HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-02-09 Middlesex-Essex Public Health Collaborative Minutes Middlesex-Essex Public Health Collaborative
Meeting Minutes
Monday, February 9th, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Virtual Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/xau-zrjp-gbd
Present: Coral Hope,Amy Ewing, Bonnie Dufresne,Ade Solarin, Lea Anne Pero, Lydia Sweetser, Sigalle
Reiss,Andrew Shapiro
1.Approve Minutes from 12/8/2025&1/12/2026
• Motion by Coral to approve
• Second by Amy
• Coral—Approve
• Amy—Approve
• Ade—Approve
• Bonnie—Approve
2. FY26 Check-In
• Bump, Baby, and Beyond Community Expo for Expecting and New Parents with young children
o Save the date for May 16th at the Lynnfield MEPTC
o Send any leads to us at mephc@northandoverma.gov
o Seeking leads in all relevant industries relating to maternal and child health
o Seeking donations as well, plan for diaper drive in each community
• Facebook Page for public facing information
o Hope to create a MEPHC FB Page to be more public facing and/or meant for information
dissemination across our 6 communities, for sharing event information
o To be brought to North Andover for approval
• Ade asked about comments& interactions with public as well as who will manage the page
o Page is planned to be monitored by the Shared Services Coordinator with support from
PHN. Facebook settings to prevent comments can be set.
o Content will be recycled from our other channels, and some new content will be added
3. Budget Updates
• Discussion on budget changes
o Increase Nursing Supplies budget from $2,000 to$7,500
o Increase Travel budget from $3,050 to$4,000
o Decrease Shared Services Coordinator line item from $82,000 to$70,000
o Decrease Health Inspector line item from $145,000 to$116,000
• Vote on budget changes
o Motion by Coral to approve
o Second by Bonnie
o Coral—Approve
o Amy—Approve
o Ade—Approve
o Bonnie—Approve
• Amy advocates for hiring Henry with leftover$35,550
• Coral and Lydia spoke on utilizing MHOA supplemental funds to increase salary of Inspectors
4. Inspector Hiring Update
• Lydia to meet with Andrew and HR to discuss changes to Shanene's job description and salary to
include training of new inspector who will need to be supervised and trained on particular site
procedures
• Four promising applicants to be discussed and recommended for interview among those
interested in being a part of the interview process
• Goal to be done by Mid-March, interviews should start in the next two weeks, barring
negotiations with H R
5. Nursing& Inspector Updates
• TB Referral process formalized
• Youth mental health first aid, sign ups for one more week!
• Nutrition and food access presentation completed in Reading.
o Presentation available as a regional health education event as requested
• Performance standard 3, regional SOP for enteric disease and foodborne illness outbreak
completed
• FDA Standard 5 currently being worked through among inspector group
Meeting Moved to be Adjourned by Ade
• Seconded by Amy
• Amy—approved
• Bonnie—approved
• Coral—approved
• Ade—a p p roved