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Uxbridge Board of Health completes routine business, discusses officer roles and adjourns
Summary
The board addressed reorganization after town elections, intern and inspection updates, approved May 21 minutes by roll call and adjourned. Members discussed officer availability and agreed to revisit nominations later.
At its Aug. 20 meeting the Uxbridge Board of Health covered routine governance and operational business, including officer succession, intern reports, inspection updates and approvals of prior minutes.
Chair opened a reorganization discussion after the town elections and said the current organization shows the chair continuing in place with Kaye as vice chair; one member signaled heavy travel plans and offered to step down if someone else wished to take the vice chair role, but no formal nominations were made.
Staff announced that interns Bailey and Alex had completed their terms; Bailey produced a vaccine‑hesitancy paper and updated a local resource guide now posted online. Inspectors reported increased housing and complaint workload, several bats submitted for rabies testing (all negative) and progress on large plan reviews for a planned Big Y development that will include multiple food vendors and require variances and inspections.
The board moved to accept the May 21 minutes. A roll‑call vote recorded Dan Hertel, I; Talke, I; Nikkal, I; and Tefscot, I; the chair called the motion unanimously accepted. A member moved to adjourn and the meeting was closed.
The board set its next meeting at 7 p.m. per room scheduling and directed staff to follow up on pending legal and program items.
