The Hubbardston Board of Health on Tuesday evening at Town Hall approved meeting minutes with corrections, voted to refund a temporary food-permit inspection fee for Sawyer Farm, and authorized several warrant payments to cover routine expenses and contractor invoices.

Board members approved corrected minutes that clarify the COVID vaccine clinic location and the origin of a grant application for automated external defibrillator (AED) equipment. The corrections state the vaccine clinic will be held at the senior center and that Walgreens will provide vaccines at the event.

The board voted unanimously to refund $50 (the inspection portion) of Sawyer Farm’s temporary food permit fee after members heard the farm was closed for part of its season because of drought. The motion to refund was made and seconded from the meeting floor and carried by voice vote.

On the warrant items, the board approved payment requests that included: membership in the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards (MAHB) ($150), a $600 contribution to a regional public-health network (MPHN) for fiscal-year 2026 participation, mowing costs for the town dump (shared with the town), and invoices submitted by the town sanitarian (listed on the warrant). Board members discussed the $600 MPHN fee at length, asking whether the town received commensurate services (examples cited: sunscreen/lotion station at Curtis Field and occasional vaccine-clinic support) and whether grant funding would sustain housing-inspector support that MPHN may provide. After discussion the payments were approved unanimously.

Board members also reviewed an award of AEDs through a Department of Public Health (DPH) allocation: two AEDs and pediatric pads already approved and available for pickup in Worcester, and a separate town grant application for two additional AEDs submitted by the assistant town administrator. Meeting participants discussed who would pick up the two approved AEDs in Worcester and agreed to circulate the pick‑up address and coordinate volunteers to retrieve them.

Several administrative items were also addressed: the administrative assistant will circulate the Worcester address for AED pickup, the vaccine clinic flyer will be clarified to indicate the senior center site, and staff will forward documentation used to update the official minutes.

Looking ahead, the board set an agenda item to continue follow-up on warrant accounting and service agreements at a future meeting.

Ending: The board adjourned after completing the evening’s agenda.