##VIDEO ID:bMczEIs-VRo## hey everybody hello hey hi Bill hey Bill hey r hi Sophie hello he there you go out is uh Joan and Jerry I don't believe so they're not they're not joining us actually so she wouldn't be able to okay so we have a quorum so why don't we just get started um so I'll I'll call this meeting Board of Health to order uh first we should do a roll call um so Kevin here and Carrie here s yeah and Sophie here okay great um um so this is going to be a relatively short meeting um at our last just to sort of set the context at our last Bo of Health meeting a week ago um we had a discussion around the proposed changes to the reading General bylaws which were approved by the bylaw committee and the Town Forest committee uh having to do with defining U Better defining effective voice control control uh in the bylaws for dogs that are walked in the town forest and um also with respect to walking dogs in the Town Forest limiting the maximum number of offleash dogs to two per Handler and there were some other issues around picking up um dog waste um and keeping all other dogs on the leash so we had a fairly robust discussion uh because the question that was brought to us was whether the Board of Health felt we should endorse these changes to the bylaw and secondarily to co-sponsor them with the town Force committee um at in a warrant at I I believe the November town meeting um and so at the discussion was generally positive as as I recall um people were in favor and um we were uh the only concerns that were discussed at any length was enforcement and I guess enforcement would be primarily through signage at the Town Forest um but the feeling um of a number of board members was that this would uh help Foster uh Public Safety and public health um and as animal control is under the purview of the health department and the Board of Health that um we had a role to play here and so we were just about to take a vote when um our parliamentarian Kevin seon pointed out that due to an oversight in the agenda scheduling and and formatting we did not list an action that we would take a vote but rather this was in form and discussion and so uh as a result we um quickly scheduled this meeting uh not necessarily to you know rehash the whole discussion but uh to consider a vote on this although if anyone has any um sort of additional comments or thoughts on this we can certainly entertain them now and otherwise we can move to a motion to a vote so are there any questions comments any further discussion so seen N I would make a motion is it okay to um maybe just post it on the screen for like 10 seconds or 15 seconds okay Cy um I didn't have it up so what which one is it that you would like up the one that I sent out this morning the proposed changes the word document Cass did you have it because I can pull it up yeah I do have it I just found it so these were the these were the two uh amendments to the bylaws um the first paragraph talks about effective voice control and better defin finds what that means um as listed here I don't think I need to read it and um and the second amendment has to do with uh you know the maximum number of dogs off leash under voice control at two um and you know that any dog that is not needs to be leashed dog waste needs to be removed all other dogs need to be leashed on entering the Town Forest and people who do not um uh abide by these rules would be asked to leave the Town Forest so these are the uh two amendments that uh we discussed at length a week ago okay Cassidy that that sounds good and again uh any other suggestions or comments otherwise um I would make a motion uh to endorse the changes uh that we've just discussed um and also to have the Board of Health co-spon with the Town Forest committee uh these changes um in the warrant uh to the uh town meeting um in November uh is there a second to that motion second Kevin second was that s okay s second uh roll call um Kevin yes Carrie yes F yes and Rick yes okay and with that um that was the main purpose of this meeting and with that I'd make a motion to adjourn do I have a second just real quick before you do that um Rick um Bill do you foresee needing someone from the board either uh Rick or Carrie to stand up there with you in November car's a town meting member Rick's not but I believe where the board is endorsed it and he's the chair he'd be allowed to speak what about you Kevin you're a town meeting I'm going I'm going into excession right now I'm going cheer Vice cheer you know and then I I'll jump in if nobody else wants that's true yes thank thank you for asking that Kevin I was that's part of the reason that I'm that I'm on the call I think that you know well first off thank you very much first for having this special meeting but also for your voter support and co-sponsor ship it's we think that you know having you all you know in back of us really it it's I think it's going to be really helpful and I think you know to the point that you know it will help cost to Public Safety and and public health and that's really what this is all about so uh so I think it would be helpful perhaps I don't know if would this make sense if because you know part of the the limit or the limit of no more than two came from the Animal control officer I think there's also some you know would be some credibility if we get a message doesn't you know that person doesn't have to necessarily attend but even if it was a prepared statement that said yes I'm the Animal control officer for the town of reading and yes I agree with what's being proposed here U I don't know what you think about that idea interesting we'd have to Pro that to the Animal control officer see if they're comfortable with that I I can well I I've had uh I've seen correspondence you know from them and and uh and so I don't think that'll be a problem but that would be great if if you know to get that because since we you know since we know it's no longer under the police but under you all I think that there may be questions about well who else is is support is supportive of this there's also one um kind of a administrative thing this I just received the uh from from Jackie Liber uh about the the Warren articles and this has been split into two it's currently um 11 and 12 on the the town meeting so right now on the sponsors it only shows Town Forest committee I don't know what the procedure is this is my first go around here should I respond to Jackie to say you know that you all are now co-sponsoring this and have her make that change I could forward her email to to the board or or you know to to to to make that change or I can make it whatever is the most appropriate way to do it yeah say a day or Rick or both of you can just send an email let Jackie know yeah I think a day you can you can just send Jackie an email and just let her know that we've just taken the voke now and um if she can go ahead and make make a change if that's possible otherwise we just announce it at the at the meeting if me again yeah I think it will be possible because they've only just sent out this email you know asking for for edits yeah so the timing really is is excellent it you know to get it in that's why I'm so grateful for you all doing this you know during the week here because to wait till the you know a later meeting would have been kind of more Yep too late we get it yep so a day if you can forward that that would be great yes I'll do that thank you so what I can do is a day I forward the email that I received to you and then you could say you know to Jackie that you know that now that you're co-sponsoring please add something like that sounds also I may look at um there we're also going for some additional funding for the dead tree removal and basic plan control that's currently number 13 um I'm thinking about seeing if I can move that up because I'd rather ask for money before you know uh before we're proposing this change in in in the uh in the bylaw but that's kind of so the numbering might change but that's that's all I had great so right so somebody needs to be prepared to hit the mic and say yes the Board of Health voted unanimously in favor of this on X date and yeah that would be great Absolutely I'll be at to meeting too M nobody else can do it I always get up there one me Kevin nobody else wants to do it so Rick it's I guess I it's up to you right I mean I'm a town meeting member if you don't if you want to attend as the chair you know you're you're our chair you're our fearless leader um but if you if you are um if if that doesn't work then I'm happy to step in um as would some others so okay what are the dates of town meeting do we know anybody not to my head I don't have it written down yet just a she this shows it as that email from Jackie shows uh November 12th 12 through the 14th and 18th 12 14th 18th and the 21st right so probably right maybe day right good imine okay I might be out of town but we'll figure that out that's not till November yeah we can figure it out we have a lot of options though yeah good yeah okay all right I would uh second that motion to adjourn then okay roll call Uh Kevin yes Harry yes D yes and Rick yes thank you all for bearing with us and we'll see you in a few weeks all right see everybody stopped thanks for thanks for pulling us together Cassie in in a day bye bye thank you bye e e e e e e e e e e e e for