HEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING

SEPTEMBER 21, 2006

COUNCIL CHAMBER

Convened: 3:05 p.m.

Adjourned: 4:20 p.m.

 

Present were:       Chairperson Councilor Barbara G. Haller

                             Councilor Gary Rosen

                             Councilor Konstantina B. Lukes

 

Also:                     Public Health Commissioner Dr. Leonard Morse

                             Acting Cmsnr. HHS James Gardiner

                             City Solicitor David M. Moore

                             Director of Tobacco Control William McClune

                             Acting Health Assistant Director Derek Brindisi

                             Acting Health Director Peter Morano

                             City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk

 

 

1.       Communication of the City Manager relative to the City of Worcester’s Tobacco Control Program.

#23A CM May 2, 2006

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2.       Councilor Barbara G. Haller request Worcester’s HOPE Coalition be allowed to present its findings & recommendations following a comprehensive study of outdoor tobacco advertising in Worcester to the City Council at the meeting of July 18^th, 2006.

#54 CC July 18, 2006

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Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a copy of tobacco retail permit legislation and a draft letter that might be used for code enforcement purposes.

 

Members of the HOPE Coalition were present and provided a PowerPoint presentation of the work of their Teens Tackle Tobacco group including recommendation.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a comment concerning the City’s ability to deny a license renewal for the sale of tobacco based on the state’s regulations, elaborating on the process that would need to be followed to accomplish a license revocation.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a comment whether or not there are any options available to the City to restrict the number of sale of tobacco licenses in the City.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager report to the City Council concerning the enforcement of existing ordinances regulating temporary signs advertising the sale of tobacco, and further, report how we can amend the current ordinances concerning the posting of temporary signage so that it can be easily regulated.