO, BUT ALSO ARE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS OUTSIDE THIS GROUP OF MEMBERS IN ORDER TO HELP OUR HELP THE PEOPLE WE ARE TRYING TO HELP RECEIVE THE EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE THEY TRULY DESERVE. NOW, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT OUR ORGANIZATION HAS. IT IS THE ADULT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. IF YOU FLIP TO PAGE TWO, PAGE THREE, YOU WILL SEE A QUICK BLURB ABOUT IT IS ADULT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM EMPOWERS YOUTH AND ADULTS TO LEAD ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, COMMUNITY PROJECTS, AND DATA DRIVEN POLICY WORK. WE ARE LOOKING FOR AMBASSADORS WHO ARE NOT ONLY WILLING TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS, BUT ALSO ARE HELPING WHO ARE ALSO HAVE, WHO ALSO HAVE STRONG FEELINGS AND WANT TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND MAKE AN IMPACTFUL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES. OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS WILL HELP US GUIDE US THROUGH OUR INITIATIVES AND HELP US MAKE AN IMPACTFUL CHANGE THAT WILL TRULY REACH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO REACH AND TRULY HAVE AN IMPACT, A STATISTICAL IMPACT ON MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. NOW, I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO VIVIAN, WHO'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY AND OFFERING A FINAL CONDOLENCE. TURNED OFF THIS MEETING. I DO WANT TO SAY TO YOU ALL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT OUR ORGANIZATION IS FOR PEOPLE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVE ACCESS TO THE VERY THING THAT ENSURES OUR BODIES STAY HEALTHY. PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR BODIES AND HOW TO HELP WHEN THINGS GO WRONG. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T ACHIEVE THIS GOAL ALONE. YOU ARE ALL EXTREMELY PIVOTAL TO THIS MISSION THAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE, AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO ALSO BELIEVE IN OUR MISSION TO ENSURE THAT BOTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE ITSELF CAN DELIVER ITSELF TO BOTH YOUNG, OLD, MARGINALIZED, MIDDLE CLASS, UPPER CLASS, WHOEVER MAY NEED IT. BECAUSE HEALTH CARE SHOULD NOT REMAIN BEHIND A LOCKED DOOR, HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION ITSELF SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE BECAUSE WE ALL RELY ON IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE ARE NOW OPEN TO QUESTIONS IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAD A FEELING YOU MIGHT GO AHEAD, DOCTOR. EXCELLENT JOB GETTING UP HERE AND TALKING TO US AS TAKES A LOT. IT'S NOT EASY TO DO. IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE I'M ON SHARK TANK RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW? YEAH. YOU GUYS HAVE SAID A LOT OF BIG WORDS. I DON'T KNOW THAT I REALLY UNDERSTAND. SIMPLIFY IT FOR ME. OKAY. WHAT? WHEN DID YOU GUYS START? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION? WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO. NOT RAISING $500,000, BUT LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR 2026 PLAN? LIKE

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BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LIKE, LIKE, HOW DID YOU TARGET IT? SO WE WE WANTED TO ADVERTISE TO KIDS WHO ARE FROM AGES, WHO ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM GRADES 4 TO 7, IN WHICH WE DID. WE NOT ONLY SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT OUR LUNGS ARE, HOW THEY WORK. BUT HOW'D YOU DO THAT? I'M SORRY. AND HOW DID YOU DO THAT? WE DID IT THROUGH NOT ONLY A PRESENTATION, BUT ALL THROUGH. ALSO THROUGH AN ACTIVITY WHERE WE LET THE KIDS THROUGH A REAL LIFE SIMULATION OF HOW OUR LUNGS WORK, HOW OUR HEARTS WORK, AND HOW DOING DANGEROUS THINGS SUCH AS SMOKING, ABOUT PUTTING THINGS THAT ARE UNWANTED IN OUR BODIES, PUTTING IN HOW IT WILL RUIN IT.

WE SIMULATED THIS BY PUTTING CORN SIRUP IN A LIKE A DIAPHRAGM THAT WE CREATED THROUGH PLASTIC BOTTLES AND A BALLOON, AND WE SIMULATED HOW OUR LUNG WORKS AND HOW WHEN WE PUT WHEN WE SMOKE OR WE DO ANY OTHER UNWANTED ACTIVITIES, HOW IT IMPACTS OUR LUNG HEALTH AND CAN CAUSE FUTURE DAMAGE FOR THIS INITIATIVE. HOW DID YOU PROMOTE IT TO THE COMMUNITY? SO NOT ONLY DID WE PUT THE WE PUT FLIERS UP IN LIKE OPEN AREAS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE AN INSTAGRAM IN WHICH WE POSTED THE FLIERS. WE COORDINATED WITH SOME OF THE LIBRARIANS TO PUT THE FLIERS UP AROUND THE LIBRARY, AND WE PUT IT IN PUBLIC PLACES BY ASKING THE OWNERS OF THE OF THE PLACES IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO SO, AND THEN WE SPREAD IT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. SO JOE, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO JUST ADD SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE PARTNERED WITH KIND KOALA. WE HAVEN'T PARTNERED WITH CENTEX YET. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE HEARING ABOUT CENTEX. BUT KIND KOALAS.

THEY THEIR GOAL IS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND ANY, ANY RESOURCES THAT THAT THAT THEY MAY NEED, WHICH WE'RE STILL FLESHING OUT. WHAT THAT WHAT THE RESOURCES LOOK LIKE. IT'S AND I'M WORKING WITH THE THE STUDENTS IN IN KIND KOALAS AND ARNAV IS ALSO IN KIND KOALAS WHICH IS HOW I MET HIM. SO I WAS I ACTUALLY HAD I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ONE OF THE KIND KOALA STUDENTS WHO WERE STANDING IN THE LOBBY AND THEY HAD A FLIER THAT THEY WERE HOLDING, AND I WENT UP TO TALK TO HIM. AND SO THAT'S WHEN I LEARNED THAT THEY THEY'RE HERE TO, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. WHAT DOES WHAT DO THE MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS IN TOWN LOOK LIKE? WHAT WHO IS HELPING THEM? WHAT HELP AND SUPPORT DO THEY NEED? AND SO THAT'S HOW THE CONVERSATION GOT STARTED. AND I RECOGNIZED THAT THEY THEY HAD THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS ON ANATOMY, LUNG HEALTH, HEART HEALTH. AND SO THAT'S WHEN I, I ASKED THE STUDENT AT THE TIME, I THINK ROMA, WHO IS INTERESTED IN DOING PRESENTATIONS, IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT IN NOVEMBER. SO FOR UNIT LUNCH, WE DID A TABLING EVENT AND KIND KOALAS PARTNERED WITH THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AND MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE, WORKED WITH THE SCHOOLS TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE WORD OUT. AND WITH THE YOUTH ACTION BOARD. AND THEY WE HAD ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ZEN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE POPULARITY OF THAT AND HOW STUDENTS ARE JUST NOT AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF THOSE IN POUCHES. AND SO THEY

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OKAY. FOR YOUR YOUR FOR THE COMPANY. DO YOU GUYS HAVE A 501 C STANDING YET? SO WE ARE TAX EXEMPTED IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. AND FOR OUR 501 C REGISTRATION THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS AND IS COMING, IT WAS DISRUPTED DUE TO THE CURRENT GOVERNMENTAL SHUTDOWNS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. GOOD GOOD OKAY. WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME AND COMING AND TELLING US MORE. I KNOW DEEWANGI SHE, YOU KNOW, IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. WE ARE THE BOARD OF HEALTH. SO WE CAN DISCUSS WITH HER SOME OF THE INITIATIVES SHE'S THINKING ABOUT WORKING ON WITH YOU. BUT WE CANNOT ALONE SAY WE WILL DO THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE LEARNING MORE ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. OH, SORRY. JEREMY HAS ONE QUESTION. IF WE COULD DO ONE THING FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, PICK ONE THING, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WELL, OUT OF THE MANY LIST THAT OUT OF THE MANY THERE ON THE LIST, WE WOULD TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR MENTORSHIP IN WHAT THINGS TO TARGET AND WHAT THINGS TO EXECUTE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN DEFINITELY HELP WITH THAT. TO FURTHER THAT, TO LIKE AN ADDITION, YOUR GUIDANCE AND LIKE IMPROVING OUR PLANS TO ENSURE LIKE WHAT ACTUALLY HELPS WHAT ACTUALLY GETS STUDENTS TO LEARN. I KNOW YOU ARE PART OF LIKE MONTGOMERY SCHOOLS AND ENSURING HOW HEALTH CLASSES. OH SORRY. YEAH, I'M SO SORRY, BUT I KNOW YOU ARE PART OF THE EDUCATION SECTOR. WHAT ACTUALLY GETS KIDS? WHAT SHOULD THEY KNOW? RIGHT. LIKE, THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE IN OUR EDUCATION SECTOR, AND ESPECIALLY FOR ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCES IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE TO US. AND SINCE OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN. SO TO HEAR THAT DIRECTLY FROM YOUR MOUTHS AND TO DIRECTLY KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GOING, HOW THINGS ARE IN THE REAL WORLD, IT WOULD BE INVALUABLE TO US. THAT'S IT.

GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE BUSINESS PACKET OUR CONTACT IS THERE. OH YEAH. AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ANY OF YOUR WOULD YOU GUYS FEEL FREE TO AND COMFORTABLE TO GIVE US YOUR CONTACT, OR WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TALK TO JUST STRAIGHT TO DEVONTE. YEAH. YEAH SHE HAS ALL OF OURS OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU OKAY OKAY. OKAY. NOW WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM IS LOSS OF SNAPBACK. THAT'S YOU. THAT'S ME. YES. SO

[ V. LOSS OF “SNAP” BENEFITS]

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AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, RELYING ON THESE RESOURCES FOR FOR LONGER TIMES.

AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING, YOU KNOW, A GAP WITH, YOU KNOW, THE THE PRINCETON ELKS PANTRY, THAT'S THAT ELLEN IS RUNNING. AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SHE IS SHE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SHUTTING DOWN, BUT SHE'S STILL CONTINUING SOME, SOME PARTS OF THE PANTRY BECAUSE THERE'S THAT NEED. SO THERE'S WE HAVE OUR MONTGOMERY FOOD PANTRY. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED AS IT RELATES TO DATA COLLECTION, IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, OUR ROLE IS TO HELP WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES AS WE IDENTIFY PEOPLE AND IDENTIFY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THAT. SO EMILY HAS BEEN WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FINE TUNING SOME OF THE REGISTRATIONS, VOLUNTEER SIGNUPS AND WORKING WITH THE PARKS AND REC STAFF ON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE ALMOST LIKE A FEEDBACK FORM SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND PEOPLE'S NEEDS AND PROVIDE THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE MORE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE SERVICE, YOU KNOW, TO BETTER MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS. WE'RE NOT I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET, BUT WE WILL BE. BUT THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. SO WE HAVE DEDICATED SOME TIME TOWARDS THAT. BUT. YOU KNOW, I WILL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED. WE OUR GOAL IS TO DO MORE POP UP OUTREACH EVENTS. YOU KNOW, IN TOWN AT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS WE ARE APPLYING FOR A US AGING GRANT. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR MEMORY CAFES AND MEMORY CAFES, THEY ARE BASICALLY JUST WELCOMING SOCIAL GATHERINGS FOR PEOPLE, FOR SENIORS, FOR CAREGIVERS. IT JUST GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY AND SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, SHARE ABOUT WHAT WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED HELP WITH OR, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SOCIALIZE EVEN. BUT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THEM. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST THAT I'VE HEARD OF MEMORY CAFES, BUT IT'S WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THIS THROUGH OUR AGE FRIENDLY INITIATIVES AND THROUGH THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS CAMPAIGN. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL APPLY FOR THE GRANT. IT'LL JUST ALLOW US TO OFFSET PERSONNEL COSTS TO TO GO OUT INTO THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CENTERS AND DEVELOPMENTS TO, TO HOST THESE KINDS OF EVENTS. AND WE CAN USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT MORE DATA AND TO ALSO PROVIDE FOOD RESOURCES. IF WE IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S A NEED THERE, AND WE CAN BETTER INFORM OUR FOOD PANTRY AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS AND PARTNERS TO. SO THAT SO THE SNAP BENEFITS, WE YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE AND COME UP WITH A SHORT TERM PLAN AND HOST THIS FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, BUT WE HAVE THIS FORMAL AGREEMENT NOW WITH THE FOOD BANK, WHICH IS HELPFUL, AND IT WILL ALLEVIATE THE PRESSURE ON US USING, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR TRUST ACCOUNTS FOR, FOR THAT PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEED IS GROWING. SO YOU SEE MORE PEOPLE COMING TO THE FOOD BANK. YES.

YEAH. AND IS IT OPEN ALL THE TIME NOW I KNOW THAT USED TO BE A THING. LIKE ARE THE HOURS FOOD PANTRY, FOOD PANTRY. YEAH. THE FOOD PANTRY IS OPEN DURING BUSINESS HOURS. AND IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DO NEED TO COME AFTER HOURS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF, THEY TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO, TO BE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE A STAFF PERSON LATER AT NIGHT, LOU IS THERE. OKAY. SO THEY THEY DO TRY TO WORK WITH THEM. OKAY. AND THEN HOW LONG IS ELLEN'S GOING TO KEEP GOING AT THE ELKS. DO YOU HAVE. I'M NOT SURE. I THOUGHT

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I'M SORRY SHE SAID INITIALLY SAID SEPTEMBER IN SEPTEMBER, BUT IT'S STILL CONTINUING. SO YOU KNOW, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HER AND I'M JUST CURIOUS. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

[VI. SHARED SERVICES – BRANCHBURG & ROCKY HILL]

SO IT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MUTUAL BENEFIT THERE. SO YOU ALSO HAD THE BRANCHBURG PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH EDUCATION CONTRACTS. THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE CHANGING IS JUST THE YEARS. IT'S WE WE TRY TO GO FOR EITHER A TWO YEAR OR THREE YEAR SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT. AND THEN SO WE ALSO COVERED ROCKY HILL FOR ANIMAL CONTROL. BUT WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER NOW. SO WE ARE PROVIDING WE DO HAVE WE'RE CONTINUING THE SHARED ANIMAL CONTROL SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ROCKY HILL. THERE ISN'T MUCH, YOU KNOW THAT COMES COMES OUR WAY FROM ROCKY HILL. AND SO ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS WILL ALSO BE COVERING ROCKY HILL. AND THE ONLY, I THINK THE ONLY OTHER SERVICE THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH ROCKY HILL ON IS FOR THEIR HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. THIS IS FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY RELATED SITUATIONS THAT COME UP. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ROCKY HILL COUNCIL IS, IS AWARE OF.

AND BUT SO WE THEY WILL BE VOTING ON ANIMAL CONTROL SHARED SERVICES WITH MONTGOMERY AND PUBLIC HEALTH SHARED SERVICES WITH MONTGOMERY. THEY'RE BOTH OF THOSE ARE IN YOUR PACKET.

YOU HAVE TWO SEPARATE ONES. YEAH. AND ROCKY HILL. THEY DO THEIR OWN RABIES CLINIC. SO THEY DO THEIR OWN RABIES CLINIC. RABIES CLINIC. AND THEN QUESTIONS ABOUT SHARED SERVICES.

YES. MARY, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENTS WITH ROCKY HILL? ONLY THAT WE LOVE HAVING YVONNE AS OUR HEALTH OFFICER. THE RELATIONSHIP IS WONDERFUL AND. I WISH THE I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID NOT VOTE ON THE ON THE CONTRACT AT THE DECEMBER MEETING, BECAUSE WE HAD RECOMMENDED IT WHEN WE WITH TOTAL AFFIRMATION APPROVAL IN NOVEMBER. SO I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE TO THE MAYOR AND FIND OUT. BUT IF THEY WERE OVERLOADED AND THEY MAY STILL BE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE ANIMAL CONTROL AND STUFF AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO WORK THAT INTO EVERYTHING. AND FAB UPDATES NEXT. OKAY. SO PUBLIC

[VII. PHAB UPDATES]

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OTHERS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WEBSITE CONTENT MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION ON OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEBSITE THAN THERE'S EVER BEEN, EVER. AND IT'S A LOT OF STUFF. BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO GO ON OUR WEBSITE, IT DOES NEED TO BE STREAMLINED. THE CONTENT NEEDS TO BE ORGANIZED BETTER, AND WE JUST NEED AN EXTRA SET OF EYES TO JUST HELP US, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON THAT AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK BECAUSE WE WE HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION ON THERE RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S A LOT ON STAFF TO TO SOMETIMES WE MIGHT NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT IT'S THERE. SO THAT'S ONE AREA. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY EVENTS OR AWARENESS, YOU KNOW, TOPICS OR OUTREACH OR EDUCATION TOPICS THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, HEALTH EDUCATION WISE, THOSE THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DISCUSS. THOSE ARE JUST SOME IDEAS. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU WANT ON THIS SUBCOMMITTEE? PROBABLY SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, JUST ENOUGH SO WE DON'T HAVE BOARD OF HEALTH QUORUM, I THINK.

RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO SAY MAYBE LESS THAN FIVE, AS LONG AS WE'RE ONLY LIKE SEVEN PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. TOTAL ON THE BOARD. YEAH. BUT NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE MORE.

OKAY. YEAH. SO IT HAS TO BE. YEAH. THAT'S ALL. IT JUST HAS TO BE LIKE 2 OR 3. YEAH. 2 OR 3 WOULD BE WONDERFUL. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO. OKAY.

I THINK NOW WE'RE AT THE. HEALTH OFFICER. YEAH. IT'S IT'S THE ALL YOU IT'S ALL HEALTH

[VIII. HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS]

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YEAH, WE CAN DO A GROUP PHOTO IN THE GROUP PHOTO. PHOTO? SOUNDS WONDERFUL. IT DOUBLES AS A BOUNCE HOUSE. NO, THEY'RE VERY STRICT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE COLON. OH, MY GOSH, THAT'S OKAY. WE WE WE HAD WE HOSTED A PUBLIC HEALTH OPEN HOUSE FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK IN APRIL, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN MAY. WE HAD THE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR IN THE LOBBY. WE PROMOTED LYME DISEASE PREVENTION. WE GAVE OUT THE LYME DISEASE, THE THE KITS WITH WITH THE TWEEZERS AND EDUCATION AND EVERYTHING. WE DID YOUTH CAMP, HEALTH, EDUCATION, PROGRAMING. OUR HEALTH EDUCATOR PARTNERED WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. WE HELD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EDUCATION EVENT AND PARTNERING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, POP UP HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIRS AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS AT DIFFERENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN TOWN. WE HOSTED FLU CLINICS. WE'VE DONE A SLEW OF SENIOR PROGRAMING, OUR HEALTH, THESE PROGRAMING AT THE SENIOR CENTER, BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS ARE THE NUMBER OF SENIORS COMING OUT FOR BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS HAS BEEN GOING UP. YOU KNOW, I NEED TWO NURSES NOW TO DO THOSE SCREENINGS AND THEY'RE VERY POPULAR. SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, AN AREA OF OF HOW WE CAN GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE SENIORS AT THE SENIOR CENTER, INFECTION CONTROL TRAININGS AT STONEBRIDGE, PARTNERING WITH THE RUTGERS STUDENT NURSES PROVIDER OUTREACH, MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN TOWN RECEIVE INFORMATION. THE REPORT YOU KNOW, REQUIRED REQUIRE REQUIRED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, MAKING SURE THEY KNOW TO CALL US ANYTIME THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR SEE ANYTHING. AND WE'VE CONTINUED ALL OF OUR ROUTINE INSPECTIONS. YOU ALL SEE THOSE REPORTS EVERY MONTH. AND WE RENEWED OUR ANIMAL CONTROL SHARED SERVICES OR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS. AND WE STARTED OUR AGE FRIENDLY INITIATIVE. EMILY WORKED ON THE SURVEY. WE HAVE OVER 200 RESPONSES, I THINK, AND SHE ALSO CREATED THESE AGE FRIENDLY CALENDARS. SO THEY HAVE SOME HEALTH EDUCATION, PERTINENT HEALTH EDUCATION INFORMATION FOR SENIORS. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO HOW SENIORS CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM SCAMS, BECAUSE THAT THAT DOES TEND TO HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE EDUCATED. AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THESE GIVEAWAYS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO TO GIVE TO GIVE OUT, YOU KNOW, NOW THROUGH NEXT YEAR WHILE WE HAVE THEM. SO THERE'S BEEN THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. YOU'VE HAD A BUSY YEAR. IT'S BEEN A BUSY IT'S BEEN BUSY. AND THEN FOR NEXT YEAR FOR FOR 2026, AT LEAST FOR QUARTER ONE, WE ARE PLANNING TO HOST A RABIES CLINIC IN JANUARY AND ANOTHER ONE IN FEBRUARY. SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR NEWMAN, FOR CONNECTING SOME VETS TO OUR TO US. AND THEN. WE ALSO WELL, WE'LL BE YOU KNOW, CLOSING OUT OUR INITIAL PRE SITE VISIT QUESTIONS WITH FAB IN JANUARY.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL RESTART OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. AND.

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AND THERE'S ALSO THE 250TH BIRTHDAY, AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IF IT MEANS THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE EVENTS, TEMPORARY FOOD EVENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL KEEP US BUSY. AND THEN WE ARE HAVING A 2026 EVENTS PLANNING MEETING WITH THE OTHER TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FLESH OUT INITIAL EVENTS THAT WE PLAN ON HOSTING. SO AND I CAN I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS POSTED ONCE I HEAR ONCE WE COME UP WITH AN INITIAL PLAN OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE SOME OF IT WILL BE GRANT DEPENDENT. ONCE THAT IT. THAT'S GREAT. THAT WAS CARRIED THE MEETING TODAY. WHAT WAS THAT? I SAID THEY CARRIED THE MEETING. SHE SURE DID. SHE

[IX. NEW BUSINESS]

OKAY. AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE SOME FLU VACCINES AVAILABLE. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT IS IN NEED OF A FLU VACCINE, YOU CAN JUST HAVE THEM REACH OUT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE AAP IS NOT CHANGING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. NO NO NO. ALL THE YEAH. SO THE AAP IS ALREADY WE KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING. NO NO MEDICAL. EVERY MEDICAL SOCIETY HAS COME OUT AND SAY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE FOR THIS. IT'S SAFE. WE SHOULD DO IT AT BIRTH. SO THERE'S NOT ANY RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE THAT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN PARENTS ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT OUT. NO ONE'S FORCING THEM TO GET IT. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, I DO THINK I MEAN, JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE THE PRAGMATIC ASPECT OF IT. THE BASED ON LIKE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES MUST AND INSURANCE COMPANIES MEDICAID AND MEDICARE MUST COVER RECOMMENDED IMMUNIZATIONS BY THE CDC AND ACIP. QUESTION THEN HAPPENS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DON'T RECOMMEND IT? SO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE SAID THROUGH 2026 THEY'RE GOING TO PAY IF CERTAIN VACCINES. NO, THIS IS A CHANGE. THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION NOT TO GET IT. IT'S A VERY MARGINAL RECOMMENDATION TO PUT IT OFF BY TWO MONTHS. SO IF IT WASN'T FOR THE SOWING DISCORD AND THE CONFUSION, IT'S NOT IN THE RIGHT SITUATION. IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT IF THERE STARTS TO BE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE CERTAIN VACCINES ARE NO LONGER RECOMMENDED BY THE CDC BUT RECOMMENDED BY THE AAP, IT IS POTENTIALLY POSSIBLE THAT NOW THOSE VACCINES WILL NOT BE COVERED BY COMMERCIAL INSURANCE PLANS. SO YEAH, WE'LL SEE. I HAD THAT ISSUE TODAY AT WORK WHERE SOMEBODY WAS SO CONFUSED THEY REFUSED THE HEP B IN THE HOSPITAL. OF COURSE, I SAID WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO GET IT. IT'S A ONE WEEK, YOU KNOW, VISIT. I DID CONVINCE THEM, BUT THEIR CONCERN WAS THE SAME AS WHAT DOCTOR MANDELBAUM MENTIONED IS IF THE CDC HAS

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THOUGHT PROCESS OF THAT AT THIS POINT THAT WE REALLY SHOCKING THING TOTALLY SHOCKING PULLING IT UP. YEAH. THANK YOU. DOCTOR MANDELBAUM IS TRYING TO PULL UP BECAUSE JUST JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY AT. DOCTOR GRAYSON'S URGING AND HE WASN'T HERE TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON IT. WE PUT TOGETHER OUR RESOLUTION TO SAY THAT WE, AS A BOARD OF HEALTH, WERE GOING TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF ARP, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE, TOO. I'M FORGETTING THE THIRD, BUT AND SAYING WE ARE AN EVIDENCE BASED BOARD AND WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES ON VACCINATION AND PROMOTE VACCINATION THROUGH THE TOWNSHIP, AND ALSO OFFER THE VACCINE CLINICS THAT WE DO. SO HE'S TRYING TO LIKE, YEAH, THE NUMBER WHAT'S THE NUMBER? THE OH, WE DON'T HAVE IT. IT'S OKAY. NO, WE HAD SAID THAT WE WOULD FOLLOW THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S CHILDHOOD AND ADULT IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES AS THEY REFLECT RIGOROUS EVIDENCE AND BEST PRACTICES. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR YOU GUYS TO DISCUSS. IF SO, EVERYONE'S AWARE OF HOW THIS WORKS IN NEW JERSEY, YOU KNOW, SO NEW JERSEY HAS ITS OWN STATE MANDATES ABOUT WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS FOR SCHOOL. IF YOU'RE COMING IN FOR KINDERGARTEN, IF YOU'RE IN PRESCHOOL, IF YOU'RE IN KINDERGARTEN, IF YOU'RE IN SIXTH GRADE, OR IF YOU'RE A NEW TRANSFER STUDENT. AND THOSE VACCINES THAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS DON'T MATCH, ACTUALLY, THE THE CURRENT IMMUNIZATION GUIDELINES, THEY'RE NOT OFF BY MUCH. BUT IT'S LIKE ONE CHICKEN POX AND NOT TWO BECAUSE IT IS WHAT THEY DIDN'T DO IS THEY DIDN'T CREATE GUIDELINES THAT SAY PER THE CDC OR ACIP, WHICH I USED TO ACTUALLY LAMENT. NOW, I'M NOT SO SAD ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY JUST ACTUALLY LIKE CODIFIED. WHAT WAS THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE TIME THAT THE STATUTE WAS PASSED? BUT THOSE ARE MANDATORY FOR ENTRY INTO SCHOOL. HOWEVER, IT WAS LIKE 2019 ACTUALLY, JANUARY 2020, WE WERE ONE VOTE SHY FROM AN ADVOCACY PERSPECTIVE OF CLOSING THE LOOP ON THE RELIGIOUS LOOPHOLE. SO NEW JERSEY HAS A RELIGIOUS LOOPHOLE, BUT THE RELIGIOUS LOOPHOLE DOES NOT DOES NOT DICTATE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLARIFY WHAT RELIGION WHAT THE WHERE IN YOUR RELIGION. YOU SEE IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO SAY, I HAVE A RELIGIOUS BELIEF THAT DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO GET THIS VACCINE. AND YOU COULD CHOOSE THAT FOR ONE VACCINE AND NOT ANOTHER. YOU CAN GO BACK AND FORTH. AND SO OUR THE MANDATE HAS REALLY KEPT FOR THE MOST PART, LIKE WHEN WE LOOKED AT SCHOOLS, I HAD REPORTED HERE BEFORE, LIKE WE'RE PRETTY AMAZING WITH OUR NUMBERS. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE NEW JERSEY WILL NOT CHANGE THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY MOVEMENT TO CHANGE THAT. BUT PARENTS HAVE OPTIONS AND IT WILL JUST BE IT'LL. I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE WHO OPT OUT, UNFORTUNATELY, UNTIL THINGS HAPPEN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SCIENCE WILL WIN, THEY'LL OPT BACK IN. BUT I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME HARD LESSONS LEARNED. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT I AGREE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MANDELBAUM. OKAY. DOCTOR PROUTY, ANYTHING FROM EMS? ONLY THING. THE SQUAD'S ANNUAL FUND DRIVE IS UNDERWAY SO EVERYONE CAN EXPECT IN THE MAIL SOMETHING FROM THE SQUAD THAT JUST FINISHED YESTERDAY. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE IN THE MAIL IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. YES, WE RECEIVED OURS. WE RECEIVED OURS. OH, ALREADY? WOW. THAT'S QUICK ON TUESDAY, SO. OH, WOW. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY.

DID YOU SEND YOUR CHECKING YET? WHAT WAS THAT YOU'RE CHECKING YET? NO. OKAY. AND WE ALWAYS NEED MEMBERS. YES YES YES OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, MARY FROM ROCKY HILL THAT YOU'D LIKE TO REPORT? ANYTHING FROM ROCKY HILL? SORRY. DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS FROM ROCKY HILL THAT YOU'D LIKE TO REPORT? NOT. NOT AT THIS POINT. OKAY. PERFECT. WE'RE WE'RE WORKING. THE ONLY THING WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS TO TRY AND GET THE THE PD, THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING LIGHT REPLACED AT THE JUNCTION OF THE MERRITT AND WASHINGTON STREET.

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AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM TAMMY WAS THAT WE WERE CURRENTLY DOING PRETTY GOOD ON DONATIONS AT THAT POINT. SO THE FLIER THAT WE PUT ON OUR INSTAGRAM WAS THE ONE ABOUT FOOD DISTRIBUTION. AND HOPEFULLY THAT WAS ABLE TO, LIKE, REACH SOME AUDIENCES AND HELP SOME PEOPLE. AND WE WERE REALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU GUYS FOR LIKE INFORMING US ABOUT THE NEED FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, GUYS, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 833? I ADJOURN SECOND, SECOND. OKAY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. WE ARE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.