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Cocke County grants permission to explore Safe Haven baby box and approves water agreement for community garden
Summary
Presenters representing Newport Pediatrics asked for permission to pursue discovery for placing a Safe Haven baby box at the county fairgrounds fire department; the Legislative Body granted permission. Separately, the body approved an agreement to run water lines to the Garden of Eden teaching garden and heard updates on local economic development projects.
Presenters Jesse Smith and Shannon Barnes, representing Newport Pediatrics, asked the Cocke County Legislative Body on March 16 for permission to study and pursue installing a Safe Haven baby box at the fairgrounds fire department. The presenters described how the box works: a caregiver may place an infant in a secured compartment that triggers an alarm to the fire department and 911 so the infant can be safely transferred to emergency…
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