NO. WE KNOW. OKAY, I THINK WE'RE. PROBABLY JUST START AND THEN. I COULD JUST NOTE THAT HE [00:00:15] IS PRESENT. I MEAN, HE'S GOING TO POP OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU JEN I WAS LIKE, I NEED A SOLUTION [III. RESOLUTION 2026-08 Executive Session] HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO BE IT. RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, AS FOLLOWS. THE BOARD OF HEALTH WILL NOW CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION. THAT WILL BE LIMITED ONLY TO CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY BE EXCLUDED. PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN B OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT, THE NATURE OF THE SUBJECT TO BE DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION ARE AS FOLLOWS. BOARD OF HEALTH ORIENTATION SESSION. PERFECT TIMING ON IT. IT IS UNKNOWN PRECISELY WHEN THE MATTER DISCUSSED IN THE SESSION WILL BE DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. THIS RESOLUTION WILL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY, SO MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2020 608. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. NOW YOU HAVE TO DO ROLL CALL. OKAY. DOCTOR. GRAYSON. DOCTOR. YES, DOCTOR. SHARMA. YES, DOCTOR. NEWMAN. YES, MR. SURTI. DOCTOR. SARAYA. CHRISTINE. ZACHARIAH. KN. YES. DOCTOR. PRATT. DOCTOR. SERENE. YES. OKAY, SO NOW WE WILL GO TO. ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW US WHERE TO GO? I THINK THERE'S JUST A DELAY. OH, YEAH. LET'S SEE. YOU CALLED IT OUT AND IT WAS LIKE, NO. OKAY, CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE, TO CLOSE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OPEN THE REGULAR SESSION? SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY. I DO NOT THINK WE NEED A ROLL CALL. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. RIGH OKAY. WELCOME TO THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING. THIS IS A [I. OPENING STATEMENT] REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUSINESS MEETING THAT IS STARTING AT 8:30 P.M. WE ARE. WE JUST RESUMED FROM A CLOSED SESSION. IT IS FEBRUARY 11TH. THE MEETING LOCATION IS THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP MEETING ROOM. 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. 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 ARE EMPOWERED TO ENACT LOCAL HEALTH ORDINANCES FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE TOWNSHIP AND ITS RESIDENTS. COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DOCTOR GRAYSON, DOCTOR MCGEARY HERE, DOCTOR SHARMA HERE. DOCTOR NEWMAN HERE. MR. DOCTOR. SORAYA. CHRISTINE. ZACHARIAH. AARON. HERE, DOCTOR. HERE, DOCTOR. SERENE. OKAY, WE DID THE CLOSED SESSION. DO WE HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. NOPE. NO. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE CONSENT [V. CONSENT AGENDA] 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. WE HAVE THREE MONTHLY REPORTS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT FOR 20TH JANUARY 2026. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT FOR JANUARY 2026, AND ANIMAL CONTROL REPORTS FOR JANUARY 2026. WE ALSO HAVE THE MINUTES, THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH HELD ON JANUARY 14TH, 2026, WHICH WAS ALSO OUR REORGANIZATION MEETING. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO OH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN ITEM THAT THEY'D LIKE TO REMOVE FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION OR DISCUSSION? NO. COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND, SECOND. SECOND OKAY OKAY OKAY. WE HAVE LOVELY GUESTS HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS [VI. 151 TRENT PLACE (BLOCK: 4001 Lot: 26.01) PSE&G APPROVAL TO PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF A SANITARY SEWER HOLDING TANK TO SERVICE A SINGLE BATHROOM FACILITY IN THE PROPOSED ELECTRICAL CONTROL HOUSE ENCLOSURE.] THE 151 TRENT PLACE BLOCK 4001, LOT 20 6-01 PSA AND G APPROVAL TO PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF A SANITARY SEWER HOLDING TANK TO SERVICE A SINGLE BATHROOM FACILITY IN THE PROPOSED [00:05:04] ELECTRICAL CONTROL HOUSE ENCLOSURE. IS THAT YOU? IS THAT RIGHT? WE ALSO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FROM A BOARD MEMBER WHO ISN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, SO WE'LL READ THEM. I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY DIRECTED TO OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, BUT WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEM ON THE RECORD. SINCE THIS IS AN OPEN BUSINESS MEETING. SURE. OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO NOW THAT YOU GUYS CAN START? OKAY. SO GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NEIL. I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH PSEG. I AM LISA DIFRANZA. I AM THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND THE SIGNING ENGINEER FOR THE HOLDING TANK DESIGN. THANK YOU. SO AS MENTIONED, PSEG HAS A NEW PROJECT UPCOMING IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. IT'S WILL BE CALLED HARLINGEN SUBSTATION. SO PSEG PURCHASED A PROPERTY BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 25. THIS THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE 151 TRENT PLACE. THE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BUILD A NEW CLASS H SUBSTATION IN THE AREA TO OFFLOAD OVERLOAD OVERLOADED SUNNYMEAD AND MOUNT ROWE SUBSTATIONS. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE'LL BE INSTALLING NEW ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, A SEVEN BREAKER AIR INSULATED SWITCHGEAR. LOCATED ON THE MAP. I COULD GET UP AND SHOW YOU THAT THERE ALSO ARE TWO NEW 69 TO 13 KV TRANSFORMERS, TWO NEW STATION LIGHT AND POWER TRANSFORMERS, WHICH POWER THE THE STATION ITSELF. AND THERE'S ALSO A PREFABRICATED CONTROL HOUSE WHICH DOES HAVE A A SINGLE BATHROOM IN IT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING ALSO THERE WILL BE 13 KV SWITCHGEAR INSTALLED. THE PROJECT WILL REQUIRE A SEPTIC TANK, A SEPTIC HOLDING TANK TO BE INSTALLED. DUE TO THE LACK OF PUBLIC SEWER AVAILABILITY AND POOR SOIL SUITABILITY FOR SEPTIC FIELDS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PLANNING TO SUBMIT FOR SITE PLAN NEXT WEEK FOR THE STATION TO MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. WE'RE PROJECTING CONSTRUCTION TO START IN SPRING OF 27, AND THIS PROJECT IN-SERVICE DATE IS DECEMBER OF 2029. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE A LITTLE RUNDOWN OF THE ACTUAL SYSTEM? IF I GIVE YOU A QUICK ONE, LET ME JUST TELL. I JUST REMIND EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD THAT THESE THEY'VE PROVIDED A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION. IT GOES FROM ZERO ZERO 1 TO 0 ZERO FIVE. SO WE CAN IT HAS THE HISTORIC DOCUMENTATION ON THIS FROM 2024 I BELIEVE. YES THROUGH DATE. AND THE LAST THING IS SOMETHING THAT THE CIVIL ENGINEER HAS SUBMITTED. THAT'S THE 005. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD THOSE DOCUMENTS. BUT YES. GO AHEAD. OKAY. IF IF I CAN GET UP I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED SPEAKER. YEAH. I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA. I HAVE TO MAKE MYSELF TALLER. FOR YOU GUYS. BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE HAVE WE DO HAVE IN OUR PACKET TOO, SO THEY CAN FOLLOW ALONG. SO TO THE NORTH ON NORTH. THAT'S KIND OF PLACE RIGHT HERE. THERE'LL BE TWO DRIVEWAYS COMING IN HERE. AND AS NEIL HAD INDICATED THERE'S A CONTROL HOUSE. IT'S A IT'S A PREFABRICATED BUILDING OR A SINGLE BATHROOM. SINGLE. SINGLE DISTINCT. AND THEN HYDRAULIC ARE JUST FOR THE IT'S AN UNMANNED STATION. SO WHEN THEY COME THERE OCCASIONALLY ONCE A WEEK, ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS, THEY HAVE A FACILITY OVER THAT. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DUNKIN DONUTS OR ANYWHERE ELSE. SO CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? IS IT A SECURE OKAY. IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. AND ONLY PERSONNEL WILL BE IMPACT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UNMANNED FACILITY. HOWEVER THE THE THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS IN THE CONTROL HOUSE AND MONITORED AT ALL TIMES. THANK YOU. SO AGAIN FOR THE VISITING, FOR THE VISITING MAINTENANCE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH. THE BATHROOM IS RIGHT HERE IN THIS CONTROL HOUSE. IT WILL BE A SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. A. A GRINDER ON YOU CAN SEE IT COMES OFF ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE CONTROL HOUSE. WE'LL GO TO THE CONTROL OF WATER AND THAT'LL BE A FORCE THAT FORCES THAT FLUID TO THE NORTH. THAT LITTLE BOX WILL APPEAR IN YOUR PLAN. IT'S A 1000 GALLON HOLDING TANK WHERE THE SEWAGE WILL SIT AND PERIODICALLY BE PUMPED OUT. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT REALLY VISITED THAT MUCH BY PEOPLE, SO THEY DON'T CHECK ON IT QUARTERLY. MAKE SURE IT'S GOT A LOT OF NOT A LOT OF BLOOD. SO IT'S A SMALL SYSTEM. AND AGAIN, DUE TO NO SERVICEABILITY IN THE AREA, IN ADDITION TO A VERY HIGH SEASONAL HIGH WATER TABLE THERE, THE SUBJECT AND THERE'S SOME EXISTING WETLAND FOR SOME PEOPLE. THANK YOU. AND SO THANK YOU. AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS [00:10:05] YOU ANSWERED, ALMOST ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAD, HE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE'S OUR WASTEWATER SPECIALIST. SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT TODAY, OF ALL THE DAYS HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE. YEAH, BUT I THINK HE YEAH, HE HE WANTED TO KNOW WHO THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES WAS. AND HE WANTED TO ALSO KNOW WHO WAS GOING TO SERVICE THE TANK, WHICH IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, A MAINTENANCE STAFF. THEY CONTRACT. OKAY. SO VENDORS COME AND MAINTAIN AND PUMP IT OUT AND COMMUNITY AND YEAH, I THINK THOSE WERE THE MAJOR QUESTIONS. AND FOR THE TWA PERMIT, YOU KNOW, SINCE CNG IS THE OWNER, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THERE. THEY'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING THE APPLICATION FOR IT. SO YEAH, WE HAVE. YEAH. SO THOSE WERE THE QUESTIONS FROM PERFECT. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU THANK YOU [VII. RESOLUTION 2026-09] THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE'LL HEAR THE RESOLUTION RIGHT. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT AS WELL. YEAH. SO RESOLUTION 2020 6-09 ENDORSEMENT OF THE NJDEP TREATMENT WORKS. APPROVAL TO APPLICATION FOR THE PSEG HYDROGEN CLASS H SUBSTATION BLOCK 40 ZERO ONE, LOT 26 001. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH THAT DEVANG PATEL, HEALTH OFFICER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A TREATMENT WORKS APPROVAL TO APPLICATION TO THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RELATED TO THE PSEG HARLINGTON CLASS H SUBSTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED WASTEWATER HOLDING TANK FOR AN UNMANNED SUBSTATION. SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY J. P OKAY. LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS. I SORRY, I CAN TELL BY THE WAY YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME. YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE. THAT'S OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO AS BACKGROUND I HAVE A CABIN IN RURAL VERMONT THAT HAS A SIMILAR SYSTEM. SO I HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH THESE. SO THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS THERE. LIKE WILL THERE BE A, LIKE A, LIKE A REGULAR SCHEDULE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE WASTE, OR WILL IT BE BASED ON USAGE, LIKE WHAT WILL BE THE PLAN FOR THAT? IT'S TYPICALLY BASED ON USAGE. DID YOU WANT TO KNOW IT? TYPICALLY WE'VE INSTALLED THESE AT SOME OTHER STATIONS. THERE'S ONE IN EAST BRUNSWICK AT HART'S LANE AGAIN UNMANNED STATION. AND THEY'LL SEE HOW OFTEN IT GETS USED, HOW MUCH IT HOW MUCH USAGE IT GETS. AND THERE'S WHENEVER THE PEOPLE THE MAINTENANCE GUY GOES, HE'LL CHECK ON THE SYSTEM JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S BEING, BEING OPERATED PROPERLY. BUT THEY DO HAVE A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AS QUARTERLY. YEAH. AND JUST JUST TO ADD TO THAT, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I WAS GOING TO SAY THERE WILL BE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THAT. SO DEPENDING ON THE USAGE THEN SOMEONE HAS TO MONITOR THAT. IS THERE A SYSTEM. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IT IS BEING MONITORED. YES. SO IF VOLUME GOES UP OR DOWN ACCORDINGLY, YES THERE'S ALARMS ON THERE. AND ONCE IT REACHES SAY IT HASN'T BEEN MONITORED OR EMPTIED, THERE'S AN ALARM ON IT FOR 75% CAPACITY. AND THAT WILL SET AN ALARM OFF IN THE, IN THE, IN THE SYSTEM. AND IT'LL ALERT BACK TO THE CENTRAL STATION. OKAY. IT WON'T IT WON'T GET TO THAT POINT EVER. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE HAND OVER THE THE END OWNER IS STILL PSEG AS FAR AS CONSIDERED TO TO YOU, BUT IT GOES TO TO DIVISION. SO THIS IS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN DIVISION. WE'LL PROVIDE THEM WITH AN OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL WHICH THEY SIGN OFF ON. AND THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THIS OR WHETHER IT'S LANDSCAPING, THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN THAT STATION. OKAY. MY NEXT QUESTION I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD ANSWER THIS IS IS THERE A PRECEDENT IN THE TOWN FOR THESE SYSTEMS? AND WHAT DOES INSTALLING THE SYSTEM HERE MEAN FOR PRECEDENT OF OTHER OF THESE HOLDING TANKS IN THE TOWNSHIP? CHRISTINE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S THIS HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SUBSTATION. THAT'S WHY THIS WAS PERMITTED. THIS WOULDN'T THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD JUST PERMIT FOR EVERYBODY IN TOWN OR TO SET A PRECEDENT FOR OTHERS IN TOWN. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THIS IS VERY, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUSED AND THERE'S A NEED TO HAVE A SUBSTATION, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE SERVICING THE STATION HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO WHEN THEY NEED TO, AND VERY [00:15:02] LOW USAGE. THERE'S NO SHOWER IN THERE OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD GENERATE A LOT OF WATER. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST IS SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR LIKE THE ONGOING PROPERTY VALUE OR ANY OF THE SORT OF LIKE NEAR LIKE THE NEARBY IMPACT OF IT, LIKE, IS THERE ANY DOES THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED IN ANY WAY? NOT I MEAN, NOT THAT OUR QUESTION IS ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES, BUT IT'S LIKE THIS QUESTION AROUND, YOU KNOW, LIKE ONCE YOU DO THIS, YOU DON'T GO BACK FROM IT AS FAR AS THE HOLDING TANK GOES. YEAH, IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. AGAIN, WE HAVE THEM AT OTHER STATIONS, OTHER AREAS, OTHER TOWNS THAT DO HAVE SEWER. LIKE I MENTIONED, EAST BRUNSWICK IS PRETTY WELL DEVELOPED, BUT THIS CERTAIN AREA DID NOT HAVE SEWER CAPABILITY. SO WE HAVE BEEN INSTALLING THEM AT OTHER STATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? MOTION. ALL RIGHT. OH THAT WAS THAT WAS RANDOM. THAT NEVER HAPPENS. WHO'S THE SECOND? GO FOR IT OKAY. DO WE HAVE I STILL NEED A SECOND. SECOND I WILL SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. SORRY. JEN, COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DOCTOR GRAYSON. DOCTOR MCGARRY. YES. DOCTOR. SHARMA. YES. DOCTOR. NEWMAN. YES, MR. SURTI. DOCTOR. SARAYA CHRISTINE ZACCARO, RN. YES, DOCTOR. YES, DOCTOR. SERENE. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU ARE WITH REGARDS TO THE RESOLUTION. DO I GET THAT FROM KRISTEN? YOU GET THAT FROM. YEAH. YES. KRISTEN WILL SEND IT. OKAY. BECAUSE I HAVE SOME PAPERWORK FOR HER TO SIGN AS WELL, SO I'LL JUST COORDINATE THAT WITH HER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU WANT TO. CAN JEN, CAN YOU GIVE HER THE PAPERWORK? TECHNICALLY, NO. I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION, THOUGH, WAS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SIGN. YEAH, WE HAVE THAT HERE. OH, WE WILL, WE'LL GET THE SIGNED COPY TO TO KRISTEN BECAUSE YOU GUYS WILL NEED THAT FOR YOUR. YES. FOR THE TWA. YEAH. YES YES YES. JEN, DO YOU HAVE IT? I HAD IT RIGHT HERE. YOU HAVE THE SIGNED RESOLUTION. YEAH OKAY. YEP. WE'RE GOOD. WE WILL GET THE SIGNED RESOLUTION. OKAY. YEAH. DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE PROP. SOUNDS GOOD. HELPFUL. YOU HAVE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR WAITING TO. OKAY. ARE YOU READY FOR HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS? SURE. OKAY. KEEP GOING. GREAT. YEAH. I'M READY. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS [VIII. HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS ] HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. I'LL KEEP IT VERY SHORT BECAUSE WE JUST GOT OUT OF THE ORIENTATION. BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO WE WE HAVE BEEN BUSY WORKING THROUGH SOME NGO INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. SO THERE'S BEEN SOME ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS. SO WE ARE WORKING. SO WE HAD TO COMPLETE SOME BUDGET MODIFICATIONS OF TWO EXISTING GRANTS BECAUSE WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE. MOST OF THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO GO TO TOWARDS SALARY OFFSETS FOR STAFF, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. WE CAN USE THAT FOR THE YEAR. AND THERE IS MORE. ENHANCING PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING COMING FROM. WE JUST HAD A CALL TODAY ABOUT IT. AND THESE WILL BE FUNDS THAT WE CAN EXPEND FOR THE MONTHS OF MARCH THROUGH JULY 31ST. SO THIS IS NEW ALLOCATIONS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNTS ARE YET, BUT WE WE CAN PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION AND DATA TO THE FUNDERS TO SAY THIS IS HOW MUCH WE NEED. THIS IS HOW MUCH WE CAN EXPEND BETWEEN NOW AND JULY 31ST. SO THERE, YOU KNOW, I WILL UPDATE THE BOARD AT OUR APRIL MEETING. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE FINAL BUDGET NUMBERS BY THEN. SO FOR THE MONTHS OF JANUARY THROUGH MARCH 31ST, WE ARE RECEIVING ABOUT $168,000. AGAIN, AT LEAST 120,000. ABOUT 120,000 OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED TOWARDS SALARY AND [00:20:04] FRINGE OFFSETS FOR STAFF, WHICH IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, GOOD NEWS FOR THE TOWNSHIP. THE OTHER MONEY EARMARKED FOR ANYTHING ELSE OR. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY, COULD YOU TELL THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS MEAN. SO YEAH. SO DURING COVID, YOU KNOW, IT WAS CLEAR THAT PUBLIC HEALTH IS JUST, YOU KNOW, VERY UNDERFUNDED. THERE'S A LOT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST YOUR, YOU KNOW, REGULAR PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS THAT YOU THAT YOU NEED FUNDS FOR. IT WAS FOR, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CAPITAL, LIKE BIG ITEMS THAT WE JUST ARE NOT ABLE TO GET TO THAT LEVEL WHERE WE CAN EFFICIENTLY RUN A HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE POPULATIONS THAT WE COVER. SO IN TERMS OF WORKFORCE CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS STRUGGLING. AND SO THE FUNDS WERE USED FOR BUILDING WORKFORCE CAPACITY AND ALSO BUILDING ON ON INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED SYSTEMS LEVEL. IT COULD BE EVEN LIKE PHYSICAL SPACE AND BUILDINGS. BUT YOU KNOW, THE THE GRANTS HAVE BECOME VERY RESTRICTED. SO WE CAN NO LONGER USE IT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE CAN THE CORE, YOU KNOW, GOAL IS TO REALLY USE IT TOWARDS PERSONNEL AND TO TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN AND HIRE STAFF THAT YOU NEED. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THESE ARE USUALLY ANNUAL GRANTS AND IT IS VERY HARD TO RECRUIT, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONALS BECAUSE WHEN IT'S ONLY WHEN THEY'RE ONLY GUARANTEED A JOB FOR A YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH MASTER'S DEGREES, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, WHERE WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE CERTAIN LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS AND CERTAIN DEGREES. AND SO IT MAKES IT VERY CHALLENGING FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO RECRUIT FOLKS. AND THAT'S THAT'S A STRUGGLE THAT MANY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND HEALTH OFFICERS ARE EXPERIENCING. AND THIS DOESN'T ANSWER, YOU KNOW, THOSE CHALLENGES. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE JUST FUNDING IN GENERAL FOR FOR THE STAFF THAT WE NEED. BUT MULTIYEAR GRANTS IS IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY NEEDED. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE'RE WE'RE SET UP IN A WAY WHERE IF WE LOSE GRANTS, WE WOULD BE MINIMALLY IMPACTED. YOU KNOW, EMILY'S A GRANT FUNDED POSITION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING IN FUNDING SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, RETAIN HER AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNER POSITION. AND THERE'S EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE LOSING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE THE ANNUAL GRANT FUNDING FORMULA AND THE WAY THAT THE GRANTS ARE STRUCTURED. BUT THIS IS MONEY THAT STEMMED FROM COVID. AND IT WAS REALLY FROM THE CDC. THIS WAS MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS DURING COVID. BUT I THINK THIS WAS PART OF A GRANT WHERE MOST OF THIS WAS HELD WITH THE WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND AND NOW WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD. SO THERE'S A NEED TO REALLOCATE BECAUSE THERE'S STILL FUNDING NEEDS. SO THERE'S SOME REALLOCATING BEING DONE. AND IT'S GOING TO TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. BUT WE WE ONLY HAVE IT UNTIL JULY 31ST. SO THIS INITIAL ROUND I'M USING TO OFFSET OUR COSTS FOR JANUARY THROUGH MARCH 31ST AND THEN THE SECOND ROUND OF ALLOCATIONS WILL BE FOR APRIL 1ST THROUGH JULY 31ST. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS YET, BUT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THE LANDSCAPE LOOKS LIKE AFTER JULY 31ST. BUT ALSO THERE'S FIFA. THAT IS A 40 DAY EVENT. PUBLIC HEALTH IS BEFORE FIFA WORLD CUP. AND. YOU KNOW. PUBLIC HEALTH. I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE'RE NOT PREPARED, BUT WE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY NEEDED TO COVER, YOU KNOW, AN EVENT AS BIG AS, AS FIFA. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS GOING TO BE A NEED. AND I KNOW I SAID THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED FOR MUTUAL AID AND MUTUAL SUPPORT FROM OTHER HEALTH DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON. OR, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE STAFFING RESOURCES NEEDED FOR THIS EVENT. AND THOSE ARE STILL PLANS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, BUT WE MAY BE CALLED ON TO HELP. AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET, BUT I'M ANTICIPATING SOME OF THIS FUNDING BEING USED TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, PREPARED PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES AS WELL. CLARIFICATION QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANT YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THAT ONLY IT HAS TO BE UTILIZED BY END OF JULY. YES, FULLY, FULLY EXPENDED BY JULY 31ST. OKAY. YEAH I THINK FOR THE ENTIRETY. NO, WE DID APPLY [00:25:02] FOR A $250,000 SENIOR WELLNESS GRANT. SO HOPEFULLY WE HEAR BACK IN IN A COUPLE WEEKS IF WHETHER OR NOT WE RECEIVE THAT GRANT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN USE THAT AS WELL ONCE THIS FUNDING KIND OF AS WELL. AND THAT'S FUNDED BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SENIOR WELLNESS GRANT. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. I'LL MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING IN THE THE SECRET MEETING, THE MEETING, THE THE CLOSED SESSION. CAN'T SAY SECRET MEETING, CHRIS. CLOSED SESSION MEETING. I COULD, BUT DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET AN EMAIL? EMILY. EMILY'S POSITION IS REQUIRED BY LAW. YEAH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNER POSITION IS IS REQUIRED. LIKE EVERY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNER IF IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW. WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR IT WITH A GRANT THAT IS ONLY GOOD FOR A YEAR? WHY AREN'T WE PAYING FOR IT FROM THE TOWNSHIP IF IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW? WHY IS THAT A THING? LIKE, WHY SHOULD EMILY HAVE TO WORRY? THAT'S A GREAT THAT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FROM THE TOWN FOR HER POSITION WHEN IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW. YEAH, I SEE, I SEE, I SEE. ALSO REMEMBER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY LAW THAT ARE CURRENTLY FILLED. RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO ASK THAT IN THERE. BUT YES. SO AS WELL. SO I THINK A RELATED QUESTION. SO WHAT BECOMES THE LIKE WHAT BECOMES THE THE GAUGE FOR THE LIKE? THE ORGANIZATION SIZE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IS IT THE POPULATION SIZE? IS IT THE NUMBER OF FACILITY LIKE, IS IT THE NUMBER OF LIKE RESTAURANTS OR FOOD SERVICE. LIKE THE THINGS YOU NEED TO INSPECT. LIKE WHAT BECOMES THAT. YOU KNOW, LIKE THE THE THRESHOLDS. YEAH. YEAH. THAT SAYS, OH YOU NEED TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STAFF OR YOU NEED TO HAVE THOSE CERTAIN ROLES FILLED, BECAUSE I HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE ARE THEN DECISIONS THAT GET LIKE FUNDED THROUGH THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, NOT THROUGH THE BOARD OF HEALTH, BUT HOW LIKE, YEAH, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? SO THERE THERE HAS BEEN A THERE ARE NO FORMALLY ESTABLISHED THRESHOLDS FOR, FOR STAFFING. I AND IF THERE IS ANY MENTION OF IT, THERE IS THERE IS SOMETHING MENTIONED IN STATE STATUTES ABOUT REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS. BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE EVERY TOWN THAT HAS AT LEAST 2000 PEOPLE MUST HAVE AN RA, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S VERY OUTDATED. THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY CLOSE. WE'VE GOTTEN VERY CLOSE TO FORMALIZING, YOU KNOW, THESE THRESHOLDS AND STATUTE. BUT IT'S IT HASN'T BEEN DONE INFORMALLY. YOU KNOW, AS HEALTH OFFICERS, WE WE LOOK AT THE GUIDE THAT WE LOOK TO IS FOR EVERY 15,000 POPULATION, YOU NEED ONE HEALTH INSPECTOR. FOR EVERY 30,000 POPULATION, YOU NEED ONE HEALTH EDUCATOR. FOR EVERY 30,000, YOU NEED AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE. FOR EVERY 100,000 YOU YOU KNOW, YOU NEED ONE EPIDEMIOLOGIST. I WOULD SAY FOR EVERY 30,000 POPULATION, YOU WOULD NEED A PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNER. EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERY MUNICIPALITY BY LAW NEEDS TO HAVE A HEALTH OFFICER, A FULL TIME HEALTH OFFICER. SO THOSE THOSE ARE LIKE INFORMALLY THE GUIDES THAT WE'VE AS HEALTH OFFICERS BEEN LOOKING AT. BUT A LOT OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES ARE CHANGING. SO EVEN IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A 30,000 POPULATION AND TWO INSPECTORS NOW, BUT IF YOU'RE EXPECTING DOZENS AND DOZENS OF RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND THREE LARGE, FULL SCALE GROCERY STORES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW, SOME SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE NETFLIX MOVING INTO TOWN. THAT'S A HUGE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTION OF ITS OWN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM. YOU HAVE SOME THAT HAVE LARGE MALLS, YOU KNOW, COMING IN. SO THERE HAS BEEN INFORMALLY PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO SET UP A FRAMEWORK TO HELP GUIDE STAFFING. BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT HASN'T BEEN FORMALLY, YOU KNOW, FORMALIZED IN LAW. IT'S IT'S HARD. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO ADVOCACY, RELY ON ON THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE TOWNSHIP LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S APPROPRIATE STAFFING MAINTAINED. THERE ARE A LOT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH THAT, EVEN WITH WITH THE INFORMAL NUMBERS THAT I GAVE, THEY'RE STILL NOT ABLE TO MEET THOSE THRESHOLDS. AND SO THERE IS THERE'S AN ASK FROM HEALTH OFFICERS TO THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO TO DO AUDITS AND TO DO STRICT AUDITS AS LIKE THEY USED TO YEARS AGO. SO THAT'S WE KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING. BUT THERE THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO HOLD HOLD MUNICIPALITIES ACCOUNTABLE. YEAH. AND WHAT HOW THEY FUND IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IF THEY DID MULTI-YEAR FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE OR SOMETHING SPECIFIC IN THAT REGARD, IT WOULD MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE. BUT THEY ALSO DON'T THEY ALSO DON'T ALWAYS PROVIDE FUNDING. SO FOR EXAMPLE FOR [00:30:05] CERTAIN CREDENTIALS, THAT'S ANOTHER THING. THEY WANT A HEALTHY AND GROWING WORKFORCE. IT'S EXPENSIVE AND PEOPLE NEED TO PAY FOR THAT. AND THERE'S WAYS THEY CAN SUBSIDIZE THAT EDUCATION. BUT THEY ALSO HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT OUT QUITE YET. AND STEVE WAS STILL HERE. STEVE COULD GO ON FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE HISTORY OF HOW THIS HAS EVOLVED IN THE STATE, ETC. BUT HE'S HE HAS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION, AND WE DID DO A COSTING ASSESSMENT LAST YEAR, CHRISTINE, SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SHARE THAT WITH YOU. BUT THAT REALLY KIND OF BROKE DOWN. YOU KNOW WHAT OUR STAFFING LEVELS ARE, HOW MUCH YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IT COSTS US TO MAINTAIN A HEALTH DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALSO HOW MUCH DO WE REALLY NEED TO TO BE RUNNING A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH WITH THE PRACTICE STANDARDS? SO WE CAN SHARE THAT? WE HAVE MORE? I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT WORKFORCE. THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS A LOT OF THE WORKFORCE PLANS THAT WE HAVE, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT SHE DID FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE GROWTH AND, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR BUSINESSES IN TOWN. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO INSPECTORS AND WE HAVE A GROWING A LOTS OF NEW RESTAURANTS. I FORGET WHAT THE NUMBER IS SEVEN EIGHT I DON'T KNOW THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THE THE ARTICLE ONLINE SAID LIKE 40 BUSINESSES. SO I ASSUME THAT YEAH IT'S 40 BUSINESSES. BUT THERE'S I FORGET HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE RESTAURANTS. AND THEN THERE'S A MULTIPLE FULL SCALE GROCERY STORES. NOW WHEN OUR CURRENT NUMBERS, OUR STAFFING WAS FOR THE ONE SHOPRITE AND A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF SIZE OF POPULATION, BUT ALSO SIZE OF BUSINESS AND, AND AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO DIGITIZE OUR INSPECTIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM BOARD OF HEALTH HAS BEEN TO, YOU KNOW, MODERNIZE OUR WORKFLOW, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT AS PAPERLESS AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO TO KEEP BETTER TRACK OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TIME WE'RE SPENDING. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD GAUGE TO TELL US HOW MUCH MORE DO WE NEED IF WE DO NEED STAFFING. AND SO THERE IS A NEED TO, TO DIGITIZE OUR, OUR, OUR INSPECTIONS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT. SO YOU KNOW AND THAT WE NEED HELP WITH. SO LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. YEAH. IS THERE ANY AI ASSISTANCE TO TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF AI. I MEAN SOMETIMES I MEAN SOMETIMES IN LIKE HELPING DRAFT DOCUMENTS AND FRAMEWORKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT YEAH, YEAH. NOT NOT NOT INSPECTING. YEAH. NOT YET. BUT THE THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, THE PMC SUBCOMMITTEE WILL HELP KIND OF TALK THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN IT'S EASIER WHEN WHEN WE HAVE A GROUP AND WE WE CAN START MEETING ABOUT THESE ITEMS. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND MY FOCUS WANTED TO BE ON THE PMC SUBCOMMITTEE. OKAY. ANYBODY. SO JUST WE SHOULD REITERATE THAT THE PM UI SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH. SO WE ARE MOVING OUR BUSINESS MEETING THIS MEETING TO EVERY OTHER MONTH. IN THE MONTH, THE MONTH WILL BE THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S MORE MEETINGS. WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE MEETING STRUCTURE. SO. YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR PHD TO WORK? NO. WELL, OKAY. I WOULD FIND YOU CAN PUT ME ON. OH YES. THAT'S ONE. OH I'M HAPPY TO BE HONEST. OH THAT'S TOO HOW MANY DID YOU DIDN'T TELL ME HOW MANY YOU WANTED TO BE SAID FOR. YEAH. FOR. WELL I'M ON IT ALREADY, RIGHT. YEAH. OH, YOU KNOW, FOR GOT LAFAYETTE REPRESENTED. I'M JUST SAYING. OUR MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND ARE ALSO WELCOME. YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MORE MEETINGS. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE LIKE THE MEETING THIS INNER WEST MEETINGS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LESS MEETINGS EITHER. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE YOU BAILED ON US LAST NIGHT. JUST ONE MEETING. OKAY. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE CHRISTINE, JO, MYSELF AND MAYBE ONE OF THOSE GUYS. I SEE VARSHA RAISING HER [00:35:02] HAND. ARE YOU? VARSHA RAISED HER HAND. SHE DID? YEAH, I THOUGHT I SAW THAT FACE, I DIDN'T. OKAY, IT'S ON RECORD. WE CAN ASK. WE'RE GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE VARSHA [ IX. NEW BUSINESS ] ALONE. OKAY? WE ARE GOING TO GO TO NEW BUSINESS BECAUSE WE ARE PAST NINE AND WE CAN ONLY GO UNTIL 930. ANY NEW BUSINESS FROM EMS? THERE IS NO NEW BUSINESS. I ASKED LOUIS IF THERE WAS ANYTHING HE WANTED ME TO BRING UP TODAY. HE SAID NO, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS? ANYTHING FROM YOU? GO FOR IT. REMEMBER TO SAY YOUR NAME. WE ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING. HI, THIS IS JESSICA WANG, AND. OKAY, SO I THINK A NEWISH EVENT THAT WAS HOSTED WAS OR LIKE HELPED OUT WITH WAS TO BEAT THE WINTER BLUES EVENT HOSTED BY THE MAYOR. YEAH. DOCTOR PATEL WAS THERE. IT WAS REALLY FUN. I THINK TWO MAIN COMPONENTS THAT WE HELPED OUT WITH WAS THE FIRST. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW SPEAKERS THERE. I DON'T KNOW, I STEPPED ON THE CABLE, I THINK, AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED. WHAT DID YOU SIT AT THAT TABLE? YEAH, GO TO THE TABLE, THE TABLE. AND THEN WE CAN TURN OFF THAT MIC AND THEN WE'LL TURN OFF THAT. GREAT. I WAS LIKE, IS THERE? YEAH. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH. SO THE FIRST THING WAS WE KIND OF HELPED OUT WITH WAS THERE WERE A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SPEAKERS, SOME TEENAGERS LIKE ME AND SOPHIE AND VARSHA'S AGE, I GUESS, WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, AS WELL AS SOME MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. AND WHILE SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE EVENT WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, HERE IN THIS ROOM. SO EVERY SPEAKER HAD AN AUDIENCE TO TALK TO. SO THAT WAS PRETTY FUN. WE LEARNED A LOT. AND I THINK THE SECOND THING THAT TULSI HELPED OUT WITH WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF TABLING GOING ON, AND IT WAS COOL. I THINK THERE WERE MARIJUANA PREVENTION ONES. AND THEN THE COPS HAD LIKE, YOU KNOW, COCOA WITH THE COPS. I REALLY WANTED TO GET SOME COFFEE, BUT THEN I KIND OF FORGOT TO AND I RAN OUT WHICH WHICH I'M KIND OF SAD ABOUT, BUT I AND THEN, WELL, SEE, WE HAD OUR OWN TABLE. IT WAS LIKE ABOUT I THINK WE HAD A TRAIL MIX ONE. AND THEN YEAH, I DID STILL FEEL COOKIES FROM THERE. SO YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT. BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT WAS A REALLY FUN COMMUNITY ACTIVITY THAT HOPEFULLY HELPED SOME PEOPLE TAKE THEIR MIND OFF DISTRESS AND, YOU KNOW, SADNESS THAT COMES FROM, YOU KNOW, WINTER BLUES. SO THAT'S PRETTY FUN, I GUESS. AND I, I'M PRETTY GLAD THAT WHILE SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP OUT. THANK YOU. THESE ARE LIKE THE I LOVE THE NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU TWO. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SAY A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THE. YEAH, JUST. JUST SOME EXAMPLES. JUST LIKE VERY BRIEF EXAMPLES THAT THE THE PMC CAN MAKE THIS PLAN TO ADDRESS. YEAH. SO. TRY TO SAY OH YEAH. SO YEAH, JUST JUST SORT OF LOOKING INTO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD MAKE MORE STREAMLINED IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE THE WEBSITE IS NOT THAT EASY TO NAVIGATE AT THE MOMENT. THERE'S JUST LIKE A LOT ON IT. AND IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR WHEN YOU GO ON IT AS A RESIDENT, LIKE WHICH THINGS YOU SHOULD LOOK AT FIRST. SO JUST KIND OF LIKE LOOKING AT THAT AND SEEING, OKAY, WHICH THINGS DO WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE? WHAT NEEDS TO BE ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND HOW WE'RE CONNECTING TO OTHER PAGES ON THE WEBSITE, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO PLEASE. OH YEAH, SORRY, IT IS. YES. ALSO STREAMLINING ALL OF OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENT SOPS AND KNOWING, YOU KNOW, NEW PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO THE DEPARTMENT OR JUST HAVING EVERYBODY MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THE WAYS THAT WE NEED TO GET THINGS DONE OR THE WAY THAT THINGS NEED TO BE DOCUMENTED. JUST HAVING THAT ALL KIND OF WRITTEN OUT SO THAT WE KNOW IT'S ALL HAPPENING TO THE STANDARD, THAT WE WANT IT TO HAPPEN. YEAH. SO AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN MAKE A LONG LIST. THERE'S A LONG LIST. YEAH, YEAH, WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF THINGS. BUT JUST STARTING WITH THOSE BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO INDIVIDUAL LIKE TOPIC AREAS AND [00:40:02] WHAT KEY PROJECTS WE MIGHT WANT TO DO ABOUT SPECIFIC THINGS. YEAH. THANKS, EMILY. THANK YOU EMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND. I DON'T KNOW I MEAN WE SUBMITTED OUR REACCREDITATION PRE SITE VISIT DOCUMENTS. SO WE SHOULD BE HEARING BACK IN A FEW WEEKS. SO HOPEFULLY I HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ALL BY OUR APRIL MEETING. AND I'M I'M HOPING THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A A SITE VISIT SCHEDULED BY THEN. SO YOU KNOW LUCKILY FOR REACCREDITATION IT'S A VIRTUAL SITE VISIT, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE GOVERNING BODY AND STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION. SO I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO ASK SOME OF YOU TO TO JUMP ON SOME VIRTUAL MEETINGS WITH FAB. BUT WE'LL HAVE MORE THAT WILL PROBABLY BE IN MAY THOUGH, RIGHT? I'M HOPING. YEAH. SO I MEAN IT WOULD BE BASED ON ALL OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S AVAILABILITY. YEAH. SO I'M HOPING FOR THAT. AND DON'T FORGET THE NEXT MEETING IN APRIL OF THE REGULAR BOARD WILL ALSO PROBABLY COINCIDE PRETTY CLOSELY TO NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. SO WE TYPICALLY IN MARCH DISCUSS SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING ON, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S EMAILED TO EVERYBODY. SO YOU ALL KNOW. AND THEN FOR MARCH WE ARE YOU KNOW DOING COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. SO WE WILL WE'RE HOPEFULLY WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE THE THE GIANT BLOW UP COLON IN THE LOBBY. SO I KNOW BOARD OF HEALTH HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN A PHOTO OP ABOUT THE BLOW UP. YEAH. NO FIELD TRIPS TO SEE THE COLON. KNOW THE IF YOU GUYS NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WANT TO COME OUT FOR A PICTURE FIELD TRIP. THE SQUAD SOCIAL COMMITTEE WILL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO COME GET IT. COME LOOK AT THE PICTURE TAKEN. YEAH, SURE. OKAY, I CAN'T EVEN. OKAY. HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS. OUR MEETING WILL NOW ADJOURN AT 910. WE STILL MADE IT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? THAT'S OME N2 IS. JOE. THANK YOU. WE AR * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.