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o�t`� toccrv�yr$y�Jx�'h <br /> Town of Mashplee <br /> }t s <br /> � ...'. 16 Great Neck Road North <br /> nnUE.� Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 <br /> ..�. <br /> BOARD OF HEALTH - PUBLIC SESSION <br /> Mashpee Town II - Waquoit Meeting <br /> Minutesti , 2021 <br /> Board Members resent: Member Absent: Also Present: <br /> Brian Bau gaertel,Chair Glen Harrington, Health Agent <br /> Ernest Virgilio,Vice-Chair Christine Willander,Assistant Health Agent <br /> Kripani Patel, Clerk <br /> Chair Brian Bau gaertel called the Board of Health meeting to order at 6:05 PM. <br /> BUSINESSNEW <br /> 1. Review of ProposedSchool and Town-wide Mask Requirements. Mr. Harrington commented <br /> that there were two questions for consideration at this meeting: 1) masks in School and,2)masks <br /> for Town-wide indoor public spaces. Mr. Harrington noted that the State School Board did allow <br /> the Commissioner of DESE to issue a mask mandate for all schools in Massachusetts, and that <br /> mandate would take effect next week and be in place until October 1st. Schools can unmask if <br /> they meet a vaccination rate of 0%of student and staff. <br /> In regards to a Town-wide mandate, Mr. Harrington stated that he had originally used a 3% <br /> positivity rate as the threshold for requiring masks in public indoor spaces, but the Board could <br /> vote to set a different threshold if they chose to. He reported that the positivity rate dropped <br /> from 3. 1%to 3.13%in the past two weeks, so there was a decline in numbers. The hospitals are <br /> not seeing severe cases that require ICU beds, and the deaths are down considerably as well. <br /> Board members performed a full review of proposed School and Town-wide mask requirements. <br /> Many members of the public attended the meeting to comment on the School mandate. The <br /> Board concluded that they needed additional time to review the scientific research/data that the <br /> public presented before making a decision on the School mandate. Mr. Baumgaertel stated that <br /> he did not feel Mashpee was at a point with COVID-19 where a Town-wide mandate was <br /> necessary. <br /> Since the Board was not prepared to take a formal position on the matter, no vote was required. <br /> NEXT MEETING <br /> The next meeting of the Board of Health was scheduled for Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 6:00 PM. <br /> 1 <br />