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Votes at a glance: Board approves farmers-market permit fees, reappoints animal inspectors and adopts minutes
Summary
The Sudbury Board of Health approved a fee schedule for farmers-market vendors, reappointed three animal inspectors and approved amended minutes; motions passed by voice and recorded as approved in the meeting minutes.
At its meeting, the Town of Sudbury Board of Health approved a farmers-market permit fee schedule, reappointed annual animal inspectors and approved February minutes. All motions passed by voice; specific roll-call tallies were not provided in the transcript.
The board voted to set farmers-market permit fees as follows: $75 for TCS (time/temperature control for safety) foods that require hot or cold holding; $25 for non‑TCS shelf-stable foods (for example, baked goods); and no fee for whole, uncut fruits and vegetables, which the food code exempts from local inspection. A board member moved the motion; Chair Carol Bradford seconded. The motion passed and the transcript records “Motion passes,” with no roll-call tally provided.
The board also voted to renominate Marissa Lord, Jennifer Condon and Donna De Wallace of Boardman's Animal Control as animal inspectors for an additional year. A board member moved the renomination; the motion was seconded and approved with the entry “Motion passes” in the minutes.
Finally, the board approved the February minutes with edits after a motion to approve and a second. The minutes were entered as approved in the meeting record.
Votes (as recorded in meeting): - Farmers-market permit fees — motion moved by a board member; seconded by Carol Bradford; outcome: approved (vote tally not specified in transcript). - Animal inspector nominations (Marissa Lord; Jennifer Condon; Donna De Wallace) — motion moved by a board member; seconded; outcome: approved (vote tally not specified). - Approval of February minutes with edits — motion moved by Carol Bradford; seconded; outcome: approved (vote tally not specified).
Notes: The transcript shows each vote conducted by voice and indicates each motion passed, but does not provide individual yes/no/abstain vote counts. The board had earlier noted that “All votes must be taken by roll call” when members participate remotely; the transcript records the motions and outcomes but does not list a roll-call tally in the public portion of the discussion.
