[I. OPENING STATEMENT  ]
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          TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY. BOARD OF HEALTH, JUNE 10TH. IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING BY 9:30 P.M. ANY AGENDA ITEM NOT CONSIDERED BY 9:30 P.M. WILL BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THE MEETING AS. OOPS, I FORGOT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. JOE. JOE, COULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE? I CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO. I'M GOING TO DO A SLOW ROLL BECAUSE I CAN SEE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS JOINING. NO. IT'S FINE. WE'LL WATCH THE STORM ROLL IN. YEAH. OKAY. 
          ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THE MEETING AS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS THREE 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. PERFECT TIMING. OKAY, 
          [II. BOARD MEMBERS  ]
JEN, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN START THE ROLL CALL. DOCTOR. GRAYSON. DOCTOR MCGARRY. YES, DOCTOR. SHARMA. DOCTOR. NEWMAN. MR. SERPI. DOCTOR SARAYA HERE. CHRISTINE. ZACCARO HERE. DOCTOR. 
          HERE. DOCTOR SERENE HERE. HEALTH OFFICER PATEL HERE. STAFF SECRETARY JENNIFER FOSTER HERE. TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE LIAISON. PATRICIA TAYLOR. TODD HERE. ADVISOR FOR MENTAL. OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THAT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO 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 ITEMS BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. SO WE HAVE A SERIES OF MONTHLY REPORTS, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL AND MAY, THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT FOR APRIL AND MAY, AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL REPORTS FOR APRIL AND MAY. WE ALSO HAVE OUR MINUTES FROM OUR LAST REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON APRIL 8TH, 2006. SO CAN I HAVE DOES ANYBODY WANT TO REMOVE ANYTHING FOR CONSIDERATION? NO. OKAY. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE? THANK YOU. AND 
          [V.     PLAN FOR HEALTH - Chrystine Zacherau and Devangi Patel  ]
A SECOND, PLEASE. SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THE PLAN FOR HEALTH. SO WE HAVE CHRISTINE ZACCARO AND DEVON PATEL. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. THE PLAN FOR HEALTH. WE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING WITH THE RUTGERS BLOUSTEIN SCHOOL STUDENTS SINCE LAST FALL, SINCE THE FALL SEMESTER. YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVED THE PLAN FOR HEALTH GRANT, THE $50,000 GRANT, AND WE ARE I THINK WE'VE JUST ABOUT CONVENED OUR COMMITTEE, THE PLAN FOR HEALTH COMMITTEE. 
          WE HAVE NOT MET YET, BUT WE HAVE SHARED, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME FOUNDATIONAL PLANS AND, AND DOCUMENTS FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, BECOME AWARE OF SOME KEY INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. CHRISTINE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD FOR PLAN FOR HEALTH. AGREE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INFORMATION SHARING SO FAR. IT'S REALLY EXCITING. I. JUST REALLY WANT TO GIVE A STRONG VOTE OF ENTHUSIASM THAT LIKE, THIS IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE. THIS GRANT OUT OF ONLY SIX TOWNSHIPS IN THE WHOLE STATE. AND SO IT'S REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE. AND SO JUST BEING AWARDED THIS AND ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT'S GOING INTO BEING REALLY THOUGHTFUL IN THE RESPONSE TO IT. SO ALL OF THE FOUNDATION BUILDING IS UNDERWAY, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE GOT THREE PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE TO REVIEW. YES. SO, SO SO AGAIN, A LOT OF FOUNDATION BUILDING AND A REALLY GREAT PRIVILEGE FOR 
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THE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S PERFECT TIMING. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION ALREADY. SO IF YOU GO TO PLAN FOR HEALTH NJ.ORG, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO. THERE'S TOOLKITS, DATA, THERE'S MONTGOMERY LEVEL DATA ON THERE. THERE'S A PLAN FOR HEALTH MAPPING TOOL, WHICH IS VERY COOL. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CHECK IT OUT. AND WE WILL KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED THERE WILL WE'RE GOING TO START CONVENING THE COMMITTEE SOON. WE'LL HAVE TO IDENTIFY A PLANNING A PLANNER FOR OUR PLAN FOR HEALTH WORK. THAT'S HOPEFULLY GOING TO START SOON. THERE'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO ALIGN VERY WELL WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ACTIVITIES AS WELL. GOT IT. OKAY. SO I, I WOULD ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO TO THE PLAN FOR IT'S THE NUMBER FOUR HEALTH, NEW JERSEY.ORG. 
          THIS I THINK THEY'RE UNDERSELLING THE GRANT. I THINK CHRISTINE DID A GOOD JOB OF SAYING IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ONE OF. SIX I THINK THERE'S. SIX. RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID, CHRIS? YES, YES. SIX IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          AND IT ESPECIALLY FOR MONTGOMERY AND THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, IT'S REALLY GOING TO ALLOW EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US THAT ARE REPRESENTING THE BOARD OF HEALTH ON THIS PROJECT, TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW PLANNING IS IMPACTING HEALTH AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE COULD DO THAT ARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLANNING AND HEALTH. AND IT'S THIS IS A IT'S A PRETTY COOL PROGRAM. SO AGAIN, KUDOS, I FORGET, I THINK IT WAS EMILY AND DEVON WERE ON THE TAG TEAM THAT WROTE THE GRANT. SO I ALSO WANT TO GIVE SOME KUDOS TO THEM FOR WRITING THE GRANT AND THE AWARD. OKAY. NEXT I THINK IS ITEM. I BELIEVE THE NEXT ITEM 
          [VI. AGE FRIENDLY PRESENTATION - Emily Schreiner]
IS YOU. EMILY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AGE FRIENDLY UPDATES. THIS IS ALSO IN OUR PACKET. YES. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY ON THE DAIS. YOU HAVE COPIES IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL FOR THE AIDS PROGRAM. BUT I THINK YOU ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS IN THE TABLE. THE TABLE THAT'S. YEAH. I DID SEND IT TO YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. THIS ONE. OH I'M SORRY. THE CHIP WAS WHAT YOU SENT US. THE I SENT THE CHIP AND I ALSO SENT THE FULL AGE FRIENDLY REPORT. YEAH. YES. THANK YOU. EMILY, GO RIGHT AHEAD WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. YEAH. SO AS I SAID, I SHARED THE FULL AGE FRIENDLY REPORT. LAST MEETING. I SHARED SOME OF THE LIKE, KEY DATA POINTS WITH ALL OF YOU. SO I DID SEND THE FULL REPORT AND I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH, WE CAME UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN. 
          MOST OF THE ACTION PLAN STEPS ARE BASED OFF OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I SHARED DURING THE LAST MEETING, BUT JUST SOME MORE CONCRETE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. SOME OF THEM ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. SO WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE WE HAD SOME OF THE DATA AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE, THE REPORT. AND SOME OF THEM ARE SHORT TERM THINGS THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED PRETTY EASILY WITHOUT MUCH FUNDING. AND THEN SOME OF THEM ARE LONGER TERM, BIGGER PROJECTS THAT WILL REQUIRE MORE FUNDING AND, YOU KNOW, PLANNING, BUT EACH OF THEM ARE BROKEN UP BY THE DIFFERENT DOMAINS OF LIVABILITY. SO I WON'T READ EVERY SINGLE ONE. BUT FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE OUTDOOR SPACES AND BUILDINGS. 
          WE WANT TO CONDUCT A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT OF OTTO KAUFMAN AND THE SENIOR CENTER, WHICH THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY. SO JUST SEEING LIKE, HOW CAN WE EXPAND THAT SPACE WITHOUT BUILDING NEW SPACE, BUT HOW CAN WE REORGANIZE SO THAT IT'S MORE USEFUL FOR THE SENIORS WHO GO THERE AND HAS MORE LIKE PROGRAMING SPACE AVAILABLE FOR THEM? AND THEN ANOTHER ONE UNDER HOUSING, WE WANT TO CREATE AN AGE FRIENDLY CHECKLIST FOR DEVELOPERS THAT SHOWS LIKE THINGS THAT WE WOULD WANT INCLUDED IN DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH MINDED. SO THIS ACTUALLY ALIGNS VERY WELL WITH THE PLAN FOR HEALTH STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS THINKING ABOUT THAT, LIKE, HOW ARE OUR DEVELOPMENTS IN TOWN GOING TO 
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BE, YOU KNOW, ALIGNED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH? AND THEN THERE'S TRANSPORTATION. SO SOME OF THE SHORTER TERM GOALS ARE THINGS LIKE CONDUCTING PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST SAFETY CAMPAIGNS. AND THEN LONGER TERM WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HAVING SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS FOR OUR LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND THEN ADDITIONAL THINGS FOR SOCIAL PARTICIPATION. WHICH PART OF THIS IS ALSO ALIGNED WITH OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE AUTO KAUFMAN FACILITY, DISCUSSING ADDITIONAL OPTIONS WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS AROUND THE COUNTY. AND THEN COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SERVICES. SOME OF THESE ARE LONG TERM GOALS, LIKE HAVING A DEDICATED HEALTH OR HUMAN SERVICES STAFF IN THE TOWNSHIP, BUT THEN ALSO SOME MORE SHORT TERM THINGS, LIKE INCREASING SOME OF THE OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE AND ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF EXPANDING SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE REALLY LIKE, LIKE THE BULK PICKUPS AND SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN TOWN. COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION. WE WANT TO UPDATE SOME OF OUR WEB BASED PORTALS FOR SENIORS. SO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SENIOR WEBSITE HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO SENIORS ALL IN ONE PLACE, SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS IT REALLY EASILY. AND THEN CREATING A, OUR IT DEPARTMENT'S WORKING ON CREATING A UNIFIED ONLINE PORTAL WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS EVERYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO THEIR PROPERTY ALL IN ONE PLACE. SO THAT'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR SENIORS. AND THEN THE, THE OVERARCHING ONE AT THE BEGINNING IS JUST HAVING, YOU KNOW, POLICY THAT SUPPORTS SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS LONG LASTING INITIATIVE. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? THEY'RE ALL BROKEN UP TOO, BY WHICH DEPARTMENT OR GROUP OF PEOPLE MIGHT BE THE LEAD ON SOME OF THESE. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE DOING ALL OF THIS. LIKE WE WOULD BE KEEPING TRACK OF PROGRESS ON THESE GOALS, BUT THE ACTUAL WORK WOULD BE BROKEN UP BY MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS. I JUST WANTED WHAT IS IN YOUR PACKET IS ACTUALLY THE BACKGROUND ON THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT RESULTS. 
          THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBERED SEEING IN OUR WE. THEY SENT THAT THE SLIDESHOW THAT YOU HAD PRESENTED. SO THAT IS IN IN OUR PACKET. BUT IF. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN MATRIX THAT EMILY IS SPEAKING TO TODAY? I THINK. CAN I ASK A SMALL QUESTION? SO IS IT. IS THIS ABOUT. SO THE DEFINITION I THINK WAS LIKE 55 PLUS. YEAH. I THINK SOME OF US MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE SENIOR POSITIONING. SO BUT IS THE WHOLE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY. LIKE IS THE, IS THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS TO JUST BE LIKE AGE INCLUSIVE IN ALL OF THESE THINGS? OR IS IT VERY MUCH FOR FOLKS WHO ARE 55 PLUS? THE POINT IS TO BE AGE INCLUSIVE WITH A PARTICULAR LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON 55 PLUS, LIKE KEEPING THAT POPULATION IN MIND, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUFF IS INCLUSIVE OF ANY AGE REALLY. SO AS, AS YOU GO THROUGH AND LIKE ARE ACCOUNTABLE ON THESE ACTIONS, IS IT BECAUSE YOU WOULD SEE A CHANGE IN JUST THAT 55 PLUS COMMUNITY, OR YOU WOULD JUST SEE A CHANGE IN ALL OF THESE THINGS FOR THE BROAD COMMUNITY, IT'S SOME OF EACH SOME OF THEM ARE KIND OF TAILORED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT GROUP, LIKE SOME OF THE SENIOR CENTER STUFF AND THAT KIND OF THING. BUT SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH IN MIND AND THAT THAT WOULD BENEFIT EVERYBODY. AND SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE RECREATION RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BENEFIT EVERYBODY. SO THERE'S A MIXTURE OF, OF GOALS IN THERE. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KEEP LIKE, YOU KNOW, PULLING IT OUT TO BE LIKE, IT HELPS EVERYONE, LIKE HELPING PEOPLE 55 PLUS COME UP WITH ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THAT. YEAH, THAT HELPS EVERYONE. AND, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT. ARE THERE THINGS THAT ARE THAT YOU, YOU ALL NEED AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS ACTION PLAN? I THINK WE'RE JUST WORKING ON INCORPORATING THIS INTO WHAT WE ALREADY DO. SOME OF IT DOES ALIGN WITH OUR 
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GOALS AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SOME OF THE EDUCATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO ALIGN IT WITH THE PLAN FOR HEALTH INITIATIVES BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO COMBINE FORCES TO WORK ON THAT AND JUST KIND OF INCLUDING THIS IDEA OF MAKING MONTGOMERY, YOU KNOW, AGE FRIENDLY, INCLUSIVE IN OTHER POLICIES AND THINGS THAT WE ENACT, BASICALLY. OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. GOOD WORK. I HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE THE, THE PARTNERS AND THE DEPARTMENTS YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. THERE ARE PEOPLE CURRENTLY LIKE WORKING ON ALL THESE THINGS IN THESE DEPARTMENTS. IT'S ALL BEEN ASSIGNED OUT. SOME OF IT HAS SOME SOME OF THESE ARE ONGOING ALREADY. AND THEN SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE WE WILL, YOU KNOW, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND SHARE SOME OF THE DATA WITH THEM ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THEIR WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. EMILY. I ALSO JUST WANT JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS IS ALSO FROM A 7000, IS THAT RIGHT? $3,000 GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          SO THIS IS ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE AND BE AWARDED, AND THAT EMILY LET RECENTLY DID A SURVEY. SO ALL THE DATA THAT SHE'S PUT IN PLACE IN THIS ACTION PLAN IS RELATED TO THAT DATA. SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE GRANT THAT WE GOT, AS WELL AS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, ETC. SO THANK YOU, EMILY, YOU'RE UP NEXT. SO DO YOU WANT TO JUST OKAY, THE NEXT IS AND AGAIN, 
          [VII.  CHIP & STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES – Emily Schreiner ]
EMILY, WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND IMPACT PLAN. GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER OUR. SO WE PARTICIPATE IN A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT THROUGH THE HEALTHIER SOMERSET COALITION, WHICH IS A GROUP OF, YOU KNOW, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT SOMERSET COUNTY. SO THE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS THAT ARE DEVELOPED BY THAT GROUP ARE BROAD, AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE SOMETHING THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY WOULD DO. SO WE ALWAYS PULL OUT SOME OF THOSE OBJECTIVES THAT WE THINK THAT WE CAN TAKE ON, THAT ALIGN WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OR OTHER GOALS. SO I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE THINK WE CAN PULL OUT FROM THAT, AND THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO USE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'LL BE STARTING, HOPEFULLY IN THE FALL FOR THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN CYCLE. SO SOME OF THE ONES HERE, THE THE BOLD ARE THE OVERALL GOALS. AND THEN THE, THE SUB. ONES ARE LIKE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT HAVE COME UP WITH THAT WE CAN USE TO REACH THOSE GOALS. SO IN SOME CASES, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COULD DIRECTLY ADDRESS THAT GOAL THROUGH SOME OF OUR OWN THINGS. AND THEN SOME OF IT WE COULD SUPPORT THAT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST ONE IS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TOUCH POINTS WHERE INFORMATION ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IS AVAILABLE. WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY OFFERING THOSE SERVICES OURSELVES, BUT WE CAN SUPPORT THAT BY MAKING SURE THAT WE GIVE OUT INFORMATION TO THOSE DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND THINGS THAT ARE IN TOWN. OUR NURSES DO TOUCH POINTS WITH THOSE OFFICES. THE SECOND ONE IS INCREASING BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES OFFERED IN SOMERSET COUNTY. SO WE ALREADY DO A LOT OF THIS THROUGH SEVERAL OF OUR GRANTS AND PROGRAMS. SO WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO SHARE EVIDENCE BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMS, PROMOTE INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN PARTNER WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT BRING SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS TO YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FOOD INSECURE PEOPLE WHO CAN ACCESS FOOD. WE ARE NOT OURSELVES A PROVIDER OF FOOD, BUT WE CAN PROMOTE, AND WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING THE EFFORTS OF OUR FOOD PANTRY HERE IN MONTGOMERY AND SHARING SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT CAN SUPPORT THAT WORK. AND ENHANCING THE STABILITY OF THE FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH THE NUMBER 
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OF SUSTAINED LONG TERM COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING WORK. WE DID A FOOD INSECURITY ASSESSMENT AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING WORK TO ASSESS WHAT THE LEVEL OF FOOD INSECURITY IS IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT DOES DIRECTLY AFFECT OTHER LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH MARKERS TOO. SO AND THEN 3.2 IS DECREASING BARRIERS FOR SCREENING FOR CANCER AND OTHER CHRONIC DISEASES. SO WE DO PARTNER WITH SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN COME OUT AND DO SCREENINGS. AND THEN WE ALSO REFER PEOPLE OR LIKE PROMOTE SCREENING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY TO RESIDENTS. AND THEN HAVE 3.3, WHICH IS INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, JUST PROMOTING AGAIN, THE WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE. WE HAVE OCCASIONALLY PEOPLE WHO REACH OUT TO US ASKING FOR CONNECTIONS TO THINGS LIKE THIS. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE A RESOURCE FOR THAT. AND THEN 4.2 IS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE PREVENTION, SCREENING AND INTERVENTION SERVICES, ESPECIALLY AMONG UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. SO AGAIN, PARTNERING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN COME OUT AND DO THINGS, HAVING PEOPLE COME OUT AND TABLE AT OUR EVENTS, MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND MAKING THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO NEED IT. AND THEN 4.3 IS CONVENING AND FACILITATING THE HEALTHIER SOMERSET COALITION POLICY COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SYSTEMS CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CARE, INCLUDING COST, TRANSPORTATION AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT. SO THIS ONE, WE'RE DOING A LOT MORE OF THIS YEAR NOW THAT WE HAVE THE PLAN FOR HEALTH GRANT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THESE THINGS, ESPECIALLY TRANSPORTATION AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT. SO AND WE ARE WANTING TO DO SOME WORK SURROUNDING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BICYCLE SAFETY, THAT KIND OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN ADVOCATING FOR ANY OTHER LOCAL POLICIES THAT WILL IMPROVE HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. YEAH. SO WE WILL PLAN TO INCORPORATE THESE INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLANS. BUT IF WE WANT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF YOU IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN WILL INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, YOU AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL. BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE THINKING. OKAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO ADD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S WE ARE REQUIRED TO ALIGN ALL OF OUR, OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FROM THE VARIOUS PLANS THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND THIS IS ONE, ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT ALIGNMENT OF USING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED AT THE, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND INCORPORATING THOSE INTO OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION FOLKS LOOK FOR IS ALSO THAT ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN, ALSO ALIGNING OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. AND WHEN WE ALSO GET AUDITED BY THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO ASK US IS ABOUT OUR PARTICIPATION WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, HEALTHIER SOMERSET IN OUR CASE. AND AND TO SHOW THEM EXAMPLES OF, OF OUR WORK AND PARTICIPATION AND HOW WE ARE BRINGING BACK THAT INFORMATION AND ALIGNING IT WITH OUR WORK IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO THAT'S WHY WE WE PROVIDED THOSE UPDATES TO THE BOARD. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. PREDICTABLE TO HAVE QUESTIONS, THAT'S OKAY. WE APPRECIATE IT. SO TWO SO TWO QUESTIONS. SO THESE LOOK LIKE GOOD AND IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO. I THINK THESE SHOULD BE OUR COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES. BUT CLEARLY SO CLEARLY THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE OMITTED, RIGHT. BECAUSE WE GO FROM 1.1 TO 1.3 ETC. SO THOSE ONES THAT WERE OMITTED, IS THERE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE OR IS THERE MORE REASON WHY THOSE WERE NOT PICKED AS PART OF OBJECTIVES THAT WE WANT TO COMMIT TO? YEAH. SO I DID SHARE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN THE PACKET IF YOU WANT. THERE'S LOTS OF OBJECTIVES IN THERE. SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY SPECIFIC TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMETHING A FOOD PANTRY WOULD DO OR SOMETHING THAT THE HOSPITAL WOULD DO OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE COLLABORATIVE. SO THEY KIND OF MADE OBJECTIVES THAT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS CAN TAKE ON. SO WE CHOSE OUT THE ONES THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 
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GOALS, BUT CAN DEFINITELY, IF ANYONE HAS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO READ THROUGH THE LIST AND YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD ADOPT OTHERS FROM THE LIST, WE'RE OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL ONES TOO. THIS IS JUST WHAT WE INITIALLY CAME UP WITH. YEAH, THAT MAKES A LOT. I MEAN, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. AND THEN SO ON THE A COUPLE, LIKE MANY OF THESE, YOU WERE SAYING LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO HEY, WE DON'T PROVIDE FOOD, BUT WE COULD SUPPORT AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THOSE. BUT A COUPLE OF THESE ARE ACTUALLY THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DO, LIKE THE IDENTIFYING WHERE THERE'S FOOD INSECURITY, LIKE THOSE KINDS OF ASSESSMENTS DO, LIKE, DO WE HAVE. AND, BUT EVEN THE WORK TO PROMOTE AND TO PARTNER, LIKE TAKE RESOURCES, LIKE, DO WE HAVE, DO WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMMIT THOSE RESOURCES TO ALL OF THESE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THIS? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO DO THINGS AND TRY AND YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO SUCCEED, SUCCEED. BUT LIKE, ARE THESE ALSO THINGS WE THINK WE CAN DELIVER ON, OR DO WE NEED MORE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS? YEAH, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, MOST OF THESE ARE ALIGNED WITH GOALS THAT WE ALREADY DO. SO THEY SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH OF A LIFT TO LIKE CONTINUE DOING THEM OR CONTINUE PROMOTING THEM. IF THINGS CHANGE AND WE HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT COME UP, WE CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, MOVE AWAY FROM SOME OF THESE. SOME OF THEM ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR MISSION THAN OTHERS. BUT YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THESE WOULD BE A GOOD STARTING GOAL, I THINK. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY DO A LOT OF THIS WORK. NONE OF THIS IS LIKE NEW THINGS THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE FOR THE MOST PART. SO THAT'S OKAY. THANKS. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE. GO AHEAD. NO. GO AHEAD. 218 ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR STUDENT MEALS. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT'S MOSTLY JUST WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OUR FOOD INSECURITY ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED LIKE THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, ELIGIBLE FOR LIKE SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE BEEN JUST SORT OF ADVOCATING ALONG THE PROCESS, LIKE OUR FOOD PANTRY PARTNERED WITH THE FOOD BANK NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY, AND THEY'RE CONSIDERING BRINGING IN A BACKPACK PROGRAM FOR THE KIDS TO GET MEALS TO TAKE HOME OVER THE WEEKEND. SO WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, SAYING WE SUPPORT THAT WHEN WE TALK TO, YOU KNOW, THE GROUPS THAT ARE DISCUSSING THOSE THINGS. SO YEAH, THAT'S MAINLY WE'RE JUST KIND OF PROVIDING OUR SUPPORT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. AND YEAH, HAS CHANGED. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S CLOSER TO CHANGING NOW, HOPEFULLY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP NOW WITH THE FOOD BANK NETWORK, SOMERSET COUNTY. SO WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES NOW, WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. THAT WAS JUST IN JANUARY THAT WE FORMALIZED THAT AGREEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS RELATED TO THE TIMING. SO THESE ARE ALL TO BE ACHIEVED BY 2027. SO CAN YOU JUST REMIND US WHY IT'S 2027. I BELIEVE IT ISN'T THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SOMERSET COUNTY FOR FIVE YEARS OR SOMETHING. SO SO THE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN GETS UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S 2027. OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS 2025 TO 2030. SO THE TIMELINES ARE A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT THESE GOALS DON'T CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE CHIP TO ANOTHER. LIKE SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES WILL CHANGE, BUT OVERALL THEY'LL ALIGN. OKAY, PERFECT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS RELATED TO SOMETHING THAT YOU MENTIONED, WHICH IS FOR OUR ACCREDITATION, WE HAVE TO HAVE SHOW HOW WE'RE INTEGRATING ALL THESE DIFFERENT GOALS. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS THAT SHOWS ONE SPREADSHEET? IS THAT PART OF THE NEXT DISCUSSION, A SPREADSHEET OF ALIGNMENT OR A SPREADSHEET WHERE YOU HAVE ALL THE GOALS OR SOME IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SPREADSHEET, BUT A DATA SET THAT YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE GOALS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE BY WHEN AND FOR WHAT. IF IT'S THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND OR A GRANT, ETC. YEAH, I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND OUR AND GRANT DELIVERABLES. SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE RECEIVE GRANTS, WE, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TRACK OF WHAT THOSE DELIVERABLES ARE VERY, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE GRANT UMBRELLA. AND THEN WE IF WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE PROLONGED GRANTS OR WE WILL BE RECEIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, ANNUALLY OR ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEN WE PUT THEM INTO OUR LARGER PLANS, LIKE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THEN IF THERE ARE GRANTS THAT ARE HEAVILY, YOU KNOW, TECHNICAL IN TERMS OF GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT, THEN WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PRIORITIZED IN OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PLAN. SO NOT NOT EVERYTHING IS IN ONE DOCUMENT. 
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WE HAVE LIKE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS, BUT WE HAVE THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHERE WE PUT ONLY OUR LIKE TOP PRIORITY ITEMS. SO WE, WE DON'T FORGET ABOUT THEM AND THEY'RE ALWAYS ON THE FOREFRONT. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY HAVE THREE QUESTIONS. 
          SORRY. SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS RELATED TO THE BASELINE FOR THESE OBJECTIVES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S AN INCREASE OF 5%, DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A STRONG ENOUGH UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE BASELINE IS TO KNOW THAT WE'RE MEETING A 5% INCREASE? OR SHOULD I NOT WORRY ABOUT THE 5% I THINK SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE 5%. THEY'RE TRYING THIS CYCLE TO DO BETTER AT COLLECTING THE DATA. OKAY. BUT PREVIOUS CYCLES OF THE CHIP, THE DATA WAS NOT COLLECTED THAT WELL. BUT HOPEFULLY AFTER THIS CYCLE, LIKE 2027, WE'LL HAVE BETTER DATA TO BASE THE NEXT ONE OFF OF. OKAY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD A STRUGGLE IN THE PAST GETTING DATA THAT'S DISAGGREGATED DOWN TO THE TOWNSHIP FROM THE COUNTY LEVEL. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING. BUT THAT'S THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE AND FAIR. SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS ON THIS ONE. OKAY. THIS IS ALL DATA. ALL DATA ALL THE TIME 
          [VIII.  PM/QI UPDATES – Devangi Patel   ]
TODAY. SO WE HAVEN'T I THINK YOU WERE UP NEXT WITH THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT UPDATES. SO WE SO WE MET AS A SUBCOMMITTEE IN MAY. SOME OF OUR PRIORITY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE TO STREAMLINE OUR WEBSITE, WHICH WE'RE WE'RE CURRENTLY TROUBLESHOOTING, BUT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WE WANT TO HAVE AN ESTABLISHED SITE MAP AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE POST ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, MOST OF WHICH IS REQUIRED OF US TO POST SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, BUT ANY PUBLIC HEALTH ALERTS, PUBLIC HEALTH NEWS, AND THEN INFORMATION ON ANY UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS STREAMLINED. SO THAT'S THAT IS ONE OF OUR, OUR GOALS AS PART OF THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. THE THE OTHER OTHER BIG ONE WAS STREAMLINING REPORTING TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH. SO WE HAVE SOME RECENTLY DRAFTED SOPS FOR THE STAFF TO STREAMLINE REPORTING. YOU WILL NOTICE IT IN YOUR PACKETS THAT OUR NEXT BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE IN SEPTEMBER. AND THE IDEA IS TO HAVE AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS FOR HOW WE PREPARE, HOW WE'RE STORING OUR REPORTS, AND HOW THEY'RE BEING DELIVERED TO YOU ALL. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALSO THESE ARE ALSO SOME THINGS THAT THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEY LOOK AT WHEN WHEN YOU KNOW, THEY EVALUATE US AND WHEN THEY COME OUT TO AUDIT US, THE OTHER THE OTHER GOAL PART OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEE IS TO DIGITIZE INSPECTIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTIONS. SO THAT IS CURRENTLY ONGOING. THE GOOD THING ABOUT ABOUT THAT IS IT WILL HELP US. IT WILL HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND WORKLOAD, THE DIFFERENT INSPECTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND WILL PROVIDE US INFORMATION WHEN DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TOWN IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH, TO BETTER IDENTIFY NEED, WHETHER IT'S STAFFING OR OTHER RESOURCES, WHETHER WE NEED TO SCALE UP OR HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INTERN SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASIER TO HAVE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, START WITH US. WE CAN TRAIN THEM AND THEN HAVE THEM BECOME PART OF THE DEPARTMENT. IT'S ONE OF THE BEST WAYS FOR US TO INTEGRATE LEARNING INTO OUR OPERATIONS. THOSE ARE THE, I THINK, THE TOP THREE ITEMS FROM OUR SUBCOMMITTEE. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE ANY UPDATES WITH THE GROUP. 
          CHRISTIE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU. KNOW, NOTHING BAD. OKAY, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE PMQI, I THINK JUST CAN I JUST YEAH, SO JUST THE, THE PMQI COMMIT SUBCOMMITTEE IS NEHA. CHRISTINE. JO, EMILY, DEVON AND I JUST SO YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY. DID I MISS ANYONE? I DON'T THINK SO. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF US ABOUT THAT. SO. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY, NOW IT'S HEALTH OFFICER 
          [IX.   HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS -    ]
COMMENTS. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. THAT RIGHT. YES. THAT'S ME. SO. 
          WANTED TO START OUT TALKING ABOUT STAFFING UPDATE. SO WE HAD A HEALTH EDUCATOR VACANCY. 
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WE HAVE EMILY WHO IS OUR NEW HEALTH EDUCATOR. SHE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, ALSO DOING THE ROLE OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING AS PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNER. WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE DATA. SHE'S HERE TODAY. SHE'S PRESENTING ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING DATA TO US. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE KIND OF BRINGING HER ON BOARD MORE INTO THE HEALTH EDUCATION REALM OF OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME GRANT UPDATES. I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT. SO THERE IS YOU'RE PROBABLY USED TO HEARING ABOUT THE STRENGTHENING GRANT THAT THAT GRANT IS ENDING JUNE 30TH. AND IN, IN REPLACING THE STRENGTHENING GRANT THAT THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT LEVEL, WE HAVE THE GRANT, PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT. SO THE LATEST UPDATE IS THAT WE CAN GET AWARDED UP TO $119,372. SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR THAT. THE PREVIOUS VERSION, WHICH IS THE STRENGTHENING GRANT WE HAD, WE WERE FUNDING THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING POSITION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE THIS GRANT TO, YOU KNOW, TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS AS WELL. BUT THE GOAL OF THE FIG GRANT IS TO RECRUIT, RETAIN, SUPPORT AND TRAIN THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE, WHICH WE HOPE TO DO. IT'S TO ALSO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC HEALTH DATA SYSTEMS BY IMPLEMENTING MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THAT IS DURABLE, SCALABLE AND FLEXIBLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'LL BE WE'LL HAVE THIS GRANT THROUGH PROBABLY JUNE 30TH, 2027. AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SUSTAINABLE FUNDING. SO WE WILL CONTINUE OUR ADVOCACY WITH YOU ALL AND THROUGH OUR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE. THERE'S ALSO THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE GRANTS ARE UP FOR RENEWAL. THEY ARE CHANGING DRASTICALLY. THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, THEY'RE THE ONES THEY'RE THE FUNDERS OF THIS GRANT. BUT IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT GRANT TO MANAGE. 
          THEY'RE VERY RESTRICTIVE IN WHAT THEY ALLOW, AND THEY'RE EVEN MORE RESTRICTIVE THIS YEAR. 
          SO MANY, IF NOT ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE NORMALLY FUND ARE NO LONGER ALLOWABLE. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE BEST INCORPORATE PROGRAMS THAT THEY WILL APPROVE THAT ARE THAT ALSO FIT MONTGOMERY'S NEED? SO STAY TUNED FOR FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MUNICIPAL LINES, WE GET ABOUT $6,800 FROM THEM, BUT IT'S A LOT MORE THAN THAT TO TO MANAGE TO MANAGE AND IMPLEMENT THE GRANT. AND THEN THERE'S THE YOUTH SERVICES GRANTS THAT ARE ALSO UP FOR RENEWAL. SO AS PART OF THE YOUTH SERVICES GRANTS, WE FUND YOUTH ACTION BOARD, THE MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOLS CAREER LUNCH AND LEARN PROGRAM, THE GIRLS ON THE RUN PROGRAM. AND WE. SO WE. EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THE OPTION OF APPLYING FOR AN ANNUAL GRANT AND COMPETITIVE GRANT WITH. FOR YOUTH SERVICES, IT'S A COUNTY ADMINISTERED GRANT. THE ANNUAL GRANTS. IF WE APPLY. THEY'RE NONCOMPETITIVE. SO AS LONG AS WE FOLLOW ALL OF THE CRITERIA, WE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GUARANTEED THE GRANTS FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS. THOSE ARE UP TO $6,000 EACH. THOSE WE. IF WE APPLY FOR THOSE, WE'RE NOT GUARANTEED THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THAT FUNDING. BUT ONE OF THE TOPIC AREAS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR AS PART OF THE COMPETITIVE GRANT IS FOR IT'S YOUTH, I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT YOUTH ROAD SAFETY OR. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS IS TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, ANY SAFETY CONCERNS AND EDUCATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR OUR YOUTH. THIS WOULD INVOLVE HAVING US DO EDUCATION ON SITE AT THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TOWN, BECAUSE WE ARE NOTICING AN INCREASE IN E-SCOOTERS AND AND THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED FOR EDUCATION FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY AS WELL. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESOURCES THAT WE GET FROM OUR TMAS, OUR TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS IN OUR AREA, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE GREATER MERCER TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION. THEY HELP WITH CERTAIN THINGS, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY FULLY COVER MONTGOMERY. AND THEN SIMILARLY, IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF TOWN, WE HAVE RIDE WISE WHERE THEY OFFER SOME SUPPORT AND RESOURCES. BUT THERE. BUT NOT TO THE LEVEL THAT A, YOU KNOW, A TYPICAL TMA WOULD WHEN IT COMES TO DOING 
          [00:40:01]
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND, YOU KNOW, DOING PROGRAMING. SO WE IT'S UP TO US TO FILL THAT GAP AND, YOU KNOW, WITH MORE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAFFIC AND NOW SCHOOL BEING OUT IN A FEW WEEKS, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO AMP UP OUR EDUCATION AND SAFETY EDUCATION AND INFORMATION. AND IF WE CAN APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE. THAT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANOTHER COALITION TO HELP SUPPORT US. I KNOW I'M WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE HOPING TO TO GET SOMETHING IN PLACE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO FINALIZE THIS FUNDING BECAUSE THE NEED IS GREAT RIGHT NOW. SO THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE NEWER OF ALL OF THESE GRANTS. AND THEN I THINK, WHAT WAS THE OTHER WE HAVE WE STILL HAVE THE $10,000 MAYOR'S WELLNESS GRANT. MOST OF THAT HAS BEEN EXPENDED THAT WAS ADMINISTERED AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE WE HAD THE HOPE SQUAD. WE HAD ADVISORS AND STUDENTS. THEY MET REGULARLY. 
          THEY'VE BEEN. I THINK THEY WERE ALSO AT THE PREVIOUS TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEY PROVIDED AN UPDATE. SO WE ARE HOPING TO ALSO PUT IN FOR A COMPETITIVE GRANT FOR OUR HOPE SQUAD AS WELL FOR JUST A FOR A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO WE CAN CONTINUE ON AFTER THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS GRANT ENDS, BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF MESSAGING AND SUPPORT NEEDED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE AN EXCITING SUMMER COMING UP. WE WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL. YES. BEFORE YOU GO ON, CAN I HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANTS. YES. CAN I. YEAH. YOU LISTED QUITE A FEW THAT ARE UP FOR RENEWAL AND I THINK I MISSED ONE. SO THE YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT. THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE. HOW MUCH IS THAT ONE? 119,000. AND 372. JUST GIVE OR TAKE. 
          GIVE OR TAKE. THANK YOU. AND THEN THEN YOU HAD THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE. THAT WAS 6800. AND THEN THE COMPETITIVE YOUTH SERVICE GRANT AT THE COUNTY WAS 6000. THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU JUST QUALIFY FOR AT THE COUNTY. HOW MUCH IS THAT ONE? SO THE ANNUAL GRANTS. YES, A TOTAL OF $5,000. AND WE USUALLY SPLIT IT ONE. YOU KNOW, ONE PROGRAM IS 3000. THE OTHER IS 2000. SO WE'RE ABLE TO BRING IN MORE PROGRAMING TO INTO TOWN. AND THE COMPETITIVE GRANTS, WE CAN APPLY FOR MULTIPLE COMPETITIVE GRANTS TOTALING UP TO $6,000. BUT WE'RE NOT GUARANTEED. YES. THAT'S FAIR FOR BOTH THE GUARANTEED ONES AND THE YES, YES, YES FOR IT ALL. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE COMPETITIVE GRANT IS ONLY 6000 TOTAL. IT'S NOT 6000 PER PROGRAM, 6000 FOR PROGRAM FOR COMPETITIVE. SO THESE PROGRAMS WOULD BE 18,000. CORRECT. OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. AND THEN I THINK DIDN'T I. SO WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT THE STRENGTHENING GRANT. I MISSED THAT PART. SO WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING THE STRENGTHENING GRANT SINCE 2021. 
          RIGHT. OR 2020 MAYBE. BUT THAT GRANT IS ENDING JUNE 30TH. BUT WE AND WE CAN REAPPLY OR WE CAN NO, WE CANNOT REAPPLY. IT'S NO MORE. YES. SO IN LIEU OF THE STRENGTHENING GRANT, THERE'S NOW THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT OR JUST FIG. FOR SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          WHO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. THAT'S A LOT OF COMPETITIVE. YEAH. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE 7000 FROM AGE FRIENDLY AGE FRIENDLY AND. WELL WE DIDN'T THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID NOT GET THE PLAN FOR HEALTH GRANT. THAT'S TO THE THE TOWN. THE TOWN. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WE THERE'S THERE'S THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS. INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED STARTING IN 2022. AND SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT GRANT IS ENDING, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE MORE FUNDING AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN, YOU KNOW, OVER $300,000 IN GRANT FUNDING AND THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, OFFSET OUR COSTS IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. RIGHT, WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL. SO THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THESE GRANTS, BUT THAT IS ALL ENDING JUNE OR JULY 31ST. SO AFTER AFTER JULY 31ST, WE WILL ONLY HAVE THE GRANT. 
          YES. OKAY. FOR FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. AND THEN THE ALLIANCE AND THE YOUTH SERVICES ARE SEPARATE. WE'LL PROBABLY FIND OUT ABOUT THOSE IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE ANSWERS. THANK YOU. YOU 
          [00:45:08]
KNOW, THE EXCITING SUMMER. SO WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION. WE HAVE OUR SITE VISIT COMING UP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO HOST SOME PUBLIC HEALTH SESSIONS WITH THE WRECKING CREW KIDS. WE'RE PLANNING AT LEAST THREE SESSIONS RIGHT NOW. ONE IS ONE WILL FOCUS ON. IT'S A PASSPORT FOR HEALTH. YOU KNOW, JUST BASIC PUBLIC HEALTH TOPICS. 
          INFECTION CONTROL, SUN SAFETY, YOU KNOW, SUMMER SAFETY, VECTOR BORNE DISEASE PREVENTION, THAT KIND OF THING. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS SESSION THAT'LL BE LED BY EMILY, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY A PLAN FOR HEALTH KIDS EDITION, WHERE WE'LL ENGAGE THE KIDS IN KIND OF ENVISIONING WHAT THEY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR COMMUNITY TO LOOK LIKE. AND, YOU KNOW, EMILY'S PLANNING THAT AND THAT ACTIVITY. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL. 
          TRYING NOT TO SOUND TOO EXCITED BECAUSE THE MICS ARE VERY SENSITIVE, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT PLAN FOR HEALTH AS WELL. SO WITH THE WORLD CUP AND EVERYTHING TAKING PLACE, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT PUBLIC HEALTH MIGHT BE STRESSED. DID WE GET PULLED IN TO THAT AT ALL? SO WE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN PULLED IN. WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN AN ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE STATE, JUST KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS. WE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY AND IF THERE'S A MUTUAL AID CALL OF SUPPORT, WE WOULD WE WOULD PITCH IN AND HELP. THERE'S THIS EDUCATION, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE SCENES WITH OUR PROVIDERS OR URGENT CARES OR PHARMACISTS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM EUROPE, THEY'RE USED TO GOING TO THEIR PHARMACY FOR A LOT OF CARE AND HELP. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST FOCUSING ON EDUCATION AS THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY SEND OUT ALERTS. WE WILL SHARE THOSE OUT. THERE IS INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO FOOD VENDORS, FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SHARING BEHIND THE SCENES. SO ALL OF THAT WORK IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ONGOING. AND THEN. JUST WAIT AND SEE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. IT'S A 40 DAY, YOU KNOW, 40 DAY STARTING TOMORROW. YEAH. I THINK ARE YOU GOING THROUGH. YEAH. OKAY. I THINK THE NEXT ITEM IS NEW BUSINESS. YES. SO 
          [X.    NEW BUSINESS]
WE'LL GO ON TO NEW BUSINESS. SO I'LL GO AROUND THE ROOM WITH EVERYBODY. IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS FROM. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE BERT HERE TODAY, SO I'LL START WITH EMS. ANY NEW BUSINESS FROM EMS? YEAH, ACTUALLY. SO FIRST THEY REALLY ARE SENSITIVE. BUT IF EVERYONE PRESSES THE PUSH BUTTON. SO EXCITED. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA, I BROKE EVERYTHING. I AM SO SORRY. EVERYONE. DON'T TOUCH ME. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST GOING TO TALK FROM BACK HERE. HOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. OH. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO SQUAD HAS A NEW PUBLIC WEBSITE AND AND THEN THE 
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BIGGEST IS. SORRY. SO CID HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH A COUPLE OF THE OF OUR YOU KNOW, LIKE SENATOR ZWICKER AND SOME OF THE ASSEMBLYMEN TO GO OVER TO PROVIDE INPUT INTO THE THIS ESSENTIAL SERVICES BILL THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW. THAT'S BEING. DID YOU JUST SAY WHO IT IS? I DON'T THINK SORRY. YEAH. CID IS OUR IS THE THE PRESIDENT OF THE MONTGOMERY EMS. SO THERE'S CURRENTLY A BILL. I THINK IT'S BEING PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE SENATE RIGHT NOW IF I GOT THAT CORRECT. BUT IT'S CALLED THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES BILL, WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING TO INCLUDE EMS AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE. RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST POLICE AND FIRE. EVERY TOWNSHIP IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE POLICE AND FIRE, BUT THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR EMS. SO THIS BILL IS LOOKING PRETTY PROMISING. SO THEY WERE ASKING FOR SOME INPUT FROM SOME SQUAD. SO SIX SQUADS PARTICIPATED. 
          PRINCETON, AMWELL VALLEY, SOUTH BRANCH, MONMOUTH JUNCTION, KENDALL PARK AND MONTGOMERY EMS. SO US. SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL IN THE WORKS OF DRAFTING IT UP, BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE IT WAS PRETTY PROMISING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE PUT THROUGH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN THOUGH. SO. SO THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHOEVER OVERSEES US, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT, WILL BE CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT GROUP, POTENTIALLY, POTENTIALLY. 
          AND IF THE DIFFERENT GROUP IS IN CHARGE, THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE TWO EMTS IN THE DRIVER ON EVERY CAR. YES. AND THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH AN ALL VOLUNTEER SQUAD, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S ONLY ONE EMT AND ONE DRIVER, AND THAT IS THE CURRENT OVERLORD REQUIREMENT. SO YEAH. 
          SO CURRENTLY WE AS A VOLUNTEER AGENCY, WE OPERATE UNDER THE NEW JERSEY EMS COUNCIL, FIRST AID COUNCIL. IF BECAUSE AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE'RE VOLUNTEER AND WE DO NOT BILL, BUT ALL OTHER BILLING AGENCIES REQUIRE LICENSING THROUGH THE. AND ARE GOVERNED BY THE BOARD OF, NOT THE BOARD OF HEALTH. THAT'S US, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. SO THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF RULES. SO VOLUNTEERS FOLLOW THE ONE. THE ONE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT VOLUNTEERED. AND WE MIGHT END UP HAVING TO GO INTO THE LICENSING ONE IF BASED ON HOW THIS BILL IS WRITTEN, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHICH CURRENTLY MANDATES TWO EMTS, NOT JUST AN ENT DRIVER. SO THAT COULD AFFECT US. WE'RE STILL FIGURING IT OUT. BUT BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S IN THE WORKS. PAT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE? I WOULD SAY. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE YOU WANTED TO BRING FORWARD ANYTHING FROM TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE? NOTHING SPECIFIC. 
          OKAY. WE DID GET AN INQUIRY ABOUT A COMMUNITY GARDEN, WHICH I THOUGHT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE WITH PLANT FOR HEALTH, BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, SOPHIE, DO YOU HAVE ANY. OH, NICHOLAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? DO YOU HAVE. WELL, DO YOU WANT ME TO INTRODUCE YOU? WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, NICHOLAS? YES. GO AHEAD. WE'VE. YES. SOPHIE'S ALREADY DONE THIS, SO WE WON'T MAKE HER DO IT AGAIN. HELLO, I'M NICHOLAS MILLET. I AM A MONTGOMERY ALUM OF 2019, AND I AM A INTERN AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH THE FUNGI AND EMILY. THIS SUMMER AND IN THE FALL, I WILL BE DOING MY POST-GRAD AT UCL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON. SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE TOWN AND A GREAT GROUP OF STAFF THIS SUMMER. SO YOU CAN SEE JOE'S TAKING DOWN YOUR INFORMATION TO RECRUIT YOU FOR THE EMS. WELL, AND SID JUST ASKED IF HE SHOULD COME. IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS, HE'D BE WILLING TO COME AND JUST UP TO LIKE FIVE MINUTES. YEAH. AND HE JUST WANTS TO SAY HE'S ABLE TO COME BACK. IF HE WAS THAT. WAS THAT REALLY HIM? THAT'S HYSTERICAL. 
          NO. WELL, NICHOLAS, WELCOME. SO YOU'RE A GRAD OF MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL? YES. OH. VERY GOOD. 
          NICE. IS IT 19 2019? 2019? YES. AND I'M STILL MY FAMILY STILL LIVES IN THE TOWN I STILL RESIDE. SO IT'S IT'S VERY NICE TO STILL BE AROUND AND TO HEAR ABOUT THE IMPORTANT IDEAS AND 
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PROBLEMS WE KNOW WITH OUR WONDERFUL TOWNSHIP. SO THEN WHAT CARRIE ANN SAID, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOING. JOE'S ALSO AN ALUM. YES. VERY NICE. A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, JUST A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. COUPLE YEARS, JUST A COUPLE. JUST A COUPLE OF THE THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS BRAND NEW WHEN I, WHEN I STARTED. OH VERY NICE. YES. EMILY, DO YOU HAVE. I'M NOT SORRY. EMILY. SOPHIE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING NEW BUSINESS FROM HIGH SCHOOL? NOTHING. NO. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NICHOLAS. NICE TO MEET YOU. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT. NO. OKAY. SO HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THE MEETING WILL NOW ADJOURN AT 830. 
          COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE. SO WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.