Board of Health

KEVIN ELAK City of Middletown Acting Director of Health Department of Health 245 deKoven Drive Middletown, CT 06457 TEL: (860) 638-4960 FAX: (860) 638-1960 TDDL: (860) 344-3521 Middletown Board of Health Minutes from September 8, 2020 Meeting Present: Kevin Elak, Raven Fenmore, Yvonne Joy, Anthony Mangiafico, Linda Salafia, Stan Opalacz Absent: Pat Distefano, Joseph Havlicek, Aaron Roome Call To Order:  Yvonne Joy designated as Acting Chairperson for the meeting.  Meeting was called to order at 6:03PM by Yvonne Joy. Approval of Minutes  June 9, 2020. Motion by Anthony Mangiafico. 2nd by Yvonne Joy. Unanimously approved. Public Hearing for Agenda Items:  None Directors Report:  Director of Health o No report  Division Report: COVID-19 update provided to board members in attendance. Old Business:  None New Business:  Deliberation of allocation for remaining $1500 of 2020/2021 Public Health Block Grant funding. o Motion by Anthony Mangiafico to allocate $1250 to CRT Opioid Grant and $250 to Warm the Children. 2nd by Yvonne Joy. Unanimously passed  The Middletown Health Department will be receiving a 30-month grant from the CT Department of Public Health for $268,209. Grant funding will be used to hire part time staff to conduct contact tracing, provide additional testing capacity, providing COVID-19 guidance and training to businesses, and promoting testing and mass vaccination campaigns.  Seasonal flu vaccination clinic schedule for Middletown and the surrounding area is now posted on www.middletownct.gov. Adjournment:  Motion to adjourn by Anthony Mangiafico. 2nd by Yvonne Joy. Motion Carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:26 PM Respectfully Submitted: Kevin Elak R.S. Public Health Manager