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BOARD OF HEALTH
Minutes of the Meeting of 5 December 1991 at 4:30 PM. The meeting
took place in the Jury Room, Town and county Building, 16 Broad
street, Nantucket, MA 02554. Board members present were: Carl
Borchert, Nancy Sevrens, Bernard Grossman, Diane Coombs and Wayne
Holmes. The meeting was called to order at 4:30 PM.
Meetinq with Health Officer Richard Ray and AIDS Network
Coordinator Cheryl Bartlett to Discuss Public Health Issues.
Mr. Ray recommended that the Board focus heavily on public health
issues at this time as the community faces many different public
health threats including Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, Tuberculosis and
AIDS, as well as food service issues. He requested a part-time
position be established to assist Public Health Advisor Cheryl
Bartlett in order to help address these many issues. Discussion
followed on this subj ect. Ms. Bartlett reiterated Mr. Ray's
concern that the community faces many significant public health
issues today. She suggested that the Board assume a leadership
role in addressing these issues which include education and
prevention. She added that she is often called out of the
Nantucket Cottage Hospital and into the community to address public
health issues and stated that she has little time to address other
important public health concerns such as the lack of disease
reporting procedures among the island medical establishment.
Discussion followed regarding the nature and funding of the
position. Mr. Holmes moved to support the establishment of the
requested position; to investigate monies which might be available
from the County for this purpose for the remainder of fiscal year
1992 and to initiate budgeting for this position for fiscal year
1993; seconded by Mrs. Sevrens. All in favor. So voted.
There being no further business before the Board, it was
unanimously voted to adjourn at 5:40 PM.
Submitted this 2nd day of March, 1992.
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C. Elizabeth Ranney
Assistant Executive Secretary
I Approved this lft!t ~ of March, 1992.