2026-09-14 - Board of Health

00:05Good evening.

00:06This open meeting of the Town of Auburn

00:07Board of Health is being operated as a

00:09hybrid format on a Chapter 22 the Act.

00:11>> This conference will now be recorded.

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00:48and follow along using the posted

00:49agenda. As a preliminary matter, my name

00:51is Eric Adamson, chairman of the Board

00:53of Health. Permit me to confirm that all

00:54members and persons anticipated on the

00:56agenda are particip-

00:58participating remotely are present and

01:00can hear me. Members, when I call your

01:02name, please respond in the affirmative.

01:04Carolyn Griffin.

01:05>> Yeah.

01:06>> Cara Westerman.

01:06>> Yeah.

01:07>> Town officials, when I

01:09and employees who are participating,

01:10when I call your name, please respond in

01:11the affirmative. Darlene Coyle.

01:13>> Here.

01:13>> Jordan Rousseau.

01:14>> Here.

01:15>> Tim Pratt.

01:16>> He's absent.

01:17>> Roxanne Kennedy.

01:19>> Here.

01:19>> And Tanya Corbeil is also not here.

01:22Please note that each vote taken in this

01:24meeting will be conducted by a roll call

01:26vote.

01:27Please note that the meeting is being

01:28recorded by Auburn Cable Television.

01:31And if there are any applicants

01:33participating remotely, I ask that

01:35can you please state your name if anyone

01:37is

01:38voting remotely.

01:41There is seeing none,

01:43we will call the meeting to order.

01:45First on the agenda,

01:48we're going to remove and add any items.

01:50So, I think in this meeting we're going

01:51to take off the minutes for this

01:53evening.

01:54We'll be deleting that. And then also,

01:57if we can take some time for and we're

01:58going to set a

02:00a date for our next meeting. If you can

02:02do that.

02:06So,

02:07that's going to be for October, correct?

02:09>> Yes. So, for the October

02:11meeting,

02:13I sent

02:14I sent some suggestions. If the board

02:17wants to do a Monday

02:19meeting,

02:20we have October 5th

02:22or October 26th for Mondays.

02:26We have some staffing challenges

02:30on Wednesdays. So, if Monday those two

02:33Mondays don't work for you, we could

02:35look at Tuesdays or Thursdays.

02:40We just have a couple that may not be

02:43available.

02:46>> Does anyone have any considerations for

02:48those dates?

02:50>> I'm okay with

02:51either of those Monday dates.

02:54>> Either of the Monday dates?

02:55>> Correct. I cannot do the 26th.

02:57>> Okay.

03:01>> You want to shoot for the 5th, do you?

03:03>> October 5th would work? Okay. That'd be

03:05great.

03:07So, that will help

03:09that will help us get the room reserved

03:11and work on

03:13getting other things lined up.

03:18>> Okay.

03:18>> So,

03:20October 5th will set that meeting up.

03:22>> Okay.

03:23>> And then uh

03:24>> We're going to help.

03:25>> Next

03:26Next on our agenda will be the

03:29We had continued hearing. However, we

03:31understand that the They have

03:34taken away their request. So, do you

03:35have any update on that?

03:37>> Yes. So, the Duncan's

03:39development team had reached out to us.

03:41They are changing the the scale of their

03:44project. I think they're under some

03:46deadlines with their corporate

03:48division to make some of the Duncan's

03:51upgrades. So, they are scaling back the

03:53project significantly

03:55to exterior renovations only. They will

03:58not be doing any interior remodeling at

04:00this time.

04:02And they have officially withdrawn their

04:04external grease trap appeal request.

04:08That's That's basically the update.

04:11>> Um

04:13next I would entertain a motion to

04:15reopen the hearing. Um it's a 6:00

04:19hearing 6:01 hearing to review a tobacco

04:22control for the fourth violation for

04:24In-Style News

04:27Sorry.

04:28Um for the I'll repeat this now.

04:31Uh tobacco control for the fourth

04:32violation for In-Style Galaxy Newsstand

04:34at 35 Southwick Street.

04:37Um

04:39is there a motion to open the hearing?

04:43>> I think

04:45>> Let's continue. We have to open We have

04:47to reopen.

04:48>> I make motion to um

04:51continue the hearing.

04:52>> We got to open first.

04:53>> I make motion to open the hearing.

04:55>> Is there a second?

04:55>> I second motion.

04:56>> All those in favor of opening the

04:58hearing signify by saying I. Carolyn

05:00Griffin.

05:00>> I.

05:00>> Cara Westman.

05:01>> I.

05:01>> Eric Garrison.

05:02>> I.

05:02>> Hearing is now open.

05:04>> I make a motion to continue the hearing

05:06at the applicant's request.

05:09>> Is there a second?

05:10>> Second.

05:11>> And all those in favor signify by saying

05:13I. Carolyn Griffin.

05:14>> I.

05:14>> Cara Westman.

05:15>> I.

05:15>> Eric Garrison.

05:16>> I.

05:16>> Hearing is continued.

05:18All right.

05:19>> And then um

05:19>> Sorry. Uh just clarification. Um is the

05:22board comfortable we can continue that

05:25uh that hearing until the next meeting?

05:28>> Yes.

05:28>> October

05:29>> 5th.

05:30>> Okay. So, we will

05:31We'll get notification to the petitioner

05:35for that. If the board is still on that

05:37Thank you.

05:39>> Um did you have that Maven report? It's

05:41in the member information listing.

05:42>> Yes. Yep.

05:43We have a few reports here.

06:16>> [clears throat]

06:26>> At this time I would entertain a motion

06:28to discuss the a strategy with respect

06:30to litigation if an open meeting may

06:33have a detrimental effect to the

06:34litigating position of the public body

06:37and the chair so declares in accordance

06:40with Mass General Law

06:42chapter 3A section 21A and 3 in style

06:47Galaxy newsstand.

06:49And then after this executive session we

06:52will not be meeting back to adjourn. Is

06:54there a

06:56>> Does the chair declare that

06:57>> I I do declare. I I do yeah I do so

07:00declare. Yeah.

07:03There a second?

07:04>> I swear

07:05I'll make that motion.

07:07>> I make a

07:08motion we move into executive session

07:10and adjourn from there.

07:13>> Okay.

07:13>> I second the motion.

07:15>> All those in favor All those in favor

07:16signify by saying I. Carolyn Griffin.

07:18>> I.

07:18>> Harry Westerman.

07:19>> I.

07:20>> And Eric I. We'll move into executive

07:22session. Thank you.

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