2026-10-05 - Board of Health

00:05Uh the open meeting of the uh good

00:07evening. This is the open meeting of the

00:08town of Auburn board of health. It was

00:10being operated by a hybrid format under

00:12chapter 22 of the acts of 2022.

00:15The public can join the meeting remotely

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00:38conference room 1. All supporting

00:41materials that have been provided to the

00:43members of this body are available on

00:44the town's website. The public is

00:46encouraged to follow along using the

00:48posted agenda. As a preliminary matter,

00:50my name is Eric Utson, chairman of the

00:51board of health. Permit me to confirm

00:53that all members and persons anticipated

00:54on the agenda participating remotely are

00:57present and can hear me. Members, when I

01:00call your name, please respond respond

01:01in the affirmative. Carolyn Griffin.

01:04>> Hi.

01:04>> Carol Werman,

01:05>> here.

01:06>> Town officials and employees

01:07participating, when I call your name,

01:08please respond in the affirmative.

01:10Darlene Coyle,

01:15>> are you here? Uh, Jordan Brusso

01:18>> here.

01:18>> Tim Pratt

01:19>> here.

01:19>> Roxanna Kennedy

01:20>> here. Uh please note that each vote

01:23taken in this meeting will be will be

01:25conducted by a roll call vote. Um this

01:28meeting is also being recorded by Auburn

01:30cable television and uh if there are any

01:35um participants

01:38um remotely can you please state your

01:40name?

01:45I have someone on my screen here. It's a

01:47Jod Benti.

01:49>> Sorry. Hello, Jody Benti. Tobacco

01:52Control Alliance.

01:55>> Okay. You're from the Oh, Tobacco

01:57Control Alliance. Okay. Thank you very

01:58much. Okay. All right. So, we will call

02:02the meeting to order. Allow me just to

02:04get my

02:06papers in hand.

02:17This is the September 30th. There's

02:20tags. I guess we're on it.

02:23It is.

02:29All right. So, u approval of minutes is

02:33the first order of business. Do we have

02:35any of those?

02:36>> We'll hold on.

02:36>> Hold on. Okay. Um so we will uh we'll

02:39remove that um agenda item for the uh

02:42May 26 511 and 61 uh agenda items. Uh

02:46the first one will be a 6:00 tobacco

02:48control hearing for the fourth violation

02:50for InStyle Galaxy 385 Southport Street.

02:54Um owner's request to renew permit

02:56revocation hearing. Uh this was the

02:58hearing that was continued on uh since

03:01July 22nd, 2006. Uh, so I would

03:05entertain a motion to open the hearing.

03:08>> So moved to open.

03:10>> All right. To

03:10>> open the hearing.

03:11>> Is there a second?

03:12>> Second.

03:13>> And all those in favor signify by saying

03:16I. Carolyn Griffin. I

03:17>> Carol Westerman.

03:18>> Eric Art. I. The hearing is now open.

03:22Uh, any folks that are uh present

03:26um who are going to be taking part in

03:27the in the hearing, if you could come up

03:28to the microphone and state your name,

03:30please.

03:33This is Nicholas Furello in Hesh

03:36Harjani. I go by Arri Harjani

03:38>> for Galaxy News stand and

03:40>> Okay.

03:44>> Hold on one sec. Thank you for

03:45introducing yourselves. Um so this is in

03:49response to a continuation of the

03:51hearing and I think there was um uh some

03:56back and forth as you in terms of uh

03:58continuing the hearing and that type of

04:00thing. So, if um I believe Miss Brusso

04:03is able to give us a

04:05>> She just stepped out from she'll be

04:07right there.

04:07>> Okay. So, we'll um we'll hold on this

04:10for a second, gentlemen, just so I can

04:11I'm going to have someone from the town

04:13just bring us up to date on where

04:14everything is and then we'll have you um

04:17respond to that in regards to this

04:18hearing.

04:27All

04:40right. So, Miss Brusso, um I don't I

04:44don't believe you here, but Mr. Hani is

04:45here and and sir, you you with him you

04:47are relationship to the business or you

04:50are his

04:50>> uh Yes. uh with assignment of claims

04:53involved in the overall InStyle brands

04:56and in addition answering uh with

04:59acceptance of the town's ability through

05:01multiple communications

05:03uh that Harry Hujani could bring anyone

05:05he wanted to help him uh address the

05:08issues that were in front of this uh

05:10commission in multiple communications

05:12from the commission to Harry Hujani.

05:14Okay.

05:15>> Does that mean you're his attorney? No,

05:17I'm just act acting as a business

05:19associate of his a little bit more

05:21familiar with uh the

05:23>> uh situation in front of the town.

05:25>> Okay. Thank you.

05:29>> Um so Mr. Brusso, that was the

05:31introduction. I just wanted to um have

05:33you you were there on the day um for for

05:37this violation. So I wanted to have if

05:38you can provide us with a update and uh

05:41and a synopsis on everything if you

05:43could.

05:43>> Yes, absolutely. Um, so I accompanied

05:47Jodi uh Bri Briganti uh for a permit

05:52suspension site visit on June 12th. Uh

05:56this was a permit suspension start date

06:00that was determined by the board during

06:02the June 1st board of health hearing for

06:06InStyle Galaxy. Um, so when we were

06:08there, we uh our intent for going there

06:11was to verify compliance of the permit

06:14suspension. Um, it was a 7-day

06:16suspension starting on the 12th. Um, and

06:20when we got there, we observed that

06:22there were tobacco products um

06:26underneath the front counter where the

06:29register is located um that were uh

06:35banned flavored products that should not

06:36have been for sale or available. Uh

06:39there was also tobacco and nicotine

06:41pouches available underneath the

06:43cigarette dispensing machine behind the

06:45front counter. Uh they were boxed up

06:48flavored products in the back storage

06:50room and they were also flavored

06:53products avail um still located in the

06:57humidor of the um the retail store. Uh

07:01so we worked with the clerk at the store

07:06to um package up the remaining items and

07:10uh ensure that the store was in

07:12compliance of the permit suspension. uh

07:15he was um cooperative. He was uh

07:20agreeing to remove items to cover up

07:22items as needed and uh we were able to

07:26um leave that inspection with the intent

07:30that the store was going to be um

07:32complying with the remainder of the

07:34tobacco uh permit suspension. Um,

07:38however, there were flavored products um

07:41that were located in the store um

07:45during that site visit.

07:50>> Thank you.

07:51>> Um, gentlemen, you you've you've heard

07:53the the synopsis of where we are and I

07:56do want to know that I I that there has

07:58been a I know a lot of back and forth

07:59for this. We're concerning oursel this

08:01evening with this fourth violation only.

08:04>> That's what I was going to mention.

08:06>> Okay. So that's I need to keep you

08:09>> just by

08:11>> I I can't remember your name, ma'am.

08:13>> Jordan

08:14>> Jordan was uh going back to uh the

08:18original uh I guess violation in early

08:20June. We are here appearing because of

08:23notice by you to finally get heard on I

08:27guess which is the fourth violation.

08:29Correct. But we have requested from the

08:31town since this this alleged June early

08:34June violation a uh rehearing an omnibus

08:38rehearing of all the violations. Um I'm

08:42sure the town and everyone on the board

08:44and is this town council can

08:46>> this is yes

08:48>> I'm actually for this matter

08:50>> and this gentleman

08:52Steve Chap

08:53>> for

08:54>> he's not involved in this matter.

08:56>> Barbara you an attorney sir. So sir,

08:58excuse me. You're going to you're going

09:01to speak through me. So as a Robin, so

09:03stop.

09:05>> You will address any members up here

09:08through myself as the chair.

09:10>> Okay? That's how that's how these

09:12hearings work. You will speak through me

09:15and then they will answer your question.

09:17Okay?

09:18The reason why and I'll answer your

09:21question. The reason why Miss Brusso

09:24offered that synopsis is because I asked

09:27her to. This has been going on since

09:29June. There's been meetings that have

09:32taken place. There's multiple hearings.

09:34I'm sure the board members as well as

09:37myself wanted a review on exactly what

09:40has transpired up until now. That's why

09:42I asked her to do that.

09:46You may continue.

09:47>> Thank you. Um so being brought here on

09:51uh a notice of the fourth violation I

09:53request uh the town has been served with

09:56our request for an omnibus rehearing

09:58dating back to the June hearing and in

10:01combination with the hearing today uh

10:05that we've now asked for a continuence

10:07that you've been served our mo our

10:09request for continuence which I saw you

10:11walk in with and you had in your hand.

10:13Have you had a chance to review this?

10:16>> I

10:18There's I have the agenda in front of me

10:20and then all previous

10:22>> Have you had a chance to review which

10:24was handed I think to Councilman

10:25Westerman and via email our request for

10:28a continuence of tonight's hearing? Yes

10:30or no?

10:31>> No, I have not received When was it

10:33sent? Hold on. Hold on.

10:36>> When was it sent?

10:37>> Uh it was sent today and it was handed

10:39in in hand to you guys at prior to the

10:41hearing. Sir,

10:42>> what time was it sent today?

10:43>> Uh 4:50.

10:45>> Okay. Then no, I would I I would not

10:47have that and I don't believe that it

10:48would have been

10:49>> It was also in hand delivered to you

10:51prior to the start of the hearing. If

10:52you'd like some time to review it, I

10:53suggest the town does. We're asking for

10:55a continuence. And if the town decides

10:57that they do not want to grant the

10:59continuence after review of this, they

11:02should put on the record why they won't

11:03grant the continuence. because we're

11:05asking for a continuence based upon our

11:07communications with district attorney

11:08Joseph Early's office and the request

11:10for an investigation into the public

11:12corruption and targeting of the InStyle

11:14Galaxy news stand and a consorted effort

11:17by the uh tobacco control commission the

11:19town of Auburn its attorneys and their

11:22attempts to shutter a business that's

11:25been at the Auburn mall for over 20

11:26years.

11:27>> So I'm going to remind you again the

11:30purpose of this is for this fourth

11:32violation hearing. Okay, you sent

11:35something later today. I have not had

11:37time to review that. All of those

11:40previous hearings are over and done

11:42with. Um, we're not going to go back to

11:44those. They've they've already been been

11:47served. Um, I believe they have been um

11:50I believe have those fines been paid?

11:52>> No, sir.

11:53>> They have not been paid. Um, and you

11:56know, we're not going to go back now and

11:59and and and revisit those meetings.

12:01Tonight, this hearing is specifically

12:03for the first fourth violation. In

12:06response to the fourth violation,

12:10how what do you have to say? Before

12:12we're going to answer that, we'd like

12:13the town's position on a request for a

12:16continuence based upon my earlier uh in

12:19information and serving upon the town of

12:22our communications with the district

12:23attorney's office about a public

12:26corruption civil rights investigation

12:27into the town of Auburn. As I detailed

12:29earlier, are you going to grant us a

12:31continuence? Yes or no?

12:34>> Board members, do you have any

12:35questions, concerns regarding that?

12:37Sure, please.

12:38>> I Three copies were handed to me right

12:42before this meeting even happened. So,

12:45>> yeah, I don't know how we would be able

12:46to correct. Exactly. I agree.

12:48>> And I don't have a copy. I don't believe

12:53>> so. I don't I don't believe, you know, I

12:55don't I don't believe I mean, is anyone

12:56in in wanting to review this? Are we

12:59ready to move forward? Um,

13:03you know, I I don't really know how to

13:06the legal. Yeah, please.

13:10>> Um, so this is not the first

13:12correspondence you've sent requesting a

13:14continuence. The board is not granting a

13:16continuence. Um, you're here for the

13:19fourth violation

13:21and we're here to hear you on that.

13:23Regarding this public corruption

13:26investigation, we've received no

13:27information regarding investigation.

13:29There is nothing open to our knowledge,

13:31but that is completely and wholly

13:33separate from this from this hearing on

13:35your fourth violation. are are you uh

13:37accepting service for the town because

13:39we served you as well for the

13:41continuence and the town still has not

13:44uh accepted or acknowledged the service

13:46of the town. I I believe I walked in

13:49when uh well you walked in and you had

13:52it in your hand and Miss Westerman left

13:55with what we served upon her and came

13:58back in. So it's service I would say.

14:00>> Sir, we have the document. There will be

14:02no continuence. And what is the basis

14:04for not granting us a continuence?

14:06Ma'am,

14:06>> there's no legal requirement that we do.

14:08So,

14:08>> uh, we're requesting it.

14:10>> Yes.

14:11>> What is the basis for the denial? Ma'am,

14:14>> we have civil rights that are that are

14:15at hand and we we asking for a

14:17continuence based upon

14:19>> this has been asked and answered.

14:20>> Please move on.

14:23>> So, um, chair, are you now going to

14:26allow the town council to handle the

14:28rest of this hearing? Yes or no?

14:30>> So, no, but know this. She is speaking

14:34with under our guise as well and she

14:37does represent us

14:38>> for notice.

14:39>> So again, we're not going to get into

14:42any legal ease. This is a public

14:43hearing, sir.

14:44>> Do not interrupt me.

14:46>> Your recourse for all of this is to go

14:49to the courts.

14:50>> Okay,

14:50>> we're very we're very well aware of

14:52that. But you've been brought here.

14:53>> That is your recourse. You've been

14:54brought here for

14:55>> If you don't like what is transpiring

14:58here, your recourse is the courts.

15:02That's what it is. We're not going to

15:04sit here and debate

15:07>> whatever it is that you've sent. I'm not

15:09We're not going to get into that, sir.

15:11I've talked I've talked to you multiple

15:13times already for this.

15:14>> You've never spoken to me.

15:15>> Okay. This evening, I have talked to

15:17you. Okay. And we're not going to get

15:18into this back and forth. Does your Do

15:20you or the person that you are with have

15:22any response to the fourth violation?

15:25>> Yes.

15:26>> What is that?

15:26>> Wait, wait a minute.

15:28You just allowed uh Jod to speak and

15:32we'd like to uh address her as she's

15:34provided testimony and we'd like to ask

15:36her questions on the record.

15:37>> You're not going to ask her questions on

15:38the record through me. What is your

15:40response to the July 4th for for this

15:42hearing specifically? You heard from two

15:45issues. Stop. You heard from Brusso.

15:48What is your response violation

15:50>> about the fourth violation? What is your

15:52response to that?

15:53>> I think you're confused, sir.

15:55>> I'm not. This is the fourth violation

15:57that you're now referencing took place

15:59back in June.

16:03Are you familiar with with the history

16:04and the track of this case?

16:05>> If I may,

16:06>> please.

16:07>> Miss Brusso gave a background as to why

16:09they were there for the fourth violation

16:10inspection.

16:11>> That wasn't a fourth violation.

16:13>> The second the first, second, or third

16:15violations. We're here for the fourth

16:16violation only. And this is the last

16:18time I'm going to remind you of that.

16:19>> Right. Exactly.

16:21So the town must not be aware there was

16:23four violations that have been levied by

16:26the town. The reference violation that

16:30Jody is speaking of that you've asked

16:32her to address is from the second

16:34violation. Since then there have been

16:37multiple new violations.

16:40>> Thank you for stating that.

16:41>> Okay. So she gave testimony that is in

16:44reference to the second violation, not

16:47the third or fourth. We've requested

16:50this hearing under an omnibus request

16:54based upon the town's utter confusion

16:56and the lost email that we requested

17:00so that it would preempt her showing up

17:03with the tobacco commission and issuing

17:06I guess the second violation when the

17:09town's already admitted clearly on the

17:11record they were well aware of an email

17:14that was requesting an appeal and a stay

17:17of their raid on the establishment. That

17:20was a day early.

17:23And then the second, third, and now

17:26fourth violation that came after that in

17:28rapid fire concess concession

17:31concession, excuse me. Uh, council, I

17:34can't see the chair. And there's a

17:36microphone that I want to be heard.

17:37Could you move your head, please, sir,

17:39or slide over a little bit?

17:41>> I I I can't see him. Actually, if you if

17:44you want that open up a little bit,

17:46that's fine.

17:48So, in reference to the fourth

17:50violation, we've requested for a

17:52continuence already on the record.

17:55There's testimony from Jod and I believe

18:00we have an absolute right to ask

18:02questions, I guess, through you of her

18:06testimony.

18:08Is that fair to say? Well, that's what

18:10I've been asking you to do is to ask

18:13questions about what she had said

18:14regarding the fourth um the violation

18:17and I and and you keep so if you can

18:20here's a question for you please.

18:22>> You have stated again it's a fourth

18:24violation that she provided testimony

18:26but clearly we all know it's the second

18:27violation. Correct?

18:30>> No.

18:31>> Are you confused?

18:33>> No, I'm not confused sir. How is this

18:36second violation that rendered the

18:40suspension now morphed into the fourth

18:43violation that came much later after the

18:46original closing of the establishment?

18:49>> To your point, sir, you had said after

18:51the second violation that there were

18:53multiple other violations, just a few

18:56just a few minutes ago. Okay. There we

18:58we're not in any dispute that this is

19:00now the fourth violation.

19:02>> What is the fourth violation, sir?

19:04Fourth violation is uh actually Miss

19:06PGanti, are you are you able to hear

19:08this?

19:12She's joining us remotely. She's the one

19:13who was actually there that day.

19:16>> Hello.

19:17>> Bring us up. So the the fourth

19:18violation, can you can you um provide

19:20clarity to the gentleman who I'm sorry.

19:22So what I need to write down your name.

19:23What is your name again?

19:24>> Nicholas Furello.

19:26>> Furello.

19:26>> F as in Frank. I O R I L L O. And I'm

19:31not an attorney.

19:32>> Okay. All right. So, Miss Briganti, can

19:35you explain what the fourth violation

19:37is, please?

19:38>> So, on June 12th, there was a permit

19:41suspension uh check with myself, Jordan,

19:45and Tim Pratt

19:48um at InStyle for their for the permit

19:51suspension. And um as Jordan stated,

19:55there were products in the service area,

19:57products underneath the counter and

19:59underneath the cigarette case. There was

20:02um uh cigars under the counter, some

20:05nicotine pouches, and some cigarettes

20:08that were underneath the case. In the

20:10back uh storage area, there were some

20:13boxes and also some uh flavored products

20:18that were in a bag and the humidor was

20:21not covered. um in assisting the clerk

20:24with covering uh the humidor.

20:28Uh we discovered that there were

20:30flavored products in there as well. Um

20:32the clerk was cooperative and we did um

20:38make sure that the when we left that the

20:40store was in compliance for their permit

20:43suspension, but there were products

20:46in the service area. Um, and there were

20:49flavored products in the back storage

20:51room and in the humidor.

20:54>> Okay.

20:56>> What is your response to that?

21:00>> Sorry. Um, the the response to

21:03>> what the tobacco control commission had

21:05just

21:06>> Jod Banti.

21:07>> Yes. Is Jod the woman that was in front

21:10of the town at the other hearings?

21:13>> Last couple hearings.

21:14>> The last couple hearings

21:15>> she was. Why isn't she here in person?

21:18>> I'm not going to go into that with you.

21:20She she that's that's her she has the

21:22right to be here remote if she wanted to

21:24be in. She exercising that right.

21:26>> Okay. Um as anybody does.

21:29>> Yes. So uh

21:31>> may I say something please?

21:32>> Yes. Miss Beganti, you may proceed.

21:35>> Um so there's also our director Joan

21:38Hamlet. Um I was in the seated portion

21:41of uh your meeting and Joan Hamlet, our

21:44director, was the person who was sitting

21:46at the desk um in front of the micro

21:49microphone.

21:51>> Okay. Did Did the alcohol I I guess

21:54excuse not alcohol. Did the tobacco

21:56commission receive our email for a

22:00appeal and continuence that would have

22:02preempted your raid on June 12th of the

22:06Galaxy News stand?

22:08So that I I am not the director. Um I am

22:11an inspector with the Tobacco Control

22:13Alliance. So, um I've been,

22:17you know,

22:18>> are you familiar with the dispute around

22:20the town admitting that they actually

22:22had our notice of appeal

22:25uh of the citation that would have

22:28preempted the raid on June 12th of the

22:31Galaxy News stand and in doing so would

22:34have stopped the uh suspension.

22:40So, in in response to that, Miss

22:42Bgantthy, I'm going to have um our legal

22:43counsel speak to that as she did review

22:46um the a timeline as well and did

22:48provide us with something. So,

22:50>> yeah, we're not here to relitigate the

22:52first, second, or third violations,

22:54okay? We're here to talk about the

22:56fourth violation. Regardless of whether

22:58or not you believe the agents had the

22:59right to be there, tobacco control

23:02agents always have the right to perform

23:03an inspection. So the question before

23:05you is whether or not flavored uh

23:08flavored tobacco products were for sale.

23:11You have you have been found to be

23:13selling them when agents were lawfully

23:14present?

23:15>> Again have an explanation as why that

23:16could be the case. Do you have any

23:18explanation as to is is there any

23:22plausible argument that you have as to

23:25why those were there when they were

23:27there that day? So, as far as the

23:29flavored tobacco issues, the town has

23:32yet to provide any evidence or discovery

23:35based upon our requested review of such

23:38materials that have never been given to

23:40us because we believe that the actual

23:44violation that referenced bringing the

23:4712 to get the violation, which I guess

23:50would be the first violation, was

23:52actually a deep fake where the tobacco

23:55commission was never on the premises.

23:57never walked into Galaxy News stand and

24:00performed such an investigation. And the

24:03picture that has been presented by the

24:06town and the tobacco commission is not

24:08from a picture taken at Galaxy News

24:11stand. We've requested multiple times to

24:14the town for discovery and the metadata

24:17involving the evidence which we have yet

24:19to receive about the flavored tobacco

24:23and whether or not an agent was actually

24:26dispersed to the facility andor a youth

24:30agent which has never been disclosed to

24:32us. And we can test the evidence

24:34presented by the town, the testimony

24:37presented by the tobacco commission and

24:39its investigators and the actual

24:42pictures of the flavored tobacco as

24:44being fakes that were manufactured in an

24:48in effort to strip the Galaxy News

24:51stands of its tobacco license. Not

24:53unlike the Massachusetts Lottery

24:56Commission, orchestrated an identical

24:58type of uh effort to strip the lottery

25:02license away from Galaxy News Stand in a

25:04conspiracy of public corruption

25:06targeting an immigrant business owner uh

25:09of the Galaxy News stand, which the town

25:11is extremely well aware of our position.

25:15So just so that and I want to recap what

25:18you would just say. Your response

25:20to this is that an agent for the tobacco

25:25commission was never there.

25:27>> The agent of the tobacco commission.

25:31>> That is not a yes or no answer.

25:33the agent of the tobacco commission. And

25:35I want to be clear with with the town

25:38that triggered the I guess violation and

25:42raid that then ensued on the 12th Elbert

25:45a day early was in fact a deep fake

25:50where the picture that was provided at

25:52the first early June hearing was in fact

25:55a deep fake. not taken of a product at

25:58Galaxy News stand, but produced by an

26:03unverified non-medated confirmation of

26:07fabricated evidence.

26:09>> So, you're claiming that the photos

26:11taken were fake and not of Galaxy,

26:13>> the photo of the tobacco flavored uh

26:16product that the council, town council

26:19makes reference to.

26:20>> Correct. Yep.

26:21>> That we have requested multiple times.

26:23It is our opinion and we're alleging is

26:26not or was not taken at the facility

26:30during the time that the commission said

26:33it had taken it and the picture that was

26:37done I guess outside the mall during the

26:41same type of pre I guess the initial

26:44investigation was in fact a targeted

26:47raid not like the town tried to explain

26:51away a violation from one-stop um

26:54convenience down the street was actually

26:56just a ruse to pinpoint and target

27:00Galaxy News Stand and Harry Hesh

27:02Hajjani's business in an effort to strip

27:05away a very valuable tobacco license so

27:08he could not be able to be profitable in

27:11the operation of his teny at the Aubber

27:14mall which he has been there for over 20

27:16years.

27:20again I um so your plausible argument is

27:23that the pictures are not accurate

27:27>> specifically the flavored tobacco

27:30>> so the flavored tobacco pictures are not

27:32accurate that is your response to um

27:37that those are not yours that are not

27:39Mr. Hijanis

27:41>> those are not Mr. the hijanis. Those

27:43pictures were not taken in his store.

27:44Thereby

27:44>> that's that's our contention and belief

27:46based upon our review of the limited uh

27:49evidence. We've asked for metadata to

27:51further confirm that. In addition, the

27:54commission, the town, cuz we seem to be

27:56talking about the 12th, which is from

27:58the second violation, not the fourth as

28:00of yet. Um was a early raid because the

28:04the suspension el

28:07shouldn't have. Ma'am, I can't see the

28:10commissioner. Would you mind backing up

28:12a little bit? I'm talking to

28:15backs of people's heads. I think it's uh

28:17and and the actual raid on the 12th was

28:21in fact uh premature because the town's

28:24already admitted crystal clear on the

28:26record.

28:26>> You keep going. I'm going to stop you

28:28right there, sir. I'm stopping.

28:29>> What's the basis for you stopping me,

28:31sir? Be

28:32>> because you keep rambling on about

28:34something.

28:34>> This is rambling on, sir.

28:36>> It It was violation of civil rights.

28:38Pretty soon I'm going to rule you out of

28:40order and ask you to be

28:41>> How am I out of order? Please be

28:42specific. What is the specific

28:43>> out of order? Out of the building,

28:45>> says who?

28:46>> The chair. Out of the building. You're

28:47done.

28:48>> You're not a lawful employee.

28:49>> I don't care. In in this building, in

28:51this chair, in in this room, I am the

28:53chair. I'm ruling you out of order. I'm

28:55asking. We stand on our continuence

28:57motion and you've gotten service of it.

29:00Thank you very much.

29:00>> Which has been denied. Mr. Ajani, you're

29:02more than welcome to stay if you'd like.

29:04>> Okay. Thank you.

29:08And for the record, you deny the motion

29:10continuous. Correct.

29:12>> Yes or no?

29:12>> Correct.

29:13>> Thank you.

29:17>> Right. Board members, any response

29:21in regards to um their their reply or

29:24the the towns at all?

29:26I've been just wanted to say that I've

29:28been doing this for more than 10 years

29:30and

29:32he is one of many immigrant owners and

29:37never

29:38have um there's been anything that I've

29:41ever witnessed. And uh

29:45I'm just a little um insulted and

29:48appalled to be accused of even being

29:51part of something like that to be quite

29:53honest. Okay. Thank you, Miss Westerman.

29:58>> If you had anything

30:03right now.

30:04>> Okay. Um, the hearing is still open. Um,

30:08in just Mr. Ajani in the in the in the

30:11the gentleman that that he was with,

30:12specifically Mr. Fiorella, was ruled out

30:14of order. Um, and had, am I right had no

30:18legal basis to be here. Correct, Mr.

30:20Fierella? He was certainly welcome to

30:22provide public comment, but he was not a

30:23lawful representative of Mr. Hajjani.

30:25>> Thank you. Um with the the hearing still

30:28open um

30:31and having given them multiple

30:35chances to explain and give uh testimony

30:38in regards to um you know to to against

30:42what the tobacco commission had said.

30:45Um,

30:46I I think I'm

30:49ready to to move with I would entertain

30:52a motion um to find InStyle Galaxy new

30:56stand responsible for the June 12th,

30:582026 violation of the tobacco control

31:01laws based upon the sale of flavored

31:03tobacco products um with the

31:06constituents of InStyle New Stand Galaxy

31:084th violation in a 36-month period and

31:11further to uphold the assessment of the

31:14association

31:15$5,000 fine and a 30day suspension.

31:20Is there Yeah.

31:22>> So motion?

31:23>> Well, I just they can move it.

31:26>> Um I support so moved.

31:29>> So So moved. So there's been a motion

31:32and is there a second?

31:35>> All those in favor signify by saying I.

31:38Carolyn Griffin. I

31:39>> Eric Otter I. Carol Westman.

31:42>> Motion passes.

31:44All right. Um, we will now entertain a

31:48motion to close that hearing.

31:52Uh, is there a motion?

31:53>> Make a motion to close the hearing.

31:55>> Right.

31:55>> And is there a second?

31:57>> And all those in favor signify by

32:00closing the hearing. Say I. Uh. Cara

32:02Westerman.

32:03>> Hi.

32:03>> Carolyn Griffin. Hi.

32:04>> Ericson. I. Hearing is closed. Right.

32:08>> Thank you very much.

32:10Take

32:12>> I'm sorry.

32:14if you would like to. I don't care. It's

32:16up to you guys.

32:18>> Sure. Absolutely. Um, there's been a

32:20request for recess. We'll take a short

32:21recess if that's okay.

32:23>> Thank you.

36:05Is there a motion

36:06>> to

36:08>> and a Second.

36:09>> Second.

36:10>> All those in favor signify by saying I.

36:12Carolyn Griffin.

36:13>> I.

36:13>> Carol Westerman. Eric Otter. I

36:17>> Okay, thank you.

36:19Uh, so next on the agenda, we have a

36:216:15 um hearing for two a dog hearing

36:24for 223 Hampton Street. Um, the purpose

36:29of this hearing is for the board to hear

36:31evidence concerning Raja owned by a

36:33Sarah McElroy, 223 Hampton Street,

36:35Auburn, for a requested nuisance and

36:37dangerous dog hearing, and to make a

36:39determination as to what action to take,

36:41if any, regarding the dog or dogs

36:44involved. This hearing is in accordance

36:45with Mass General law chapter 140

36:47chapter section 157 um of the town

36:51bylaws 12

36:53uh or decimal 12 K9 care.

36:57The board will hear hear from

36:58representatives of the town that were uh

37:00that have been involved in investigating

37:02this matter. The board will then hear

37:04from any residents of the town or other

37:06witnesses involved if any. The board

37:09will uh then give the dog owner the

37:11opportunity to speak if he or she so

37:14chooses. The board will then continue or

37:17close the hearing and make a decision as

37:18to what should be done in this case and

37:21will issue issue the uh order um

37:24accordingly.

37:26Um and I believe I don't see Miss Corbal

37:30here is

37:31>> yes. Um so um the animal control officer

37:35unfortunately is not able to be present

37:36tonight due to an emergency.

37:38>> Um okay

37:39>> so um what I would offer to the board um

37:43the information that was provided in

37:45your packets uh did come from the animal

37:47control officer Miss Corbo I can confirm

37:50that um I have spoken with her have a

37:54general understanding of um this but

37:57this hearing was requested by u Mr.

38:01Auroro, I hope I'm saying that right.

38:03Um, so Mr. Auroro asked for the hearing

38:08um request. So it would be um for him to

38:12explain why he wanted that.

38:14>> Okay. And and the town would just the

38:17only thing we can offer is the the

38:18timeline of events um that we have

38:21received in our packets this evening.

38:23>> That's correct. And we do um uh both

38:26myself and the animal control officer uh

38:28Miss Corbo, we have been in um uh

38:31communication with town council and we

38:33do have attorney chapen uh present.

38:36>> Okay. Thank you.

38:39Um

38:41my mic seems to be very high if that's I

38:43don't know if that's there's a is that

38:45better. Um okay.

38:48Um, so that I can't. So the next thing

38:51would be to to place um folks under

38:53oath. The investigating official I'm

38:55unable to do that.

38:57>> Um, I think you can um uh place the

39:00parties uh so it could be the uh person

39:03that is requesting the hearing um as

39:06well as the owner of the dog.

39:08>> Okay.

39:09>> Um and any witnesses um if they were

39:12here.

39:12>> Okay.

39:13>> I'm sorry.

39:14>> Should I open? Oh, I I

39:18>> um All right.

39:20>> I'm happy to move that one.

39:22>> Okay. And um so do we have um

39:27Mr. Aoy? Is it a Royo? I'm sorry.

39:30>> Yes, sir.

39:31>> Could you say your name for me?

39:32>> Aoyo.

39:33>> Aoyo. Okay. And you're you requested

39:35this hearing. Can you please come up,

39:36please?

39:37>> I can.

39:38>> And is there a uh the resident of 223

39:43Hampton Street? Are you present? I am.

39:45Okay. Actually, just for now, Mr. Roy,

39:47you're going to stand over here. 223.

39:49Uh, Miss is it Melroy?

39:51>> MCroy. Thank you. Um, you can be there.

39:54And is are there any other parties that

39:56are going to offer testimony in regards

39:58to this?

39:59>> These are all my witnesses.

40:00>> Okay.

40:01>> That day

40:02>> that I'm sorry that were

40:04>> that were present the day of this and

40:06that he was the one who claimed to be

40:08present, but he was not there. But in

40:11the notice that we received his name was

40:15notated in it but he was not there.

40:17>> Okay. So just who was going to be

40:18providing um testimony? Yourself. Is

40:22anyone else going to be providing

40:24testimony? You will need to come up. I'm

40:26sorry that the children I don't believe

40:27are allowed to give testimony. I don't

40:30>> public I mean it is their dog. I mean

40:33>> I mean Mr.

40:36>> That's not her dog. I mean that's not

40:38her dog. I won't this please.

40:41>> Okay, folks. Listen. I'm going to stop

40:44this right now.

40:46>> You will respond through me. Okay, you

40:49just saw this in the last hearing. Okay,

40:51we are not going to get emotional about

40:53this. We're not going to speak out of

40:56turn. You are going to speak through me

40:59as the chair. There will be no raising

41:02of any voices and we'll just answer the

41:05questions and we'll get through the

41:06hearing. Do any of you have any problems

41:09with that before we even start? Cuz if

41:13you do, please let us know. We'll

41:15continue it and bring you back when you

41:18think you can.

41:20So, the record will show that everyone

41:22is in agreement to proceed as adults in

41:26a cordial forum.

41:28>> Correct?

41:29>> Yes, sir.

41:31>> Okay.

41:33So, anyone offering testimony, I'm going

41:35to start with yourself and the owner.

41:38All right? So, come up here. Please

41:39raise your right hand. You don't have to

41:42come up to me. You can stand down there.

41:44Um, do you solemnly swear to tell the

41:47truth, the whole truth, and nothing but

41:48the truth. So, help you God.

41:50>> Yes, I do.

41:51>> Okay. Thank you. You've both been sworn

41:52in. Um, others who are offering

41:56testimony, may you please come forward.

42:02Raise your right hands. I'll wait till

42:03you all come up forward.

42:08Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth,

42:10the whole truth, and nothing but the

42:11truth? So help your guide in regards to

42:13this dog hearing.

42:15>> All have acknowledged that. Thank you.

42:17You may be seated.

42:19All right. The hearing is open. Um we

42:23will um Mr. Aoyo, we'll have you come

42:26up. You had requested the um the

42:29hearing. So, we will hear um hear your

42:32your grounds for requesting u this

42:34hearing.

42:36>> Hello, my name is Jorge Royale. I'm here

42:39because on June 20th, 2026, I went to a

42:44family distant family cookout with with

42:47my two-month old daughter and my small

42:49dog, Winky. At the time of the incident,

42:51Winky was approximately 5 months old and

42:53weigh approximately 13.5 lbs, 6.13 kg.

42:57She was a young and relatively small

42:59puppy. Many children were also present,

43:01including my two-month old daughter.

43:03There was food present because this was

43:04a cookout during the gathering. The food

43:06was dropped onto the floor. This detail

43:08is important because the the food

43:10involved in the incident was not food

43:12that had been placed down as the other

43:14dog's own meal. The dog was not eating

43:16its own food, rather food from a cookout

43:17that had fallen on the floor. What

43:20happened before the attack? Immediately

43:21before the incident, food has been

43:22dropped onto the floor. The other dog

43:25was in the area of the food on the

43:27floor. I want to be cleared that the

43:29situation was not the other dog eating

43:30its own food or being fed its own meal.

43:32The food was involved to be dropped on

43:33the floor during the cookout. Winky was

43:35nearby. My dog Winky was not

43:37intentionally going after the other

43:39dog's food because this was not a

43:40situation where the other dog was

43:41actively eating its own food from a

43:43bowl. Um, I'm sorry. Can I just pause

43:44for a second? I do have a copy of this

43:47that I made for you. Can I give it to

43:48you? What what is the

43:50>> it's just a timeline of events up up to

43:52the point of the attack and after and

43:55all the vent treatments and everything

43:56like that

43:57>> is it in addition so I will tell you

43:59what we have hold on

44:00>> we have police reports

44:03>> we have a timeline by the um the dog uh

44:07the dog officer we have the

44:08investigative reports we have the

44:10summary I have medical bills I have your

44:15email which is a few pages long So I

44:18have all of this. So anything that you

44:20have already submitted is it in addition

44:23to that?

44:24>> Um no, but this is just a bit of a

44:27timeline from my understanding that

44:29supports everything that I have given

44:31you

44:32>> and all my vet bills and everything

44:34else.

44:34>> Yeah. So I believe we have the vet

44:36bills. We have we have all of that

44:37stuff. If you if you want if you have

44:39three copies and you want to present

44:40them to the board, I have no problem

44:41taking them. Uh under here,

44:43>> I have this one right here.

44:45I know you have copies. I'm sorry. This

44:47is also going to be my closing

44:50statement.

44:52And these are the vet bills and x-rays

44:57of the dog.

44:58>> Okay. Okay. Thank you. So, while I'm

45:00running the hearing, if you guys wanted

45:01to go through that at all, you can

45:02please feel free. But I'm just want to

45:04Okay, you may continue.

45:05>> Thank you so much. I believe I was at

45:11All right. So, this these circumstances

45:13are important of the secret offense.

45:14Food had been dropped on the floor. The

45:16other dog was not eating its own food at

45:17the time. This was not a situation where

45:19Winky was approached by another dog that

45:21was calmly eaten from its own bowl and

45:22attempt to take the dog's meal. Instead,

45:24food from the cookout had fallen on the

45:25floor and the dog were the dogs were in

45:28the vicinity of that food. Winky made a

45:29sudden movement and then the other dog

45:31attacked her. I therefore do not want

45:33the incident characterized as Winky

45:35attempting to steal another dog's food

45:36or initially interfering with another

45:38dog that was eating its own meal. This

45:40is what not this is not what I observed

45:42at the beginning of the attack. After

45:44Winky made a sudden movement, the dog

45:46the other dog suddenly went after her.

45:48The attack happened extremely quickly.

45:49The other dog grabbed Winky around the

45:51head and upper body area because Wink

45:53because Winky was significantly smaller.

45:55The attack had serious physical effect

45:57on her. The other dog lifted Winky and

45:59shook her and slammed her on the ground.

46:01This was not simply a brief warning or a

46:04minor interaction between two dogs.

46:06Winky was physically overpowered by the

46:07other dog. I witnessed the attack and

46:09saw what happened to Winky. My immediate

46:11reaction during the attack, the attack

46:13was frightening and chaotic. My

46:15immediate concern was the safety of my

46:17two-month old daughter and Winky. My

46:19daughter was only two months old and was

46:20present during the incident. At the same

46:22time, I was seeing Winky being attacked

46:24and sir, I'm going to stop by the other

46:26dog. My sir, just could we just have

46:30everything silenced in the

46:31>> Okay, I know, but if we could just

46:33remind folks, thank you. Okay, sir, you

46:35can continue.

46:37>> Go ahead.

46:37>> Sorry. The situation required me to be

46:41concerned about the two vulnerable

46:42members of my family at the same time,

46:44my infant daughter and my young puppy. I

46:46was trying to make sure my daughter was

46:47safe while also responding to what was

46:49happening to Winky. The attack happened

46:51extremely quickly, leaving very little

46:53time to process what was happening

46:55before reacting. Once the immediate

46:57danger had passed, my concern shifted to

46:59determine the extent of Winky's injuries

47:01and getting her appropriate medical

47:02attention. Winky's condition immediately

47:04afterward. After the attack, it was

47:06immediately apparent that Winky had been

47:07injured. I observed blood and injuries

47:09around her face, including puncture type

47:12injuries. There was also an obvious

47:13abnormally involving her jaw. Because I

47:16had just witnessed the force of the

47:17attack and could see that Winky was

47:18injured, I was concerned that she had

47:20suffered a serious injury. Her condition

47:22was concerning enough that I knew she

47:24needed professional veterinary

47:25attention. Given Winky's young age,

47:27small size, and the force of the attack,

47:29the visible injuries, and the abnor

47:31abnormal condition of her jaw, I saw

47:32emergency

47:34veterary care and emergency veterary

47:37treatment. Winky was taken to Veg E for

47:40pets in Shbury for emergency veterary

47:43evaluation on June 20th, 2026 at

47:46approximately 531. Her veterary records

47:48identify her as a 5-month old dog

47:50weighing about 6.13 kg, 13.5 lbs. The

47:53veterinary examination and diagnosis

47:55imaging documented a serious jaw injury.

47:57The radioraph identified a complete and

48:00displaced leftsided mandible fracture

48:02close to the TMJ. The TMJ is the

48:05temporandable joint where the jaw

48:07connects to the skull. The confirmed

48:09this confirmed that the injury was not

48:11merely superficial. Winky has sustained

48:14a significant fracture of her mandible

48:16jaw in the area near the TMJ as a result

48:18of the incident. Emergency treatment and

48:20medication. Following the emergency

48:22examination, Winky was treated as an

48:24outpatient. She was prescribed

48:26medications including Gladamox,

48:28Gabipentan, and Moxyam. She was also

48:31required careful monitoring and soft

48:33food because of the injury to her job.

48:35The veterary treatment and restrictions

48:37demonstrated that the attack resulted in

48:38an injury requiring ongoing medical

48:40care. Veterary expenses. The emergency

48:43veterary care resulted in a bill of

48:46approximately $1,17.17.

48:49This was an ex this expense was incurred

48:52because of Winky's required medical

48:55emergency evaluation and treatment

48:57following the attack. In additional to

48:59the immediate veterary expense, there

49:01was also concerns about the possibility

49:03of further treatment and surgery because

49:05of the location and severity of the

49:07fracture. Potential surgery costs were

49:09discussed in the range of approximately

49:11$6,000 to $12,000. Follow-up veterary

49:14care June 25th, 2026. Winky sub

49:18subsequently received additional

49:19veterinary followup followup at Tux on

49:21Tech on June 25th, 2026. I I have that

49:25in the paper I gave. I'm sorry. The

49:27followup included examines as an

49:29additional diagnostic work including

49:31radioraphs. Sedation was also used in

49:33connection with the examination/

49:35procedure. Melaricam was de was

49:37documented as part of her care. The

49:39follow-up appointment was necessary

49:41because the injury was significant and

49:43required continue veterinary monitoring.

49:45Reporting the incident. Following the

49:47incident, I took steps to report what I

49:49communicate. I communicated what

49:51happened. I communicated with animal

49:52control regarding the attack. I also

49:53made communications slashreporting

49:56involving the police. I provided a

49:58written account describing the

50:00circumstances of the incident, including

50:02the fact that food had been dropped on

50:04the floor and the other dog was not

50:06eating its own food. I sent a written

50:08email/ac account to animal controller

50:11describing the incident. In that

50:12communication, I explained the

50:13circumstances leading up to Winky's

50:15attack, including the food being on the

50:17floor. Winky's movement, the other dog's

50:19reaction, and Winky's result injuries.

50:22I retain the email and screenshots of

50:24this communication. These those

50:26communications are part of my evidence

50:28because they document my account of the

50:29incident and my efforts to report it.

50:32Important facts regarding the food. One

50:33of the most points I want to make clear

50:35is the other dog was not eating its own

50:36food. Food had been dropped onto the

50:38floor during this cookout. Winky was

50:41nearby. Winky did not approach the other

50:43dog that was calmly eaten from the from

50:46not a bowl and attempted to steal its

50:48meal. The food on the floor was part of

50:51the circumstances. Immediately preceding

50:53the attack, Winky made a sudden movement

50:55and the other dog reacted by attacking

50:56her. I do not want this incident

50:58characterized as though Winky

51:00deliberately attempted to take the other

51:01dog's food. This is not what I observed.

51:04And then I have a quical logical order

51:07of what happened. I was at the cookout

51:08with Disney distant family members. My

51:10child and Winky food was dropped on the

51:12floor.

51:13>> Sir, uh we we we understand the

51:16timeline. And you don't have to I mean

51:18you you said it. I believe we're here

51:20now a couple times. If if you and please

51:23>> offer anything that you have, but um you

51:28know, I just you don't have to keep

51:30repeating.

51:30>> I understand. I do not want to overwhelm

51:32you. Thank you for your patience. Thank

51:34you for the opportunity to be here

51:36because I really do appreciate it.

51:37There's just one more thing from this

51:38paper that I want to read off and it is

51:41>> my main facts I want the hearing officer

51:43to understand the key facts in this.

51:45Winky was approximately 5 months old and

51:48weighed approximately 13.5 lbs. I was at

51:50a cookout with distant family members.

51:52My two-month old daughter was present.

51:55Food had been dropped onto the floor

51:56during the cookout. The dog was not

51:58eating its own food. Winky was not

52:00attempting to take food from the other

52:01dog

52:03dogs dog dog's food bowl because the

52:05other dog was not eating from its own

52:06bowl. Winky made a sudden movement. The

52:09other dog reacted by attacking Winky.

52:11The attack involved the other dog

52:12grabbing, lifting, shaking, slamming

52:14Winky down. My immediate concerns was

52:16the safety of my two-month old daughter

52:18and Winky. Winky suffered visible

52:19injuries immediately afterwards.

52:22Emergency veterary imaging documented a

52:24a complete and displaced left mandible

52:26fracture close to the TMJ. Winky

52:28required emergency treatment, medication

52:30monitoring, and follow-up veterary care.

52:32The document did emergency veterary

52:35expense was approximately 1,7176.

52:41I reported the incident and preserved

52:43written communications and support and

52:44evidence.

52:52That that's pretty much what I have

52:54besides my closing statement.

52:58And I'm and I'm skipping to the last

53:00page because a lot of it is rinse and

53:02repeat, but I wanted it to be as well

53:04detailed and as I could make it.

53:06>> Sure.

53:13>> I am not here to exaggerate this

53:15situation. I am not asking the hearing

53:17officers to rely on assumptions about

53:18what might have happened. I am

53:20explaining what I personally what I

53:22personally witnessed and then providing

53:24the medical documentation showing what

53:26happened to Winky to what happened to

53:28Winkies physically afterward.

53:32I I rest.

53:35I respectfully ask that all the evidence

53:37be reviewed together and that

53:39seriousness of Linky's injuries, the

53:41circumstances of the attack, and the

53:43documented consequences be fully taken

53:45into consideration. and I have done my

53:47best to provide an honest, factual, and

53:48complete account of what happened. Thank

53:50you for Thank you for taking the time to

53:52hear me out. Consider the evidence.

53:54Respectfully, Jorge Royal.

53:57Uh, Mr. Royal, that is um we've um I'm

54:00speaking for myself, I did review um all

54:02the documents that um town C the town

54:05council that Mr. Corbo had given us as

54:08well as your medical bills as well as

54:11police officer reports. um and now what

54:15you presented here. So we do we do have

54:17your in all of that we have reviewed it

54:21um just so so you are aware.

54:24>> Thank you so much.

54:25>> Thank you.

54:26>> Thank you. Thank you so much. I

54:27appreciate it.

54:28>> You're welcome.

54:30>> Um

54:32mim if you would like. Um I'm sorry I

54:35have so many papers. Your name again?

54:36I'm sorry. Sarah, you may uh come

54:39forward. So, I kind of need a photo so

54:41you guys understand the backs.

54:44>> Sure. Can you just go to to the

54:45microphone, though? Thank you.

54:48>> You can put those on the table and then

54:51um what I'll have you do is you

54:54speak to us at the microphone just so we

54:56can have a good recording on on um and

54:58if you want to present that then you

55:01would you could come up and we can view

55:03it as a board.

55:04>> Okay.

55:04>> Or actually we could probably go over

55:06there as the board too. We have video of

55:08that too. So, like a setup of the yard

55:11for you to fully understand.

55:14>> Okay.

55:14>> I think it's important.

55:15>> All right. So, this is now your time to

55:17provide testimony of the of the events

55:19that day.

55:20>> So, um

55:23what happened was me and the kids and

55:25everybody was in the yard swimming. And

55:26it was a

55:28it was a my son just graduated

55:31preschool. So, we were doing like a

55:33little preschool little graduation for

55:35him. And then my um best friend's son

55:39also graduated kindergarten. So that was

55:41initially we were just doing a little

55:42kid thing um for the kids all in the

55:45backyard. Um the next thing I know

55:48around the corner comes one of their

55:50uncles from Maine, he came by. Um, and

55:56then all of a sudden, the next thing I

55:57know, the cousin to follow, which is my

56:01children's cousin, um, he was uninvited.

56:06He was never invited. I don't have his

56:07phone number. I have not speaking spoken

56:10to him since he was in DCF custody. I

56:14have not spoken to him. Um, and that was

56:17when I took him to the beach when he was

56:18still a child, like in his teenage

56:21years. DCF custody. Um, I heard he had a

56:25baby. Everything.

56:25>> So, I I I want to stop you there.

56:27Anything that is personal related to the

56:30complainant.

56:31>> Well, that was I don't stop, please.

56:33>> Yeah.

56:34>> I don't want you to include that.

56:35>> Okay.

56:36>> Okay.

56:36>> Yeah.

56:37>> Thank you.

56:38>> So, he came around the corner and then

56:41he came up to the deck um and um he, you

56:46know, handed the baby um you know um and

56:50then the two dogs were on the deck. Both

56:53dogs were on the deck. Actually, the

56:54pool deck. So, that's what I was trying

56:56to show you. There's the pool deck. So,

56:58it's small. All of us were up there. And

57:01then the other picture is of Winky and

57:04my daughter trying to put a leash on

57:06Winky because when he came in, I said,

57:08"Oh, you brought your dog." I said, "You

57:10need to put a leash on your dog cuz my

57:12dog has an ear infection." My dog had a

57:14double ear infection, which I do have

57:17the paperwork who was previously treated

57:19on. She's been she was being treated on

57:22June 15th was the initial and she had a

57:25double ear infection.

57:27Um so they were all in a gated pool with

57:30me and then I was like okay. He walked

57:34he'd said to me that his dog doesn't

57:35need to be on a leash. His dog doesn't

57:37do stairs. I said oh okay. He walked

57:40away went down the stairs. So he left

57:42the baby and the dog and then went over

57:45towards the tree which is in the

57:47backyard. went off towards the tray and

57:50then he was busy playing on his phone

57:52drinking. He actually riked a booze,

57:54smelt like liquor.

57:56>> Again, I we're not I I just stick to

57:58just the the facts.

58:00>> That is the facts though because

58:01honestly

58:02>> So he consumed alcohol.

58:03>> Yes. If you're under the influence, so

58:05recalling the facts is a little

58:06difficult. This was a child's party. Um

58:10so I

58:12then was like, "Okay, he's not going to

58:14listen to me." So I was like, "Let

58:16everybody, let's go. Let's go down from

58:18the pool deck. So, I went from the pool

58:20deck and then we went to our other deck

58:23which is attached to the porch. Um, so

58:25we went up to the pool deck where that's

58:27attached. He proceeded to sit away from

58:30everybody and I was holding his daughter

58:34and Winky and Raja were right here. I

58:37was getting ready to put Raja away.

58:40Winky jumped on Raja's ears like it's a

58:43little dog, you know, it's a puppy. I

58:45understand that. hit Raj's ears. Rajie

58:48immediately pinned her down to the

58:50ground. Now Raja is 120 pounds. She is a

58:53cane corso, but I was in the process of

58:56trying to put her away and I did ask the

58:58owner to please take care of his dog and

59:03he was non-compliant with that. So

59:07and then um in the police reports that's

59:11what I want to notate is there was a

59:13mention of May 26

59:16that if you look the police officer

59:19notated corso that was not a corso I

59:23have the order which again was put in my

59:28name actually put in my name that is not

59:30my dog

59:32so and it's listed as pit not and the

59:36actual so the police officers who spoke

59:40in the report was

59:43>> which which one

59:44>> um

59:49it was where it says dispatch notified

59:51me that I responded with an animal

59:54control on May 26

59:57to serve paperwork

59:59um regarding a cane corso

1:00:02>> and it was not a cane corso It was a dog

1:00:05that I do not own

1:00:08and they put the paperwork in my name.

1:00:10It was a dog that was on my property

1:00:12that day.

1:00:18>> So, I just wanted to notate that because

1:00:20it's coming back on Raja and it was not

1:00:22Raja.

1:00:24So, just so we're clear,

1:00:27um, I want you to look at the top of the

1:00:28police report where it says, I believe

1:00:31that's a reference number, and it says

1:00:3326 hyphen 857 hyphen oof.

1:00:37>> Mhm.

1:00:37>> That is what you're referring to. Is

1:00:39that this police report taken by an

1:00:43officer Griffin

1:00:45>> um

1:00:45>> on June 22nd

1:00:48was in fact not related to your

1:00:50residence?

1:00:51>> No, no, no. where he notated June 22nd,

1:00:55yes, was mine, but where he notated, he

1:00:58said, "Dispatch notified me that I

1:01:00responded with animal control officer on

1:01:03May 26 to serve paperwork to Shawn

1:01:06regarding his cane corso."

1:01:11>> Okay. Did Did

1:01:13>> So there's been no previous So what I'm

1:01:15trying to explain, there has been no

1:01:17previous in 5 years of an instance with

1:01:20Raja. She's 5 years old. So the May

1:01:2226th, 2006,

1:01:25um, this officer went to serve a Shawn

1:01:28McElroy of paperwork that was not a was

1:01:32not your dog. It was someone else's dog.

1:01:34Okay. And And what what dog is that?

1:01:37>> That's a pitle brown.

1:01:39>> And that is that also. It's not Is it Is

1:01:41it your Is that your dog or

1:01:42>> That's his dog.

1:01:43>> It is your dog. Okay.

1:01:44>> It's his dog, not my dog.

1:01:46>> Okay. So So that

1:01:47>> he's not Sean.

1:01:48>> He's Sean. Sean McDonald.

1:01:50>> You're Sean. Okay. Thank you.

1:01:52>> Thank you.

1:01:52>> Yep.

1:01:53>> Okay.

1:01:54>> Okay. Just so I just didn't want it used

1:01:56against Raja, so I wanted to notate

1:01:58that.

1:01:58>> Okay.

1:01:58>> Um

1:02:02and then

1:02:05um and notated on the back report, they

1:02:08notated it was one puncture. Um if you

1:02:12notate, there wasn't bites or anything

1:02:13like that, it notated one puncture. Now

1:02:15I am in the medical field and somebody

1:02:17when somebody gets a jaw broken there is

1:02:20possibly of your um tooth going through

1:02:25your lip. So I did ask the animal

1:02:27control officer if when she talked to

1:02:29the vet if she asked her you know was it

1:02:33the dog's tooth that did it cuz they

1:02:35only found one puncture. Um, so as he

1:02:37describes the dog ripped like um and

1:02:43shook as he described it, that's not

1:02:45what happened. My dog immediately pinned

1:02:47his dog down to the ground, but it was

1:02:49notated one puncture, which Raja did not

1:02:52bite the dog. Um,

1:02:55but that one puncture I was like I asked

1:02:58if his vet notated whether or not it was

1:03:02its own tooth and she couldn't um

1:03:06actually tell whether or not it was its

1:03:08dog's own tooth. So at the time there

1:03:10was no food. I was in the middle of

1:03:13holding his daughter trying to put my

1:03:16dog away

1:03:18and then in the process he did not pick

1:03:20up his dog or

1:03:24um his child. He ran out to the front,

1:03:27left his child and his dog with me and

1:03:30then my brother had to rinse the dog's

1:03:32mouth out cuz it she his dog was

1:03:34bleeding. Um so we were trying to give

1:03:36it like help. Okay, rinse the dog's

1:03:39mouth out cuz it was bleeding. let's

1:03:40find out where it's bleeding from. We

1:03:42were trying to help the dog. Um and

1:03:45ultimately here we are. Um and then he

1:03:49sent his uncle to grab the baby and the

1:03:52dog.

1:03:56So, and ultimately then he went to go

1:03:58get medical care for the dog. But um and

1:04:02I did have a you know I did have a wear

1:04:06of dog sign and I do have a no

1:04:08trespassing sign and I labeled that

1:04:10clearly as well.

1:04:13And I did put a picture just so you see

1:04:16my dog is much bigger. My dog is 150 lbs

1:04:19but I've never had an instance where my

1:04:21dog's ever done anything. My dog don't

1:04:23even leave the yard unless she has to go

1:04:25to the vet.

1:04:29>> Do Thank you. Is do you is your

1:04:30testimony complete?

1:04:32>> Yes. Okay. Any board members have any

1:04:34questions

1:04:36for either party?

1:04:39>> No.

1:04:40>> No. Okay.

1:04:42>> Miss Griffin.

1:04:43>> No.

1:04:43>> No. Um I do have a few questions. All

1:04:46right.

1:04:47>> Um

1:04:50the

1:04:56So, Mr. Royo, if you would come up, you

1:04:58can have have a seat. I'm going to first

1:05:00ask him a a few questions.

1:05:08>> Um, Mr. Royal, were you ever told um to

1:05:11keep your dog on a leash?

1:05:14>> No, I was not.

1:05:16>> So, I'm again, I'm going to stop

1:05:18everyone here as far as like any There

1:05:20is no commentary from the from

1:05:22>> the G from the the the audience, okay?

1:05:25They're going to answer and and that's

1:05:27that. Okay. We're going to be respectful

1:05:29of everybody's time. So you So you were

1:05:33not told that the dog had an ear

1:05:35infection either?

1:05:36>> No, I was not. Not till after effect.

1:05:38>> And when I confronted her a day a day

1:05:41later or two days later.

1:05:43>> Okay.

1:05:43>> It's in the report that I sent to animal

1:05:45control.

1:05:47>> Um

1:05:48also I do want to note that my uncle

1:05:52picked me up in her car. I just want to

1:05:55note that. So, so he invited me over,

1:05:59picked me up in her car, and brought me

1:06:02to her house. So, I don't know what

1:06:04we're We're all under here, you know.

1:06:06I'm not lying about none of this

1:06:08testimony.

1:06:08>> You're talking to Sir,

1:06:11>> listen. Um, this is your final warning

1:06:14to conduct yourself with the quorum.

1:06:16We've gone over ground rules

1:06:19and now this is the second warning. The

1:06:21third one will result in your removal.

1:06:24>> I'll be able to testify.

1:06:25>> Okay. Thank you.

1:06:28>> You may continue.

1:06:29>> Also, they didn't try to help my dog.

1:06:32When I came back the next day, they had

1:06:34the holes out. They tried to cover the

1:06:37blood trail up. I was I actually came to

1:06:38take pictures, but it was already gone.

1:06:40That beware of dog sign was not up till

1:06:42the next day. I spoke with the animal

1:06:44control officer and she told me that

1:06:46she's been to the house before, that

1:06:47this is a second time event. I know this

1:06:49hearing is only for this event.

1:06:51>> Yeah, it is. And I and I need to stop

1:06:53you there.

1:06:53>> All right.

1:06:54>> Okay. Because she's she's contested that

1:06:56we have no no proof of that. We're

1:06:59keeping to this. So that's not we're not

1:07:01going to discuss that.

1:07:02>> Just want I just want to say that

1:07:06>> any questions you have for me? Any other

1:07:08questions?

1:07:09>> No. Uh that that was it. just that if

1:07:11you remember um being being told by that

1:07:14um Miss McElroy I have no miss sorry not

1:07:17Sarah not you miss if you could come out

1:07:20you have a question few questions

1:07:22actually um so I we the board does have

1:07:25copies of um the medical reports and the

1:07:30medical reports are quite objective

1:07:32written by a vet that was not um didn't

1:07:34witness this this event at all

1:07:38um and they do note that there was you

1:07:39know blood president on the left side

1:07:41which you had agreed to. Um the the

1:07:44manner in which this has happened is

1:07:46seems to be up for debate. Um my

1:07:49question is this it is documented by the

1:07:52ER that there was a um

1:07:56there was a it was a they did an X-ray

1:07:58and it confirmed a left mandibular

1:08:00fracture near the TMJ. This type of

1:08:03fracture requires surgical repair by a

1:08:05specialist. Um it could not be managed

1:08:07here. Um,

1:08:10how

1:08:12how does how does that happen with, you

1:08:15know, just and and I believe in the

1:08:17police report it was stated um it uh it

1:08:23that your dog did not bite the other

1:08:25dog. Um but it was like there was a you

1:08:29you described it in the police report or

1:08:30at least the police officer replied it

1:08:32as a a headbutted.

1:08:34>> It pushed um the head down. Now, if you

1:08:37see the size of Raj's head and the size

1:08:39of Winky, Winky is tiny. Winky is really

1:08:42tiny, you know what I mean? So, Raja did

1:08:44I mean Raj is 120 lbs and as he said his

1:08:47dog's

1:08:48>> 13 lb and I thought maybe even smaller

1:08:52than that, but Raja did push them like

1:08:56get off me like it like boom and then

1:08:58all of a sudden I was like, you know,

1:09:01and I immediately put Raja in the house.

1:09:04>> Okay. All right. Um

1:09:06>> I just my my question was you know a a

1:09:09broken jar on a dog not having any

1:09:11veterary experience but it seems to be

1:09:13like a mode of force would need that to

1:09:16to happen. So

1:09:17>> one puncture

1:09:19report from what the vet report that I

1:09:21see from the ER that's what I was sent

1:09:23over.

1:09:25>> Okay.

1:09:26>> Um

1:09:30is there any um other questions from the

1:09:33board?

1:09:45No, I just want to be clear. So, you

1:09:47said that um his dog

1:09:51said his dog hit the other dog.

1:09:53>> Not hit tried to climb on it like a

1:09:55little puppy play. My dog has ears, you

1:09:58know, and tried to play with it. though,

1:10:00you know, kind of like reached up and it

1:10:03it looked like it was touching my dog's

1:10:05ears and that's when my dog was like, so

1:10:08if any of us touched her ears, she was

1:10:10kind of a little bit like, you know, she

1:10:12it hurts. Um she both her ears were

1:10:14infected which I so I didn't have know

1:10:20of any way to

1:10:22when I received this hearing paperwork

1:10:24or how to send but I do have the proof

1:10:28of the earraction. Um if you need to see

1:10:31that

1:10:32>> if you want to submit it we can review

1:10:33if you want to bring it up and give it

1:10:34to us. Sure.

1:10:37Um so I'm not

1:10:39>> No, that's fine. Um

1:10:44>> even as a child with a child or anybody

1:10:47if you have a double ear infection it's

1:10:49painful.

1:10:50>> Okay.

1:10:50>> Um that was the only question that I

1:10:52had.

1:10:54>> Um anyone else providing testimony? Sir

1:11:04>> standing in the driveway.

1:11:06Mr. Royal get out of an Uber. He wasn't

1:11:09an Uber drunk

1:11:12with a two-year-old child and his dog

1:11:14off the leash. I

1:11:16>> Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold

1:11:17on. Again, Mr. Royal, I I do have to I

1:11:21have warned other folks. Thank you. I

1:11:23appreciate it.

1:11:23>> Told him five times to put his dog on a

1:11:25leash in the driveway before he went to

1:11:27the back of the house.

1:11:29>> Okay. Okay. drunk with a 2-year-old in

1:11:32an Uber with Patrone and a dog off the

1:11:35leash knowing there's no trespass and he

1:11:38wasn't invited.

1:11:40>> Did So, just a follow-up question to

1:11:42that. Given what you had had said, did

1:11:44you notify the police at all regarding

1:11:46those serious accusations?

1:11:48>> I went down the police station. I spoke

1:11:49to the police station about it

1:11:51>> that day. Did you call them that day?

1:11:52>> I went down there that night.

1:11:54>> Okay. Is there a police report for that?

1:11:56>> I don't know if Mills took one or not.

1:11:58>> Okay. All right. Thank you. Anyone

1:12:04else wishing to provide testimony?

1:12:10>> Yes. I just Okay. Yeah. Sorry. That's

1:12:12okay. Take your time.

1:12:17>> And just could you just state your name,

1:12:18ma'am?

1:12:18>> I'm Sarah Rumlwood.

1:12:20>> Okay. and I was there and um he was told

1:12:24when they first came up onto the pool

1:12:25deck to put the dog on a leash because

1:12:28you know the dog was supposed to be on a

1:12:30leash. He did decline. When he left

1:12:32after he said he'll be fine. She don't

1:12:35do stairs. When he walked down the pool

1:12:37deck to take a call, the dog followed

1:12:39right behind him.

1:12:41There was no food on the deck cuz we had

1:12:43already eaten. Food was already done.

1:12:46There was It wasn't about the two dogs

1:12:47eating food. It was the air. The dog

1:12:50looked like she wanted to play with Raja

1:12:52and hit. And if you saw the ear, her

1:12:54ears fluffy, like it's looks puffy. It

1:12:58looks like it's from being infected.

1:13:00It's actually in not just in her ear,

1:13:02her actual flappy part of her ear.

1:13:04>> Okay.

1:13:04>> And when it did happen, she put the dog

1:13:06right away holding his child. He got

1:13:09upset and was like, "Are you are you

1:13:11kidding me?" Which again,

1:13:12understandable. And he walked right

1:13:13across the deck, down the stairs, and

1:13:15around the corner. did not take his

1:13:16child, nor did he take his hurt dog. So,

1:13:20I was a witness to that. There was no

1:13:22food, and he walked away from both. I

1:13:24understand he may have been concerned,

1:13:25but showing concern wouldn't walk past

1:13:27your 2-year-old, two month two-month old

1:13:29daughter and your hurt dog.

1:13:35>> Anyone else wishing to provide

1:13:36testimony?

1:13:40>> Just state your name, sir.

1:13:42>> David A.

1:13:44>> Welcome.

1:13:44>> Thank you. Uh all I can reiterate

1:13:46basically is what everybody else has

1:13:47been saying. I was there that day too.

1:13:49Uh basically he was told multiple times

1:13:52to put the dog on a leash because Roger

1:13:55did have cauliflower earring which is an

1:13:56ear infection basically of the dog's

1:13:58ear. And uh

1:14:02basically what the the dog looked like

1:14:04she wanted to play. She tapped her ear

1:14:07and like most people if

1:14:10the dog was hurt and

1:14:12you know she reacted.

1:14:14So like I said she was we were told

1:14:16multiple times everybody was told to put

1:14:18the dog on a leash.

1:14:22>> All right. Thank you.

1:14:24>> Uh board members with any questions?

1:14:28>> No.

1:14:32>> Oh I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yep. I I didn't

1:14:34see you. I'm sorry. Come on. Just state

1:14:35your name for the record, please.

1:14:36>> Um, Alexis Mroy.

1:14:38>> Okay.

1:14:39>> Um, so I actually didn't witness the

1:14:43attack at that second, but I was

1:14:46witnessed the aftermath where they were

1:14:48cleaning her mouth out cuz I had just

1:14:49come home. Um, and like everyone else

1:14:53had said, he wasn't around the dog or

1:14:56the child. He had his uncle or my

1:15:00siblings uncle as well um, come up and

1:15:03grab all of that. He he had no part of

1:15:06grabbing any of it. Um I also I don't

1:15:09know why he's saying there is no like no

1:15:11trespass sign or like no dog sign um on

1:15:15the stuff because um looking back a

1:15:19couple years back in uh 2024, I have the

1:15:24screenshot of it on my phone.

1:15:26Um my sister's first day of school.

1:15:29There's literally a sign on our porch

1:15:31that says no trespassing.

1:15:33um if you'd like to see it.

1:15:36>> So I we I don't the the act of

1:15:39trespassing is not in our purview. So I

1:15:42wouldn't be able to comment on on the

1:15:43trespassing whether

1:15:44>> the the situation would have never

1:15:46happened if he um got the permission to

1:15:50come and got the permission to bring his

1:15:52dog because we would have been prepared

1:15:54to put Raja away before he showed up.

1:15:56Um, this situation happened because he

1:15:59was not being a responsible pet owner

1:16:01and not listening to us telling him to

1:16:04put his dog on leash, keep his dog away

1:16:06from our dog.

1:16:10>> Thank you.

1:16:11>> Thank you.

1:16:14>> Um, woman ask again with any questions

1:16:18through that testimony?

1:16:20>> No.

1:16:20>> I just have to find my

1:16:25um

1:16:28Is there a um the the court uh the

1:16:34>> definition

1:16:34>> right um

1:16:38>> is there a a recommendation? Oh, there

1:16:41is Okay. I didn't That's what I was

1:16:42looking for. We don't um Okay.

1:16:47Okay.

1:16:49>> And I can um tell you that

1:16:51recommendation came from the animal

1:16:52control officer, Miss Corval.

1:16:54>> Okay.

1:16:54>> Okay. Um just we this was just given to

1:16:57us now. Um let us just read this for for

1:17:00a second here.

1:17:56Check. Let's check.

1:18:00So just so uh both parties are are aware

1:18:03um this is from um the uh this is from

1:18:09Scorbo animal control officer um and it

1:18:13just kind of gives some circumstances

1:18:15and um their assessment and I think as a

1:18:17matter of the record I I will read um

1:18:19her assessment um and the assessment is

1:18:23based upon the information provided

1:18:25during the investigation by animal

1:18:27control the dog's behavior does not

1:18:29appear to have been grossly

1:18:30disproportionate to the circumstance.

1:18:33The incident severely uh reports um

1:18:35included during a conflict between two

1:18:38dogs involving food which can be a

1:18:40common occurrence of conflict between

1:18:42dogs. However, the resulting injuries

1:18:45were significant and it is concerning

1:18:47given the dog size and demonstrated

1:18:50ability to cause substantial harm during

1:18:52the conflict. Recommendation.

1:18:55It is my recommendation that the dog be

1:18:57deemed a nuisance dog with the following

1:18:59order in place. The dog shall be kept on

1:19:02a secure leash or lead no longer than 6

1:19:04ft in length and under the control of

1:19:07the owner or person with express

1:19:09permission by the owner whether the dog

1:19:11is off the owner's property. Retractable

1:19:14or extendable leashes shall not be

1:19:16permitted.

1:19:17the dog shall wear a properly fitted

1:19:20basket style muzzle um while is off the

1:19:24owner's property or is in the presence

1:19:26of dogs that are not members of the

1:19:28owner's household. So, seeing and um

1:19:32hearing the the assessment and

1:19:34recommendations of the animal control

1:19:37officer, any board members have any um

1:19:39questions or statements?

1:19:48So I yeah if not I I do have a few and

1:19:51you can respond later. So um in reading

1:19:53this over the past few days and reading

1:19:55all of the um the reports both from Mr.

1:19:57Royo um and um please excuse me uh

1:20:03Melroy.

1:20:04Um there is certainly some conflict on

1:20:06what happened that day. We've heard that

1:20:08it was a violent attack. We heard that

1:20:10it was um a response to get to getting

1:20:13hit. We were not there. We don't we

1:20:15don't understand. I do know that um the

1:20:18injuries, however they occurred, were

1:20:20substantial enough to cause a mandible

1:20:22fracture and and a puncture wound.

1:20:24However, that puncture wound um have has

1:20:27gotten there. Um so, I mean, it is

1:20:30substantial. Again, we do have two also

1:20:33disproportionate dogs, a very large dog

1:20:35and a very small dog. Um, again, there's

1:20:38other matters at play here in regards to

1:20:41um things that are that are under the

1:20:43purview of the police, which this board

1:20:44has no um purview or recommendation

1:20:46under. Um, and I and I think I I am in

1:20:50agreement with what I have just read and

1:20:52received from the uh animal control

1:20:54officer that um it's it's you know that

1:20:58the behaves.

1:21:02Um it can be conflict between two dogs.

1:21:05Um,

1:21:07you know, it's and and there's a

1:21:09recommendation of um the dog being a a

1:21:12nuisance dog, which just means with

1:21:15recommendations it be on a leash and

1:21:19when it's not on property be musled.

1:21:22>> I just need to I'm going to ask them

1:21:23first and then I'll have you respond.

1:21:24Okay.

1:21:25>> I was just asking part I was trying to

1:21:28understand what she recommended. So, um,

1:21:32her recommendation was the dog should be

1:21:33kept on a secure leash or lead and no

1:21:35longer than six feet in length and under

1:21:38the control of the owner or person with

1:21:40express permission by the owner whenever

1:21:43the dog is off the owner's property. Um,

1:21:46or yeah, retractable or extendable

1:21:48leashes shall not be permitted.

1:21:50Did that answer your question?

1:21:52>> Okay.

1:21:55board members with any questions,

1:21:56statements regarding the recommendations

1:21:58or testimony that we've heard?

1:22:00>> No, I agree with the

1:22:03>> Okay.

1:22:05>> Um, is is there a motion?

1:22:09>> Oops. I'm sorry. Someone I've just been

1:22:12there is a uh a Chris P that has just

1:22:15come on the the the television, sorry,

1:22:17the uh the computer in front of me here.

1:22:25Is there a Chris P that is on for the

1:22:28board of health meeting that is wishing

1:22:29to provide testimony in any way?

1:22:36Third attempt.

1:22:38Chris P

1:22:42on this. Do you have Can you unmute

1:22:44yourself? Turn on your video, please. If

1:22:47not, we're going to proceed.

1:22:52After three attempts, there's been no

1:22:54response. So, is there a motion?

1:22:58>> I'd make a motion to agree with the

1:23:01animal controls office to deem Raja a

1:23:04nuisance dog with the recommendations of

1:23:06a leash as described by you earlier in

1:23:10the basket muzzle when in presence of

1:23:13other dogs and members of the owner's or

1:23:17not members of the owner's household.

1:23:20Um just before um asking for a second um

1:23:26could we just did you would you

1:23:28>> read the whole thing

1:23:29>> um or just say as written?

1:23:32>> Okay. Um yes. I'd make a um motion to

1:23:36deem Raja as a nuisance dog with the

1:23:39recommendations as written by our animal

1:23:42control office. Takobo.

1:23:46>> Is there a second?

1:23:51Second.

1:23:52>> All those in favor of the motion signify

1:23:54by saying I. Uh Carolyn Griffin

1:23:56>> I.

1:23:57>> Carol Westerman.

1:23:58>> Eric Ot.

1:24:01All right. Um

1:24:04>> yeah, I mean got Yes.

1:24:14>> You'd have to discuss that I believe

1:24:15with animal control. what what when we

1:24:17make the decision tonight, then you can

1:24:19work with animal control on exactly what

1:24:21what that means.

1:24:23>> Okay.

1:24:24>> Appreciate you.

1:24:25>> All right. Thank you. I appreciate your

1:24:26time. Um is there a motion to close the

1:24:29hearing?

1:24:30>> Make a motion to close the hearing of

1:24:32Raja at 223 Hampton Street.

1:24:35>> Is there a second?

1:24:37>> And all those in favor signify by saying

1:24:39I. Carolyn Griffin. I

1:24:40>> Cara Westerman. Eric Addison I. Hearing

1:24:43is closed. Thank you all for your time

1:24:44and testimony.

1:24:48Uh, moving along with our agenda. I got

1:24:50to find that now. Sorry.

1:24:53>> Isn't mine?

1:24:53>> Oh, thank you.

1:24:56>> Um,

1:24:59director's updates. We have uh we have a

1:25:01few here. Board of Health. The flu

1:25:02clinic is on uh October 5th.

1:25:06>> Yes. Thank you. Um, I wanted to um uh

1:25:09let you know that we had an awesome

1:25:11clinic today. Um, we vaccinated 43

1:25:14people. Um and uh both um Tim, Jordan,

1:25:20uh Colleen, all from our office, um

1:25:23Roxanna, everybody pulled together. It

1:25:26was an amazing clinic and um people came

1:25:30early and it was a huge success. We also

1:25:33had our veteran nurses, uh public health

1:25:36nurses, Cheryl Rowinsky and Pam

1:25:38Shearing. Um they do this every year and

1:25:42it's awesome.

1:25:43>> Great. Thank you.

1:25:46uh fee schedule.

1:25:47>> Uh fee schedule. Uh we have that

1:25:49completed. We're hoping when we don't

1:25:51have such a busy meeting that we can um

1:25:53put that before you and get it um

1:25:56approved. Um it's ready to go. It's um

1:26:00we just have pretty busy meetings.

1:26:02>> Agendas I just well aware uh solid waste

1:26:05and recycling. I had seen that actually

1:26:07in some mailings that I had at my house

1:26:08for yard waste scheduled for the fall.

1:26:10>> Yes. So, the um uh posting um the flyer

1:26:14is in your packets. It's posted online.

1:26:16It's been posted on social media. Um and

1:26:19we're excited to say um we're trying

1:26:21something different um again this year.

1:26:23It worked very well last year. Um we

1:26:26start the beginning of November. We

1:26:27skipped the week of Thanksgiving and

1:26:29then we come back to clean it all up for

1:26:31the first week in December.

1:26:33>> Okay. Um and then we have a uh the

1:26:35festival homecoming uh on October 24th

1:26:38and the holiday craft fair on December

1:26:415th.

1:26:41>> Absolutely. Um Tim and Jordan will be

1:26:44very busy. Um uh Tim actually looks

1:26:47forward to um these events. Um they're

1:26:50fun events for us. Um they're pretty

1:26:52busy, but um they're uh sponsored by the

1:26:55town. We have u many um uh local

1:26:58vendors. Um it's very rewarding to get

1:27:01uh local businesses to be able to uh be

1:27:03in such a successful um event. And I

1:27:07know I believe if I'm correct me if I'm

1:27:10wrong Tim, but our um holiday craft fair

1:27:14um is one of the biggest in central

1:27:16Mass.

1:27:17>> Nice.

1:27:19>> In uh office updates, new regional uh

1:27:21inspectors.

1:27:22>> Yeah. So I'm very excited. Um our team

1:27:25uh met with uh two new regional uh

1:27:27health inspectors. Um they are working

1:27:30for our um uh the town of Webster. Uh we

1:27:35are in a collaborative of uh health

1:27:38services. They came uh they came earlier

1:27:41this no I'm sorry last week. And um they

1:27:45are sworn in. They're ready to go.

1:27:47They're very excited. Um and uh we we're

1:27:51thrilled.

1:27:52>> Excellent. Great.

1:27:53>> Great. Um, board members, any other

1:27:56business? No.

1:27:58>> All right. Um, hearing seeing none. Oh,

1:28:01review. I'm sorry. Yeah, the communical

1:28:02disease uh cases as well. So, gotcha.

1:28:05Okay. Sorry about that.

1:28:13>> All right. Thank you. Um, with uh with

1:28:16with no further questions, I would uh

1:28:18entertain a motion to adjurnn.

1:28:22Make a motion to adjourn.

1:28:23>> Right.

1:28:24>> And all those in favor of meeting

1:28:25adjournment to signify by saying I.

1:28:27Caroline Griffin.

1:28:28>> Hi.

1:28:28>> Cara Westman.

1:28:29>> Eric Art. I thank you.