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Merrimac Board of Health approves agenda and minutes, hears grant update and continues monitoring of store displays
Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting the Board of Health approved the agenda and Oct. 8 minutes, received a BOH grant update noting MVPHA’s new administrative assistant will visit offices, continued monitoring of convenience-store displays, reviewed permits, and adjourned at 8:24 p.m.
The Town of Merrimac Board of Health met Jan. 7, 2026, at the Merrimac Police Department meeting room. Chairperson Christine Berube called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m.; Member Ashlyn Calcagni arrived at 7:09 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:24 p.m.
Procedural motions: Berube moved to approve the meeting agenda and Sargent seconded; the motion passed 2-0-0. Berube then moved to approve the Oct. 8, 2025 minutes and Sargent seconded; that motion passed 2-0-0. At the end of the meeting Berube moved to adjourn and Sargent seconded; adjournment passed 3-0-0.
During unfinished business the board received a BOH grant update from Chairperson Berube, which includes coordination with MVPHA. The minutes note that MVPHA’s new administrative assistant will visit each office regularly as part of that coordination. The board also agreed to continue monitoring local convenience-store displays for compliance and reviewed permits (the minutes record that permits were reviewed but do not itemize them).
Under new business the board recorded an item regarding Winter Street and explicitly noted that no action was needed. The board set its next meeting for Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in the Merrimac Police Station Training Room.
