Okay, welcome to the um board of health meeting for the city of gardener. It is October 27th, 2025 and it is 4:37 p.m. Um, first thing on the agenda is um
public comment on agenda items and we ask that you limit the time to two minute um time limit per individual and it has um any item that's on the agenda. So I know that we do have some people here. If anyone wants to commute, you
know, speak, you just um state your name and address and um what the the topic is you what you want to say and try to limit it to two minutes. >> Okay. >> And um if anyone make sure everyone's signed in.
>> Is there anyone from the public who wants to speak? >> Yeah, I suppose it's me. >> Okay. >> My name is Betty Carrer. I live at 61 Lane Street, Haywood Buildings. Um, a problem is
bed bugs at the building. Um, and it's been an ongoing problem for quite a few years actually. But it just seems that when they get somebody to come in there and supposedly fix it,
we've had one person or one apartment that refuses to let the people in there to to spray their apartment or whatever. uh to the point of a gentleman came in that takes old furniture and whatever
and the um mattress was so bad he wouldn't take it. And right now, as far as we know, it's still out on the porch, which
uh isn't helping the building any. Now, this poor lady here has had to pack up her whole apartment four times. >> This is the fourth. >> This will be the fourth time. And I mean, sorry, but the poor lady 75 years
old, you know, it's just it's a strain on her. >> And I mean, and they won't help any, you know, the um maintenance or anybody. it's either, you know, family members who are all about the same age. And I
said, it it's ridiculous. And if they're going to spray, like right now they're due to have a spraying Wednesday and Thursday. >> Yeah. Wednesday and Thursday, why isn't the whole building being done,
not just like six apartments? And and it's like why? Well, and also on Wednesday they're doing the laundry room, which quite a few times has had bed bugs in
the laundry room. Well, we got this notice Monday or Friday or Friday that they were going to come in and do the laundry room and treat the laundry room. Well, in my mind, if they're going to treat it, then there's something in
there, but the laundry room's been open all weekend long. Now, that makes no sense whatsoever. It should be locked. Nobody should be allowed to go in there cuz if there's any more in there, they're just going to
take it to their apartment and spread it warm. >> I mean, it only makes common sense. And then I was told today that the like at night I've been locking making sure the door is locked. Well, then security
comes around and they unlock it and they told somebody, "Well, the door's not supposed to be locked." They'll do it. Yeah. >> So, it's like, you know, we're damned if we do and damned if we don't. We're trying to get this situation
solved so there's more of us that don't get them. and and it's just I mean I know Jen is working on it and she's working with a D but it it just makes no sense the way things are going and I
mean there's not only her there's another lady that's had to pack up quite a few times and I mean we're not just talking a few things we're talking your whole apartment just about has to be packed up and I mean I know they spent over $50 they tell them well put the
your clothes in the dryer on high for like 40 minutes or something like that, then wash them and then redry them. That's a lot of machine money that somebody's making some good bucks on.
But but um I mean it's it's ridiculous and we we just don't feel as though anybody's getting anywhere. And they also closed like our supposedly it's supposed to be our activity room for the
people in the building and well according to them it was um >> invested >> invested. Well, that didn't happen until they brought some um >> furniture
>> furniture, two pieces of two couches over from the main building at Wakefield and put them in there >> and >> took the ones we had in there out and then all of a sudden we were infested. And it's like, you know, the the people
in the building, you can't, you know, go down by I mean, it wasn't that it was used a lot. It was like football, you know, for the football games. Everybody would gather, bring food down and and whatever. And, you know, we always made sure it was clean afterwards. We get rid
of the trash. We didn't even the group of uses, about eight of us, would decorate the thing for the different seasons and all that. I mean, we kind of made it, you know, like like a living room, like where you go and hang out, but now we can't even do that because
supposedly it's infested. >> Thank you so much for sharing. I will um we will be discussing it in detail a little bit later on the agenda schedule. I will say that um I'm well aware of you
know what's been going on. >> We've talked in Yeah. and the inspectors have been um >> very much you know trying to work with them and and >> educate and um make some changes with
things. So, um, we certainly appreciate, you know, your concerns and what we've been going through. >> And we, like I said, it is on the agenda to discuss a little bit more in detail and, you know, update the rest of the board members cuz they're not um, you
know, aware of everything. Um, so we will discuss it further. So, but we do appreciate um, >> and you know, your concerns. Our concerns are there too. >> Yeah. >> Um with how things >> I think we we've got some things
more clear as to what's been happening. So we will discuss it in a little bit. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um next thing on the agenda is review the
minutes from July 21st, 2025 and September 22nd, 2025. By the way, we do have a quorum. Um, you know, I know uh Jeff's not here today, but because we have three members out of four, that does equate to a quorum. So,
we are able to continue >> and I wasn't at the September meeting, but I did look at the July ones. >> Okay. Make a motion to those July meetings. Motion is made and seconded to approve the July
meeting um minutes and any discussion they did look good for me. Um everybody um approve >> I do too. the September minutes. I make a motion to approve
>> second and seconds. And >> I don't know if you have a quorum to vote. >> Oh, actually, no, we don't have a quorum to vote on those. You're right. Because there's only the two of us and she weren't here. >> So, we will next table the um September minutes for next meeting.
Okay, next on the agenda is the health department updates. So, I'm going to start with staffing. Um, and as you may be aware, Micah Blondo has resigned as the director of the department. Um, and I will be serving as acting director until the position is filled. Brandy also resigned
as the administrative assistant and her last day was October 1st. We have filled her position with a woman. Her name is Dewan Balzone and she started on October 22nd. Stan Dal Sewitz who was our transfer
station supervisor retired last week after being out on a leave since June. The position is still vacant at this time. Eric will be assisting with supervising the attendant until that position is full. Um the position of administrative coordinator has been vacant since March of 2025. It was
previously a 37-hour a week position. The position was posted last week as a 19-hour a week position for part-time. Next, I have the landfill transfer station in solid waste. The lea pumps replacement and groundwater monitoring
project um is underway. The purchasing department has awarded the contract and they were doing the signing by all parties today. Eric will continue to monitor the levels of Leiche and Wind River is manually pumping out the excess about every other week and we'll continue to do so until the pumps are
fixed. >> Do they um they can get them this soon? >> I'm hoping that the project will be done in November or December. >> Okay. >> Once the contracts have been executed, I believe they're hoping to move forward quickly.
>> I know those funds have been appropriation and and the if they're signing the contract. Y >> um and that does not include the erosion repair. >> Correct. The repair of the erosion to the land uh landill cap. There's
currently no funding set aside for that project. And we're going to have to look for creative ways to get that funded. Speak to the mayor. Speak to the um city auditor to see what we can do. which means that all I mean we're going to replace the pumps and the groundwater
monitoring but the erosion has been going on and I do we have a state D order >> I believe there is a D order this is this is a new project yeah >> um and it's been
back probably seven years um and we've gone through several direct before it's kind of get been getting lost So, um, it does concern me that we're not replace, you know, fixing the erosion is still
going to just wash everything down out into the groundwater. Um, and the leech pumps, which eventually are going to end up failing again. So, >> um, so I have that on my list to speak to the mayor and to the auditor to see if
we can start locating the funding for that. Uh for food establishments, the annual food, tobacco, and other sanitation related permits open for renewals on October 1st and that will continue through November 30th. Um there was one food establishment complaint which was
moldy bread on a sandwich. Um the consumer did have nausea immediately after noticing the mold on her sandwich. She did not eat the remainder of it. The establishment was contacted. They discard the remaining bread from that batch of bread. Um the consumer was advised to call back if she experienced
any additional symptoms or sought medical treatment and she has not called back for any additional uh symptoms or treatment. The Walmart deli and prepared food renovations are complete and I did the pre-opening re uh pre-reoping inspection last week. Walmart to go area
is still under renovation expected to be completed in November. We have several new food establishments in process. Um some are in plan review, some are under construction. We have coffee and cream on the corner of Connor Street at Parker Street. We'll be pre-opening inspection
this week. A new commercial daycare is going to be located on Kobanada for approximately 40 kids and that is still in plan review. Um we have a new Brazil Brazilian deli and bakery under construction in the old Taylor rental building. Uh Four Seasons is adding a bar, so
they're under construction in their dining room. in the Dunkin Donuts on Tiffany Boulevard is doing renovations on signs and awnings. And Gaby's on Pearson Boulevard is going undergoing extensive renovations. They pretty much stripped that one down to the studs and they're rebuilding it from the ground
up. Uh for housing, we are starting to get those no heat calls. Um as it's getting colder at night and people are trying to turn their heat on, we're getting many calls about that. Um I do have an update regarding the bed bug situation at the apartment complex. Eight units were
identified by the new um pest control company last week. We did advise the um property manager to seek some additional estimates and treatment plans from other pest control management companies because the previous pest control
management company was unable to get the situation under control. We found they did the same thing in a different apartment complex for cockroaches. So, we advise them that they should probably look at other um other avenues for treatment. Um the pest control company will be conducting inspections again
tomorrow of the units surrounding the eight where they found bed bugs and they will begin treatment on all affected areas both on Wednesday and Thursday. Um and one unit is severe enough that we are actually going to condemn it tomorrow. The offment will be housed by
the owner for a three night minimum while we get that hopefully get her unit under control. >> So it was my understanding I know we met last week um with Micah and you to review it all. So I understand that the previous pest because this has been
going on for at least a year that we're aware of. >> We get calls on it off and on throughout the last year. the previous pest company was not up to par with what they were doing
with treatments. Um, and so then you've they've had a couple of new people come in >> and did they choose one? >> They did choose one. They signed a contract on Thursday. They're initiating um more inspections tomorrow to make
sure they get the outliers of >> So, is that what they're doing with Wednesday? I I'm not sure why they're breaking up the treatments either. >> Um I think it's the quantity of work that needs to be done and they're trying
to be very thorough. >> So, when you say in the outliers, are they have they treat I mean, >> so the whole thing is they're going to go from one apartment to the other. So, typically what we do when we have an unpacked um unit is if there's only one,
and I know it's more than one, um but you want to treat next door >> on either side up and down, >> right? >> Okay. If there's a unit across the hall, we tend to want to treat that one also. >> So, they're going to try to figure out how large of an area needs to be
treated. They also do plan to treat the community room and the um the laundry room. How many units are in the apartments that >> I believe that one that building has 70ish units. >> Yeah, I'd say >> okay.
>> I mean I where it's in the laundry room which and I'm not sure why they opened it up and because I thought it they were well aware that it was in the laundry room. >> I don't understand why they opened it up
without treating it. Um and then even Who was the one that brought the couches in from I mean in where they brought the couches in. Um did they I mean you just you can't you know you
have to be careful with bringing in used furniture. >> So I feel as though we were not consulted on what the plan should have been. They were taking guidance from the original pest control company and the guidance might not have been strong. >> Right. Right. Right. It was definitely not. We have provided them with the integrated pest management plan for
large apartment buildings. Um, which is a I think a 25page document telling you how to manage these situations. Um, and that integrated pest management system also has um periodic surveillance and treatment even when there isn't a problem, which is what most restaurants
do. >> Um, and so that's what we're going to start looking at going forward. I was not personally the inspector on this case, so I'm coming into it a little bit later, but I've been working with Eric to make sure that I have all of the information. I spoke with Jennifer at length today
um trying to make sure that we have the right plan in place, not just a plan. >> Is that the property manager? >> Jennifer is the property manager. >> Now, is there educational materials that can be provided as well that >> we did send out some educational materials from the Department of Public
Health? Um they were emailed to Jennifer. I will follow up with her to see if those were dispersed to the residents as of right now you haven't received them >> because that was the other thing is that um you know within all the apartments I
mean wherever the ground zero was whatever was identified as where the apartment was and I understand was it you that there was a miscommunication and they notified you that it was your apartment one point, but it was actually
another apartment. I think um I had been getting bitten. I called the apartment manager and informed her that it could have been either fleas or bed bugs, >> right? >> Because they both bite, >> right? They do.
>> They came that afternoon to check and the company that came didn't come until almost the weekend to do a treatment. like Friday, Thursday or Friday to do a treatment. >> Mhm. >> Then they didn't say how soon they would
be coming back to check. >> I unpacked everything and didn't have to be packing again. >> Okay. >> So, that was my going to be my next question is how they're asking you to pack things up in plastic bags, garbage
bags. I'm assuming because they want to keep whatever they can't spray or clean you want to be contained in the bags and kill the bugs. Are they giving you a length of time to keep them in the bags before you undo them? >> No. >> No. >> No. They do not be addressed.
>> They had told me I would have waited >> now. It's very costly for the bags. >> Right. No, I know. Um, and the good news is is that bed bugs, they don't carry, they're not a vector that carries diseases, but they are a nuisance and
their bites can be >> very much, you know, a concern obviously. Um, it's just the whole getting rid of them in an apartment complex like that like this is is challenging, >> but it can be done. It just has to be,
you know, and then like you mentioned about the furniture and the mattress and that's, you know, even if if they brought in some couches, I don't know where they brought them from. I mean, you have to be very aware. >> Well, this one person refused many times
to have anybody go into her apartment to check, right? And I mean, that right there is like it it's like against your lease. You're supposed to allow the people in to check. And and she's still living there.
And we we we also have looked at what other resources, you know, for some people that, you know, they need assistance to manage this. um whether it's you know um calling you in a family
member or if there's other community resources. We have been looking into that and it's challenging when you know somebody >> I mean she she's thrown out or gotten rid of everything but her couch in her in her living room
>> and had to get new furniture >> and a mattress we slept. >> Yeah. was a brand new mattress. >> Well, the mattress was old, but I got a brand new mattress in addition. >> Spent uh I am related to Mrs. Gonzalez. Nothing about being helping her.
>> Uh she's spend at least $1,100 >> and uh even though I don't reside, you know, touch with her because I work seven days a week and my daughter can't make it up here. She feels guilty. When I see this woman here, the the the stress, the despair, the anguish is is
killing my daughter and my daughter is afraid to go to their apartment and I help her as much as I can. >> I be lucky I haven't caught any of these things that the stress >> is horrible. >> Yeah. And the what I'm just the other concern is that people going from one
apartment to the other or anywhere there is possibility of you know bringing them. Can I speak for you? H Brock, I mean that's too much. >> Yeah. No, we we Yeah. >> So I I just did want to make sure that um you know I can sympathize with your
challenge. This is an extremely difficult um situation. It's very stressful. It can be as you mentioned it's expensive. >> Very stressful. >> Very very stressful. Very expensive. Um my former mother-in-law lives in the building and I helped her with hers last
year. But um what I want to stress to you is that the the board's position is to enforce the sanitary code and to try to do everything we can to eliminate the problem. We are not limiting your other resources to seek damages from anyone.
>> Oh yeah. >> But that's something that we cannot do for you. >> So I would encourage you to look and see what your options are for those damages. >> I'm not asking for the damages, >> okay? But there has to be a system that
yes, I notify them, >> but why aren't they they may be doing it now, but why haven't they been from day one at least once every six months going through all the apartments to check to
see if there's been bugs? That's something that we, as Angela said, our the board health department's um role is to enforce the sanitary code. And that's something that there's been in our investigations with the inspector. Um
revealing a lot of this information that uh where things have not been clearly followed in a logical manner or up to, you know, following the guidelines. And that's something that the inspector and the the health board will um you know
continue to work with the property manager to ensure that that's done. We're not going to just step away >> and we will ensure that they are doing that. >> Unfortunately this at this given time it is affecting me >> but we have older people than myself
that live there. That's why I think that they should be checking more frequent frequently >> so we can definitely impact what they're doing going forward. We can't change what they did before, but we can definitely make suggestions and place orders so that they have a clear plan
that they're going to follow and that we're going to um follow up with them about. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So whatever my understanding is now hopefully there should be like a set like every 6 months or something like that. the whole
building should be sprayed or checked or >> they have a new um they did sign in with a new uh pest control company as well >> which hopefully um they will be more on top of it in a different because I don't
think what the previous >> people were doing was effective >> and it didn't sound like there was followup because I mean this was the first I had heard about it being a problem um you know so severe and stuff. And I think that the um between
>> the inspector that's been out there and the health department, they've been on top of it. And I identified a lot of the areas where they could improve >> and um the educational materials that should they should be getting those out and you know cuz people going into the
building you know there's all kinds of people that go into the building go into the homes >> you know medical people um you know visitors >> the deliveries >> and and I don't know that they're aware as well you know people going into the
different apartments. So, we need to >> I have I have a a cleaning person that comes in. I have called their where they located and I have said, "I've got bed bugs. I'm being sprayed.
Please do not send my >> person to come to my apartment." >> I have made it a point of telling them not to come. But I'm proactive. A lot of people are not, >> right? Maybe they're afraid to say,
"There's something going on in my apartment and I'm afraid to tell anybody about it." And I think that's part of the problem there, too. >> Um, we're going to talk to the um property manager. I don't know. I really
not sure if we were, you know, Ken post something on the um building entrances about it or not, but um that's something we'll have to look at. >> The only And they put like down in the bowling room, they put a sign on the door that says out of order.
>> Okay. >> And they lock the door. >> Okay. I mean, is there like a a meeting room, a a common area where community that was a common room? >> Yeah. >> He's maybe the property manager and maybe with Eric or something.
>> Yeah. So, I'm going to be on site tomorrow. I'm going to be there meeting with um Jennifer and with the pest control plan aside the pest control management company and we will be condemning one of the units tomorrow. >> Thank you. >> So that will be a big step forward
>> and that unit will remain condemned until I feel that there is no pest activity in the unit. >> What we've been doing, I myself included, we've been spraying our own apartments. >> Yeah. and we're not supposed to because
it makes everything go out, >> right? Well, that's probably not the best thing. Let the um professionals, you know, continue. Like I said, they have a new pest control >> and there there's been,
>> you know, with the investig with investigation, I think more communication that's and we've unc uncovered a few areas where they need to improve and Angela and Eric have been talking with the property manager. So, I
would let them try to go with their plan and see what happens. One of the things that I would just caution about using your own pesticides is that when you put your pesticides in the problem onto the property, not only do they spread out, but your pesticides
may interact with his pesticides, may interact with the new pest control company's pesticides. You want to be careful about mixing too many different chemicals together because you don't want to poison yourself. >> No. Okay. >> Definitely not. So, and I and I think if we can get some educational materials,
maybe somehow meet with the property manager and she should be able to explain some simple things. >> Yum. I'm going to I'm going to print out some materials that I can bring to her tomorrow in case she did not receive the um files that I believe that Michael sent her last week. I don't have a way of checking that at this point, but I
already have my to-do list to send those and I will bring hard copies with me so that Jennifer has them to copy. I will make them available for you. Well, that'll be awesome >> because we are all concerned even even though no one wants to admit they have
them, but we are all concerned. >> It's Yeah. And unfortunately, when you live in a community living like that in an apartment building, >> all it takes is one, you know, to bring it in. Um if it after you know this
process is done with the new spraying you know if there's still problems please you know call the health department and let them know keep us updated >> but I have a number already for >> all right but um yeah hopefully
>> and I and we have some of us have Eric's time too >> because I know like I said it was a lot that was discovered that was you know not aware. Um the reports were coming I think to the property manager and to
everybody that everything was good. They weren't finding anything. >> Well, our main thing was the not this week or last time, but like the time before when whoever it was that came in and did her apartment said she was fine, she didn't have
anything. And then like the next week they're like, "Oh, we've got to do your apartment again." you know, bag everything out. And it was like you just said that we had nothing. I mean, I can see like as a cautionary thing going back, but let them know that you know
they're going to come back. So, don't unbag everything, you know. >> Yeah. Do you know how long the bags because I know with headlights we used to do this with the schools. >> Yeah. Anything that you're bagging that cannot be chemically treated should be washed or cleaned independently as
you're taking it out of the bags. Unfortunately, bed bugs can live up to 6 months without feeding. >> Okay. >> So, we want to make sure that we're cleaning them off. You're you're treating things with cleaning products. You're laundering them. You're drying heat drying them. Um, another thing is
they expect us to go out and like to Hogans for example. Those of us that don't drive, those of us that have no other transportation, I've got a lot of clothes. How am I going to get them there? They don't want
us. I mean, we I myself >> I don't want you bringing them to Oregon. So I will talk to Jennif want yeah I do not want you bringing your items off the property because now you could be bringing them to another establishment which could spread them further. >> We only have four washers and four
dryers. >> I understand. Let me look at integrated pest management plan and see if I have any recommendations from that plan to see if I can come up with some solutions for you. What I also want to instruct you to do is from now on when you report any problems to Jennifer or the office
also call our office and I'm going to start keeping a spreadsheet of which units are impacted and when they get treated which is what I've done in another development from cockroaches before and we were successfully able to pinpoint where the real problems were and get the treatment done. We've actually cut down the number of
cockroach um reports from that property. >> Right. That is all. if you know maybe she can also >> you guys are listening right so you can repeat it back to me again >> but unusual
>> yeah obviously 70 people 70 apartments can't go down trying to use the laundromat before washing so maybe >> she's going to have to try to um maybe we schedule time maybe you do one bath at a time not everything at one time I
know that sounds challenging >> but we we've got to do lawfully with a plan so that we protect everybody else. >> What if they they meaning the office >> get I know they have them out there.
They do laundry service because my daughter booked into this for me. It was going to cost me $2,500 to have them pack me up, pack my stuff up, take it out,
and do the treatment that they do for, you know, for the laundry >> and then bring it back. It was going to cost $2,500 >> per unit. >> Yeah, probably. >> Yeah. All right. Um, >> I'm just saying that I don't know who she talked to, but she looked into it
for If you can get the name and number of that company and I'd appreciate having that and you call Eric with that information, that'd be great. >> And I'll review the integrated pest management plan so that I can see if I can figure out what the best next step is. >> I mean, that's packing us all up even. >> I know. I know.
>> I mean, I've got mine almost all done, but yes, it takes a long time to get them all back in and then be told that you have to bag up again, >> right? >> Yeah. So, let's maybe um as you're bagging things, do it thoughtfully where you put the things you need first all in one bag
>> and you the things you use the least like your summer clothes right now >> in the bag that you don't open all year long by the way. >> Huh? >> I'm one that is so wear all year long. >> Well, maybe like I said, try to thoughtfully think of it so you can open as few bags at a time as possible. the
ones you things you need most urgently first and the things you need less urgently last so that you >> like I have you know summer winter clothes all that >> I put mine I have a seated chest and they're in the seated chest now would I have to take those all out of the seated
chest >> that's a good question >> probably I think is for boss >> I believe it is a bit >> but I wonder how airtight it is >> yeah I don't know >> so yeah this way. It's in the in my
closet. >> Mhm. >> And it's a good size. See your chest and it's not airtight, but with everything that's on top of it, it is airtight. >> All right. Well, let me look into that a little bit more for you.
>> Thank you. on the bagging. >> Yeah, I I know with headless we used to do this a similar thing and um >> or washing it 140° or freezing at minus 4 at least sitting and we used to tell
people to put it outside too, but >> um we don't haveus. >> One of the things that I can look into is reaching out to our emergency management um coordinator for the city and see if he can locate a mobile service. We talked about this when the migrant shelter opened.
>> Um, but it was not approved by FEMA. >> Um, but we can see if maybe we can get some contact information to see what that cost would look like to bring a mobile laundry onto the onto the property. >> So, that's something I I wrote down as a potential um avenue to explore more. So, I do have
some ideas. I just have to >> start implementing them. And this just got handed to me last week. So, >> I have not been wrong. I mean, I think last week is when they really just started unraveling a lot of the pieces that >> we didn't weren't aware of. So, I think
with the education and and um the new system, the new pest control and everything >> and our vigilance. >> Yeah. So, um yeah, just make sure you let the health department know if people are calling and more. >> Yep. And so what happens moving forward
is I'm going to request the pest control reports and I'm going to request that by unit and I'm going to start a spreadsheet and I have the building diagram. So I'm going to try to figure out >> how we're doing and if we can you know have a repeat in usually two to 3 weeks they usually come back to repeat a treatment depending on which
insecticides they use. Um, so we'll try to clarify what your expectations should be for retreatment and then I will ask them when they're coming back to reinspect because I feel that this is probably going to be a three treatment >> process for this particular situation.
So don't unbag anything until we we direct you to do so unless you absolutely >> Well, I was just going to say did you say two or three weeks after? Typically, you do one treatment, it takes up to one week for the full effect, and then they come back a week later, they'll reinspect, and they'll retreat as
appropriate. And then we want to do that again, probably a third time. >> Well, then I'll go back and get what clothes that I might need because by the time they come back and I'm through, it'll be Thanksgiving. >> No, really. >> I know. I know. But we want to make sure we do a thorough job this time. So, I'm
going to I'm going to stay on top of this one for you guys. Okay. >> Thank you very much. What were the exact deficiencies with this whole pest? >> They were using a more broadspectctrum pesticide that you commonly apply in the restaurant for preventative or multiple types of bugs, not specific one for bed
bugs. >> And they were reporting that everything was good that they really liability to help with the expense of rectifying. >> That would be something that they would have to explore. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> But it's a good thing to explore.
>> Andrea was Yeah, she that's Yeah. >> Yeah, she she >> did contact with you. >> Yeah, she did. >> I have a question though before we do disband. The dirty clothes I have right
now is not I mean it's just a little bit at the moment. >> Mhm. But if they they're coming to spray my apartment on Wednesday, if I grab as many clothes as I can and
put it into a bag saying it's going to be my dirty pile. >> Yep. >> I can treat them. I can wash them. And can I hang once they're done with the treatment? Can I hang the clean clothes up into the closet?
>> No. I would repack them into plastic bags so that they don't become reinfested. >> You got to be unfortunately >> that's a question that that nobody else would think. >> I will tell you I will tell you that you you want to take all precautions that you can to prevent them from spreading
into your cleaned items also. >> Yeah. So that's where meeting with um >> Jennifer >> Jennifer and and making sure that somehow this information can get dispersed to all the tenants. Um, I'm going to talk to Jennifer tomorrow about maybe doing a community meeting.
>> And you know, it's just I know it's a silly question, but >> I got to wear clothes. >> I need water. I need face. >> It's been going on too long. >> So, they need to be accessible always. >> It It may be more uncomfortable, more
challenging at the get-go, next week, this week. Um, but I think we'll have a better outcome if we if we come up with a plan that everybody follows these steps and we try to get a lot of communication going on. And I'm going to reach out to Jennifer again tomorrow to see if we can maybe do some community education,
>> offer a meeting in the building. >> One of the big problems is >> no communication up and down. >> I heard the other I heard that. So I'm going to that's my I've got some ideas on how to try to solve that problem for you. Unfortunately,
>> I've got another list. >> All right, >> I'm gonna move to the next item. >> Okay. >> Um, there have been two other new bed bug cases in different buildings um not related to this investigation. >> Um, those are the ones. Yes, that I told you about.
>> Um, we have one case in housing court. It's a three family with multiple uncorrected violations including some uh no heat in two of the apartments, insufficient hot water for the building, missing safety railings, exposed electrical wires. Um I took this to court about 4 weeks ago. The owner was
repaired uh or the owner was ordered to repair all of the CDEs within 30 days and I'll be doing a reinspection on that this week. Um up until this past Friday, he had not made any repairs. However, he was in communication with me Friday and
Saturday. He said he was going to visit the building. He was going to have somebody come in service the furnace, but I have not heard an update. So, I'm going to be chasing that one again today or tomorrow. Um, and the remaining violations, which are not the CBE's conditions deemed to endanger, are
ordered to be repaired within 60 days. One of the units in the building became vacant after I went to court. So I condemned it um to prevent somebody else from moving in there um until the repairs are complete so that he can't get somebody else to
come into this problem and start you know start their tendency in a in an awkward position and and be taken advantage of >> and the bed bugs being there. I mean that's the other thing on your list when you meet with Jennifer tomorrow. I mean there may we when we discussed last week
there may be a crossover of um >> from Yeah. from building to building. >> Yeah. Yeah. From a certain group. >> Yep. I I'm familiar with the gentleman I think that may be um visiting friends and or family at another building. Um because that's why I want to do a
community u meeting and I want to see if I can get that arranged for maybe um later this week or early next week so that we can kind of stress the importance of limiting just like we did in co social distancing limiting your interactions with other people and limiting your um time in other people's
units at you know for a week or two >> which is to get >> right it's it's a small sacrifice to make to get to the greater good >> um moving forward uh prevention coordinator. There was a domestic violence visual event at city hall on October 6th. Chana 9 annual
meeting was on October 9th. Hispar Hispanic Heritage Month was at city hall on October 15th. District Attorney Early's conference will be was on October 23rd. Um we have gotten Mass Cultural Council reimbursements for the
Mass Cultural Council and a new grant cycle closed. The meeting will be scheduled for next week. This is all from Veronica, so I don't have a lot of details about those items. >> Um, Abora virus, tickborn illnesses. Uh, we're pretty much at the end of the season. We've had a couple of good
frosts now. Garger was, uh, always at low risk this year for a triple and Westnile virus. Uh, but we do still recommend taking precautions when spending time outdoors up until probably mid November. >> Yeah, ticks are definitely still out there. I know some of my neighbors have recently had tick bites.
>> Yeah. Um, you know, especially if you're walking in the woods or >> Yeah. >> warm day. >> Yep. And I I pull them off the dogs on those warm days. >> Um, for vaccine clinics, the PACC had a clinic on September 24th. The Benol House had one on October 6th. City Hall
had their public and employee clinic on the 20th. Um, they only had the COVID vaccine at the October 20th at city hall because the vaccine came later than the flu vaccine. So, Victoria will be working to schedule follow-up clinics for COVID vaccines, and I will let you
know when that happens. >> I know all thearmacies are able to do the flu and the uh >> and the co. >> Yeah, I'll be going to the pharmacy this year because I had a training on the day off campus um that we had our employee clinic um for new business unless
anybody has any other old business. Um I have okay so new business >> new business um medication disposal the garden of PD temporarily stopped accepting medication for disposal as there was a moratorum um it seems like that came as an issue from the state
police they were bringing their drugs their medications to be disposed of in the state police incinerator and they stopped doing it because there's so many so they have not and collected them. Although they did have the um takeback
drug day >> uh price chopper on Saturday. Um and they we did we do have a >> Yep. >> option that yeah an option of um less expensive expensive
>> that is um something that we will pursue with I told the chief that >> one of us would share it with them. >> Yep. and also with the sharps disposal as the costs continue to increase significantly every month the PD budget was not funded to support the increase.
Um Sue reached out to the MPHN and forwarded the resources that the MPHN is using to um the Gardener Police Department and we'll be following up on that to see if we can change our provider for um disposing of our sharps because it's really important that we
continue to do that. seemed like every time I went down there >> there was no it was full and it >> and then there was no medication place. So yeah. Anyway, um and the last item I have on new business is the public
health emergency preparedness tabletop event which is going to go over our emergency management plan. That's going to be a virtual meeting on November 20th from 9:30 to 10:30. Um when we say virtual that means um the PHP will be meeting us virtually but we have a room
at the community the community room at garden PD so that our group can collaborate together in the same room on the plan and update the plan. Um go over all the steps. Make sure the right names are plugged into the right places, right phone numbers and contact information,
the right kind of phone tree and triaging that needs to be in that plan. um can be updated and reviewed in person with all of our group. So, I plan to attend that event. I believe Sue does. >> I'll be there. >> Paul Taposki will be there. Um I think
>> we're trying I was trying to think of who else we should include and basically um fire. >> He'll be you know we included fire police. I was actually going to also send it to um the safety council um
public safety and actually all of the counselors, the mayor and I um wondered about when I was looking at we have a um draft of a hazards plan a multiple I think it's
called multiple hazards plan emergency preparedness and one of the scenarios to address was um cyber attack on a hospital and it we never got it drafted
in you know um to the gardeners community but that's something that needs to be done. So I was it made me think maybe we should include somebody from the hospital especially in lie of the fact that they just had a cyber attack
>> right maybe the chief medical officer or they also have the IT department but they're pretty >> you know what I'll send it to Dawn and she can disperse >> it should I'll send it there and um can send
copies of everything and if anyone that we're forwarding it to can certainly share the northern area. It has to be done yearly. And if we um the emergency public health emergency plan region two,
which is what we're part of, um if they're they're they've got it all, you know, templates and draft the scenario we're going to do, we can do it on November 20th and it's the after reports. they'll still give us the
templates and we have to you know complete it according to what our needs are and how we um did our discussion the the table talk exercise if we don't do that then other we have to kind of we can do it all on our own but it's like
what why you know when we can do it so um yeah so that's November 20th and it's in the community room we have >> I believe so So that's good. Okay. Um,
anything else I have on here? The, um, MOA, the Mass Health Association Officer Association conference is next week. I know I'm going to be attending. Um, attending and
we're still trying to get Eric to go. Um, so Eric is going to go on Tuesday to complete his housing tier 3 class or actually to initiate his housing tier 3 class work. Um, unfortunately we discovered when we were trying he was
going to go Tuesday overnight Tuesday go to Wednesday morning and come back for Wednesday afternoon to help Brian at the transfer station. When he called to cancel his hotel reservation, he discovered he didn't have one. >> Oh. >> So he is now only going to go for Tuesday during the day to come back Tuesday night.
>> Okay. But I will be there for all three days. >> All right. >> With my cell phone, my iPad. >> Okay. Well, all right. So, next item on the agenda is setting the next meeting. That's in November.
So, the 17th or the 24th? >> The 24th being the week of Thanksgiving. >> Mhm. >> I'm available either Monday. possibility. It just went back to um I can do either one. I'll just move
my schedule around. So, whatever you guys want to do is fine. >> You want to do the 24th then? >> That's probably closer to right >> since we're on the 27th today. >> Yeah.
Okay. Um we are going to move into executive session. So I we can um we plan on discussion a discussion on the health department staffing. So we will
adjourn from the executive session. Um, but we can take a pause here um while we go as if I can have a motion to do that. >> So, okay. Second. All in favor? Hi.