HEALTH COMMITTEE
JANUARY 13, 2004
COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30 P.M.
Convened: 5:35 P.M.
Adjourned: 6:55 P.M.
Present: Councillor Barbara Haller, Chairperson
Councillor Konstantina Lukes
Councillor Juan Gomez
Thomas R. Hoover, City
Manager
Paul LaCava, Director,
Neighborhood Services
Scott Hayman, Neighborhood
Services
Jay Gardiner, Director,
Public Health
Dr. Leonard Morse, Public
Health Commissioner
Jill Dagilis, Commissioner,
Code Enforcement
Gerard Dio, Fire Chief
Gerald Vizzo, Police Chief
Mary Babbidge, Asst. City
Clerk
COMMUNICATIONS
OF THE CITY MANAGER
1. Relative to a vote of the Board of Health recommending a ban
on smoking in workplaces citywide.
#20B CM August 12,
2003
2. Relative to Smoking Ordinance.
#20A CM September
9, 2003
Speakers: PIP
Items
Larry Gotleib, 90 Clearwater Rd., Newton,
Mass.
William
Breault, Commission on Homelessness
Steve
Teasdale, 26 Nelson Place
David
McMahon, 28 Westfield St.
Patsy
Lewis, 72 Beaconsfield Rd.
3. Relative to PIP Shelter public safety issues.
#17C CM October 28,
2003
4. Relative to the New England Regional Ending Homelessness Focus
Group.
#17A CM October 28,
2003
5. Relative to City qualifying for HUD HOPWA Grant (July 2004).
#17A CM November 18, 2003
Hold
6. Relative to Vacant State and Federally Owned Property.
#4A CM December 9, 2003
Hold
7. Relative to the PIP 15-point work plan.
#17F CM January 6, 2004
Hold
Chairman’s Order - Request Administration to begin
developing Code Blue criteria for the PIP Shelter and to provide City Council
with updates.
Chairman’s Order – Request Administration provide City
Council with periodic updates on the implementation of the PIP 15-point work
plan.
PETITION
8. Wyatt Wade et al request all action be taken to immediately close the operation of the People in Peril Shelter, 701 Main St.
#7 CC October 14, 2003