HEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING

JANUARY 19, 2005

COUNCIL CHAMBER

Convened: 6:39 p.m.

Adjourned: 7:55 p.m.

 

Present were:      Chairperson Councillor Barbara H. Haller

                             Councillor Konstantina B. Lukes

                            

Also:                     Public Health Department Staff Peter Morano

                             Public Health Department Staff Michael Monfredo

                             Director Regional Environmental Council Peggy Middaugh

Worcester Roots Project Members Kim McCoy, Leah Penniman and Katie Dwyer-Huppert

                             City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk

 

Communications of the City Manager

 

1.       Relative to establishing a partnership with the Worcester Roots Project.

          #20B CM March 30, 2004

          In Committee October 4, 2004 – Held

In Committee October 25, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager report to the City Council the feasibility of requiring lead screening of all students upon entry into public, private, parochial and charter schools within the City of Worcester.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager request the Director and Board of Public Health to take appropriate meaningful action to increase the response to the abatement of the detected increase lead paint levels.

 

Chairman’s Resolution to encourage the City Manager to consider making application for all known grant monies to expand the outreach, detection and abatement of elevated lead levels in the City of Worcester.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager to report to the City Council the comparison of lead paint screening numbers in the City of Worcester as compared to the City of Boston for the years 2003 and 2004.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager report to the City Council the status of the response to the previous request for an ordinance providing for monetary/civil penalties for those citizens who feed animals, birds and water fowl in public parks and beaches.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager report to the City Council the success of the program that was instituted at Green Hill Golf Course that rid the area of a concentration of birds and waterfowl and any observations of increases in the number and location of groups of this wildlife throughout the City’s open public spaces.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager report to the City Council on the ability to coalition-build in reference to emergency preparedness.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager report to the City Council the anticipated impacts if the proposal to transfer activity regarding weights and measures from the City to the Commonwealth, including impacts to revenue collections.

 

2.       Relative to Lead Paint Rates in Worcester.

          #20C CM May 18, 2004

In Committee October 4, 2004 – Held

In Committee October 25, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

3.       Relative to public health issues at Elm Park concerning the waterfowl in the park.

          #20A CM September 30, 2003

In Committee October 25, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

4.       Relative to the adoption of a resolution to form a Regional Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coalition.

          #20A CM December 9, 2003

In Committee October 25, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

5.       Relative to School Department Programs and Initiatives regarding Oral Health.

          #22A CM January 27, 2004

In Committee October 25, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

6.       Relative to Weights and Measures Fees.

          #20C CM March 9, 2004

In Committee October 25, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

7.       Relative to Rabies Vaccination Clinic.

          #20A CM March 30, 2004

In Committee October 25, 2004 – Held

Recommend File