Uxbridge Board of Health: noise readings, low-turnout flu clinic and preparedness items noted

Board staff reported several operational updates at the Oct. 15 meeting, including results of noise measurements at Sutton Street fields, a low turnout at a recent flu clinic, and ongoing preparedness and grant work.

Caitlin (staff) said noise readings taken at the Sutton Street fields during daytime hours were generally within about 5 decibels of ambient environmental noise; staff and members concluded those readings did not present a public-health nuisance, though the noise may be an annoyance to nearby residents.

Public-health staff also reported that a recent flu-clinic administered 26 doses, below the expected turnout; the board discussed possibly scheduling an additional clinic targeted to teachers. Staff described two transit-grant opportunities (a micro-transit grant open to the general public, and a second focused on seniors and people with disabilities) and said the opioid-task-force and other partners might apply for assistance.

The board also discussed emergency-preparedness requirements for the region and options for holding either a town roundtable tabletop exercise with police and fire or joining a regional event; staff said after-action reporting will be required. Members gave updates on training (Tier 3 housing-inspection training) and on an MVP-funded seed project for Charles R. Smith Park that will include citizen-science monitoring tied to an anticipated dam removal and replanting project.